Red House Painters - 24 Version 0.8 (bass, piano, and drums coming soon) Transcribed for electric and acoustic guitars. Tuning: D g c f a d (Whole Step Down) Key: ( ) - Ghost note (lightly played or ignored) / - Slide ^ - Bend & - Release bend p - Pull off ~~ - Natural vibrato ** - Hold note Main Riff d---------------------------------------| a-8-----5----3--1--0--------------------| f---------------------------------------| c---------------------------------------| g---------------------------------------| D---------------------------------------| Variation #1 e---------------------------------------| b----8------5----3--1--0----------------| g-(7)----(5)----------------------------| d---------------------------------------| a---------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------| Second Riff e---------------------------------------| b----8----------------------------------| g-(7)----5----5--4--5-------------------| d---------------------------------------| a---------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------| Variation #2 e---------------------------------------| b----8----------------------------------| g-(7)----5----5--6--5-------------------| d---------------------------------------| a---------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------| Variation #3 e---------------------------------------| b----8----------------------------------| g-(7)----5----5--4--0-------------------| d---------------------------------------| a---------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------| Third Riff e---------------------------------------| b---8-----------------------------------| g-7-----5----0--------------------------| d---------------------------------------| a---------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------| Outro Riff 1 e---------------------------------------| b-/10-10^(12)&10~(p)8~~/7***/5*/4-------| g---------------------------------------| d---------------------------------------| a---------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------| e---------------------------------------| b------------------8--------------------| g--0--5--7--5---7-----5---0-------------| d---------------------------------------| a---------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------| Outro/Solo (coming next version) e---------------------------------------| b---------------------------------------| g---------------------------------------| d---------------------------------------| a---------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------| So it's not loaded stadiums or ballparks And we're not kids on swingsets on the blacktop And I thought at fifteen I'd have it down by sixteen And twenty-four keeps breathing in my face Like a mad hore And twenty-four keeps pounding at my door Like a friend you don't want to see Oldness comes with a smile To every love given child Oldness comes to rile The youth who dream suicide Be somewhat liberal with bending and pulloffs near the end of the song. Mark's playing is greatly enhanced by his stylistic adding and subtracting of variations. If you notice the ghost pull off and notes, realize that they are one of those +/- things. Someone please tab Medicine Bottle, Lord Kill The Pain, and Japanese to English (properly). Otherwise, I'll have to do it all myself. Tabbed by Jesse Johnson E-mail: bbuhq@juno.com (replace # with @) Web site: http://www.bbuhq.com Web log: http://www.xanga.com/rain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 On : Down colorful hills By : The Red House Painters Tuning : CGCFAD Intro and "verse" ------3-------0- ---------------- ---------------- ------3-------0- ----5-------5--- ----5-----5----- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- 5--------------- ---------------- ------3-------0- ---------------- ---------------- ------3-------0- ----5-------5--- ----5-----5----- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- 0--------------- ---------------- "And 24 ..." ------3-------0- ---------------- ---------------- ------3-------0- ----5-------5--- ----5-----5----- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- 3--------------- ---------------- and then ... ------3-------0- ---------------- ---------------- ----------0----- ----5-------5--- ------5-------5- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- 3--------------- ---------------- "Like a friend ..." - those chords : C Bb Am F9<3x3x13> last chord fingerpicked : ------3--------- ----------1----- ---------------- ----3---------3- ---------------- 3--------------- For the "oldness comes with a smile ..." part, just strum the same chords as above. Suggestion : To mimic the little riff - a=10 p ----------8----- --------------0- ----------0----- ------a-------a- ----------8-6--- ------3-------1- ----0----------- ------0--------- 2---2----------- a---a----------- 8---8-8--------- 2---2----------- x---x----------- x---x----------- 0---0----------- a---a----------- 8---8----------- ---------------- ------3--------- ----------1----- ---------------- ----3---------3- ---------------- 3--------------- Outro : Riff 1 (twice) : then... h ______________X2 --------------0- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------0----- ----------0----- ----------7----- --------6-5-4--- ------2--------- ------2-------0- ------0-------0- ---------------- ----2----------- ----2----------- ----7----------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- 02-------------- 2--------------- 5--------------- 5--------------- Riff 2 (twice) : then... ______________X2 ______________X2 ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- 3---------3----- ----------2----- --------3-4-5--- ------0-------0- ------0-------0- ---------------- ----3----------- ----2----------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- 1--------------- 2--------------- 2--------------- Riff 3 : ______________X2 ______________X2 ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- 7---------7----- ----------5----- ----------5----- ------0-------0- ------7-------7- ------7-------7- ----7----------- ----7----------- ----7----------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- 5--------------- 6--------------- 7--------------- then... ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------5----- ----------5----- --------5-6-7--- ------7--------- ------6-------6- ---------------- ----7----------- ----7----------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- 7--------------- 7--------------- 7--------------- Last riff - the nasty one (twice) : Okay, this is a bit hard but it's the only way I've found to play it. Fifth and sixth bar, use your index as a capo on 7th fret. Every first note is, in fact, played only by the bass (but if you're playing it solo ...). Those little ~ signs above bar 7 and 8 mean that you should play the notes with a slight vibrato effect. --------------7- ---------------- --------------7- ---------------- ----------a----- ----------a----- ----------a----- ----------a----- ------9-----9--- ------9--------- ------8-----8--- ------8--------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- a---a----------- a---a----------- 9---9----------- 9---9----------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --------------7- ---------------- ---------------- ------5-------5- ----------a----- ----------a----- ---------------- ---------------- ------7-----7--- ------7-------7- --7---7---7---7- --7---7---7---7- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- 8---8----------- 8---8----------- 7--------------- ---------------- Corrections? E-mail me at