Hayloft - Mother Mother

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*-This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.-*
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Released on September 16th 2008, "Hayloft" is the 2nd single from Mother
Mother's 2nd album "O My Heart". A very exciting track, with many vocal
arrangements and very simple harmonies. One of the best tracks in the album.

Tabbed by Pelusteriano
Contact at my UG profile
Lyrics by Ryan Guldemond
Music by Mother Mother
Key of C major

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Note: This version is based on the next live performances
      Hayloft official video - http://goo.gl/RwS4JZ
      Luxury Wafers Sessions 2009 - http://goo.gl/0FR9xK
      Live acoustic 2010 - http://goo.gl/NxxlG4
      Live at Rock the Shores 2013 - http://goo.gl/FiDYPD
      Live at Rifflandia 2011 - http://goo.gl/SHdRrC
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Chords (low to high, in order of appearance)
Am X02210  C/G 332010  F X3321X  G# X6654X 


  INTRO

    Am        
|| -----------
|| -----------
||o-----------
||o-7----7----
|| ---10---10-
|| -----------

            C/
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
7----7----|-7-
--10---10-|---
----------|---

G             
--------------
--------------
--------------
--7---7---7---
------------11
8---8---8-----

   F          
-|------------
-|------------
-|------------
-|-7---7---7--
-|---8---8---8
-|------------

       G#
-----|--------
-----|--------
-----|--------
-7---|-7----7-
---8-|---11---
-----|--------

------------- 
------------- 
-------------o
---7----7----o
11---11---11- 
------------- 

||
||
||
||
||
||X2

    Am        
|| -----------
|| -----------
||o-----------
||o-7----7----
|| ---10---10-
|| -----------

           C/G
---------|----
---------|----
---------|----
7--------|-7--
----7-10-|---1
--8------|----

              
--------------
--------------
--------------
--7--------7-1
0-----7-10----
----8---------

    F         
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------
0-|-7---7---7-
--|---8---8---
--|-----------

        G#
------|-------
------|-------
------|-------
--7---|-7----7
8---8-|---11--
------|-------

--------------
--------------
--------------
----7----7----
-11---11---11-
--------------

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o||
o||
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 ||X2
              
              
    Am        
|| -----------
|| -----------
||o-9--9--9-10
||o-----------
|| -----------
|| -----------
              

              
              
         C/G  
-------|------
----10-|------
-12----|-9--9-
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------
              

              
              
              
------------|-
---------10-|-
-9-10-12----|-
------------|-
------------|-
------------|-
              

              
              
F             
--------------
--------------
10--10--10-12-
--------------
--------------
--------------
              

         ___  
        |1.   
        G#
------|-------
10-12-|----12-
------|-8-----
------|-------
------|-------
------|-------
              

              
              
-------- ||  |
-10----- ||  |
-----12-o||  |
--------o||  |
-------- ||  |
-------- ||X2|
              

 ___
|2.
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--------------
-8--8br-8br-8b
--------------
--------------
--------------
    (br: bend 

----------|
----------|
r-8br-8br-|
----------|
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& release)

PRE-CHORUS

    Am        
|| -----------
|| -----------
||o-----------
||o-7----7----
|| ---10---10-
|| -----------

            C/
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
7----7----|-7-
--10---10-|---
----------|---

G             
--------------
--------------
--------------
--7---7---7---
------------11
8---8---8-----

   F          
-|------------
-|------------
-|------------
-|-7---7---7--
-|---8---8---8
-|------------

       G#
-----|--------
-----|--------
-----|--------
-7---|-7----7-
---8-|---11---
-----|--------

------------- 
------------- 
-------------o
---7----7----o
11---11---11- 
------------- 

||
||
||
||
||
||X2


   CHORUS

    Am        
|| -----------
|| -----------
||o-----------
||o-7----7----
|| ---10---10-
|| -----------
   (Palm mute)

            C/
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
7----7----|-7-
--10---10-|---
----------|---

G             
--------------
--------------
--------------
--7---7---7---
------------11
8---8---8-----

   F          
-|------------
-|------------
-|------------
-|-7---7---7--
-|---8---8---8
-|------------

       G#
-----|--------
-----|--------
-----|--------
-7---|-7----7-
---8-|---11---
-----|--------

------------- 
------------- 
-------------o
---7----7----o
11---11---11- 
------------- 

||
||
||
||
||
||X2

Am               C/G                   F
My daddy's got a gun, my daddy's got a gun
                 G#
My daddy's got a gun, you better run
Am               C/G                   F
My daddy's got a gun, my daddy's got a gun
                 G#
My daddy's got a gun, ga ga ga ga ga ga


   VERSE I

(No lead guitar, you can play rhythm)
Am                  C/G
It started with the hay loft a-creaking
F                            G#
Well it just started in the hay loft
Am            C/G
With his long John's on Pop went a-creeping
F                       G# E|-12\\\-| (slide down)
Out to barn out to the hay

     Am       
|| ----------|
|| --1-----1-|
||o-----2----|
||o------2---|
|| ----------|
|| ----------|
    (Staccato 

