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Hold Her Down

Toad the Wet Sprocket
Tab
★4.8(12)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Riff 1

E

e-|-----0-----------------------------|
B-|--------0-h2-p0-----------0--------|
G-|-----------------1-h2-p1-----------|
D-|-----------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------|
E-|--0--------------------------------|

G A5

e-|-----------------------------------|
B-|-----------------0--------0--------|
G-|-----------0-h2--------2-----2-----|
D-|-----0-h2-----------------------2--|
A-|--------------------0--------------|
E-|--3--------------------------------|

Riff 2

E

e-|-----0-----------------------------|
B-|--------0-h2-p0-----------0--------|
G-|-----------------1-h2-p1-----------|
D-|-----------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------|
E-|--0--------------------------------|

[Intro] [Riff1]x2 (acoustic)

[Riff1]x2 (all instruments)

[Riff1]x4

take her arms and hold her down and

hold her down and hold her down and hold her down

until she stops moving

take her arms and hold her down and

hold her down and hold her down and hold her down

until she she stops kicking

G D

and they don't know her

Am E

but what the fuck

G D E E/G E E/G

they've got nothing else they can do

G D

and they've no reason

Am Am/G E

but still they come

D Dsus4 D

and i

C C/B Am Am/G E E/G E E/G

would have a hard time facing you

D Dsus4 D

this crime

C C/B Am Am/G [Riff1]x 2

I've seen what a man can do

[Riff1]x4

take her arms and hold her down and

hold her down and hold her down and hold her down

until she stops screaming

take her arms and hold her down and

hold her down and hold her down and hold her down

until she stops breathing

and they don't know her

but what the fuck

they've got nothing else they can do

and there's no reason

but still they come

and i

would have a hard time facing you

this crime

C C/B Am Am/G E E/G E E/G

the shame of what a man can do

D Dsus4 D

i would have died

C C/B Am Am/G [Riff2]x2 [Riff1] E

from all the hell that you've been through

(tacit eight beats)

Solo

G D Am E

e-|------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------15--15-------15--15-------15--15-------15--15--|
G-|--/16----------/16----------/16----------/16----------|
D-|------------------------------------------------------|
A-|------------------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------------|

G D E

e-|------------------------------------------------------|
B-|------------------------------------------------------|
G-|--16-\14--9--14--14----9------------------------------|
D-|------------------------------------------------------|
A-|------------------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------------|

G D Am E

e-|------------------------------------------------------|
B-|------------------------------------------------------|
G-|--/16--14------/16--14------/16----14----13-----------|
D-|-----------14-----------14----------------------------|
A-|------------------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------------|

G D Am Am/G E

e-|------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------15--15--/15--15-13---12------------------------|
G-|--/16----------/16--16-14---13------------------------|
D-|------------------------------------------------------|
A-|------------------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------------|

G D Am E

e-|------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------15--15-------15--15-------15--15-------15--15--|
G-|--/16----------/16----------/16----------/16----------|
D-|------------------------------------------------------|
A-|------------------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------------|

take the night back all they've stolen

G D E E/G

e-|------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------15--15-------15--15-------15--15-------15--15--|
G-|--/16----------/16----------/16----------/16----------|
D-|------------------------------------------------------|
A-|------------------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------------|

all we took from you

G D Am E

e-|------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------15--15-------15--15-------15--15-------15--15--|
G-|--/16----------/16----------/16----------/16----------|
D-|------------------------------------------------------|
A-|------------------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------------|

take the night back all they've stolen

C C/B Am Am/G E

e-|------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------15--15-------15--15--15------------x\----------|
G-|--/16----------/16----------16------------x\---9\-----|
D-|------------------------------------------x\---9\-----|
A-|------------------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------------|

all we took from you

--

========== John S. Jacob ==========

| jsjacob@uclink.berkeley.edu |

| jsjacob@cory.eecs.berkeley.edu |------- Address -----------+

| jsjacob@soda.berkeley.edu | 747C Loma Verde Ave |

  +-----------------------------------+ Palo Alto CA 94303-4145  -- |
                                    +------------------------------ |

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