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-<code> +=====Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod=====
-Incomplete +
- +
-Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod +
-by The Mountain Goats +
-tabbed by Jonathan Bliss +
-      and Andy Moskowitz +
- +
-Intro: Bb Eb and back and forth +
- +
-Bb Eb +
-you are sleeping off your demon +
-Bb Eb +
-when I come home. +
-Bb F +
-spittle bubbling on your lips, +
-Bb Eb +
-fine white foam +
- +
-Bb Eb +
-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 +
-and alone in my room, +
-Eb Bb +
-I am the last of a lost civilization. +
- +
-and I vanish into the dark +
-and rise above my station. +
-rise above my station. +
- +
-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. +
-and then I'm awake and I'm guarding my face, +
-hoping you don't break my stereo. +
-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  +
-by your strong and thick veined hand, +
-but one of these days I'm going to wriggle up on dry land. +
- +
- +
-Suggestion: I think it sounds better going from A to Dsus2, and then for the change it goes to E. but thats just me +
-</code> +
- +
-====Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod====+
  
 <code> <code>
 +tabbed by Rosa (mostly)
  
-Here's how I play it. It's not 100% accurate, cause in the album version it's barre chords, but this sounds good too.+Listen to the song for the rhythm. It sounds best if you let  
 +the strings ring open (x0000x) before each chord change.
  
 Capo 1 Capo 1
  
-A: x02220 +A     x0222x 
-Dsus2: xx0230 +D5    x0023x 
-E: 022100+Esus4 (0)2220x
  
-Intro: A A A Dsus2 A Dsus2 A Dsus2 A+Intro: A A A A | A D5 A D5 | A D5 A A
  
-A                         Dsus2+A                         D5
 You are sleeping off your demons You are sleeping off your demons
-A           Dsus2+A           D5
 When I come home When I come home
-A                        E+A                        Esus4
 Spittle bubbling on your lips Spittle bubbling on your lips
-A          Dsus2+A          D5
 Fine white foam Fine white foam
  
-A                   Dsus2+A                   D5
 I am young and I am good I am young and I am good
-       A                       Dsus2+       A                       D5
 It's a hot southern California day It's a hot southern California day
-A             E+A             Esus4
 If I wake you up If I wake you up
-A                     Dsus2 (play an extra measure)+A                     D5
 There will be hell to pay There will be hell to pay
  
-                A+D5               A
 And alone in my room And alone in my room
-         Dsus2                A+         D5                   A
 I am the last of a lost civilization I am the last of a lost civilization
-Dsus2                 A (play an extra measure)+D5                    A
 And I vanish into the dark And I vanish into the dark
-                  Dsus2+A                 D5
 And rise above my station And rise above my station
-A             Dsus2 (play an extra measure)+A             D5      D5
 Rise above my station Rise above my station
  
-A A Dsus2 A Dsus2 A Dsus2 A+A A A D5 | A D5 A D5 | A A (album) 
 +A D5 A D5 | A D5 A A | (live)
  
-A                                Dsus2 
 But I do wake you up, and when I do But I do wake you up, and when I do
-    A                           Dsus2 
 You blaze down the hall and you scream You blaze down the hall and you scream
-A                        E 
 I'm in my room with the headphones on I'm in my room with the headphones on
-A             Dsus2 
 Deep in the dream chamber Deep in the dream chamber
  
-A                           Dsus2 
 And then I'm awake and I'm guarding my face And then I'm awake and I'm guarding my face
-A                          Dsus2 
 Hoping you don't break my stereo Hoping you don't break my stereo
-A                                    E 
 Because it's the one thing that I couldn't live without Because it's the one thing that I couldn't live without
-         A                               Dsus2 (play an extra measure) 
 And so I think about that, and then I sorta black out And so I think about that, and then I sorta black out
  
-                            A+     D5                     A
 Held under these smothering waves Held under these smothering waves
-        Dsus2                   A+        D5                      A
 By your strong and thick-veined hand By your strong and thick-veined hand
-Dsus2            A+D5               A
 But one of these days But one of these days
-          E                 A+          Esus4             A     A
 I'm gonna wriggle up on dry land I'm gonna wriggle up on dry land
  
-A Dsus2 A Dsus2 A Dsus2 (2x)+A D5 A D5 | A D5 A A  
 +A D5 A D5 | A Esus4 A A (let ring)
  
-A E A 
 </code> </code>
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