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I'M SHIPPING UP TO BOSTON
As recorded by Dropkick Murphys
(From the 2005 Album THE WARRIORS CODE)
Transcribed by Drumbum4life
Words and Music by Woody Guthrie
Arranged by Woody Guthrie
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Banjo'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Mandolin'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion Guitar'
Q.=130
12/8
W. W.
|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| <
| W. H. H.
|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------9-------|
|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|
Gtr I
Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|--------------------------|-7---------------------------|
|----------------7-8-7-----|----10-8-10-8-7-8-7----------|
|-9---7-9---7-9--------9-7-|--------------------7-9--7---|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| q. Q. H. W.
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-9------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
Gtrs I, II
Q E Q E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q.
|------------------------|--------------------7----|
|--------------7-8-7-----|--------------7--8-------|
|-9---7-9--7-9-------9-7-|-9---7-9--7-9------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| <
| W. H. Q +Q
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------2---(2)------|
|------------------------|------------0---(0)------|
Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|------------------------|-7----------------------------|
|--------------7-8-7-----|----10-8-10-8-7-8-7-----------|
|-9---7-9--7-9-------9-7-|--------------------7-9--7----|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| <
| W. W.
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|-2----------------------------|
|------------------------|-2----------------------------|
|------------------------|-0----------------------------|
Q E Q E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q.
||--------------------------|-------------------7----|
||o---------------7-8-7-----|---------------7-8------|
||--9--7-9---7-9--------9-7-|-9--7-9---7-9-----------|
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Q E Q. H. Q E Q. H.
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||--2--2--------------------|-2--2-------------------|
||o-2--2--------------------|-2--2-------------------|
||--0--0--------------------|-0--0-------------------|
Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|-------------------------|-7------------------------------||
|---------------7-8-7-----|----10-8-10-8-7-8--7-----------o||
|-9--7-9---7-9--------9-7-|---------------------7-9--7-----||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
| Q E Q. H. H. H.
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-7------------------------------||
|-2--2--------------------|-7--------------7---------------||
|-2--2--------------------|-5--------------7--------------o||
|-0--0--------------------|----------------5---------------||
Q E Q E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q.
||--------------------9-10-9-------|-------------------9-10-14----|
||o-12---10-12--10-12--------12-10-|-12---10-12--10-12------------|
||---------------------------------|------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| W. W.
||---------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|--7---------------------------|
||---2-----------------------------|--7---------------------------|
||o--2-----------------------------|--5---------------------------|
||---0-----------------------------|------------------------------|
Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-------------------9-10-9-------|-14--12-10-12-10-9-10--9------------||
|-12---10-12--10-12--------12-10-|-------------------------10-12-----o||
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|
| W. H. H.
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|--7---------------------------------||
|--2-----------------------------|--7-----------------7---------------||
|--2-----------------------------|--5-----------------7--------------o||
|--0-----------------------------|--------------------5---------------||
Q E Q E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q.
||--------------------------|-------------------7----|
||o---------------7-8-7-----|---------------7-8------|
||--9--7-9---7-9--------9-7-|-9--7-9---7-9-----------|
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Q E Q. H. Q E Q. H.
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||--2--2--------------------|-2--2-------------------|
||o-2--2--------------------|-2--2-------------------|
||--0--0--------------------|-0--0-------------------|
Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|-------------------------|-7--------------------------------||
|---------------7-8-7-----|----10-8-10--8-7-8--7------------o||
|-9--7-9---7-9--------9-7-|----------------------7-9---7-----||
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| Q E Q. H. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-7--------7-----------------------||
|-2--2--------------------|-7--------7------7------7---------||
|-2--2--------------------|-5--------5------7------7--------o||
|-0--0--------------------|-----------------5------5---------||
Q E Q E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q.
||--------------------9-10-9-------|-------------------9-10-14----|
||o-12---10-12--10-12--------12-10-|-12---10-12--10-12------------|
||---------------------------------|------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| W. W.
||---------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|--7---------------------------|
||---2-----------------------------|--7---------------------------|
||o--2-----------------------------|--5---------------------------|
||---0-----------------------------|------------------------------|
Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-------------------9-10-9-------|-14--12-10-12-10-9-10--9------------||
|-12---10-12--10-12--------12-10-|-------------------------10-12-----o||
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|
| W. H. H.
