Plateau

Words & Music:

Curt Kirkwood

 

Chord voicings:

G = 3 2 0 x 3 3      Bb = 6 5 0 x 6 6     Fsus2 = 1 x x 0 1 1  G# = 4 x x 0 4 4

 

Main Riff

E--3-------6-------3-------6-------3-------6-------1-----|-

B------------------------------------------------------1-|-

G----------------------------------------------------0---|-

D-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)--------|-

A---(2)-----(5)-----(2)-----(5)-----(2)-----(5)----------|-

E--3-------6-------3-------6-------3-------6-------1-----|-

 

Pre-chorus        Chorus

E--4------|-     -|--1/3------------------------3--------|-

B------4--|-     -|--1/3-------------3-----3----3-----6--|-

G----0----|-     -|------------------3-----3----------7--|-

D---------|-     -|---------5--x-----3-----3----------8--|-

A---------|-     -|---------5--x--1-----------5----------|-

E--4------|-     -|-------3-------------1-----3---/6-----|-

 

Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau.

Some belong to strangers and some to folks you know.

Holy ghosts and talk show hosts are planted in the sand.

To beautify the foothills and shake the many hands.

 

CHORUS:

There's nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop and an illustrated book about birds.

You see a lot up there, but don't be scared; who needs action when you got words?

When you're finished with the mop then you can stop & look at what you've done.

The plateau's clean, no dirt to be seen & the work it took was fun.

 

CHORUS:

 

Well, the many hands began to scan around for the next plateau.

Some said it was in Greenland and some in Mexico.

Others decided it was nowhere except for where they stood.

But those were all just guesses, wouldn't help you if they could.

 

Pre-outro

E--4----------------4---6-----------------6--|-

B---------4-------4------------6--------6----|-

G--------------------------------------------|-

D------0-------0------------0-------0--------|-

A----3-------3------------5-------5----------|-

E--4--------------------6--------------------|-

 

Outro

E-(0)--------------------------0-----|---------------------------------|-

B--------------0-------2---------1p0-|-----2-------0-------0-------1p0-|-

G------2-----2---2---2-------2-------|---2-------2---2---2-------2-----|-

D----2-----2-------0-------0---------|-2-------2-------3-------0-------|-

A--0-----0---------------3-----------|-------0---------------3---------|-

E------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-

 

 




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