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Before You Were Born Tab

Send "Before You Were Born" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

From RYAN HOULETTE, GRAPH JOCKEY EXTRAO  Jul 21 '94 at 9:03 am -300


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Before You Were Born
by Toad the Wet Sprocket
from the _fear_ album

contributed by Ryan Houlette



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
D                       Dsus4      G                 Gadd2
You ask us this question the answer seems like a lie
D                              Dsus4 G                  Gadd2
You know what what we're saying  you know what it means
Bm
And it's always sincere god knows
       A          G
But it never gets through to where you need

[chorus1]
D
Before you were born someone kicked in the door
G
There's no place for you here, stay back where you belong
D
Before you were born someone kicked in the door
G
You 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


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Dsus4               Gadd2 (this isn't the right name for it, I know)

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Flash Average	#1 by Flash Jaxon at Jul 31, 1974 at 12:37 PM EST
	No comments? Wow. I really like this song. It captures this defiant, slightly bitter feeling perfectly, without depressing the listener. I heard somone once tell me it was written from the perspective of a gay man, dealing with the rejection that comes with his alternative lifestyle. It makes alot of sense, and it's an interesting theory. My impression was that it just speaks to most everyone. Everyone feels at one point or another that they were given a raw deal, dealt bad cards. Everyone wants to curse it all at one point or another. The last line is very uplifting, and the melody and the strong rythm section give it a posotive, motivational feel. great song to listen to after a bad day.

No Picture Troy Wanna Be	#2 by Troy Erskine at Feb 12, 1978 at 5:39 PM EST
	dear all the misconseptionists that think this is angry music: In their earlier years, Toad was a very angry band that sung about injustifications and made themselves heard. (see Hold Her Down) However, the tone is really more sympathetic than angry, and if you listen to it often, you'd understand. If you haven't heard it, I urge you to follow this easy two-step process 1. listen to the song 2. repeat step 1 until the year 200hellfreezesover.

No Picture Keith Average	#3 by Keith Amaral at Feb 1, 1985 at 11:31 PM EST
	Hmmm... I guess I always thought this was about abortion (seemingly on the side of pro-Life), but perhaps I am reading too much into it: "before you were born, someone kicked in the door" -- paints a scene of someone "breaking" into the womb "there's no place here, stay back where you belong" -- an unwanted pregnancy? "you are not wanted here, stay back where you belong" -- further alludes to the statement above "god damn the father, without face, without name" -- again, this may allude to an unwanted pregnancy, and the fact that the mother is single "god damn the lovers, who never showed up" -- ditto "and how can it happen, now that you know the cause" -- perhaps they didn't use protection, even though they knew better? "pain is the healing and the tears sting like alcohol" -- a common procedure used in abortions is to inject alcohol into the fetus' head Just my interpretation, which may be wrong. Also, not saying abortion is right or wrong, so don't flame. Great song, regardless of the meaning. I miss TTWS.

No Picture Freddy Badass	#4 by Freddy Timmons at Jul 13, 2007 at 11:44 PM EST
	I always thought this song was written from two points of view. The verses around the chorus are from the friends of someone who's continually depressed who are trying to help while the chorus is from the viewpoint of that depressed person feeling sorry for themselves. To me, the chorus has a different sound than the rest of the song, so that further makes it seem as though it's different from the rest of the song. Either way, the end of the song always makes me tear up a little cause it resonates well and is uplifting.