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|--7---------------------------------||
|--2-----------------------------|--7-----------------7---------------||
|--2-----------------------------|--5-----------------7--------------o||
|--0-----------------------------|--------------------5---------------||
Gtr III
W. H. H. W. W.
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------||
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------o||
||--7-------------|-5---------------|-7-------------|-5------||
||--7-------------|-5-------5-------|-7-------------|-5------||
||o-5-------------|-3-------5-------|-5-------------|-3-----o||
||----------------|---------3-------|---------------|--------||
Gtrs I, II
Q E Q E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q.
|-------------------------|-------------------7----|
|---------------7-8-7-----|---------------7-8------|
|-9--7-9---7-9--------9-7-|-9--7-9---7-9-----------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| Q E Q. H. Q E Q. H.
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-2--2--------------------|-2--2-------------------|
|-2--2--------------------|-2--2-------------------|
|-0--0--------------------|-0--0-------------------|
Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|-------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
|---------------7-8-7-----|----10-8-10--8-7-8--7------------|
|-9--7-9---7-9--------9-7-|----------------------7-9---7----|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| Q E Q. H. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-7--------7----------------------|
|-2--2--------------------|-7--------7------7------7--------|
|-2--2--------------------|-5--------5------7------7--------|
|-0--0--------------------|-----------------5------5--------|
Q E Q E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q.
|-------------------------|-----------------7----|
|---------------7-8-7-----|-------------7-8------|
|-9--7-9---7-9--------9-7-|-9--7-9--7-9----------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|
| Q E Q. H. Q E Q E E E E Q.
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-2--2--------------------|-2--2----x-x-x-x-x----|
|-2--2--------------------|-2--2----x-x-x-x-x----|
|-0--0--------------------|-0--0----x-x-x-x-x----|
Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|-------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
|---------------7-8-7-----|----10-8-10--8-7-8--7------------|
|-9--7-9---7-9--------9-7-|----------------------7-9---7----|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| Q E Q. H. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-7--------7----------------------|
|-2--2--------------------|-7--------7------7------7--------|
|-2--2--------------------|-5--------5------7------7--------|
|-0--0--------------------|-----------------5------5--------|
Q E Q E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q.
||--------------------9-10-9-------|-------------------9-10-14----|
||o-12---10-12--10-12--------12-10-|-12---10-12--10-12------------|
||---------------------------------|------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| W. W.
||---------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|--7---------------------------|
||---2-----------------------------|--7---------------------------|
||o--2-----------------------------|--5---------------------------|
||---0-----------------------------|------------------------------|
Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-------------------9-10-9-------|-14--12-10-12-10-9-10--9------------||
|-12---10-12--10-12--------12-10-|-------------------------10-12-----o||
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|
| W. H. H.
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|--7---------------------------------||
|--2-----------------------------|--7-----------------7---------------||
|--2-----------------------------|--5-----------------7--------------o||
|--0-----------------------------|--------------------5---------------||
Gtr III
W. H. H. W. W.
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------||
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------o||
||--7-------------|-5---------------|-7-------------|-5------||
||--7-------------|-5-------5-------|-7-------------|-5------||
||o-5-------------|-3-------5-------|-5-------------|-3-----o||
||----------------|---------3-------|---------------|--------||
Gtrs I, II
Q E Q E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q.
|-------------------------|-------------------7----|
|---------------7-8-7-----|---------------7-8------|
|-9--7-9---7-9--------9-7-|-9--7-9---7-9-----------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| Q E Q. H. Q E Q. H.
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-2--2--------------------|-2--2-------------------|
|-2--2--------------------|-2--2-------------------|
|-0--0--------------------|-0--0-------------------|
Q.=65
Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q.
|-------------------------|-7----------------------------|
|---------------7-8-7-----|----10-8-10-8-7-8--7----------|
|-9--7-9---7-9--------9-7-|---------------------7-(7)----|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Q E Q. H. H. H.
