• Song:

    When We Rocovered

  • Artist:

    Toad the Wet Sprocket

Tab: "When we Recovered," Toad the Wet Sprocket
Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur (mmazur@wpi.edu)

I'm fairly sure of Glen's part (guitar 1), but guitar 2 is driving me crazy... I'm not 
of the tuning, I'm not sure even if he's playing with a slide or not... I can't tell...

Intro: Guitar 1 plays this twice

   Emadd9
|--------------------0-----|--------------------0-----|
|-----------------------0--|-----------------------0--|
|-----------0--------------|-----------0--------------|
|--------4-----4-----------|--------4-----4-----------|
|-----7-----------7--------|-----7-----------7--------|
|--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|


   G/B (143121@7)       G/C (2431xx@7)          G/A (320203@1)          G/D (4x3121@7) *(gtr 2 enters)
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------0-----------0-----|--------0--------------0-----|
|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0--------0-----0--|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--7-----------8-----------|--5-----------8/10-----------|

Guitar 2 enters at the point marked with an asterisk, with delay,
heavy reverb, and volume swells.
Throughout the song, except for the choruses, it sounds like guitar 2
is also played with a slide.

 G (320003@1)    Emadd9            G/B (143121@7)name="chord_2431xx@7">G/C    G/A (320203@1)  G/D|----|--10----|----14--|--10--10--|---------------| (4x3121@7)|--8/|--12----|--------|--12--12--|--10/12--1210|
|----|--0-----|--------|------12--|--0--0---0--0--| Guitar 2's part
|----|--------|--------|----------|---------------| over the intro
|----|--------|--------|----------|---------------|
|----|--------|--------|----------|---------------|


Verse: Guitar 1 plays the intro riff twice, Guitar 2 plays somewhat the same thing it 
in the intro, with slight variation

Emadd9
so suddenly
G/B (143121@7)        G/Cwhere (2431xx@7)was my mind
G/A (320203@1)      G/Dwhat (4x3121@7)was i thinking of
i lost control
you could have died
i could have killed you

Chorus: Guitar 1 is tacet here, guitar 2 plays tabbed part
(all chords are implied by guitar 2, bass)

   Cadd9 (x32030@1)     G|--------------------------| (320003@1)|--------3-----------3-----|
|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
|--------------------------|
|--3-----------------------|
|--------------3-----------|


   Cadd9 (x32030@1)      G|---------------------------------------------| (320003@1)|--------3/53--------------------------------|
|-----0---------2/42--0--2--2b(4)r2----0-----|
|------------------------------------------2--|
|--3------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


   Em (022000@1)                   G (320003@1)      Cadd9|----------------------|---------------------| (x32030@1)|-------------------8--|-----------7h8p7-----|
|----------------7-----|------------------7--|
|--5--4--5h7-----------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|

    Cadd9 (x32030@1)           Gbut (320003@1)when we recovered (when we recovered)
Cadd9 (x32030@1)           Gi (320003@1)only thought of you
             Emand (022000@1)when you saw my hands
you shuddered
Gi (320003@1)realized
    Cadd9how (x32030@1)much i cared for you

Guitar 1 plays the intro riff twice, guitar 2 plays this:
   Emadd9    G/B (143121@7)  G/C (2431xx@7) G/A (320203@1)   G/D (4x3121@7)       Emadd9
|------|--|------------|-------------------|----------|--|
|--0---|--|--10-----7--|--7h8p7h8p7h8p7h8--|--3/5--5--|--|
|--12--|--|--7------7--|-------------------|--0-------|--|
|------|--|------------|-------------------|----------|--|
|------|--|------------|-------------------|----------|--|
|------|--|------------|-------------------|----------|--|


   G/B (143121@7)G/C (2431xx@7) G/A (320203@1)     G/D (4x3121@7)           Emadd9 (verse)
|--10------|-------------------------|-----|
|------12--|--10/12-----1210-----10|--8--|
|----------|--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--|--0--|
|----------|-------------------------|-----|
|----------|-------------------------|-----|
|----------|-------------------------|-----|


Verse: (both guitars play the same as the first verse)

i slip sometimes
i can be cruel
i can say stupid things
but after crimes
pardoned
and pride follows behind me

Chorus: (same as first)
but when we recovered
i only thought of you
and light remaining after thunder
i realized
how much i cared for you

Bridge:
Guitar 1 plays chords, guitar 2 plays the tab here:

   G (320003@1)                             Cadd9|-----------3-----|-----------3/|--10--10--10--10---7--7--| (x32030@1)|--3-----3--------|--3-----3----|--12--12--12--12---8--8--|
|--0--0--------0--|--0--0-------|--0---0---0---0-----0--0--|
|--0--------------|--0----------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------|--------------------------|
|--3--------------|--3----------|--------------------------|


   G (320003@1)                   Em (022000@1)               
|--7--5/7--7--7--5--5|--0------------|--12--|
|--8--7/8--8--8--7--7|--0--------|--12------|
|--0--0-0--0--0--0--0-|--0--------12--|----------|
|---------------------|---------------|----------|
|---------------------|---------------|----------|
|---------------------|---------------|----------|


   Cadd9 (x32030@1)                    G|--10--10--10--10---7--7--|--7--5/7--7--7--5--5| (320003@1)|--12--12--12--12---8--8--|--8--7/8--8--8--7--7|
|--0---0---0---0-----0--0--|--0--0-0--0--0--0--0-|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|

Repeat second chorus, then first chorus

Outro:
Guitar 1 plays the intro riff twice, guitar 2 plays:

   Emadd9   G (320003@1)            Emadd9    G (320003@1)                   Em9|-----|--|--------|--7--|--14--|--|--14--10--|----------|--10--| (022032@1)|-----|--|-----5--|-----|------|--|----------|--10--12--|------|
|--0--|--|--7-----|-----|------|--|----------|------12--|------|
|-----|--|--------|-----|------|--|----------|----------|------|
|-----|--|--------|-----|------|--|----------|----------|------|
|-----|--|--------|-----|------|--|----------|----------|------|

The last measure, guitar 1 plays a full Emadd9 chord (074000)

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