x"Scenes from a Vinyl Recliner", by Toad the Wet Sprocket Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur ([email protected]) Revisions by: Walter Tien ([email protected]) Guitar 1 (Glen) is an acoustic Guitars 2&3 (Todd) are electric Intro: Guitar 2 plays: (this is the bit right before the song really starts) |--------------------| |--------------------| |-----------5-----5--| |--5--5--5--5--5--5--| |--3--3--3--3--3--3--| |--------------------| P.M.---------| And then the beginning of the rest of the song: Guitar 1 plays the chords indicated, guitar 2 plays the tab C#m7 Asus2 |--------0-----|--------0-----|-----0--|-------------------| |-----------0--|--------------|-----0--|-------------------| |--------------|-----------2--|--------|--4/6\4/6\4--2--1--| |--------------|--------------|--------|-------------------| |--4-----------|-(4)----------|--0-----|-------------------| |--------------|--------------|--------|-------------------| |......Fill 1.......| C#m7 Asus2 |-----0-----|--------0-----|-----0--|---------------------| |--------0--|--------------|-----0--|---------------------| |-----------|-----------2--|--------|--4/6\4/6\4--2--4/6--| |-----------|--------------|--------|---------------------| |--4--------|-(4)----------|--0-----|---------------------| |-----------|--------------|--------|---------------------| |.........Fill 2......| Verse: (Guitar 1 plays chords, Guitar 2 plays fills) C#m7 high on a wire Asus2 *(w/ fill 1) poised for an imminent fall clowns always smile *(w/ fill 2) greasepaint and lust in their pores *(w/ fill 3) start to sway and i hold your hand fall, the smile surrounds his head |--0--------|-------| |-----0-----|-------| |--------2--|-----2/| Fill 3 |-----------|-------| |-----------|-------| |-----------|-------| Prechorus: Em G C Em G |-------------------|--------|-------------------| |--12--------10-----|--8-----|--12--------10-----| |--12--------11-----|--9-----|--12--------11-----| |-------------------|--------|-------------------| |-------------------|--------|-------------------| |-------------------|--------|-------------------| C |--------------------------| |--8-----8-----8-----8-----| |--9--9-----9-----9--------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| Em G C Hot ashes, clay Em G C Hot ashes fade Chorus: (this is played twice) Dsus2 C |-----5--5--3--2--------5--5--3--2--|---------------| |-----------------3-----------------|--3/5-----3/5--| |-----------------------------------|---------------| |-----------------------------------|---------------| |-----------------------------------|---------------| |-----------------------------------|---------------| |.....| (these notes omitted second time) Dsus2 C to lean, to err, to far along for me Dsus2 C to wait around, to smile is to accept Em (both guitars play an Em chord for one measure before the verse) Verse: (same as first) In center ring rolling in sawdust and hay covered in paint damn everything but the circus damn the men and the women who stare at the freaks in the cages and snares Prechorus: (same as first) hot ashes, clay hot ashes fade Chorus: to win, to err, to fall to far for safety to lean, to wait a while is too easy Bridge: Gsus2 (xx0035) throughout the bridge |--5--5h7--7--7p5--5--5h7--7--7p5--| |--7--7-7--7--7-7--7--7-7--7--7-7--| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |--5--5h7--7--7p5--5--5h7--7--7p5--| |--7--7-7--7--7-7--7--7-7--7--7-7--| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |--5h7--7--5h7--7--5h7--7--5h7--7-| |--7-7--7--7-7--7--7-7--7--7-7--7/| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |--10/12--12--10/12--12--10/12--12--10/12--12--|---------| |-------------0----------0----------0----------|--12~~~--| |----------------------------------------------|---------| to pre- |----------------------------------------------|---------| chorus |----------------------------------------------|---------| |----------------------------------------------|---------| Prechorus: (Guitar 2 tacet) |-------------------------------| |--1-------------1-----1--------| |----------0--------0-----0-----| Guitar 1 plays this instead of |-----0h2-----2--------------2--| just strumming the C chord the |--3-------------------------3--| first time |-------------------------------| Hot ashes, clay Hot ashed fade *(Guitar 2 gradually enters again, over the last C) Chorus: The chorus is played twice here. The first time is just like the others. The second time, a third guitar enters, playing the chords below. to lean towards, to fall too far for me to wait a while around is too easy Dsus2 C Dsus2 C |--5-----3--|--5-----8--| |--7-----5--|--7-----8--| |--7-----5--|--7-----9--| Guitar 3 strums these chords over the |-----------|-----------| second chorus here |-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| to lean too long, to fall too far for safety to seem to smile, to lie is to accept *(hold the last C chord) Ending: |---x---x---x---3---2------x---x---x---3---2--| |---x---x---3---3---3------x---x---3---3---3--| |---2---2---2---2---2------2---2---2---2---2--| Guitars 1,2 |---0---0---0---0---0------0---0---0---0---0--| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| | | |---------------------14--14--12--12----------| |--15--15--15--15---------------------15--15--| |---------------------------------------------| Guitar 3 |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---x---x---x---0---0------x---x---x---0---0--| |---x---x---x---3---1------x---x---x---3---1--| |---x---x---0---0---0------x---x---0---0---0--| Guitars 1,2 |---2---2---2---2---2------2---2---2---2---2--| |---3---3---3---3---3------3---3---3---3---3--| |---------------------------------------------| | | |---------------------12--12------------------| |--13--13--13--13-------------15--15--13--13--| |---------------------------------------------| Guitar 3 |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| All three guitars play these two measures three and a half times. After that, guitars 1 and 2 continue with the D - C progression, the same as here, but guitar 3 plays: C |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--12/13--13--13--12/13--13--13--12/13--13--13--12/13--13--13--| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| D |-----------------------------------| |--/15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15--| |--/14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| \ * These two measures played 2x C / |-----------------------------------| |--/13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--| |--/12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |--/14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--| |--/15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15--| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| \ * These two measures played 2x / |--/12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--| |--/13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| (Guitar 2 ends here. Guitar 1 strums full chords for the last four measures) D C |----12--10-----12p10------|--10---------| |----------------------10--|------10-----| |--------------------------|-------------| |--------------------------|-------------| |--------------------------|-------------| |--------------------------|-------------| D C |--10---------12p10------|--10--| |------10------------10--|------| |------------------------|------| |------------------------|------| |------------------------|------| |------------------------|------|
