xTab: "Whatever I Fear," by Toad the Wet Sprocket Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur ([email protected]) Guitar 1 is an acoustic, capoed at the sixth fret Guitar 2 is an electric, also capoed at the sixth Rhythm figure 1, Guitar 1: Am G ||---0-0--0--0--0--3-3--3--3--3-3--3--3---|| ||---1-1--1--1--1--3-3--3--3--3-3--3--3---|| ||*--0h2--2--2--2--0-0--0--0--0-0--0--0--*|| play three times ||*--0h2--2--2--2--0-0--0--0--0-0--0--0--*|| ||---0-0--0--0--0--0h2--2--2--0h2--2--2---|| ||----------------------------------------|| Gsus4/F G/D G/C G |---------------------------| |--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--| |----------3/5--5--3--2--2--| |--0h1--1----------------3--| |--NH-------------| |--<5>--NH--------| |-------<5>--NH---| Fill 1 |------------<5>--| |-----------------| |-----------------| Am G Gsus4/F G Am (to verse) ||------------------||----------------------|-----| ||------------------||----------------------|-----| ||*-------0--------*||----------------------|-----| Riff 1 ||*-------------0--*||--2b(3)r2p0-----------|-----| ||---2/3-----2------||-------------2b(3)r2--|--0--| ||------------------||----------------------|-----| Intro: Guitar 1 plays rhythm figure 1 twice Guitar 2 plays Fill 1 the first time through. The second time, the band enters and guitar 2 plays Riff 1 Verse: w/ rhythm figure 1 twice there's almost nothing left you eat my kind for breakfast what did i expect * w/ Fill 1 to come here and find anyone? find open arms to greet me and friends to feed me i sicken myself so much and you eat my kind for breakfast * w/ Fill 2 you eat my kind |-----------------------| |-----------------------| |-----------------------| Fill 2 |--2b(3)r2p0------------| |-------------2b(3)~~~--| |-----------------------| Chorus: Fmaj7add4 Gadd6 Em Cmaj7/E |--0---------|--0-----|--0---|--0--| |--0---------|--0-----|--0---|--0--| |--2---------|--0-----|--0---|--0--| |--3---------|--0-----|--2---|--2--| |--3---------|--2-----|--2---|--3--| |--1---------|--3-----|--0---|--0--| Both guitars play these chords. Guitar 1 strums, guitar 2 holds them Fmaj7add4 Gadd6 whatever i fear the most is whatever i see before me Em Cmaj7/E whenever i let my guard down, whatever i was ignoring whatever i fear the most is whatever i see before me whatever i have been given, whatever i have been *With Rhythm figure 1 and Riff 1 Verse: seeing myself this way i am a monster i believe and seeing is believing * (w/ Fill 3) is there no doubt left when i wake up i poison myself amd poison leaves no appetite i sicken myself so much * (w/ Fill 2) i sicken myself so |---------------------|-----| |---------------------|-----| |---------------------|-----| Fill 3 |---------------------|-----| |-----------2b(3)~~~--|--0--| |--3--0--3------------|-----| Chorus: whatever i fear the most is whatever i see before me whenever i let my guard down, whatever i was ignoring whatever i fear the most is whatever i see before me whatever i have been given, whatever i have been *With Rhythm figure 1 and Riff 1 Bridge: (Guitar 2 tacet, Guitar 1 plays chords) Am G Em F did we expect these things to change Am G F Em by waking up and suddenly there they are Am G Em F and all i need's a starting place Am G F* Em *(w/ Fill 1) and nothing ever seemed so hard... *(w/ Fill 4) Fmaj7add4 Gadd6 Em Cmaj7/E NH |------------|--NH---|--<7>--| |--NH--------|--<5>--|-------| |--<5>--NH---|-------|-------| Fill 4 |-------<5>--|-------|-------| |------------|-------|-------| |------------|-------|-------| Play chorus four times, vocal adlib on final two end with Em-G Am
