THUMBTACK By: Bob Mould Tabbed by Mike Talbot – 2/09 Chords: *Note that they are all merely assigned names (sorry they’re a little out of order) A* C* Em* C9 B A E-----------------0------0------0---------0---------0 B-----------------0------0------0---------0---------0 G---------0-------0------x------0---------4---------2 D---------2-------5------2------2---------4---------2 A---------3-------7------2------3---------2---------0 E---------5-------8------0--------------------------- D G F#* C# D* E* F# --------0-------0---------------0------0------0------2 --------3-------0---------------0------0------0------2 --------2-------4---------------6------7------9------x --------0-------4-------2-------6------7------9------4 --------0-------x-------x-------4------5------7------4 ----------------3-------2-------0-------------0------2 Intro: A* C* A* C9 F#* B G Here's the town we live in A Em D A This is how the land lays out B I bought a map G D A D A Ooooo, So I could find my way around, way around B G Taped the map on the wall Em D Em A Studied every avenue B G I Found my way around Em D A Tried to feel at home for once (Ooo ooooo ooo) B G C# A Em A D B G C# Em A D B G We worked out a system Em A C# D* A When one of us would leave B G A thumbtack stuck showing Em A C# E* Where we were going B G All the time, you wore a hole Em A D A The same place tacked over and over B G Em And I never go there A D I never go there C# Em B But through that hole, you see C# Em A B G My faith in you … boring deeper and deeper A D A Finally through that wall B G Em A C# D* B G (slide) C# Em A C# D* A B G Map began to rip apart Em C# Em D I watched it falling to the floor B G I didn't bother Em A D A moving my thumbtack any more B G Here’s the town we live in A Em D A This is how the land lays out B G I bought a map Em A D* C# So I could find my way around B A Em G F#(bass) Em rip apart A C# D* I watched it falling to the ground B G F#(bass) I didn’t bother Em A C# F# Moving my thumbtack any more B C# D* F# Anymore B C# F# D* Anymore B C# D* F# Anymore B D* C# F# Anymore B D* C# F# Anymore B D* C# F# Anymore B D* C# F# Anymore B D* C# F# Anymore