From: marc@owlnet.rice.edu (Marc Bennett Hirsh) Subject: TAB (corrected): "My Sister" (Juliana Hatfield) Lines: 232 Messed up on a few chords and such on my original posting. Like it never happens to you. Here's the update. Okay, so I responded to my own request. I figured this one out by ear. It's actually not too tough, once you realize note #1: 1) There's a capo on the 2nd fret. This is important. Just TRY to play the Asus2/F# chord or the bits between verses without. I dare you. Also, and this is handy to know, get a strong capo. Not these elastic band pieces of shit that you get for five bucks. Spend some money. I got a $19 Kyser just to play this song. If your capo isn't good, when you bend the strings between verses, you'll go WAY out of tune. 2) You can do this with one or two guitars. If you do it with one, you'll need a foot pedal or something to switch between clean and distorted. Not to hard, but you need the hardware for it. Two guitars, just have one clean, one distorted. The only time the distortion kicks in is during the E-D section between verses and in the ride-out. For the intro and verses, make it clean. Listen to the recording to get the idea. 3) No verse rhythm written here. Just arpeggiate and you'll be fine. BTW, in the first two lines of the last verse, just play the chord once on the first beat of each line. Listen to the recording to get the idea. 4) As usual, chord names are shapes, not concert pitch. 5) There's an extra chord in the "before they had a record out" part, but I can't figure it out. It adds a touch of drama, but it's not vital. If you know it, give me a holler. 6) I have no idea what she says after, "before they went gold" part. I just made up something that sounds about right. 7) Except for the single notes, the intro section is an approximation. I don't know what they're doing, but this could conceivably get you by. 8) To bend the D chord, just push all the fretted strings toward the low E string. You're not going for total accuracy here, so don't worry if you overshoot. BTW, this is why you need the good capo. You'll be painfully out of tune if you try this will a cheap capo. 9) Juliana does some amazing vocal bits in the third verse. not a guitar-related note, but just one that I thought I'd mention. "My Sister" (Juliana Hatfield) Performed by the Juliana Hatfield Three >From the recording _Become_What_You_Are_ Transcribed by Marc Hirsh without permission and all the lawyers in the world couldn't stop me. Notation: s - sixteenth note e - eighth note q - quarter note h - half note w - whole note . - play note for one and a half times the value before it (just like a dot in standard notation) ^ - ties two note lengths together NOTE LENGTHS IN CAPITAL LETTERS MEAN REST FOR THAT VALUE OF TIME! / - slide up \ - slide down h - hammer-on p - pull-off Capo up 2 frets! E---------|------|-------|---------| B---------|------|-------|---------| G---------|------|---0---|---0-----| (play for times, D-2-5---2-|-0----|-4-----|-4-------| sing "My sister..." A-2-5---2-|-0--2-|-----2-|---------| under 3rd and fourth E---------|------|-------|-----(0)-| times) q q Q q h. q q h q q h (q) E---------|------|-------|-------| B---------|------|-------|-------| G---------|------|---2---|---2---| D-2-5---2-|-0----|-4-----|-4-----| A-2-5---2-|-0--2-|-----2-|-------| E---------|------|-------|-------| q q Q q h. q q h q q h. My sister... E Esus4 E Esus4

^EI hate my ^Asus2/F#sister ^CShe's such a ^Abitch She ^Eacts as though she ^Asus2/F#doesn't even ^CKnow that I ^Aexist ^EBut I would do ^Asus2/F#anything To ^Clet her know I ^Acare But ^EI am only ^Asus2/F#talking to my^Cself 'Cause she ^Aisn't

E---------|------|-------|----------| B---------|------|-------|----------| G---------|------|---0---|---0------| D-2-5---2-|-0----|-4-----|-4--------| A-2-5---2-|-0--2-|-----2-|----------| E---------|------|-------|-----(0)--| q q Q q h. q q h q q h (q) There E---------|------|-------|-------| B---------|------|-------|-------| G---------|------|---0---|---0---| D-2-5---2-|-0----|-4-----|-4-----| A-2-5---2-|-0--2-|-----2-|-------| E---------|------|-------|-------| q q Q q h. q q h q q h. My sister...

^EI love my ^Asus2/F#sister ^CShe's the ^Abest ^EShe's cooler than any ^Asus2/F#other girl That ^CI have ever ^Amet ^EShe had the ^Asus2/F#greatest man ^CShe had the greatest ^Aguy ^EShe's good at ^Asus2/F#everything And ^Cdoesn't even ^Atry

(distorted) E D E-----0-----|---------| B-----0-----|-2-2-----| G-1-2-1-----|-3-3-----| (play 8 times) D-2-2-2-----|-0-0-----| A-2-2-------|---------| E-0-----(0)-|-----(0)-| q q q (q) h q (q)

^EShe's got a ^Asus2/F#wall around her ^CNobody can ^Aclimb ^EShe lets a ^Asus2/F#ladder down For ^Cthose who really ^Ashine ^EI tried to ^Asus2/F#scale it ^CBut to me she's ^Ablind ^ESo I lit a ^Asus2/F#firecracker ^CWent off in my ^Aeye

(distorted) E D E-----0-----|---------| B-----0-----|-2-2-----| G-1-2-1-----|-3-3-----| (play twice, then D-2-2-2-----|-0-0-----| play six more times A-2-2-------|---------| bending the hell out E-0-----(0)-|-----(0)-| of the D chord) q q q (q) h q (q)

^EI miss my ^Asus2/F#sister ^CWhy'd she ^Ago' ^EShe's the one who would have ^Asus2/F#taken me To my ^Cfirst all-ages ^Ashow ^EIt was the ^Asus2/F#Violent Femmes ^CAnd the Del Fue^Agos E (C#m') Asus2/F# Before they had a record out Be^Cfore they went ^Agold, it start to go

(distorted) E D E-----0-----|---------| B-----0-----|-2-2-----| G-1-2-1-----|-3-3-----| (play 4 times) D-2-2-2-----|-0-0-----| A-2-2-------|---------| E-0-----(0)-|-----(0)-| q q q (q) h q (q)

^EI ^F#miss my ^Gsis^Asus2ter ^EI ^F#miss my ^Gsis^Asus2ter ^EI ^F#miss my ^Gsis^Asus2ter ^EI ^F#really ^Gmiss ^Asus2her

Chords used: E Asus2/F# C A G#m F# G Asus2 E-0-|----0-----|-0-|-0-|--3--|--2--|-3-|---0---| B-0-|----0-----|-1-|-2-|--3--|--2--|-3-|---0---| G-1-|----2-----|-0-|-2-|--3--|--3--|-0-|---2---| D-2-|----2-----|-2-|-2-|--5--|--4--|-0-|---2---| A-2-|----0-----|-3-|-0-|--5--|--4--|-2-|---0---| E-0-|----2-----|---|---|--3--|--2--|-3-|-------| -- Marc Hirsh (marc@owlnet.rice.edu) \ / ^ --"One hand's just reaching out and one's just hanging on." V (The Go-Go's)

Juliana Hatfield - My sister