Desire Tabs & Lyrics by Toad the Wet Sprocket
Desire
guitar tabs lyrics
Tab: "Desire," by Toad the Wet Sprocket
Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur ([email protected])
Guitars 1,2, and 3 capoed at the second fret
All chord names and tab are relative to capo
Intro: (guitar 1 only)
B5
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Verse: (simile to intro)
B5
i want to be clean, i want to be whole
i want revenge, i want control
E5
i want to give up, i want to give in
destroy all i have been
B5
i want to be cruel, i want to be cold
i want a chance to sell my soul
E5
i want to break out, i want to dive in
to lose myself in sin
Prechorus: Both guitars are shown here in tab. The lyrics and
chords are below.
B E
|----------|------------|----------------|--------0-------------|
|----------|-----4\---4\|-----4\---4--3--|--0-----0-------------|
|----2--4--|-----4\---4\|-----4\---4--3--|--1-----1-------------| G1
|/4--------|-----4\---4\|-----4\---4--3--|--2-----2-------------|
|----------|------------|----------------|----------------2-----|
|----------|------------|----------------|-----------2/4-----4--|
| | | | |
|----------|-----2\---2\|-----2\---------|--------0-------------|
|----------|-----4\---4\|-----4\---4--3--|--0-----0--3h5----p3--|
|----2--4--|-----4\---4\|-----4\---4--3--|--1-------------------| G2
|/4--------|------------|----------------|--2-------------------|
|----------|------------|----------------|----------------------|
|----------|------------|----------------|----------------------|
B
|-------------0-------------|------------|----------------|
|-------0-----0-------------|-----4----4-|-----4----4--3--|
|-------1-----1-------------|-----4----4-|-----4----4--3--|
|-------2-----2-------------|-----4\---4\|-----4\---4--3--|
|---------------------0--2--|------------|----------------|
|--0--------------/2--------|------------|----------------|
| | | |
|-------0--0--0-------------|-----2----2-|-----2----------|
|-------0--0--0-------------|-----4----4-|-----4----4--3--|
|--4\---1--1--1-------2--4--|-----4\---4\|-----4\---4--3--|
|-----------------/4--------|------------|----------------|
|---------------------------|------------|----------------|
|---------------------------|------------|----------------|
E E9
|--------0-------------|----------------0--0--0--0--0--|
|--0-----0-------------|-------0--------0--0--0--0--0--|
|--1-----1-------------|-------1--------1--1--1--1--1--|
|--2-----2-------------|-------2--------2--2--2--2--2--|
|----------------2-----|-------------------------------|
|-----------2/4-----4--|--0----------------------------|
| | |
|--------0-------------|-------0--0--0--2--2--2--2--2--|
|--0-----0--3h5----p3--|-------0--0--0--3--3--3--3--3--|
|--1-------------------|--4\---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|
|--2-------------------|----------------2--2--2--2--2--|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
B
i say that i don't need anything
E
i'm just wanting
just wanting
B
i say that i don't need anything
E
i'm just wanting
E9
just wanting
Chorus: Both guitars are tabbed here on a single staff to make it
readable. The power chords on the low 3 strings are guitar 1, and
notes on top are guitar 2. Again, the lyrics are given with the
chords below.
G F# F E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------4--------3--|--------2--------1--|
|--5--5--5--4--4--4--|--3--3--3--2--2--2--|
|--5--5-----4--4-----|--3--3-----2--2-----|
|--3--3-----2--2-----|--1--1-----0--0-----|
F# G
|--------------------------|-------------3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|--------------------------|-------------3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
F# G F E D E
|--------------------|--------------------|--2--|--0--|
|--------------------|--------------------|--3--|--0--|
|--------3--------4--|--------2--------1--|--2--|--1--|
|--4--4--4--5--5--5--|--3--3--3--2--2--2--|--0--|--2--|
|--4--4-----5--5-----|--3--3-----2--2-----|-----|--2--|
|--2--2-----3--3-----|--1--1-----0--0-----|-----|-----|
^ both guitars
together here
G F# F E
desire all desire is
F# G
desire breeds desire
F# F G E
desire all desire is
D E
desire feeds desire
Verse: Guitar 1 plays same as the first verse. Guitar 2 plays
fills as indicated.
B5
i want to scream, i want to shout
i want to have faith and never doubt
(Fill 1)E5
i want to bend, i want to break
i want to sleep and never wake
(Fill 2) B5
to break down walls and to escape
be alone and hide my face
(Fill 1)E5
i want to feel, i want to touch
want to stop wanting it so much
B5 E5 E5 B5
|--2/|--7~~~--|-|--7\|--2~~~--|
|--4/|--9~~~--|-|--9\|--4~~~--|
|----|--------|-|----|--------| Guitar 2
|----|--------|-|----|--------|
|----|--------|-|----|--------|
|----|--------|-|----|--------|
|...Fill 1....| |...Fill 2....|
Prechorus:
i say that i don't need anything
i'm just wanting
just wanting
Chorus:
desire all desire is
desire breeds desire
desire all desire is
desire feeds desire
Bass solo/interlude:
Guitars just hold a B chord, bass does it's thing
Guitar solo: Guitars 1 and 2 play the chorus. Guitar 3 enters with
the solo:
B G F# F E
|------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------|-------3-----------3-----|--3--5b(7)r5--3--------|
|----2h4~~~--|--2/4-----4-----------4--|-----------------4~~~--|
|/4----------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
F# G
|--5b(7)r5-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------5b(7)r5--3-----3--3--|--5b(7)r5--3--5~~~--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------|
F# G
|--12b(14)r12---------------------|
|--------------12b(14)r12--9--12--| *this measure and the next are
|---------------------------------| tabbed relative to the nut,
|---------------------------------| since it is so far above the
|---------------------------------| capo anyways
|---------------------------------|
F E D
|-----------------------------|--0-------0--------|
|--12b(14)r12--9--12b(14)~~~--|--5b(7)--(7)r5--3--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
E
|-----0--------0--0------------|
|--3--5b(7)r5--3--5-----5p3p0--|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
Chorus:
desire all desire is
desire feeds desire
desire all desire is
desire breeds desire
desire breeds desire
desire breeds desire
Hold the final E
