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Dam Would Break  Toad the Wet Sprocket

Tab: "Dam Would Break," by Toad the Wet Sprocket
Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur (mmazur@wpi.edu)
Guitar 1 is an acoustic, capoed at the 6th fret
Guitar 2 is an electric, also capoed at the 6th fret
All chord names are relative to the capos, so the actual sounding
chord is a diminished fifth higher than written
Rhythm Figure 1 (Guitar 1)
[Am]  
 
 |----0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--|----0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--|
 |----1--1--1--1----1--1--1--1--|----1--1--1--1----1--1--1--1--|
 |----2--2--2--2----2--2--2--2--|----2--2--2--2----2--2--2--2--|
 |--0h2--2--2--0--0h2--2--2--0--|--0h2--2--2--0--0h2--2--2--0--|
 |----0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--|----0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--|
 |------------------------------|------------------------------|

[Dm] [G]  
 
 |----1--1--1--1----1--1--1--1--|--1h3--3--3--3-3--3--3--|
 |----3--3--3--3----3--3--3--3--|--3-3--3--3--3-3--3--3--|
 |--0h2--2--2--0--0h2--2--2--0--|--0-0--0--0--0-0--0--0--|
 |----0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--|--0-0--0--0--0-0--0--0--|
 |------------------------------|--2-2--2--2--0h2--2--2--|
 |------------------------------|------------------------|

Rhythm Figure 1B
[Am]  
 
 |----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
 |----1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|----1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|
 |----2--2--2--0--0--0--0--|----2--2--2--0--0--0--0--|
 |--0h2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--0h2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
 |----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
 |-------------------3--3--|-------------------3--3--|

[Dm] [G]  
 
 |----1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|--1h3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
 |----3--3--3--1--1--1--1--|--3-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
 |--0h2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
 |----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|--0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
 |-------------------3--3--|--2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|

Intro:
Guitar 1 plays rhythm figure 1 twice
Guitar 2 plays:
[Am] [Dm] [G] [Am]  
 
 |--|--|--|----------------------|-----|-------------------------|
 |--|--|--|-----0h1--0h1p0-------|-----|-----0h1--1--0h1p0-------|
 |--|--|--|-----------------2p0--|-----|--------------------2p0--|
 |--|--|--|----------------------|--2--|-------------------------|
 |--|--|--|----------------------|--0--|-------------------------|
 |--|--|--|----------------------|-----|-------------------------|

Dm G Am (to verse)
 
 |-----------|-------------------------|-----|
 |-----------|--------0h1--0h1p0-------|--1--|
 |-----0--2--|--------------------2p0--|--2--|
 |--2--------|--0----------------------|--2--|
 |-----------|-------------------------|--0--|
 |-----------|-------------------------|-----|

Verse: Guitar 2 tacet, Guitar 1 plays single chords at every change
(The bass plays the Am and Dm chords as Am7 and Dm7, so these can
be substituted)
[Am] is it this [Dm]place that [G]makes me fall from [Am]you
forget the words that once rang so true
(Guitar 1 plays rhythm figure 1B twice, Guitar 2 plays tab below)
did we expect that life was ever fair, my god...
i sowed a field of rose and reaped a whipping rod
[Am] [Dm] [G]  
 
 |-----------------------|-----|--1--|--3--|
 |-----------------------|-----|--3--|--3--|
 |-----0h2p0-------------|-----|--2--|--0--|
 |------------2p0-----0--|-----|--0--|--0--|
 |-----------------3-----|--0--|-----|-----|
 |-----------------------|-----|-----|--3--|

[Am] [Dm] [G]  
 
 |-----------------------|---------------------|-----1-----|--3--|
 |-----------------------|---------------------|--------3--|-(3)-|
 |-----0h2p0-------------|--------2p0----------|-----------|--0--|
 |------------2p0-----0--|-------------2p0-----|--0--------|--0--|
 |-----------------3-----|--0---------------3--|-----------|-----|
 |-----------------------|---------------------|-----------|-----|

Chorus: Guitar 1 plays chords, Guitar 2 plays tab
[F]and everything i've held too [G]tight inside
Em (guitar 2 plays the first Em below)
could make a part of me die
[F]and if my lips could only [G]speak the name
Em (guitar 2 plays the second Em)
the dam would break
[F] [G]  
 
 |--------------------|-----------------|--3-----------|
 |-----------0--------|--------0--------|--3--3--------|
 |--------0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|--0-----0-----|
 |-----0-----------0--|--------------0--|--0--------0--|
 |--3-----------------|-(3)-------------|--------------|
 |--------------------|-----------------|--------------|

Em(first time) Em(second time)
 
 |--0--------------|--|--0--|
 |--0--0-----------|--|--0--|
 |--0-----0--------|--|--0--|
 |--2--------0-----|--|--2--|
 |--2-----------2--|--|--2--|
 |--0--------------|--|-----|

Guitar 1 plays rhythm figure 1, Guitar 2 plays this:
[Am]  
 
 |------------------------|----------------------|
 |--0h1--0-----0h1--0-----|--1h3--1-----0--1-----|
 |----------0----------0--|----------0--------0--|
 |------------------------|----------------------|
 |------------------------|----------------------|
 |------------------------|----------------------|

Dm G Am(verse)
 
 |--------------------|---------------------------------|--0--|
 |--0--1-----0--1-----|-------1-------1---------3--3\1--|--5--|
 |--------0--------0--|--0h2-----0h2-----0h2/4----------|-----|
 |--------------------|---------------------------------|-----|
 |--------------------|---------------------------------|-----|
 |--------------------|---------------------------------|-----|

Verse:
what is this ice that gathers 'round my heart
to stop the flood of warmth before it even starts
it would make me blind to what i thought would always be
the only constant in the world for me
Chorus:
and every hour of every day
i need to fight from pulling away
and if my mind could only loose the chain
the dam would break
Bridge: (Guitar 1 plays chords, guitar 2 plays tab below)
[Am]for all the things i hid [G]away[Em]
[Am]and all the words i could not [G]say
[Em]the dam would break
[Am]  
 
 |-------0--------0----------0--------0-----|
 |--0h1-----1--------1--0h1-----1--------1--|
 |-------------2-------------------2--------|
 |------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------|

[G] [Em]  
 
 |------3--------3----------0--------0-----|
 |--/3-----3--------3----------0--------0--|
 |------------4--------0h2--------0--------|
 |-----------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------|

Repeat the last part of the chorus until end

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