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-7----------------------------|
|-2--2--------------------|-7--------------7-------------|
|-2--2--------------------|-5--------------7-------------|
|-0--0--------------------|----------------5-------------|
H=H Q.=130
W. W. Q E H. Q.
|---------------|---------------|--------------------*|
|---------------|---------------|--------------------*|
|-9-------------|---------------|-9--9---------------*|
|---------------|---------------|--------------------*|
|---------------|---------------|--------------------*|
|---------------|---------------|--------------------*|
|
| W. W. Q E H. Q.
|---------------|---------------|--------------------*|
|---------------|---------------|--------------------*|
|---------------|---------------|--------------------*|
|-2-------------|---------------|-2--2---------------*|
|-2-------------|---------------|-2--2---------------*|
|-0-------------|---------------|-0--0---------------*|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
Im Shipping Up To Boston - Dropkick Murphys
00:00 / 00:00
Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
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Off to Boston-Dropkick Murphys
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Tabbed by: Stephen Alviso for SamO
Email: Rockinblues87@aol.com
Tuning: Mandolin Std. Tuning
Here is the mandolin line, I couldn’t find it anywhere so I tabbed it myself
Intro
EE EE
EE EE
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------2-0—–-0---------------|
G|-2-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-0-----5—–-5-4-5-4-0-2-0-|
D|-------------------------------------------|
Intro 2nd part
EE EE EE EE (DDDAAA)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------2----------------------2-0—–-0---------|
G|-2-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-4-5----2-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-0-----5—–-5-4-5-4-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|-0-2-0------|
D|------------| x3 (Second and third time play DDD AAA at the end)
Intro 3rd part
E D E D A
e|-----------------------------------2----------------------2-0—--0---------|
B|-2-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-4-5----2-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-0-----5---5-4-5-4-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------|
B|-0-2-0------|
G|------------|
D|------------| x2
Verse
EE EE EE D D D
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------2---------------------2-0—–-0---------|
G|-2-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-4-5----2-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-0-----5—–-5-4-5-4-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I'm a sailor peg And I lost my leg Climbin up the topsails I lost my
A A
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|-0-2-0------|
D|------------| x2 (second time no words)
leg
E D E D A
e|-----------------------------------2----------------------2-0—--0---------|
B|-2-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-4-5----2-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-0-----5---5-4-5-4-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------|
B|-0-2-0------|
G|------------|
D|------------| x2
Chorus
D C G
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------555-44-0-------|
D|-------------------------------------------| x3
I'm shipping up to boston (whoa oh oh)
D C G
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----555555555555-----|
D|------------------------------------------|
I'm shipping off To find my wooden leg
Rinse and Repeat, there you go
Off to Boston-Dropkick Murphys
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Tabbed by: Stephen Alviso for SamO
Email: Rockinblues87@aol.com
Tuning: Mandolin Std. Tuning
Here is the mandolin line, I couldn’t find it anywhere so I tabbed it myself
Intro
EE EE
EE EE
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------2-0—–-0---------------|
G|-2-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-0-----5—–-5-4-5-4-0-2-0-|
D|-------------------------------------------|
Intro 2nd part
EE EE EE EE (DDDAAA)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------2----------------------2-0—–-0---------|
G|-2-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-4-5----2-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-0-----5—–-5-4-5-4-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|-0-2-0------|
D|------------| x3 (Second and third time play DDD AAA at the end)
Intro 3rd part
E D E D A
e|-----------------------------------2----------------------2-0—--0---------|
B|-2-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-4-5----2-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-0-----5---5-4-5-4-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------|
B|-0-2-0------|
G|------------|
D|------------| x2
Verse
EE EE EE D D D
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------2---------------------2-0—–-0---------|
G|-2-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-4-5----2-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-0-----5—–-5-4-5-4-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I'm a sailor peg And I lost my leg Climbin up the topsails I lost my
A A
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|-0-2-0------|
D|------------| x2 (second time no words)
leg
E D E D A
e|-----------------------------------2----------------------2-0—--0---------|
B|-2-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-4-5----2-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-0-----5---5-4-5-4-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------|
B|-0-2-0------|
G|------------|
D|------------| x2
Chorus
D C G
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------555-44-0-------|
D|-------------------------------------------| x3
I'm shipping up to boston (whoa oh oh)
D C G
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----555555555555-----|
D|------------------------------------------|
I'm shipping off To find my wooden leg
Rinse and Repeat, there you go
Song info
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Im Shipping Up To Boston
Dropkick Murphys
2001
- Folk, World, & Country
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- Folk
- Oi
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