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Plateau

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Plateau - The Meat Puppets - Capo 3 for recorded pitch
I found many versions of this song were overly complicated if you just want to strum, so 
[Intro]
Em[VerGse Em1]G  Em  G  Dsus2  
EmMany a Ghand has Emscaled the Ggrand old Emface of Gthe plaDsus2teau
EmSome beGlong to sEmtrangers   Gand Emsome to Gfolks you Dsus2know
EmHoly Gghosts and Emtalk show Ghosts are Emplanted Gin the Dsus2sand
To EmbeautiGfy the Emfoothills    Gand Emshake the Gmany Dsus2handsFM7  
[Chorus]
The Emnothing on the top but a Gbucket and a Dsus2mop
And an Emillustrated book about Gbirds
You Emsee a lot up there but Gdon't be Dsus2scared
                    Em         G       Dsus2(  Em    G    Em    G    Em    G  Dsus2)
Who needs action when you got words
[Verse 2]
When you've Emfinished with the Gmop then Emyou can Gstop
And Emlook at Gwhat you've Dsus2done
The Emplateau's Gclean, no Emdirt to be Gseen
And the Emwork it Gwas Dsus2funFM7  
[Chorus]
The Emnothing on the top but a Gbucket and a Dsus2mop
And an Emillustrated book about Gbirds
You Emsee a lot up there but Gdon't be Dsus2scared
EmWho needs action when Gyou got Dsus2words
[Instrumental]
Em  G  Em  G  Em  G  Dsus2
[Verse 3]
Well the Emmany Ghands beEmgan to Gscan aEmround for the Gnext plaDsus2teau
EmSome said Git was in EmGreenland   Gand Emsome say GMex-i-Dsus2co
OEmthers deGcided Emit was Gnowhere eEmxcept for Gwhere they Dsus2stood
But Emthose were Gall just Emguesses   Gwouldn't Emhelp you Gif they Dsus2couldFM7  
Em: 022000   G: 320003   Dsus2: x00230   FM7: x03210 or Fmaj7#11/E: 033200
Instead of regular FM7, you can play what looks like an E Major chord,
one fret higher: 033200
The second option will sound more dissonant but really sounds like what
they are playing in the video.

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Plateau

by Meat Puppets

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Dsus2

FM7

Plateau - The Meat Puppets - Capo 3 for recorded pitch

I found many versions of this song were overly complicated if you just want to strum, so

[Intro]

Em G Em G Em G Dsus2

[Verse 1]

Em G Em G Em G Dsus2

Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau

Em G Em G Em G Dsus2

Some belong to strangers and some to folks you know

Em G Em G Em G Dsus2

Holy ghosts and talk show hosts are planted in the sand

Em G Em G Em G Dsus2 FM7

To beautify the foothills and shake the many hands

[Chorus]

Em G Dsus2

The nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop

Em G

And an illustrated book about birds

Em G Dsus2

You see a lot up there but don't be scared

Em G Dsus2 Em G Em G Em G Dsus2

( )

Who needs action when you got words

[Verse 2]

Em G Em G

When you've finished with the mop then you can stop

Em G Dsus2

And look at what you've done

Em G Em G

The plateau's clean, no dirt to be seen

Em G Dsus2 FM7

And the work it was fun

[Chorus]

Em G Dsus2

The nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop

Em G

And an illustrated book about birds

Em G Dsus2

You see a lot up there but don't be scared

Em G Dsus2

Who needs action when you got words

[Instrumental]

Em G Em G Em G Dsus2

[Verse 3]

Em G Em G Em G Dsus2

Well the many hands began to scan around for the next plateau

Em G Em G Em G Dsus2

Some said it was in Greenland and some say Mex-i-co

Em G Em G Em G Dsus2

Others decided it was nowhere except for where they stood

Em G Em G Em G Dsus2 FM7

But those were all just guesses wouldn't help you if they could

Em: 022000 G: 320003 Dsus2: x00230 FM7: x03210 or Fmaj7#11/E: 033200

Instead of regular FM7, you can play what looks like an E Major chord,

one fret higher: 033200

The second option will sound more dissonant but really sounds like what

they are playing in the video.

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