Guitar tabs
Stories I Tell (words and music by Glen Phillips, Todd Nichols, and Toad) The basic structure for the verse is:C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
Asus2Asus2
E MajorE ---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------7---||
BB ---4h5p4-------|---4h5p4----5--|---4h5p4--------|---4h5p4---5---||
G+G ------------6--|---------------|-------------6--|-----------6---||
D MajorD ---------------|---------------|-----------7----|-----------7---||
A augmentedA -4-------------|-4-------------|-4--------------|-4-------------||
E MajorE ---------5-----|---------5-----|---------5------|---------------||
I suggest that you fret the fourth fret with your pointer finger and let all the other fingers do the stretching. Also, make sure that you sustain thatA augmentedA note on the low
E MajorE string and play the rest with the other fingers. For example, when you play measure three, you should be barreing the fourth fret with your pointer, hammer on and pull off that fifth fret on the
BB string with your middle finger; then hit the fifth fret of the low
E MajorE string (the
A augmentedA note) with your middle finger; next hit the seventh fret of the
D MajorD string with your pinky and finally hit the sixth fret on the
G+G string with your ring finger. I know it requires a lot of painful stretching, but you should get used to it. Anyway, here are the lyrics with everything else:
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
Asus2Asus2 Don~t give me ...
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
Asus2Asus2 Yes is a word for which ...
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
Asus2Asus2 And I wasn~t looking ... F#m* C#m* G#m* A* Just someone to listen ...
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
Asus2Asus2
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA What is a blessing? ...
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
Asus2Asus2 Caught between portraits ...
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA And why is it some would ...
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
Asus2Asus2 F#m* When I feel I~m a part ... C#m* G#m* A* And I feel the same
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
Asus2Asus2
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
Asus2Asus2 Don~t ask me questions ...
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
Asus2Asus2 Fame is a cancer and ....
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
Asus2Asus2 Now I wasn~t looking ... F#m* C#m* G#m* A* Just someone to listen ...
Instrumental:C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
BB
A augmentedA Do you ever ...
F# minorF#m
G# minorG#m
BB Did you ever care to ...
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m Stories I ...
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
Asus2Asus2 STOP Sto......... a bass interlude comes in which plays the standard
C# minorC#m to
A augmentedA chord change, for those interested, the bass is simply played:
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
G+G -------------|------------------|-------------||
D MajorD -------------|------------------|-------------||
A augmentedA -4-4-4-----2-|-(repeat 7 times)-|-4-2---------||
E MajorE -------5-5---|------------------|-----4-5-5-7-||
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA Subtle salvation in ...
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA Hiding our heads ...
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA I wasn~t looking for ...
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA Just someone to ...
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
C# minorC#m A... Stories I ... Basically, the song plays the
C# minorC#m to
A augmentedA chord progression until it ends. The chords with the asteriks are played like this: F#m* C#m* G#m* A*
E MajorE --9--||-4--||-11--||-12--||
BB -10--||-5--||-12--||-14--||
G+G -11--||-6--||-13--||-14--||
D MajorD -----||----||-----||-----||
A augmentedA -----||----||-----||-----||
E MajorE -----||----||-----||-----|| And that is basically all you need to know for the song. Bye-bye...
ⓘ Guitar tab for 'Stories I Tell' by Toad The Wet Sprocket, an alternative rock band formed in 1986