Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:51:58 -0800
From: «Michael A. Mazur»
Subject: Tab: Toad the Wet Sprocket, «Corporal Brown»
Tab: «Corporal Brown» Toad the Wet Sprocket
Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur ([email protected])
All guitars capoed at second fret
Intro: Guitars 1 and 2
Cadd9/G (bass plays G)
| |——(0)——(0)——(0)——(0)——(0)——(0)-|
| |——1—1—-1—1—-1—1—-1—1—-1—1—-1—|
|*|—0—0—0—-0—0—-0—0—-0—0—-0—0—-0—|
|*|—0—0—0—-0—0—-0—0—-0—0—-0—0—-0—|
| |—3—3—3—-3—3—-3—3—-3—3—-3—3—-3—|
| |————————————————-|
Gadd6/A (A in bass) Gadd6 (bass plays B)
|——(0)——(0)—-(0)—(0)—(0)—-| |
|—3—3—3—3—3—3/5—5—5—5—5—| |
|—0—0—0—0—0—0-0—0—0—0—0—|*| Play this 9 times
|—0—0—0—0—0—0-0—0—0—0—0—|*|
|—5—5—5—5—5—5—-7—7—7—7—| |
|—————————————| |
Notes in parenthesis are played only by guitar 2, and only after the
second repeat
Verse:
Am7
|———————————|
|—1—1—1—0———————|
|—0—0—0—0———0h2p0——0—| Guitar 2 plays for the verse
|—2—2—2—2——2———2——|
|———————————|
|———————————|
corporal brown was tall, boy!
and liked to go and fish
corporal’s wife was quite fat
and was a raving bitch
Pre-chorus:
Em7 Asus4 G Dsus2
|—0—0—|—0—0—|———|—0—0—|
|—3—3—|—3—3—|—3—3—|—3—3—|
|—0—0—|—2—2—|—0—0—|—2—2—| Guitar 1 plays these chords,
|—2—2—|—2—2—|—0—0—|—0—0—| Guitar 2 plays the same
|—2—2—|———|———|———| chords, but muted, and in
|———|———|—3—3—|———| eighth notes
Em7 Asus4 G Dsus2 Em7 Asus4 G
and i’m a bit drunk as i watch
Em7 Asus4 G Dsus2 Em7 Asus4
they are yelling loud, he throws a punch
Chorus:
Guitar 1 plays the same chords from the intro,
Guitar 2 plays this over all the chords
|——————|
|—1p0——3p0——|
|——-0——-0—|
|——————|
|——————|
|——————|
Cadd9/G Gadd6/A Gadd6
oh lord, what am i gonna do?
|———————————-|
|—1—1—1—0———————-|
|—0—0—0—0——2b(3)r2p0——0—| Before the verse, guitar 2
|—2—2—2—2—————-2——| plays this variation on the
|———————————-| verse riff three times
|———————————-|
Verse:
corporal brown was quite scared
when he looked down at her
corporal’s wife was quite dead
so he carried her…
Prechorus:
and took her outside
dug a grave and placed her inside
i was amazed
Chorus:
oh lord, what am i gonna do?
(repeat variation of main riff 4 times,
ending on second to last note)
