Golden Age tab

Golden Age

Golden Age by Toad the Wet Sprocket

Standard Tuning

Tabbed after listening to Glen play solo acoustic. With my own spin and attack. 
Corrections welcome,
but this is my "rendition"

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Intro Riff

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5p4-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------4-----------4----------4-----4h6p4----------------------------------1------------------|
D|-------------6--4--6--------4h6---------------6-----6--4-----6--4--2----2-----2------------------|
A|--4----------------------7----------7------------4-------------------------2---------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------5-----------0--------------------------|


verse
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---4-------2------------1------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---6-------2------2------------(repeat)----------------------------------------------------------|
A|---4p0-----0---------2---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------0--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    A decade in the wilderness....how did it ever come to this..

took all we had to just survive,
no time left for asking why.

::::Riff::::

2nd verse
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---4-------2------------1-------4-------2------1--2/4\2--1----------------------------------------|
D|---6-------2------2-------------6-------2------2--2/4\2--2----------------------------------------|
A|---4p0-----0---------2----------4p0-----0---------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------0----------------------------0----------------------------------------------------|
  St. Virginia saved your life... and angel and a kitchen knife.


E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---4-------2------------1------------------4-------2----------------------------------------------|
D|---6-------2------2------------------------6-------2--------2------2------------------------------|
A|---4p0-----0---------2---------------------4p0-----0----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------0----------------------------------------0------0---------------------------------|
   and when the devil tests your will...... you kill who you have to kill.


Chorus


E|-------4----------0----------0---------0----------0---------0--------0------0--0-----------------|
B|-----------4----------0---------0----------0---------0--------0---------0---0--0-----------------|
G|--4-----------2----------4---------6----------1---------4---------2---------2--2-----------------|
D|--6-----------2----------4---------6----------2---------4---------2---------2--2-----------------|
A|--6-----------0--0--0----2--2--2---4--4--4----2---------2-2--2----0-0--0--0-0--0-----------------|
E|--4--4---4------------------------------------0--0--0--------------------------------------------|
      God loves a madman..                      I wore his patience through...

E|-------4----------0----------0---------0----------0---------0--------0------0--0-----------------|
B|-----------4----------0---------0----------0---------0--------0---------0---0--0-----------------|
G|--4-----------2----------4---------6----------1---------4---------2---------2--2-----------------|
D|--6-----------2----------4---------6----------2---------4---------2---------2--2-----------------|
A|--6-----------0--0--0----2--2--2---4--4--4----2---------2-2--2----0-0--0--0-0--0-----------------|
E|--4--4---4------------------------------------0--0--0--------------------------------------------|
   It's too much... to ask of anyone....        I could never be as strong as you(repeat 
twice into riff)


::::Riff::::

verse3

All we are is vanity
Comics playing tragedies
I traded in my sanity

------0------------0-----------0----------|-------------------------|
----------0------------0-----------0---2--|-------------------------|
-2-----------2------------2------------2--|-------------------------|
-2-----------2------------2------------2--|-------------------------|
-x-----------x------------x------------x--|-------------------------|
-2--2---2----2--2----2----2--2---2-----2--|-------------------------|
For a dream that'd soon abandon me        Chorus "God loves..."

Chorus.

Riff+ vocal accompaniment (twice over)

Bridge

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---2----4-----6--8--9----------2-------4---6--8---9-----------------------|
D|---2----4-----6--8--9----------2-------4---6--8---9-----------------------|
A|---0----2-----4--6--7----------0-------2---4--6---7-----------------------|
E|--------2-----4--6--7------------------2---4--6---7-----------------------|
   Walls, and barricades...    Surround our Golden Age,.....


E|------------------------------0--------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------0-----------------------------------------|
G|--------2----4--6---4----3----------3--3-----------------------------------|
D|--------2----4--6---4----4-------------4-----------------------------------|
A|--------0----2--4---2----4--4---4------4-----------------------------------|
E|-------------2--4---2----2-------------------------------------------------|
       We will return.....


(picked in same pattern as above)
A    B   C#m  Eb   E
Someday


We will return...


ooh,

Walls and barricades, surround our Golden age,

end on
E|------------------------------0--------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------0-----------------------------------------|
G|--------2----4--6---4----3----------3--3-----------------------------------|
D|--------2----4--6---4----4-------------4--fade out repeat------------------|
A|--------0----2--4---2----4--4---4------4-----------------------------------|
E|-------------2--4---2----2-------------------------------------------------|
       We will return.....





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