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Nickel Creek - House Of Tom Bombadil (Tab)
Album: Nickel Creek (2000)
Submitter: nufan2600 (2) on 6/20/02 6 comments
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Song: House of Tom Bombadil
Artist: Nickel Creek

Transcribed by nufan at m-net.arbornet.org


I'm a guitar player, so here's the main melody of this song transcribed for 
guitar. This isn't the complete song, but it's a good start. I'm working on finishing it...

I've never played a mandolin, but it sounds like it's an octave higher than the 
guitar. If that's the case, and if you tune 

it the same as a guitar, here's how the song could be played:

e----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------3^5-----3--------
g--0-0-0----0-----0-2-4^0---5^0---2---0^2---0-2-----2-----2---0--
d---------4---2-4---------0-----0---------4-----------4-----4----

Or you could put a capo on the 12th fret of a guitar and play it that way, it's 
up to you.

If some mandolin/guitar player out there would like to translate this guitar tab
into mandolin, please feel free.

I'm pretty confident the notes are accurate, but you might to want to change 
the fingerings in order to play it faster. I've given you a few different ways 
to play the theme in here, pick which ever you find easiest. This one sure goes 
by in a hurry. Sounds pretty good on my telecaster though...

Good Luck!



Main Theme:
Time : 0:00 - 0:12 
e-||---------------------------------------------------
b-||---------------------------------------------------
G-||-12-12-12-----12-------12-14-16^12----17^12----14--
D-||-----------16----14-16-------------12-------12-----
A-||---------------------------------------------------
E-||---------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------
----------------15-17-------15-----------
-12-14----12/14-------14-------14----12--
-------16----------------16-------16-----
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------|R|
---------------------------------------------------15-17-------------|E|
----12-------12-14-16^12----17^12----14---12/14----------14-------12-|P|
-16----14-16-------------12-------12------------16----------16-12----|E|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|A|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|T|


Time: 0:13 - 0:19
----------------------------13-12-13----12-------------------------12-14-15-
-------------------12-13-15----------15----13-15-12-13----12-13-15----------
-------12----12-14-------------------------------------14-------------------
-12-14----12----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

-19-17-19-15-17------------------------16-------------------20-19----18-20-22
----------------19-17-15--/17----17-19----19-17-------17-20-------20--------
------------------------------16----------------16-17-----------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

-18----------------17-------------------------------------
----18----------------17----------------------------------
-------20-19----18-------18-19----------------------------
-------------20----------------19-16----17----------------
-------------------------------------17-------------------
----------------------------------------------------------

Time : 0:19 - 0:25
-------------------------------------------------------------10-12-------10----------
-------------------10-12-------13-------10----------------10-------10-------10-------
-12--11-12-9-11-12-------12-------12----------12-14-11-12-------------11-------11-12-
----------------------------12-------12----------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------10-12-----------------------------
---------------10-12-------13-------10-------------------10--------------------------
-11-12-9-11-12-------12-------12----------12-14-11----------11----12-9---------------
------------------------12-------12----------------------------12------12-10-9-------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-10-
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Time: 0:26-0:39
-||-----------------------------------------------------------
-||------------------------12-12--12--13-12-------------------
-||----12---14-14-----14---------------------14\12-11-12------
-||-12----X--------12----X------------------------------------
-||-----------------------------------------------------------
-||-----------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------|R|
------------------------------------------------13-12-13-------------|E|
------------9------11-11--11---12-12--12--12/14----------14-12-11-12-|P|
-------9-12---12-9-----------x---------------------------------------|E|
-10-12---------------------------------------------------------------|A|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|T|

Violin 
Time: 0:39
---------------------------------------------------------------10-12-------10----------
----------------------10-12-------13-------10---------------10-------10-------10-------
-12--11^12^11-9-11-12-------12-------12---------12-14-11-12-------------11-------11-12-
-------------------------------12-------12---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------10-12--------------
---------------10-12-------13-------10------------------10-----------
-11-12-9-11-12-------12-------12---------12-14-11----------11----12--
------------------------12-------12---------------------------12-----
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------15^14----------------------
----------------------------12-------13-12---------------------------15------15-12-13-15-13-12-----
------11^12--11-12----11/12----14-12-------14-12-14---12-14----12-14--------------------------14-12
-12^14-------------14---------------------------------------16-------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------10-12-------------
--------------------12-------13-12---------------------------10----------
-12--11-12----11-12----14-12-------14-12-14---12-14-11----------11----12-
-----------14------------------------------------------------------12----
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mandolin 
Time: 0:51 - 0:58
-------------------------------------12----14-12-------------------------------------
----------------------12----------------16-------15-13-12----------12-13-12----------
----------12----12-14----14-12----------------------------14-13-14----------14-12----
-12-14-16----16----------------16-14-----------------------------
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no, there are no words.
-natey | 12/28/2002
anybody know what chords the guitar is playing in the background?
-Bandalero | 3/4/2003
Can anyone tell me what time signature this piece is in...?
It's hard to keep track of!
Some sort of compound time... but what?
-juniper | 4/23/2003
Good question Bandelaro. Guitar chords anyone?
-silverfox | 12/17/2003
Beeeg Problem. Mandolin isn't tuned like a guitar. Thanks for the great tablature I'll see If I can' manipulate it into a Mando tab.

Mandolin is tuned in 5ths, instead of 4ths and a Major 3rd (2nd and 3rd string). So you find the unisons at the 7th fret instead of the 5th (or 4th) fret.

Isn't this an amazing instrumental???
-pooterduude | 7/11/2004
It's in 7.
-jerarhoa | 2/9/2014
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