Hold Her Down

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 From: "John S. Jacob"  
  
   
 Subject: TAB: "Hold Her Down" by Toad the Wet Sprocket 
  
 "Hold Her Down" 
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 by Todd Nichols, Glen Phillips and Toad The Wet Sprocket 
 As recorded on _Fear_ 
 Transcribed by John S. Jacob  
   
    
  
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 E/G   322100 
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 C/B   x2x010 
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 Dsus4 xx0233 
  
  
 [Riff 1] 
      E 
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      G                 A5 
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 [Riff 2] 
      E 
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 [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] 
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      G          D         E 
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      G            D            Am           E 
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      G            D    Am Am/G E 
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      G            D            Am           E 
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      take the     night back   all  they've stolen 
  
      G            D            E            E/G 
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      all  we     took from     you 
  
      G            D            Am           E 
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      take the     night back   all  they've stolen 
  
      C    C/B     Am   Am/G    E 
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      all  we     took from     you 
  
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