Muse - Hoodoo
Check the other tab on ultimate-guitar for the rambling intro to this song.
This tab begins with the chorus.
CHORDS:
Cm Cm* G G7 Fm Fm*
E-----3-------8--------3------3-------1-------8--|
B-----4-------8--------3------6-------1-------9--|
G-----5-------8--------4------4-------1-------10-|
D-----5-------10-------5------3-------3-------10-|
A-----3-------10-------5------5-------3-------8--|
E-----3-------8--------3------3-------1-------8--|
Listen to the song for the exact timing and various nuances regarding the strumming.
This is a pretty "loose" song, so play it however it feels most poignant to you
and it will probably sound fine.
Cm* Fm*
Come into my life
Cm
Regress into a dream
G7
We will hide
Cm*
Build a new reality
Cm* Fm*
Draw another picture
Cm
Of the life you could've had
G7
Follow your instincts
Fm
And choose the other path
(Here you start strumming gentle arpeggios)
Fm Cm
You should never be afraid
G
You're protected
Cm
From trouble and pain
G
Why,
Fm Cm
Why~ is this a crisis
G Cm (cue piano)
In your eyes again
If someone wants the rest of the piano part, I already have it figured out, but figured
leave it out of what is essentially a guitar tab. If I get a request I'll add it to this tab.
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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tim Lead Player |
#1 by tim sears at Sep 27, 2007 at 8:21 AM EST |
| yeah you can really hear jeff buckley on this one. i think this song might be from the point of view of the leaders trying to convince the country to see it their way. come and believe our lie and ignore all that other crap. you don't need t worry about it cause you're safe. the nightmare would be if the truth got out. the opportunity to be a better man would be telling the truth. | |
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Average |
#2 by Riqu - at Sep 28, 2007 at 1:32 AM EST |
| aaaahhh, you cares what this song is about!! just sit back enjoy one of the greatest songs of all time. | |
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joel Average |
#3 by joel christman at Sep 29, 2007 at 4:13 AM EST |
| I agree with NeroDragon. I always listened to this song on the album and never gave it much thought, but I recently realised how much I can relate to it. My personal interpretation is when you love someone, but they don't love you - so they see it as a crisis, but you don't understand ("why is this a crisis in your eyes?"). After all, you love them, what's wrong with that? Also, they will never love you back, so your possibility at love - and anything else, such as friendship, that you may have had up till that point - is now doomed ("tied to a railroad"). The last verse is filled with regret. He could have done been a better person, but he was loved as he was so he never thought to work for anything better. For me, this is him blaming himself for the person not loving him back, when in reality he knows that he had no control over that. Again, it's only my personal interpretation. | |
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sebastian Professional |
#4 by sebastian at Sep 30, 2007 at 9:44 PM EST |
| ...it's also "come to be" repeated, not "taught to be" | |
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rikiscorner Average |
#5 by rikiscorner at Sep 30, 2007 at 11:22 PM EST |
| Opinion: Excellent use of instrumental variety. Differs from the rest of the album in its slow pace and lazy, relaxed vocals. The most interesting aspect, however, lies in the possible interpretations of the (not surprisingly) ambiguous lyrics. Personal Interpretation: Spoken to a former love interest ~ Come back into my life again, let's start from scratch. Forget reality let's live a dream together. Follow your instincts. You shouldn't be afraid this time. I'll make sure you don't get hurt again. Why can't you see there's no need for a crisis? Everything's okay. How did it come to be, that our relationship was doomed? (i.e. tied to a railroad). It's really up to you to set us free...let our souls, our bodies fade away (into the dream). Everything will be okay. *The final verse confirms this interpretation, in my eyes.* It's retrospective. He was loved, and made a mistake, wasn't able to be the better man - leading to the end of the relationship. In this song he begs for another chance, tries to convince and almost manipulate the girl into trusting him. Yet there's a touch of desperate hopelessness, as if he realizes he's asking too much. A satisfying interpretation? It seems to work for me. | |
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Josh Professional |
#6 by Josh Wilson at Oct 1, 2007 at 8:34 AM EST |
| This is the most muse-like song in the album, I really like it , and the other ones too because they're different. So this is about love or politics.. muse it's that amazing :p. | |
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bob Average |
#7 by bob bob at Oct 3, 2007 at 11:01 AM EST |
| I really like the Western kind of feeling its got. Muse just can't be kept in genres. Aweseome, it reminds me to that Nancy Sinatra song "Bang Bang." Or something. The strings guitar and piano sound just perfect. It's going to be a great album. CAKE. | |
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Armin Average |
#8 by Armin at Oct 9, 2007 at 12:09 PM EST |
| I'm trying to think of a word to sum up this song...it's not happening..There's no word great enough. | |
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nate Average |
#9 by nate eastman at Oct 11, 2007 at 6:22 AM EST |
| COME to be How did it come to be Tied to a railroad NO LOVE to set us free Watch our souls fade away Let our bodies crumblING Don't be afraid... I will take the BLOW for you That moment where he sings "afraid" with the string crescendo underneath is... heartbreaking. For me this is about an idealist who accidentally sucks someone into his world, falls in love with her, then loses her on the day of reckoning towards which he's been hurtling all along. | |
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Bye! Average |
#10 by Bye! at Oct 11, 2007 at 9:14 PM EST |
| Given that the rest of this album is not terribly sympathetic to our leaders, i would disagree that this song is from their perspective. I think it has more to do with fate and self sacrafice. KNowing that there is an easy way, but that way ultimately leads to failure and dissatisfaction. | |
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Alyssa Professional |
#11 by Alyssa at Oct 14, 2007 at 11:05 AM EST |
| yes, it is. i initially thought it was "i will take the fall for you" but it is, in fact, blow | |
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Gabe Average |
#12 by Gabe Hawkins at Oct 17, 2007 at 9:54 PM EST |
| maybe it's just me, but i fully heard U2's Love Is Blindness in the beginning, as far as the instrumentals are concerned | |
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Doolittle Lead Player |
#13 by Doolittle at Oct 18, 2007 at 9:32 AM EST |
| this sounds so AMAZING. reminds me of jeff buckley a little bit. its so SO amazing and a huge contrast to almost every other song on this album. so much love for muse. AHHHHHHH! | |
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