Rings Tab

Rings
by Toad the Wet Sprocket
Transcribed by Scott Josselyn (SBJosselyn@aol.com)
 
CAPO 2
 
There are two guitars.. one strumming chords, the other strums
then picks some notes out of the chord. The C chord has some Cadd9
flourishes... (The solo might not by in octaves but since I can't
afford all those cool effects this gets me close...)
 
 
 Em       C
are you the plane
Em   D           C
that shapes the board
Em   D/F#  G D5 C
part of    a     history
Em D           C
   smoothed and worn
 
 
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  Ohhhh......            the windy weather.... dry spells...
 
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-3------4------------|
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        brushfire...
 
 
Em D/F#  G  C
isn't    it strange
Em D      C
to see my life
Em  D/F G D5  C
    you must  cut me down
Em D       C
   to look inside
 
 
                           (second time through not so precise...)
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    ohhhhh.....                  the simple pleasures
            this ring tells of rain,this one summers
 
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-4-------------3-----------4--------------|
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  good dreams,  nightmares....
 
Solo (fret numbers relative to nut not capo!!)
 
Guitar 1
Em C Am C
Em C Am Bm
 
While guitar 2 plays this twice:
14-14-14-14\12-12-12-12\9-9-9-9--9/10\9--9\ 7\ 5\ 2--0-|
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11-11-11-11\ 9--9--9--9\6-6-6-6--6/ 7\6--6\ 4\ 2\ 0--0-|
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Em  D     C
how is it i remember
Em  D        C
knowing that i would live forever
Em  D/F# G D5 C
     isn't it strange
Em   D              C
    how truth can change
 
 
                           (second time through not so precise...)
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|--------1----------1--------3--------1------0---------1-----|
|o---------------------------------------------0---------0--o|
|o----------------------------------------------------------o|
|---0---------1---------2--------3--------4---------3--------|
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    ohhhhh.....                  the windy weather....
            this ring tells of rain,this one summers
 
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----0---------------1--------0-------3----|
-------0---------------0---------0---2----|
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-4-------------3-----------4--------------|
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  dry spells,  brushfire....
 
 
Guitar 2 starts repeating this riff at "this one summers...."
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