Yo La Tengo

Green Arrow(Tabs)

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One of the more calm, soothing Instrumentals off of I Can Hear the Heart... 

Tuning: Standard 

One guitar plays the following riff for pretty much the entire song: 

|e---------------------------| 
|B---------------------------| 
|G-----3-----3-----3-----3---| 
|D---1-----0-----------------|   
|A---------------1-----1-----| 
|E---------------------------| 

Variation: (takes place from about 3:20-3:30) 

|e----------------------------| 
|B----------------------------| 
|G-----3-----------0-----0----| 
|D---1-----0-3----------------| 
|A---------------1-----1------| 
|E----------------------------| 

The other guitar plays several riffs, all of which include slides: 

Intro riff: 

|e---------| 
|B---------| 
|G---3/7---| 
|D---------|  x4 
|A---------| 
|E---------| 

Pre-Chorus riff: 

|e-------------------| 
|B-------------------| 
|G-------------------| 
|D---3/12-10--3/12---| 
|A-------------------| 
|E-------------------| 

Variation of the Pre-Chorus riff: (takes place at 2:33-2:55) 

|e--------------------| 
|B--------6---3/1/3---| 
|G--------------------| 
|D---3/12-------------|  x2 
|A--------------------| 
|E--------------------| 

Chorus riff: 

|e---3---3/6---6/5---3/1------| 
|B------------------------3---| 
|G----------------------------| 
|D----------------------------| 
|A----------------------------| 
|E----------------------------| 

Variation of the Chorus riff: (takes place at 4:01-4:22) 

|e---3---3/6---8---3---1---| 
|B-------------------------| 
|G-------------------------| 
|D-------------------------|  x2 
|A-------------------------| 
|E-------------------------| 

Additional riff which takes place at 4:22-4:44: 

|e-----------------------------| 
|B-----------------------------| 
|G---6/3---3/6/3---1/3---6/3---| 
|D-----------------------------| 
|A-----------------------------| 
|E-----------------------------| 

That's it! Feel free to comment and/or post corrections if you find any.
	        

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