  C/G        F          G#
----------|----------|---------- ||
--1-----1-|--1-----1-|--4-----4- ||
-----0----|-----2----|-----5----o||
------2---|------3---|------6---o||
----------|----------|---------- ||
----------|----------|---------- ||X2
notes)

Am                    C/G
Young lovers and they are not sleeping
F                   G#
Young lovers in the hay loft
Am                  C/G
With his gun turned on Pop went a-creeping
F                          G#
Out to the barn out to the hay loft


   CHORUS

    Am        
|| -----------
|| -----------
||o-----------
||o-7----7----
|| ---10---10-
|| -----------
   (Palm mute)

            C/
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
7----7----|-7-
--10---10-|---
----------|---

G             
--------------
--------------
--------------
--7---7---7---
------------11
8---8---8-----

   F          
-|------------
-|------------
-|------------
-|-7---7---7--
-|---8---8---8
-|------------

       G#
-----|--------
-----|--------
-----|--------
-7---|-7----7-
---8-|---11---
-----|--------

------------- 
------------- 
-------------o
---7----7----o
11---11---11- 
------------- 

||
||
||
||
||
||X2

Am               C/G                   F
My daddy's got a gun, my daddy's got a gun
                 G#
My daddy's got a gun, you better run
Am               C/G                   F
My daddy's got a gun, my daddy's got a gun
                 G#
My daddy's got a gun, ga ga ga ga ga ga


   BREAKDOWN

    Am        
|| -----------
|| -----------
||o-9--9--9-10
||o-----------
|| -----------
|| -----------

         C/G  
-------|------
----10-|------
-12----|-9--9-
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------

              
------------|-
---------10-|-
-9-10-12----|-
------------|-
------------|-
------------|-

F             
--------------
--------------
10--10--10-12-
--------------
--------------
--------------

        G#
------|-------
10-12-|----12-
------|-8-----
------|-------
------|-------
------|-------

-------- ||
-10----- ||
-----12-o||
--------o||
-------- ||
-------- ||X2

Am    C/G  F    G#  Am    C/G  F    G#
Aaaah yaaa yaaa ya! Aaaah yaaa yaaa ya

 Gtr 1
  Am          
|-------------
|-------------
|-9--9--9-10-1
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------

       C/G    
-----|--------
--10-|--------
2----|-9--9--9
-----|--------
-----|--------
-----|--------

             F
----------|---
-------10-|---
-10-12----|-10
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---

              
--------------
------------10
--10--10-12---
--------------
--------------
--------------

      G#
----|---------
-12-|----12--1
----|-8-------
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------

------|
0-----|
---12-|
------|
------|
------|
|
|Gtr 2
|  A5         
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------
|--2---2---2--
|--0---0---0--
|-------------

       C5     
-----|--------
-----|--------
-----|--------
-2---|--2---2-
-0---|--3---3-
-----|--------

             F
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
--2---2---|---
--3---3---|--3
----------|--1

5             
--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------
----3----3----
----1----1----

      G#5
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------
3---|-6---6---
1---|-4---4---

------|
------|
------|
------|
6---6-|
4---4-|

Am    C/G  F    G#  
Aaaah yaaa yaaa ya! 

  Am          
|-------------
|-------------
|-9--9--9-10-1
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------

       C/G    
-----|--------
--10-|--------
2----|-9--9--9
-----|--------
-----|--------
-----|--------

            F 
----------|---
-------10-|---
-10-12----|-10
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---

              
--------------
------------10
--10--10-12---
--------------
--------------
--------------

      G#
----|---------
-12-|---------
----|-8--8br-8
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------

--------------
--------------
br-8br-8br-8br
--------------
--------------
--------------

-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|

Am    C/G  F    G#  
Aaaah yaaa yaaa ya! Ga ga ga ga ga ga


   INTERLUDE

|| -----------
|| -----------
||o-----------
||o-8----8----
|| ---11---11-
|| -----------

---------|----
---------|----
---------|----
8--------|-8--
----8-11-|---1
--9------|----

--------------
--------------
--------------
--8--------8-1
1-----8-11----
----9---------

--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------
1-|-8---8---8-
--|---9---9---
--|-----------

------|-------
------|-------
------|-------
--8---|-8----8
9---9-|---12--
------|-------

--------------
--------------
--------------
----8----8----
-12---12---12-
--------------

 ||
 ||
o||
o||
 ||
 ||X2


   CHORUS

    Am        
|| -----------
|| -----------
||o-----------
||o-7----7----
|| ---10---10-
|| -----------

            C/
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
7----7----|-7-
--10---10-|---
----------|---

G             
--------------
--------------
--------------
--7---7---7---
------------11
8---8---8-----

   F          
-|------------
-|------------
-|------------
-|-7---7---7--
-|---8---8---8
-|------------

       G#
-----|--------
-----|--------
-----|--------
-7---|-7----7-
---8-|---11---
-----|--------

------------- 
------------- 
-------------o
---7----7----o
11---11---11- 
------------- 

||
||
||
||
||
||X2

Am               C/G                   F
My daddy's got a gun, my daddy's got a gun
                 G#
My daddy's got a gun, you better run
Am               C/G                   F
My daddy's got a gun, my daddy's got a gun
                 G#
My daddy's got a gun, ga ga ga ga ga ga


