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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