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Plowed

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Sponge - Plowed

Joel Patterson, jpatterson100@hotmail.com

Sponge - Plowed

From "Rotting Pinata"

Tabbed by Joel Patterson (jpatterson100@hotmail.com)

29 Oct 99

This is based on the acoustic version of Plowed. In this version, the E is minor. If you disagree, I don't really care.

Tuning - Down 1/2 step

Chords

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Em D2 A C2 G D C Dsus/F# Notation

--0--   --0--   --0--   --3--   --3--   --2--   --0--    --3--     / Slide up
--0--   --3--   --2--   --0--   --3--   --3--   --1--    --3--     \ Slide down
--0--   --2--   --2--   --0--   --0--   --2--   --0--    --0--     v Vibrato
--2--   --0--   --2--   --2--   --0--   --0--   --2--    --0--
--2--   --0--   --0--   --3--   --2--   --0--   --3--    --0--
--0--   --2--   --0--   --0--   --3--   --0--   --0--    --2--

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Intro:

E |---------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------|
G |--7/9-9-9-9\7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9\7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9/11-11-11-11/12-12--|
D |---------------------------------------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------|
B |--------------|
G |12-12\11\9\4--| Repeat if needed
D |--------------|
A |--------------|
E |--------------|

then the other guitar comes in and plays

E |-------------------------|
B |--17---17--17---17---17--|
G |--16---16--16---16---16--|
D |-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|
E |-------------------------|

VERSE 1

Em D2 A D2 C2 G (repeat as desired)

Em D2

Will I wake up

A D2

Is it a dream I made up

C2 G Dsus/F#

No I guess it's reality

Em D2

What will change us

A D2

Or will we mess up

C2 G

Our only chance to connect with a dream

Chorus

D C

Say a prayer for me (say a prayer for me)

Say a prayer for me (for me, for me)

Say a prayer for me (say a prayer for me)

C

I'm buried by the sound

Em C2

In a world of human wreckage

Em C2

In a world of human wreckage

Em C2

In a world of human wreckage

G

Well I'm lost and I'm found

C

and I can't touch the ground

I'm plowed into the sound

Interlude:

Repeat start riff, then play this.

  E |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
  B |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
  G |--11s12 12-12-12s11-11-11-11s12-12-12-12s11-11-11-11s12-12-12-12s14--|
  D |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
  A |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E |-------------------------|
  B |--------------------16v--|
  G |--14-14-14s16-16-16------|
  D |-------------------------|
  A |-------------------------|
  E |-------------------------|

Verse 2

Em D2

To see wide open

A D2

With a head that's broken

C2 G Dsus/F#

Hang a life on a tragedy

Em D2

Plow me under

A D2

the ground that covers

C2 G

The message that is the seed

Chorus

D C

Say a prayer for me (say a prayer for me)

Say a prayer for me (for me, for me)

Say a prayer for me (say a prayer for me)

C

I'm buried by the sound

Em C2

In a world of human wreckage

Em C2

In a world of human wreckage

Em C2

In a world of human wreckage

G

Well I'm lost and I'm found

C

and I can't touch the ground

I'm plowed into the sound

Em D2

Will I wake up

A D2

Is it a dream I made up

C2 G

No I guess it's reality

If you like/hate this tab, email me at jpatterson100@hotmail.com

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