Toad the Wet Sprocket - Stories i tell
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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 95 19:16:06 EDT
From: Winston Campbell <jieuryli@eden.rutgers.edu>
Subject: STORIES I TELL by Toad The Wet Sprocket
Stories I Tell
(words and music by Glen Phillips, Todd Nichols, and Toad)
The basic structure for the verse is:
C#m A C#m A C#m A C#m Asus2
E ---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------7---||
B ---4h5p4-------|---4h5p4----5--|---4h5p4--------|---4h5p4---5---||
G ------------6--|---------------|-------------6--|-----------6---||
D ---------------|---------------|-----------7----|-----------7---||
A -4-------------|-4-------------|-4--------------|-4-------------||
E ---------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 note on the low E 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 B string
with your middle finger; then hit the fifth fret of the low E string (the A
note) with your middle finger; next hit the seventh fret of the D string with
your pinky and finally hit the sixth fret on the 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#mDon~t give me Aanswers orC#m I would reAfuse C#m A C#m Asus2
C#mYes is a Aword for whichC#m I have no Ause C#m A C#m Asus2
C#mAnd I wasn~t Alooking for C#mheaven or Ahell C#m A C#m Asus2
F#m* C#m* G#m* A*
Just someone to listen to stories I tell
C#m A C#m A C#m A C#m Asus2
C#mWhat is a Ablessing' C#mWhat is a Adream'
C#mCaught between Aportraits and C#mnone~s what it Asus2seems
And C#mwhy is it Asome would exC#mpect there~s a Achange
C#m A C#m Asus2 F#m*
When I feel I~m a part of something I can~t see
C#m* G#m* A*
And I feel the same
C#m A C#m A C#m A C#m Asus2
C#mDon~t ask me Aquestions orC#m I will reAtreat C#m A C#m Asus2
C#mFame is a Acancer and C#mego iAts seed C#m A C#m Asus2
NowC#m I wasn~t Alooking for C#mheaven orA hell C#m A C#m Asus2
F#m* C#m* G#m* A*
Just someone to listen to stories I tell
Instrumental: C#m A C#m A C#m A C#m A
C#m A C#m A C#m A C#m A
BDo you ever wonAder'
F#mDid you ever G#mcare to stories I Btell
Stories AI tell C#m
C#m A C#m A C#m A C#m Asus2 STOP
Sto......ries I... tell.....
a bass interlude comes in which plays the standard C#m to A chord change,
for those interested, the bass is simply played:
C#m A C#m A
G -------------|------------------|-------------||
D -------------|------------------|-------------||
A -4-4-4-----2-|-(repeat 7 times)-|-4-2---------||
E -------5-5---|------------------|-----4-5-5-7-||
C#mSubtle salAvation in C#mpoems and Apros
C#mHiding our Aheads in a C#mshadow of Ahome
C#mI wasn~t lAooking for C#mwreaths or for bAells
Just C#msomeone to Alisten to C#mstories I Atell
C#m A C#m A...
Stories I tell
Basically, the song plays the C#m to A chord progression until it ends.
The chords with the asteriks are played like this:
F#m* C#m* G#m* A*
E --9--||-4--||-11--||-12--||
B -10--||-5--||-12--||-14--||
G -11--||-6--||-13--||-14--||
D -----||----||-----||-----||
A -----||----||-----||-----||
E -----||----||-----||-----||
And that is basically all you need to know for the song. Bye-bye...