   VERSE II

 (No lead or rhythm guitar)
Am                  C/G
It started with the hay loft a-creaking
F                           G#
Well it just started in the hay
Am                   C/G
A|-0~~-| (let it ring freely)
With his long John's on Pop went a-creeping
F                          G# (slide down G#5)
Out to the barn out to the hay loft

 (Play heavy mute strums)
Am                      C/G
Young lovers with their legs tied up in knots
F                       G#
Young lovers with their legs tied up in knots
Am                     C/G
With his long tall gun Pop went a-creeping
F                    G#
To blow the hay loft dead head straight of


   CHORUS

   Gtr 1
    A5        
|| -----------
|| -----------
||o-----------
||o-7----7----
|| ---10---10-
|| -----------

           C5 
---------|----
---------|----
---------|----
7--------|-7--
----7-10-|---1
--8------|----

              
--------------
--------------
--------------
--7--------7-1
0-----7-10----
----8---------

    F5        
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------
0-|-7---7---7-
--|---8---8---
--|-----------

        G#5
------|-------
------|-------
------|-------
--7---|-7----7
8---8-|---11--
------|-------

--------------
--------------
--------------
----7----7----
-11---11---11-
--------------

 ||
 ||
o||
o||
 ||
 ||X4
|  Gtr 2
|   Am        
|| -----------
|| ---1-------
||o---------2-
||o-----------
|| -----------
|| -----------

            C/
---------|----
------1--|---1
---------|----
--2------|----
---------|----
---------|----

G             
--------------
-------------1
-----0--------
---------2----
--------------
--------------

     F        
--|-----------
--|---1-------
--|--------2--
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------

  G#
------|-------
---1--|---4---
------|-------
3-----|-------
------|-------
------|-------

--------------
-----------4--
---5----------
--------6-----
--------------
--------------

 ||
 ||
o||
o||
 ||
 ||X4

Am               C/G                   F
My daddy's got a gun, my daddy's got a gun
                 G#
My daddy's got a gun, you better run
Am               C/G                   F
My daddy's got a gun, my daddy's got a gun
                 G#
My daddy's got a gun, you better run
Am               C/G                   F
My daddy's got a gun, my daddy's got a gun
                 G#
My daddy's got a gun, you better run
Am               C/G                   F
My daddy's got a gun, my daddy's got a gun
                 G#
My daddy's got a gun, ga ga ga ga ga ga


   BREAKDOWN

    Am        
|| -----------
|| -----------
||o-9--9--9-10
||o-----------
|| -----------
|| -----------

         C/G  
-------|------
----10-|------
-12----|-9--9-
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------

              
------------|-
---------10-|-
-9-10-12----|-
------------|-
------------|-
------------|-

F             
--------------
--------------
10--10--10-12-
--------------
--------------
--------------

        G#
------|-------
10-12-|----12-
------|-8-----
------|-------
------|-------
------|-------

-------- ||
-10----- ||
-----12-o||
--------o||
-------- ||
-------- || x2

Am    C/G  F    G#  Am    C/G  F    G#
Aaaah yaaa yaaa ya! Aaaah yaaa yaaa ya


 Gtr 1
  Am          
|-------------
|-------------
|-9--9--9-10-1
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------

       C/G    
-----|--------
--10-|--------
2----|-9--9--9
-----|--------
-----|--------
-----|--------

             F
----------|---
-------10-|---
-10-12----|-10
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---

              
--------------
------------10
--10--10-12---
--------------
--------------
--------------

      G#
----|---------
-12-|----12--1
----|-8-------
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------

------|
0-----|
---12-|
------|
------|
------|
|
|Gtr2
| A5          
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------
|--2---2---2--
|--0---0---0--
|-------------

      C5      
-----|--------
-----|--------
-----|--------
-2---|--2---2-
-0---|--3---3-
-----|--------

           F5 
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
--2---2---|---
--3---3---|--3
----------|--1

              
--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------
----3----3----
----1----1----

     G#5
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------
3---|-6---6---
1---|-4---4---

------|
------|
------|
------|
6---6-|
4---4-|

Am    C/G  F    G#  
Aaaah yaaa yaaa ya! 

  Am          
|-------------
|-------------
|-9--9--9-10-1
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------

       C/G    
-----|--------
--10-|--------
2----|-9--9--9
-----|--------
-----|--------
-----|--------

            F 
----------|---
-------10-|---
-10-12----|-10
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---

              
--------------
------------10
--10--10-12---
--------------
--------------
--------------

      G#
----|---------
-12-|---------
----|-8--8br-8
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------

--------------
--------------
br-8br-8br-8br
--------------
--------------
--------------

-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|

Am    C/G  F    G#  
Aaaah yaaa yaaa ya! Ga ga ga ga ga ga


   OUTRO
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------
|-7----7----7-
|---10---10---
|-------------

--------|-----
--------|-----
--------|-----
---7----|-7---
10---10-|---10
--------|-----

---|
---|
---|
7--|
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---|

Ga ga ga ga ga ga


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