From RYAN HOULETTE, GRAPH JOCKEY EXTRAO Jul 21 '94 at 9:03 am -300 Return-Path: <RHOULETT@DEPAUW.EDU> Date: 21 Jul 1994 09:03:22 -0500 (EST) Subject: guitar archives To: guitar@nevada.edu X-Vms-To: IN%"guitar@nevada.edu" Before You Were Born by Toad the Wet Sprocket from the _fear_ album contributed by Ryan Houlette <rhoulett@depauw.edu> It's the same basic chords the whole song. Vary it by adding hammer-ons/pull-offs. Listen to the album to get the strumming pattern. [verse1] D Dsus4 G Gadd2' How can it happen that every time

^DYou ask us this question^Dsus4 the answer^G seems like a lie ^Gadd2 ^DYou know what what we're saying^Dsus4 you ^Gknow what it means ^Gadd2 ^BmAnd it's always sincere god knows But it ^Anever gets ^Gthrough to where you need

[chorus1]

^DBefore you were born someone kicked in the door ^GThere's no place for you here, stay back where you belong ^DBefore you were born someone kicked in the door ^GYou are not wanted here anymore

(repeat these patterns for the other verses and choruses and the 2nd solo) [1st solo backing chords] Em D Em D Em A D A G ------------------------| ------------------------| Dsus4 Gadd2 (this isn't the right name for it, I know) ------ ------ |||||| 1st fret |||||| 1st fret ------ ------ |||*|| |||||| ------ ------ ||||** *|||** ------ ------ |||||| ||||||

Toad the Wet Sprocket - Before you were born