• Song:

    Come Down

  • Artist:

    Toad the Wet Sprocket

  • Album:

    P.S. (a Toad retrospec...

Transcription by Scott Josselyn 

*Capo 1st Fret*
*All chords are relative to capo but all tab is relative
 to nut (i.e. a "1" in tab is an "open" string)

Chords: G=320033  D=200232  Em=0220(3)0  C9=x32033
      G=x20033  A74=x02233 or 540055
      Bb6=650066 or x03366*
        Cadd9(use this type to follow A#6)=870088 or xx5588*
        *Guitar 2(Todd) plays arpeggios of these chords while Glenn
          strums the rhythm with the first type

Todd's Riffs:

Riff 1  (intro and over 3rd chorus?)

--1--1---1--1--1-----------1------------------ | 
--6--4--/6--4--1-------1-1-4---1-------------- | 
-----------------------3s5-----1-----3s5--1--- | 
---------------------------------------------- | 
---------------------------------------------- | 
---------------------------------------------- | 

Riff 2                     Riff 3
(over all G-A74 progressions)  (over A#6-Cadd9 progressions)
-13--11---8-----8---4-----       -7---7---7---(b9)--(b9)---(b9)-- | 
-13--11---(b9)----(b9)--4-----       --7---7-------(b9)--(b9)------ | 
-10---8---1-----1---1-----       ---4---4-------6---6------ | 
--------------------------       -------------------------- | 
--------------------------       -------------------------- | 
--------------------------       -------------------------- | 

Song opens with feedback on an open A chord then:

Intro:

G5 - D5 - E5 - C5 - G5 - A5  x2


Verse:

G5           A5
open up and let me in
G5                    A5
i was lucky to live, dont need to win
G5                    A5
forgave myself and if that's a sin
      Bb5             C5
it's not enough you'd even know it
 G5            A5
you did right to call my bluff
   G5            A5
'cause i wont say when i've had enough
 G5            A5
and i worked so hard to need this stuff
 Bb5                  C5
and you tried so long to just ignore it


Chorus:

G5 D5 E5           C5  G5  A5
           wont you come   down        where i am
G5 D5 E5           C5  G5 A5
           word are hidden,            understand

G5 A5 G5 A5

Verse:
     G5          A5
i wont repeat myself again
     G5            A5
i will not repeat myself again
      G5       A5
it's another promise d.o.a.
      Bb5            C5
and despite my every hope
             Bb5            C5
there is no truth behind my best intentioned oath


Chorus:

G5 D5 E5            C5 G5  A5
           won't you come       down where i am
G5 D5 E5            C5 G5 A5
         words are hidden,    understand
G5 D5 E5            C5 G5 A5 (hold........)
         won't you come       down
       (still holding A chord........)
         been away too long i know i have

Solo*:

(Chords: G5 - A5 x3  Bb5 - C5 x3)

-/4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-----------/4-4-4--4-3-1---3-4------------------- | 
-/4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-(times 4)-/4-4-4--4-3-1---3-4------------------- | 
--------------------------------------------------------------------- | 
--------------------------------------------------------------------- | 
--------------------------------------------------------------------- | 
--------------------------------------------------------------------- | 

--------------------------------------------------------------------- | 
-/12-12-12--/12-12-12-12---14-16-14-12--(times 3 then)--14b(16)------ | 
-/13-13-13--/13-13-13-13---15-16-15-13------------------------------- | 
--------------------------------------------------------------------- | 
--------------------------------------------------------------------- | 

Chorus:

G5 D5 E5            C5 G5 A5
         won't you come       down, help me stand
G5 D5 E5            C5 G5 A5
         there is healing     in your hands
G5 D5 E5            C5 G5 A5
         won't you come       down where i am
G5 D5 E5            C5 G5 A5
         words all leave me
           A5
         been away to long
                       A5
         i know i've been away to long
                    A5        A5
         i know i have

*the solo sounds like at least 4 guitars.. one playing rythmn one
playing riff 2 and two others that i tired to tab as one guitar...
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