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Hold Her Down

Toad The Wet Sprocket

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From: "John S. Jacob" 
Subject: TAB: "Hold Her Down" by Toad the Wet Sprocket

"Hold Her Down"
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by Todd Nichols, Glen Phillips and Toad The Wet Sprocket
As recorded on _Fear_
Transcribed by John S. Jacob 

E     022100
E/G   322100
G     320033
Am    x02210
Am/G  302210
C     x32010
C/B   x2x010
D     xx0232
Dsus4 xx0233


[Riff 1]
     E
e-|-----0-----------------------------|
B-|--------0-h2-p0-----------0--------|
G-|-----------------1-h2-p1-----------|
D-|-----------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------|
E-|--0--------------------------------|

     G                 A5
e-|-----------------------------------|
B-|-----------------0--------0--------|
G-|-----------0-h2--------2-----2-----|
D-|-----0-h2-----------------------2--|
A-|--------------------0--------------|
E-|--3--------------------------------|

[Riff 2]
     E
e-|-----0-----------------------------|
B-|--------0-h2-p0-----------0--------|
G-|-----------------1-h2-p1-----------|
D-|-----------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------|
E-|--0--------------------------------|


[Intro] [Riff1]x2 (acoustic)
        [Riff1]x2 (all instruments)

[Riff1]x4
take her arms and hold her down and
hold her down and hold her down and hold her down
until she stops moving
take her arms and hold her down and
hold her down and hold her down and hold her down
until she she stops kicking

G                D
  and they don't know her
    Am       E
but what the fuck
            G       D             E  E/G E E/G
they've got nothing else they can do
G                D
  and they've no reason
    Am    Am/G E
but still they come
    D Dsus4 D
and i
             C    C/B  Am Am/G E   E/G E E/G
would have a hard time facing  you
     D     Dsus4 D
this crime
          C    C/B Am  Am/G [Riff1]x 2
I've seen what a   man can  do

[Riff1]x4
take her arms and hold her down and
hold her down and hold her down and hold her down
until she stops screaming
take her arms and hold her down and
hold her down and hold her down and hold her down
until she stops breathing

and they don't know her
but what the fuck
they've got nothing else they can do
and there's no reason
but still they come
and i
would have a hard time facing you
this crime
             C    C/B Am  Am/G E  E/G E E/G
the shame of what a   man can  do
             D    Dsus4 D
i would have died
             C    C/B  Am     Am/G [Riff2]x2 [Riff1] E
from all the hell that you've been through

(tacit eight beats)

[Solo]
     G            D            Am           E
e-|------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------15--15-------15--15-------15--15-------15--15--|
G-|--/16----------/16----------/16----------/16----------|
D-|------------------------------------------------------|
A-|------------------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------------|

     G          D         E
e-|------------------------------------------------------|
B-|------------------------------------------------------|
G-|--16-\14--9--14--14----9------------------------------|
D-|------------------------------------------------------|
A-|------------------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------------|

     G            D            Am           E
e-|------------------------------------------------------|
B-|------------------------------------------------------|
G-|--/16--14------/16--14------/16----14----13-----------|
D-|-----------14-----------14----------------------------|
A-|------------------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------------|

     G            D    Am Am/G E
e-|------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------15--15--/15--15-13---12------------------------|
G-|--/16----------/16--16-14---13------------------------|
D-|------------------------------------------------------|
A-|------------------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------------|

     G            D            Am           E
e-|------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------15--15-------15--15-------15--15-------15--15--|
G-|--/16----------/16----------/16----------/16----------|
D-|------------------------------------------------------|
A-|------------------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------------|
     take the     night back   all  they've stolen

     G            D            E            E/G
e-|------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------15--15-------15--15-------15--15-------15--15--|
G-|--/16----------/16----------/16----------/16----------|
D-|------------------------------------------------------|
A-|------------------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------------|
     all  we     took from     you

     G            D            Am           E
e-|------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------15--15-------15--15-------15--15-------15--15--|
G-|--/16----------/16----------/16----------/16----------|
D-|------------------------------------------------------|
A-|------------------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------------|
     take the     night back   all  they've stolen

     C    C/B     Am   Am/G    E
e-|------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------15--15-------15--15--15------------x\----------|
G-|--/16----------/16----------16------------x\---9\-----|
D-|------------------------------------------x\---9\-----|
A-|------------------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------------|
     all  we     took from     you

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