Chord/Tab song: 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]Here's the town we live[G] in
[A]This is ho[Em]w the land[D] lays ou[A]t
I bought a ma[B]p
Ooooo,[G] So I could find my [D]way aro[A]und, w[D]ay arou[A]nd

[B]Taped the map on the wa[G]ll
[Em]Studied e[D]very [Em]avenu[A]e
[B]I Found my way ar[G]ound
[Em]Tried to feel at h[D]ome for [A]once

(Ooo ooooo ooo)
[B] [G]
[C#] [A] [Em]
[A] [D]
[B] [G]
[C#] [Em]
[A] [D]
[B]We worked out a syste[G]m
Em A C# D A
When one of us would leave
[B]A thumbtack stuck s[G]howing
Em A C# E
Where we were going


[B]All the time, you[G] wore a hole
The sa[Em]me place tacked [A]over and [D]over[A]
[B]And I never g[G]o there[Em]
I ne[A]ver go the[D]re

[C#]But through that hole, you s[Em]ee [B]
[C#]My faith in you ?[Em] [A]boring d[B]eeper and d[G]eeper
[A]Finally t[D]hrough [A]that wall

[B]A C# [G] D[Em]
B G (slide) C# Em
A C# D A

[B]Map began to rip apa[G]rt
I [Em]watched it falli[C#]ng to [Em] [D] the floor
[B]I didn't both[G]er
[Em]moving my thumbt[A]ack any[D] more[A]

[B]Here?s the town we live i[G]n
[A]This is [Em]how the l[D]and lays [A]out
[B]I bought a ma[G]p
Em A D C#
So I could find my way around



[B] [A] rip apart[Em][G][F#(bass)][Em]
A C# D
I watched it falling to the ground
[B]I didn?t bother[G][F#(bass)]
[Em]Moving my thum[A]btack a[C#]ny mo[F#]re

B C# D F#
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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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