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Throw It All Away
Little Buddha

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From Scott975@aol.com Mon May 12 12:51:55 1997
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 19:52:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: Scott975@aol.com
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: Come Down by Toad the Wet Sprocket

Come Down by Toad the Wet Sprocket
off the album Coil
Transcription by Scott Josselyn (SBJosselyn@aol.com)

*Capo 1st Fret*
*All chords are relative to capo but all tab is relative 
 to nut (i.e. a "1" in tab is an "open" string)

Chords: G=320033  D/F#=200232  Em=0220(3)0  Cadd9=x32033
	G/B=x20033  A7sus4=x02233 or 540055
	A#6=650066 or x03366*
        Cadd9(use this type to follow A#6)=870088 or xx5588*
        *Guitar 2(Todd) plays arpeggios of these chords while Glenn
          strums the rhythm with the first type

Todd's Riffs:

Riff 1  (intro and over 3rd chorus?)

--1--1---1--1--1-----------1------------------
--6--4--/6--4--1-------1-1-4---1--------------
-----------------------3s5-----1-----3s5--1---
----------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------

Riff 2  			 Riff 3
(over all G-A7sus4 progressions)  (over A#6-Cadd9 progressions)   
-13--11---8-----8---4-----       -7---7---7---9---9----9---   
-13--11---9-----9---4-----       --7---7-------9---9-------   
-10---8---1-----1---1-----       ---4---4-------6---6------   
--------------------------       --------------------------
--------------------------       --------------------------
--------------------------       --------------------------       

     

Song opens with feedback on an open A chord then:

Intro: 

G-D/F#-Em-Cadd9-G/B-A7sus4  x2    


Verse:

G           A7sus4
open up and let me in
G                    A7sus4
i was lucky to live, dont need to win
G                    A7sus4 
forgave myself and if that's a sin
      A#6             Cadd9
it's not enough you'd even know it
 G            A7sus4 
you did right to call my bluff
   G	      A7sus4	
'cause i wont say when i've had enough
 G		A7sus4
and i worked so hard to need this stuff
 A#6                  Cadd9               
and you tried so long to just ignore it


Chorus:

G D/F# Em           Cadd9  G/B  A7sus4
           wont you come   down        where i am
G D/F# Em           Cadd9  G/B A7sus4              
           word are hidden,            understand
 
G A7sus4 G A7sus4

Verse:
     G          A7sus4
i wont repeat myself again
     G            A7sus4  
i will not repeat myself again 
      G       A7sus4
it's another promise d.o.a.
      A#6            Cadd9 
and despite my every hope
             A#            Cadd9 
there is no truth behind my best intentioned oath


Chorus:

G D/F# Em            Cadd9 G/B  A7sus4
           won't you come       down where i am
G D/F# Em            Cadd9 G/B A7sus4
	   words are hidden,    understand
G D/F# Em            Cadd9 G/B A7sus4 (hold........) 
	   won't you come       down
       (still holding A chord........)
	   been away too long i know i have

Solo*:

(Chords:G-A7sus4 x3  A#6-Cadd9 x3)  

-/4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-----------/4-4-4--4-3-1---3-4-------------------
-/4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-(times 4)-/4-4-4--4-3-1---3-4-------------------
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-/12-12-12--/12-12-12-12---14-16-14-12--(times 3 then)--14b(16)------
-/13-13-13--/13-13-13-13---15-16-15-13-------------------------------
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Chorus:

G D/F# Em            Cadd9 G/B A7sus4 
	   won't you come       down, help me stand
G D/F# Em            Cadd9 G/B A7sus4            
	   there is healing     in your hands
G D/F# Em            Cadd9 G/B A7sus4
	   won't you come       down where i am
G D/F# Em            Cadd9 G/B A7sus4  
	   words all leave me 
           A7sus4                            
	   been away to long
                       A7sus4                 
	   i know i've been away to long
                    A7sus4        A7sus4
	   i know i have

*the solo sounds like at least 4 guitars.. one playing rythmn one 
playing riff 2 and two others that i tired to tab as one guitar...

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Joe Average	#1 by Joe Montana at Mar 16, 1971 at 10:11 PM EST
	It seems like a guy who keeps making all these promises to change and then shoots them down by his actions. Then he's saying that if whomever comes down to where he is it'll help him change. Unfortunately for him, he admits midway through the song that there's no truth in what he's saying. P.S.: I've always like the simple irony of these two lines: "i won't repeat myself again i will not repeat myself again"

No Picture Laurence Average	#2 by Laurence Alam at May 21, 1989 at 4:54 AM EST
	In my own opinion, this seems like a song from a relationship that may have been on the outs. Like this guy is telling her that he realizes he messed up, but it's not worth dwelling on, they should work on it. He knows they've wasted time fighting.