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Thumbtack
Bob Mould
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THUMBTACK
By: Bob Mould
Tabbed by Mike Talbot � 2/09
Chords: *Note that they are all merely assigned names (sorry they�re a little out of order)
A* C* Em* C9 B A
E-----------------0------0------0---------0---------0
B-----------------0------0------0---------0---------0
G---------0-------0------x------0---------4---------2
D---------2-------5------2------2---------4---------2
A---------3-------7------2------3---------2---------0
E---------5-------8------0---------------------------
D G F#* C# D* E* F#
--------0-------0---------------0------0------0------2
--------3-------0---------------0------0------0------2
--------2-------4---------------6------7------9------x
--------0-------4-------2-------6------7------9------4
--------0-------x-------x-------4------5------7------4
----------------3-------2-------0-------------0------2
Intro:
A* C* A* C9 F#*
B G
Here's the town we live in
A Em D A
This is how the land lays out
B
I bought a map
G D A D A
Ooooo, So I could find my way around, way around
B G
Taped the map on the wall
Em D Em A
Studied every avenue
B G
I Found my way around
Em D A
Tried to feel at home for once
(Ooo ooooo ooo)
B G
C# A Em
A D
B G
C# Em
A D
B G
We worked out a system
Em A C# D* A
When one of us would leave
B G
A thumbtack stuck showing
Em A C# E*
Where we were going
B G
All the time, you wore a hole
Em A D A
The same place tacked over and over
B G Em
And I never go there
A D
I never go there
C# Em B
But through that hole, you see
C# Em A B G
My faith in you � boring deeper and deeper
A D A
Finally through that wall
B G Em
A C# D*
B G (slide) C# Em
A C# D* A
B G
Map began to rip apart
Em C# Em D
I watched it falling to the floor
B G
I didn't bother
Em A D A
moving my thumbtack any more
B G
Here�s the town we live in
A Em D A
This is how the land lays out
B G
I bought a map
Em A D* C#
So I could find my way around
B A Em G F#(bass) Em
rip apart
A C# D*
I watched it falling to the ground
B G F#(bass)
I didn�t bother
Em A C# F#
Moving my thumbtack any more
B C# D* F#
Anymore
B C# F# D*
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B C# D* F#
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B D* C# F#
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B D* C# F#
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B D* C# F#
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B D* C# F#
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B D* C# F#
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