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Dam Would Break tab by Toad The Wet Sprocket

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Tab: "Dam Would Break," by Toad the Wet Sprocket


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)

   Chord diagramA minorAm
|----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--|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

   Chord diagramDmDm                             Chord diagramG+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

   Chord diagramA minorAm
|----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--|


   Chord diagramDmDm                        Chord diagramG+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:
 Chord diagramA minorAm    Chord diagramDmDm   Chord diagramG+G                      Chord diagramA minorAm
|--|--|--|----------------------|-----|-------------------------|
|--|--|--|-----0h1--0h1p0-------|-----|-----0h1--1--0h1p0-------|
|--|--|--|-----------------2p0--|-----|--------------------2p0--|
|--|--|--|----------------------|--2--|-------------------------|
|--|--|--|----------------------|--0--|-------------------------|
|--|--|--|----------------------|-----|-------------------------|
   Chord diagramDmDm          Chord diagramG+G                         Chord diagramA minorAm (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 Chord diagramA minorAm and Chord diagramDmDm chords as Chord diagramAm7Am7 and Dm7, so these can
be substituted)

Chord diagramA minorAm            Chord diagramDmDm         Chord diagramG+G                  Chord diagramA minorAm
   is it this place that makes me fall from 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

   Chord diagramA minorAm                            Chord diagramDmDm    Chord diagramG+G
|-----------------------|-----|--1--|--3--|
|-----------------------|-----|--3--|--3--|
|-----0h2p0-------------|-----|--2--|--0--|
|------------2p0-----0--|-----|--0--|--0--|
|-----------------3-----|--0--|-----|-----|
|-----------------------|-----|-----|--3--|

   Chord diagramA minorAm                                            Chord diagramDmDm          Chord diagramG+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

Chord diagramFF                            Chord diagramG+G
and everything i've held too tight inside

Chord diagramE minorEm (guitar 2 plays the first Chord diagramE minorEm below)
could make a part of me die

Chord diagramFF                         Chord diagramG+G
and if my lips could only speak the name

Chord diagramE minorEm (guitar 2 plays the second Chord diagramE minorEm)
the dam would break

   Chord diagramFF                                      Chord diagramG+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:

   Chord diagramA minorAm
|------------------------|----------------------|
|--0h1--0-----0h1--0-----|--1h3--1-----0--1-----|
|----------0----------0--|----------0--------0--|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|

   Chord diagramDmDm                   Chord diagramG+G                                 Am(verse)
|--------------------|---------------------------------|--0--|
|--0--1-----0--1-----|-------1-------1---------3--31--|--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)

Chord diagramA minorAm                       Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramE minorEm
for all the things i hid away

Chord diagramA minorAm                            Chord diagramG+G
and all the words i could not say

Chord diagramE minorEm
the dam would break

   Chord diagramA minorAm
|-------0--------0----------0--------0-----|
|--0h1-----1--------1--0h1-----1--------1--|
|-------------2-------------------2--------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

    Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramE minorEm
|------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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