Corporal Brown

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 Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:51:58 -0800 
 From: "Michael A. Mazur"  
  
   
 Subject: Tab: Toad the Wet Sprocket, "Corporal Brown" 
  
 Tab: "Corporal Brown" Toad the Wet Sprocket 
 Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur (mmazur@wpi.edu) 
  
  
 All guitars capoed at second fret 
  
 Intro: Guitars 1 and 2 
  
      Cadd9/G (bass plays G) 
 | |-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)-| 
 | |------1--1----1--1----1--1----1--1----1--1----1--| 
 |*|--0---0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0----0--| 
 |*|--0---0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0----0--| 
 | |--3---3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3--| 
 | |-------------------------------------------------| 
  
  
    Gadd6/A (A in bass)  Gadd6 (bass plays B) 
 |-----(0)-----(0)----(0)--(0)---(0)----| | 
 |--3---3---3---3--3---3/5--5--5--5--5--| | 
 |--0---0---0---0--0---0-0--0--0--0--0--|*| Play this 9 times 
 |--0---0---0---0--0---0-0--0--0--0--0--|*| 
 |--5---5---5---5--5---5----7--7--7--7--| | 
 |--------------------------------------| | 
  
 Notes in parenthesis are played only by guitar 2, and only after the 
 second repeat 
  
 Verse: 
  
    Am7 
 |---------------------------------| 
 |--1--1--1--0---------------------| 
 |--0--0--0--0--------0h2p0-----0--| Guitar 2 plays for the verse 
 |--2--2--2--2-----2---------2-----| 
 |---------------------------------| 
 |---------------------------------| 
  
  
 corporal brown was tall, boy! 
 and liked to go and fish 
 corporal's wife was quite fat 
 and was a raving bitch 
  
  
 Pre-chorus: 
  
    Em7      Asus4    G        Dsus2 
 |--0--0--|--0--0--|--------|--0--0--| 
 |--3--3--|--3--3--|--3--3--|--3--3--| 
 |--0--0--|--2--2--|--0--0--|--2--2--| Guitar 1 plays these chords, 
 |--2--2--|--2--2--|--0--0--|--0--0--| Guitar 2 plays the same 
 |--2--2--|--------|--------|--------| chords, but muted, and in 
 |--------|--------|--3--3--|--------| eighth notes 
  
  
 Em7 Asus4 G   Dsus2 Em7 Asus4 G 
 and i'm a bit drunk as  i     watch 
 Em7  Asus4 G       Dsus2 Em7 Asus4 
 they are   yelling loud, he  throws a punch 
  
  
 Chorus: 
 Guitar 1 plays the same chords from the intro, 
 Guitar 2 plays this over all the chords 
 |------------------| 
 |--1p0-----3p0-----| 
 |-------0-------0--| 
 |------------------| 
 |------------------| 
 |------------------| 
  
 Cadd9/G  Gadd6/A   Gadd6 
 oh lord, what am i gonna do? 
  
  
 |----------------------------------| 
 |--1--1--1--0----------------------| 
 |--0--0--0--0-----2b(3)r2p0-----0--| Before the verse, guitar 2 
 |--2--2--2--2----------------2-----| plays this variation on the 
 |----------------------------------| verse riff three times 
 |----------------------------------| 
  
  
 Verse: 
 corporal brown was quite scared 
 when he looked down at her 
 corporal's wife was quite dead 
 so he carried her... 
  
 Prechorus: 
 and took her outside 
 dug a grave and placed her inside 
 i was amazed 
  
 Chorus: 
 oh lord, what am i gonna do? 
  
 (repeat variation of main riff 4 times, 
 ending on second to last note)