Plateau Meat Puppets
Some campy, strummy chords for the classic song.
I found many versions of this song were overly complicated if you just want to strum, so
I arranged it "campfire style."
Enjoy!
Plateau - The Meat Puppets - Capo 3 for recorded pitch
Intro - Em G Em G Em G D2
Verse 1
[Em]Many a [G]hand has [Em]scaled the [G]grand old [Em]face of [G]the pla[D2]teau
[Em]Some be[G]long to s[Em]trangers [G] and [Em]some to [G]folks you [D2]know
[Em]Holy [G]ghosts and [Em]talk show [G]hosts are [Em]planted [G]in the [D2]sand
To [Em]beauti[G]fy the [Em]foothills [G] and [Em]shake the [G]many [D2]hands[FM7]
Chorus
The [Em]nothing on the [G]top but a [Em]bucket and a [G]mop
And an [Em]illustrated [G]book about [D2]birds
You [Em]see a lot up [G]there but [Em]don't be [G]scared
[Em]Who needs [G]action [Em]when you [G]got [D2]words[(Em] [G] [Em] [G] [Em] [G] [D2)]
Verse 2
When you've [Em]finished with the [G]mop then [Em]you can [G]stop
And [Em]look at [G]what you've [D2]done
The [Em]plateau's [G]clean, no [Em]dirt to be [G]seen
And the [Em]work it [G]was [D2]fun[FM7]
(Chorus)
Verse 3
Well the [Em]many [G]hands be[Em]gan to [G]scan a[Em]round for the [G]next pla[D2]teau
[Em]Some said [G]it was in [Em]Greenland [G] and [Em]some say [G]Mex-i-[D2]co
O[Em]thers de[G]cided [Em]it was [G]nowhere e[Em]xcept for [G]where they [D2]stood
But [Em]those were [G]all just [Em]guesses [G] wouldn't [Em]help you [G]if they [D2]could[FM7]
Em:022000 G:320003 D2:x00230 FM7:x03210 or CM7+13:033200
Instead of regular FM7, you can play what looks like an E Major chord,
one fret higher; its some sort of CM7:033200
The second option will sound more dissonant but really sounds like what they are playing
in the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ715u6jO_Y
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