Stories I Tell tab by Toad The Wet Sprocket

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 that
A 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 ...

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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...