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+=====Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod=====
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-Incomplete
+tabbed by Rosa (mostly)
-Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod
+Listen to the song for the rhythm. It sounds best if you let
-by The Mountain Goats
+the strings ring open (x0000x) before each chord change.
-tabbed by Jonathan Bliss
-      and Andy Moskowitz
-Intro: Bb Eb and back and forth
+Capo 1
-Bb Eb
+A     x0222x
-you are sleeping off your demon
+D5    x0023x
-Bb Eb
+Esus4 (0)2220x
-when I come home.
-Bb F
-spittle bubbling on your lips,
-Bb Eb
-fine white foam
-Bb Eb
+Intro: A A A A | A D5 A D5 | A D5 A A
-I am young and I am good.
-Bb Eb
-it's a hot southern california day.
-Bb F Eb Bb
-if I wake you up, there will be hell to pay.
-Bb Eb
+A                         D5
-and alone in my room,
+You are sleeping off your demons
-Eb Bb
+A           D5
-I am the last of a lost civilization.
+When I come home
+A                        Esus4
+Spittle bubbling on your lips
+A          D5
+Fine white foam
-and I vanish into the dark
+A                   D5
-and rise above my station.
+I am young and I am good
-rise above my station.
+       A                       D5
+It's a hot southern California day
+A             Esus4
+If I wake you up
+A                     D5
+There will be hell to pay
-but I do wake you up, and when I do
+D5               A
-you blaze down the hall and you scream.
+And alone in my room
+         D5                   A
+I am the last of a lost civilization
+D5                    A
+And I vanish into the dark
+A                 D5
+And rise above my station
+A             D5      D5
+Rise above my station
+A A A D5 | A D5 A D5 | A A (album)
+A D5 A D5 | A D5 A A | (live)
+But I do wake you up, and when I do
+You blaze down the hall and you scream
 I'm in my room with the headphones on
-deep in the dream chamber.
+Deep in the dream chamber
-and then I'm awake and I'm guarding my face,
-hoping you don't break my stereo.
+And then I'm awake and I'm guarding my face
-because it's the one thing that I couldn't live without
+Hoping you don't break my stereo
-and so I think about that and then I sorta black out.
+Because it's the one thing that I couldn't live without
+And so I think about that, and then I sorta black out
-held under these smothering waves
+     D5                     A
-by your strong and thick veined hand,
+Held under these smothering waves
-but one of these days I'm going to wriggle up on dry land.
+        D5                      A
+By your strong and thick-veined hand
+D5               A
+But one of these days
+          Esus4             A     A
+I'm gonna wriggle up on dry land
+A D5 A D5 | A D5 A A
+A D5 A D5 | A Esus4 A A (let ring)
-Suggestion: I think it sounds better going from A to Dsus2, and then for the change it goes to E. but thats just me
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