Tab: "Desire," by Toad the Wet Sprocket
Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur (mmazur@wpi.edu)
Guitars 1,2, and 3 capoed at the second fret
All chord names and tab are relative to capo
Intro: (guitar 1 only)
B5|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--||--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0--||--------------------------|--------------------------|
Verse: (simile to intro)
B5
i want to be clean, i want to be whole
i want revenge, i want control
E5
i want to give up, i want to give in
destroy all i have been
B5
i want to be cruel, i want to be cold
i want a chance to sell my soul
E5
i want to break out, i want to dive in
to lose myself in sin
Prechorus: Both guitars are shown here in tab. The lyrics and
chords are below.
B E|----------|------------|----------------|--------0-------------||----------|-----4\---4\|-----4\---4--3--|--0-----0-------------||----2--4--|-----4\---4\|-----4\---4--3--|--1-----1-------------| G1|/4--------|-----4\---4\|-----4\---4--3--|--2-----2-------------||----------|------------|----------------|----------------2-----||----------|------------|----------------|-----------2/4-----4--|
| | | | ||----------|-----2\---2\|-----2\---------|--------0-------------||----------|-----4\---4\|-----4\---4--3--|--0-----0--3h5----p3--||----2--4--|-----4\---4\|-----4\---4--3--|--1-------------------| G2|/4--------|------------|----------------|--2-------------------||----------|------------|----------------|----------------------||----------|------------|----------------|----------------------|
B|-------------0-------------|------------|----------------||-------0-----0-------------|-----4----4-|-----4----4--3--||-------1-----1-------------|-----4----4-|-----4----4--3--||-------2-----2-------------|-----4\---4\|-----4\---4--3--||---------------------0--2--|------------|----------------||--0--------------/2--------|------------|----------------|
| | | ||-------0--0--0-------------|-----2----2-|-----2----------||-------0--0--0-------------|-----4----4-|-----4----4--3--||--4\---1--1--1-------2--4--|-----4\---4\|-----4\---4--3--||-----------------/4--------|------------|----------------||---------------------------|------------|----------------||---------------------------|------------|----------------|
E E9|--------0-------------|----------------0--0--0--0--0--||--0-----0-------------|-------0--------0--0--0--0--0--||--1-----1-------------|-------1--------1--1--1--1--1--||--2-----2-------------|-------2--------2--2--2--2--2--||----------------2-----|-------------------------------||-----------2/4-----4--|--0----------------------------|
| | ||--------0-------------|-------0--0--0--2--2--2--2--2--||--0-----0--3h5----p3--|-------0--0--0--3--3--3--3--3--||--1-------------------|--4\---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--||--2-------------------|----------------2--2--2--2--2--||----------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------------|
B
i say that i don't need anything
E
i'm just wanting
just wanting
B
i say that i don't need anything
E
i'm just wanting
E9
just wanting
Chorus: Both guitars are tabbed here on a single staff to make it
readable. The power chords on the low 3 strings are guitar 1, and
notes on top are guitar 2. Again, the lyrics are given with the
chords below.
G F# F E|--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------||--------4--------3--|--------2--------1--||--5--5--5--4--4--4--|--3--3--3--2--2--2--||--5--5-----4--4-----|--3--3-----2--2-----||--3--3-----2--2-----|--1--1-----0--0-----|
F# G|--------------------------|-------------3-3-3-3-3-3--||--------------------------|-------------3-3-3-3-3-3--||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--||--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
F# G F E D E|--------------------|--------------------|--2--|--0--||--------------------|--------------------|--3--|--0--||--------3--------4--|--------2--------1--|--2--|--1--||--4--4--4--5--5--5--|--3--3--3--2--2--2--|--0--|--2--||--4--4-----5--5-----|--3--3-----2--2-----|-----|--2--||--2--2-----3--3-----|--1--1-----0--0-----|-----|-----| ^ both guitars together here
G F# F E
desire all desire is
F# G
desire breeds desire
F# F G E
desire all desire is
D E
desire feeds desire
Verse: Guitar 1 plays same as the first verse. Guitar 2 plays
fills as indicated.
B5
i want to scream, i want to shout
i want to have faith and never doubt
(Fill 1)E5
i want to bend, i want to break
i want to sleep and never wake
(Fill 2) B5
to break down walls and to escape
be alone and hide my face
(Fill 1)E5
i want to feel, i want to touch
want to stop wanting it so much
B5 E5 E5 B5|--2/|--7~~~--|-|--7\|--2~~~--||--4/|--9~~~--|-|--9\|--4~~~--||----|--------|-|----|--------| Guitar 2|----|--------|-|----|--------||----|--------|-|----|--------||----|--------|-|----|--------||...Fill 1....| |...Fill 2....|
Prechorus:
i say that i don't need anything
i'm just wanting
just wanting
Chorus:
desire all desire is
desire breeds desire
desire all desire is
desire feeds desire
Bass solo/interlude:
Guitars just hold a B chord, bass does it's thing
Guitar solo: Guitars 1 and 2 play the chorus. Guitar 3 enters with
the solo:
B G F# F E|------------|-------------------------|-----------------------||------------|-------3-----------3-----|--3--5b(7)r5--3--------||----2h4~~~--|--2/4-----4-----------4--|-----------------4~~~--||/4----------|-------------------------|-----------------------||------------|-------------------------|-----------------------||------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
F# G|--5b(7)r5-----------------------|--------------------||-----------5b(7)r5--3-----3--3--|--5b(7)r5--3--5~~~--||--------------------------------|--------------------||--------------------------------|--------------------||--------------------------------|--------------------||--------------------------------|--------------------|
F# G|--12b(14)r12---------------------||--------------12b(14)r12--9--12--| *this measure and the next are|---------------------------------| tabbed relative to the nut,|---------------------------------| since it is so far above the|---------------------------------| capo anyways|---------------------------------|
F E D|-----------------------------|--0-------0--------||--12b(14)r12--9--12b(14)~~~--|--5b(7)--(7)r5--3--||-----------------------------|-------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------|
E|-----0--------0--0------------||--3--5b(7)r5--3--5-----5p3p0--||------------------------------||------------------------------||------------------------------||------------------------------|
Chorus:
desire all desire is
desire feeds desire
desire all desire is
desire breeds desire
desire breeds desire
desire breeds desire
Hold the final E
