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    Spafford Tab: Todd's Tots

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    • Bm_Jam
      Bm_Jam last edited by Bm_Jam

      Original Spafford Song: Todd's Tots
      Tabbed by Andrew Gonzalez 5/26/17.

      Here's my transcription of the 5/6/16 Todds Tot's. I'll add more as I complete it. This document will get you through the "I like toys" section with the solo from that night.

      
(/) Slide Up  (\) Slide Down  (h) Hammer On  (p) Pull Off  (b) Bend (r) Release (v) Vibrato (tr) Tremolo

Intro:

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------0|| Repeat 2x
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------0||
A|--7-----7--7-----5-----4-----2--------------------------2----------------||
E|--0-----0--0-----0-----0-----0-----5-----4-----4--5-------5--4---2-------||

      Play on second repeat:


E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------5--------5--------7b7r5---------------I
G|------------------------------4---------------4--------7---------6-----4--------------------------------------------I
D|--------------------4--6--7-----6-------7---------7---------------------7-------------------------------------------I
A|-----------4--5--7--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
E|--4--5--7-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I (1st)

      This next part gets very syncopated with some meter changes, but Brian spells it out for you so it's not complicated
(hint: remove the last note of the 2nd triad each time).

      E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|--------------------2------|
A|-----2--5--------4---------|
E|--3--------3--5--------5---|

      E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|--------------------2---|
A|-----2--5--------4------|
E|--3--------3--5---------|

      E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|-----2--5--------4----|
E|--3--------3--5-------|

      E|----------------------||
B|----------------------||
G|----------------------||
D|----------------------||
A|-----2--5-------------||
E|--3--------3--5-------||

      **Intro RIff again:**

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------0|| Repeat 2x
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------0||
A|--7-----7--7-----5-----4-----2--------------------------2-----------------||
E|--0-----0--0-----0-----0-----0-----5-----4-----4--5-----5--4--2-----------||

      Play on second repeat (a little different this time):

      E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------5------7-5--------5--------7b7r5--------------I
G|------------------------------4---------------4-----7-------------4--------------------------------------------I
D|--------------------4--6--7------6------7------7---------------------------------------------------------------I
A|-----------4--5--7---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
E|--4--5--7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I (2nd)

      Jordan/Brian interlude:

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--1-----2-----4-----2-----1-----------1-----------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------4--------------4--------2-----------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

               G#m          A        B       C#m                     D     A
E|--------4-----4--4--5--5-----7--7-----9---9---|----r-------|--10-----5-----0--------------------------|
B|--------4-----4--4--5--5-----7--7-----9---9---|----e-------|--10-----5-----0--------------------------|
G|--------4-----4--4--6--6-----8--8-----9---9---|----p-------|--11-----6-----1--------------------------|
D|--------6-----6--6--7--7-----9--9-----11--11--|----e----3x-|--12-----7-----2--------------------------|
A|--------6-----6--6--7--7-----9--9-----11--11--|----a-------|--12-----7-----2--------------------------|
E|--------4-----4--4--5--5-----7--7-----9---9---|----t-------|--10-----5-----0--------------------------|


**Go back to the beginning and do it all again!**

      A couple things change slightly with that ending to the intro riff:

3rd time It's played like:



E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
B|---------------------------------------------------------------5------7--5--------5------------5---------------I
G|------------------------------4---------------4-----7--------------4----------------------4--------------------I
D|--------------------4--6--7------6------7------7---------------------------------------------------------------I
A|-----------4--5--7---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
E|--4--5--7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I (3rd)

      and the 4th time

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
B|---------------------------------------------------------------5------7--5--------5-------5---7b7r-5-------------I
G|------------------------------4---------------4-----7--------------4---------------------------------------------I
D|--------------------4--6--7------6------7------7-----------------------------------------------------------------I
A|-----------4--5--7-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
E|--4--5--7--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I (4th)

