Dam Would Break
Glenn Phillips & Toad

Toad the Wet Sprocket
Coil
1997

On April 27, 1997, Toad came to Cornell, so I went and saw them.
They ROCKED.  They played this song, along with Come Down and Throw It
All Away from this album (and some others that I don't remember).
But this song was my favorite new one and it's such an easy song so try
it out.  Hopefully I have beaten everyone to it and have the first tab
of this song.  Also, if you get a chance to see Toad, do it!

Chords

Capo 6th

INTRO (2x)

   Am
   +   + . +   +     +   + . +   +     +   + . +   +     +   + . +   +    
e:-----0-0---0-0---|-----0-0---0-0---|-----0-0---0-0---|-----0-0---0-0---|
B:-0h1-1-1---1-0---|-0h1-1-1---1-0---|-0h1-1-1---1-0---|-0h1-1-1---1-0---|
G:-0h2-2-2---2-2---|-0h2-2-2---2-2---|-0h2-2-2---2-2---|-0h2-2-2---2-2---|
D:-2---2-------2---|-2---2-------2---|-2---2-------2---|-2---2-------2---|
A:-0---0-------0---|-0---0-------0---|-0---0-------0---|-0---0-------0---|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   Dm                                  Dsus4/G
   +   + . +   +     +   + . +   +     +   + . +   +     +   + . +   +
e:-1---1-1---1-1---|-1---1-1---1-1---|-3---3-3---3-3---|-3---3-3---3-3---|
B:-3---3-3---3-3---|-3---3-3---3-3---|-3---3-3---3-3---|-3---3-3---3-3---|
G:-0h2-2-2---2-0---|-0h2-2-2---2-0---|-0h2-2-2---2-0---|-0h2-2-2---2-0---|
D:-0---0-------0---|-0---0-------0---|-0---0-------0---|-0---0-------0---|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-3---3-------3---|-3---3-------3---|

Now the verses begin.  For the first verse, the bass
plays and the acoustic strums these chords once:

           Dm         Dsus4/G             Am
Is it this place that makes me fall from you
           Dm         Dsus4/G
Forget the words that once rang so true


Now, the intro figure starts up again over the next part.

Did we expect that life was ever fair, my God
I sowed a field of rose and reaped a whipping rod

Here, the acoustic strums these chords:

PRE-CHORUS
F                              G
   And everything I've held to tight inside
      Em                  F
Could make a part of me die
                          G
And if my lips could only speak the name
    Em
The dam would break

During the chorus, the intro figure happens once.

CHORUS
La da doooooh
La da doooooh

Now, the same thing happens again.

What is this ice that gathers 'round my heart
To stop the flood of warmth before it even starts
It would make me blind to what I thought would always be
The only constant in the world for me

PRE-CHORUS
And every hour of every day
I need to fight from pulling away
And if my mind could only loose the chain
The dam would break

CHORUS 2x

PRE-CHORUS
For all the things I hid away
And all the words I could not say
The dam would break

CHORUS 4x

End like this:

   Dsus4/G            Am
   +   +   +   +      +   +   +   +
e:-3---------------|-^0--------------|
B:-3---------------|-^1--------------|
G:-2---------------|-^2--------------|
D:-0---------------|-^2--------------|
A:-----------------|-^0--------------|
E:-3---------------|-----------------|


CHORDS:

Am	 x02210
Dm	 xx0231
Dsus4/G  3x0233
F	 103211 (thumb on 6th)
G	 320033
Em	 022000