Corporal Brown Toad the Wet Sprocket
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:51:58 -0800
From: "Michael A. Mazur"
Subject: Tab: Toad the Wet Sprocket, "Corporal Brown"
Tab: "Corporal Brown" Toad the Wet Sprocket
Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur (mmazur@wpi.edu)
All guitars capoed at second fret
Intro: Guitars 1 and 2
Cadd9/G (bass plays G)
| |-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)-| | |------1--1----1--1----1--1----1--1----1--1----1--| |*|--0---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--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3--| | |-------------------------------------------------|
Gadd6/A (A in bass) Gadd6 (bass plays B)
|-----(0)-----(0)----(0)--(0)---(0)----| | |--3---3---3---3--3---3/5--5--5--5--5--| | |--0---0---0---0--0---0-0--0--0--0--0--|*| Play this 9 times |--0---0---0---0--0---0-0--0--0--0--0--|*| |--5---5---5---5--5---5----7--7--7--7--| | |--------------------------------------| |
Notes in parenthesis are played only by guitar 2, and only after the
second repeat
Verse:
[Am7]
|---------------------------------| |--1--1--1--0---------------------| |--0--0--0--0--------0h2p0-----0--| Guitar 2 plays for the verse |--2--2--2--2-----2---------2-----| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|
corporal brown was tall, boy!
and liked to go and fish
corporal's wife was quite fat
and was a raving bitch
Pre-chorus:
[Em7] [Asus4] [G] [Dsus2]
|--0--0--|--0--0--|--------|--0--0--| |--3--3--|--3--3--|--3--3--|--3--3--| |--0--0--|--2--2--|--0--0--|--2--2--| Guitar 1 plays these chords, |--2--2--|--2--2--|--0--0--|--0--0--| Guitar 2 plays the same |--2--2--|--------|--------|--------| chords, but muted, and in |--------|--------|--3--3--|--------| eighth notes
[Em7]and [Asus4]i'm a [G]bit [Dsus2]drunk [Em7]as [Asus4]i [G]watch
[Em7]they [Asus4]are [G]yelling [Dsus2]loud, [Em7]he [Asus4]throws a punch
Chorus:
Guitar 1 plays the same chords from the intro,
Guitar 2 plays this over all the chords
|------------------| |--1p0-----3p0-----| |-------0-------0--| |------------------| |------------------| |------------------|
[Cadd9/G]oh lord, [Gadd6/A]what am i [Gadd6]gonna do?
|----------------------------------| |--1--1--1--0----------------------| |--0--0--0--0-----2b(3)r2p0-----0--| Before the verse, guitar 2 |--2--2--2--2----------------2-----| plays this variation on the |----------------------------------| verse riff three times |----------------------------------|
Verse:
corporal brown was quite scared
when he looked down at her
corporal's wife was quite dead
so he carried her...
Prechorus:
and took her outside
dug a grave and placed her inside
i was amazed
Chorus:
oh lord, what am i gonna do?
(repeat variation of main riff 4 times,
ending on second to last note)
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