      
         G#m          A        B       C#m                     D     A
E|--------4-----4--4--5--5-----7--7-----9---9---|----r-----|--10-----5-----|
B|--------4-----4--4--5--5-----7--7-----9---9---|----e-----|--10-----5-----|
G|--------4-----4--4--6--6-----8--8-----9---9---|----p-----|--11-----6-----|
D|--------6-----6--6--7--7-----9--9-----11--11--|----e--3x-|--12-----7-----|
A|--------6-----6--6--7--7-----9--9-----11--11--|----a-----|--12-----7-----|
E|--------4-----4--4--5--5-----7--7-----9---9---|----t-----|--10-----5-----| 

      "I Like Toys"


     Bm           A/B                    F#m
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------3--------------2--------2--------------2--------------------------------|
G|-----------4--------------2--------2--------2-----------------------------------|
D|-----4-----------------------------------4--------------------------------------|
A|--2--------------2-----------2--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

           Bm           A/B                    F#m
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------3--------------2--------2-------2------2--------------------------------||
G|-----------4--------------2--------2--- 2------2-------------------------------0|| Repeat 2x
D|-----4----------------------------------4------4-------------------------------0||
A|--2--------------2-----------2--------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

       Some for tips for success:

*These phrases can be thought of in groups of two and are marked with "||". 
**power chord the last group of G-D-A
***otherwise, use light voicings, like these:

    G/B  D/A   A
E|----------------------------|
B|--8-----7-----5-------------|
G|--7-----7-----6-------------|
D|--9-----7-----7-------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

      G / / / | D / / / | A / / / | / / / / |

G / / / | D / / / | A / / / | / / / / ||
Lyrics enter
G / / / | D / / / | A / / / | / / / / |

G / / / | D / / / | A / / / | / / / / ||

      Solo Over 8 bars of Bm

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------7--10--7---------------7---------------7-------------7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|------------7------------7--9-----------9-------7---9-----------7h9-----9----7h9-----9p7h9-----9--7--6tr(7)---6-7-6-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------7--9------9----9------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9--7--6-------4--7-6-0--4--7-4---7-4------7--4---2--
A|--/9----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9------------------------7------7---
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

      G / / / | D / / / | A / / / | / / / / |

G / / / | D / / / | A / / / | / / / / ||
Lyrics enter
G / / / | D / / / | A / / / | / / / / |

G / / / | D / / / | A / / / | / / / / ||
 Begin Power Chording
G / / / | D / / / | A / / / | / / / / |
 ___________get louder
G / / / | D / / / | A / / / | / / / / ||
BIG
G / / / | D / / / | A / / / | / / / / |

G / / / | D / / / | A / / / | / / / / ||

      More coming soon!
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      • robAF
        robAF last edited by

        Awesome. Wish I could play guitar!

        BTW, you can make the tabs fixed width and colorized by surrounding them with 3 backticks, like:

        ```
        My fixed width text here
        ```

        Here is one of your tabs surrounded with fixed-width:

        E|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|----------------------------------------------------------------0|| Repeat 2x
D|----------------------------------------------------------------0||
A|--7-----7--7-----5-----4-----2--------------------------2--------||
E|--0-----0--0-----0-----0-----0-----5-----4-----4--5-----5--4--2--||
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        • Bm_Jam
          Bm_Jam @robAF last edited by Bm_Jam

          @dr_rock This is perfect! I couldn't figure it out. I'll fix soon.

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          • Bm_Jam
            Bm_Jam last edited by

            Finally figured it out! @dr_rock @damian. That was quite the pain but it looks so good now.

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            • jaredsusername
              jaredsusername @Bm_Jam last edited by

              @Bm_Jam dude hell yes! I was just listening back to my first Tots from Cambridge on Friday thinking “man I really need to learn this!” Thank you for all the hard work!

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              • robAF
                robAF @Bm_Jam last edited by

                @Bm_Jam looks AWESOME!

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