Stories I Tell by Toad The Wet Sprocket - guitar chords, guitar tabs and lyrics

C#m

Asus2

E ---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------7---||
B ---4h5p4-------|---4h5p4----5--|---4h5p4--------|---4h5p4---5---||
G ------------6--|---------------|-------------6--|-----------6---||
D ---------------|---------------|-----------7----|-----------7---||
A -4-------------|-4-------------|-4--------------|-4-------------||
E ---------5-----|---------5-----|---------5------|---------------||

I suggest that you fret the fourth fret with your pointer finger and let all

the other fingers do the stretching. Also, make sure that you sustain that

A note on the low E string and play the rest with the other fingers. For

example, when you play measure three, you should be barreing the fourth fret

with your pointer, hammer on and pull off that fifth fret on the B string

with your middle finger; then hit the fifth fret of the low E string (the A

note) with your middle finger; next hit the seventh fret of the D string with

your pinky and finally hit the sixth fret on the G string with your ring

finger. I know it requires a lot of painful stretching, but you should get

used to it. Anyway, here are the lyrics with everything else:

	C#m	A	C#m	A	C#m	A	C#m	Asus2
	Don~t give me	answers or	I would re	fuse

	C#m	A	C#m	A	C#m	A	C#m	Asus2
	Yes is a	word for which	I have no	use

	C#m	A	C#m	A	C#m	A	C#m	Asus2
	And I wasn~t	looking for	heaven or	hell

F#m* C#m* G#m* A*

Just someone to listen to stories I tell

C#m

Asus2

	C#m	A	C#m	A
	What is a	blessing?	What is a	dream?

	C#m	A	C#m	Asus2
	Caught between	portraits and	none~s what it	seems

	C#m	A	C#m	A
And	why is it	some would ex	pect there~s a	change

C#m A C#m Asus2 F#m*

When I feel I~m a part of something I can~t see

C#m* G#m* A*

And I feel the same

C#m

Asus2

	C#m	A	C#m	A	C#m	A	C#m	Asus2
	Don~t ask me	questions or	I will re	treat

	C#m	A	C#m	A	C#m	A	C#m	Asus2
	Fame is a	cancer and	ego i	ts seed

	C#m	A	C#m	A	C#m	A	C#m	Asus2
Now	I wasn~t	looking for	heaven or	hell

F#m* C#m* G#m* A*

Just someone to listen to stories I tell

Instrumental: C#m A C#m A C#m A C#m A

C#m

	B	A
	Do you ever won	der?

	F#m	G#m	B
	Did you ever	care to stories I	tell

	A	C#m
Stories	I tell

C#m A C#m A C#m A C#m Asus2 STOP

Sto......ries I... tell.....

a bass interlude comes in which plays the standard C#m to A chord change,

for those interested, the bass is simply played:

C#m

G -------------|------------------|-------------||
D -------------|------------------|-------------||
A -4-4-4-----2-|-(repeat 7 times)-|-4-2---------||
E -------5-5---|------------------|-----4-5-5-7-||

	C#m	A	C#m	A
	Subtle sal	vation in	poems and	pros

	C#m	A	C#m	A
	Hiding our	heads in a	shadow of	home

	C#m	A	C#m	A
	I wasn~t l	ooking for	wreaths or for b	ells

	C#m	A	C#m	A
Just	someone to	listen to	stories I	tell

C#m A C#m A...

Stories I tell

Basically, the song plays the C#m to A chord progression until it ends.

The chords with the asteriks are played like this:

F#m* C#m* G#m* A*

E --9--||-4--||-11--||-12--||
B -10--||-5--||-12--||-14--||
G -11--||-6--||-13--||-14--||
D -----||----||-----||-----||
A -----||----||-----||-----||
E -----||----||-----||-----||

And that is basically all you need to know for the song. Bye-bye...