• Song:

    Come Down

  • Artist:

    Toad the Wet Sprocket

  • Album:

    P.S. (a Toad retrospec...

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From Scott975@aol.com Mon May 12 12:51:55 1997
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 19:52:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: Scott975@aol.com
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: Come Down by Toad the Wet Sprocket

Come Down by Toad the Wet Sprocket
off the album Coil
Transcription by Scott Josselyn (SBJosselyn@aol.com)

*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/F#=200232  Em=0220(3)0  Cadd9=x32033
	G/B=x20033  A7Sus4=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-A7sus4 progressions)  (over A#6-Cadd9 progressions)
-13--11---8-----8---4-----       -7---7---7---9---9----9---|
-13--11---9-----9---4-----       --7---7-------9---9-------|
-10---8---1-----1---1-----       ---4---4-------6---6------|
--------------------------       --------------------------|
--------------------------       --------------------------|
--------------------------       --------------------------|

Song opens with feedback on an open A chord then:

Intro:

G-D/F#-Em-Cadd9-G/B-A7Sus4  x2


Verse:

G           A7Sus4
open up and let me in
G                    A7Sus4
i was lucky to live, dont need to win
G                    A7Sus4
forgave myself and if that's a sin
      Bb6             Cadd9
it's not enough you'd even know it
 G            A7Sus4
you did right to call my bluff
   G	      A7Sus4
'cause i wont say when i've had enough
 G		A7Sus4
and i worked so hard to need this stuff
 Bb6                  Cadd9
and you tried so long to just ignore it


Chorus:

G D/F# Em           Cadd9  G/B  A7Sus4
           wont you come   down        where i am
G D/F# Em           Cadd9  G/B A7Sus4
           word are hidden,            understand

G A7Sus4 G A7Sus4

Verse:
     G          A7Sus4
i wont repeat myself again
     G            A7Sus4
i will not repeat myself again
      G       A7Sus4
it's another promise d.o.a.
      Bb6            Cadd9
and despite my every hope
             Bb            Cadd9
there is no truth behind my best intentioned oath


Chorus:

G D/F# Em            Cadd9 G/B  A7Sus4
           won't you come       down where i am
G D/F# Em            Cadd9 G/B A7Sus4
	   words are hidden,    understand
G D/F# Em            Cadd9 G/B A7Sus4 (hold........)
	   won't you come       down
       (still holding A chord........)
	   been away too long i know i have

Solo*:

(Chords:G-A7Sus4 x3  Bb6-Cadd9 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-------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|

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-/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-------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Chorus:

G D/F# Em            Cadd9 G/B A7Sus4
	   won't you come       down, help me stand
G D/F# Em            Cadd9 G/B A7Sus4
	   there is healing     in your hands
G D/F# Em            Cadd9 G/B A7Sus4
	   won't you come       down where i am
G D/F# Em            Cadd9 G/B A7Sus4
	   words all leave me
           A7Sus4
	   been away to long
                       A7Sus4
	   i know i've been away to long
                    A7Sus4        A7Sus4
	   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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