{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":87027,"song":"Stories I Tell","artist":"Toad the Wet Sprocket","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11550330-stories-i-tell-chords-by-toad-the-wet-sprocket/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/87027?type=chord","rating":4.69039,"votes":8,"content":"Stories I Tell\r\n(words and music by Glen Phillips, Todd Nichols, and Toad)\r\n\r\n\r\nThe basic structure for the verse is:\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]C#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]C#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]Aadd9[/ch]\r\ne|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------7---|\r\nB|---4h5p4-------|---4h5p4----5--|---4h5p4--------|---4h5p4---5---|\r\nG|------------6--|---------------|-------------6--|-----------6---|\r\nD|---------------|---------------|-----------7----|-----------7---|\r\nA|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4--------------|-4-------------|\r\nE|---------5-----|---------5-----|---------5------|---------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nI suggest that you fret the fourth fret with your pointer finger and let all\r\nthe other fingers do the stretching.  Also, make sure that you sustain that\r\nA note on the low E string and play the rest with the other fingers.  For\r\nexample, when you play measure three, you should be barreing the fourth fret\r\nwith your pointer, hammer on and pull off that fifth fret on the B string\r\nwith your middle finger; then hit the fifth fret of the low E string (the A\r\nnote) with your middle finger; next hit the seventh fret of the D string with\r\nyour pinky and finally hit the sixth fret on the G string with your ring\r\nfinger.  I know it requires a lot of painful stretching, but you should get\r\nused to it.  Anyway, here are the lyrics with everything else:\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]Aadd9[/ch]\r\nDon't give me answers or I would refuse[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]Aadd9[/ch]\r\nYes is a word for which I have no use[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]Aadd9[/ch]\r\nAnd I wasn't looking for heaven or hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]*       [ch]C#m[/ch]*      [ch]G#m[/ch]*    [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nJust someone to listen to stories I tell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]Aadd9[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhat is a blessing?  What is a dream?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]Aadd9[/ch]\r\nCaught between portraits and none's what it seems[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd why is it some would expect there's a change[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]C#m[/ch]           [ch]Aadd9[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]*\r\nWhen I feel I'm a part of something I can't see[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]* [ch]G#m[/ch]*  [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nAnd I feel the same[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]Aadd9[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]Aadd9[/ch]\r\nDon't ask me questions or I will retreat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]Aadd9[/ch]\r\nFame is a cancer and ego its seed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]Aadd9[/ch]\r\nNow I wasn't looking for heaven or hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]*       [ch]C#m[/ch]*      [ch]G#m[/ch]*     [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nJust someone to listen to stories I tell[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nInstrumental:\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDo you ever wonder?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]G#m[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nDid you ever care to stories I tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nStories I tell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]Aadd9[/ch]  STOP\r\nSto......ries  I...  tell.....[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nA bass interlude comes in which plays the standard C#m to A chord change,\r\nfor those interested, the bass is simply played:\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]C#m/B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nG|-------------|------------------|------------------------|\r\nD|-------------|------------------|------------------------|\r\nA|-4-4-4-----2-|-(repeat 7 times)-|-4---2----0------2------|\r\nE|-------5-5---|------------------|----------------------4-|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSubtle salvation in poems and pros[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHiding our heads in a shadow of home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI wasn't looking for wreaths or for bells[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust someone to listen to stories I tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]C#m[/ch]   A...\r\nStories I tell[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBasically, the song plays the C#m to A chord progression until it ends.\r\nThe chords with the asteriks are played like this:\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#m[/ch]*   [ch]C#m[/ch]*  [ch]G#m[/ch]*   [ch]A[/ch]*\r\ne|--9---|--4--|--11--|--12--|\r\nB|--10--|--5--|--12--|--14--|\r\nG|--11--|--6--|--13--|--14--|\r\nD|------|-----|------|------|\r\nA|------|-----|------|------|\r\nE|------|-----|------|------|[/tab]","plain_text":"Stories I Tell\n(words and music by Glen Phillips, Todd Nichols, and Toad)\n\n\nThe basic structure for the verse is:\n\n\n\nI suggest that you fret the fourth fret with your pointer finger and let all\nthe other fingers do the stretching.  Also, make sure that you sustain that\nA note on the low E string and play the rest with the other fingers.  For\nexample, when you play measure three, you should be barreing the fourth fret\nwith your pointer, hammer on and pull off that fifth fret on the B string\nwith your middle finger; then hit the fifth fret of the low E string (the A\nnote) with your middle finger; next hit the seventh fret of the D string with\nyour pinky and finally hit the sixth fret on the G string with your ring\nfinger.  I know it requires a lot of painful stretching, but you should get\nused to it.  Anyway, here are the lyrics with everything else:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC#m    A    C#m    A    C#m    A    C#m    Aadd9\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC#m    A    C#m    A    C#m    A    C#m    Aadd9\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstrumental:\nC#m    A    C#m    A    C#m    A    C#m    A\nC#m    A    C#m    A    C#m    A    C#m    A\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA bass interlude comes in which plays the standard C#m to A chord change,\nfor those interested, the bass is simply played:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBasically, the song plays the C#m to A chord progression until it ends.\nThe chords with the asteriks are played like this:","chords":["C#m","A","Aadd9","B","G","D","E","F#m","G#m","C#m/B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]}}}