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Sprout And The Bean by Joanna Newsom
Sprout And The Bean
Capo:no capo
(Intro) [B-G#m-B-G#m]
(Verse 1)
B
I slept all day
G#m
awoke with distaste
B
and I railed,
G#m
and I raved
(Verse 2)
E
That the difference between
C#
the sprout and the bean
E
is a golden ring,
C#
it is a twisted string.
E
And you can ask the counselor;
C#
you can ask the king;
E
and they'll say the same thing;
C#
and it's a funny thing:
(Chorus)
E
Should we go outside?
C#
Should we go outside?
E
Should we break some bread?
C#
Are y'interested?
[B-G#m-B-G#m]
(Verse 3)
B
And as I said,
G#m
I slept as though dead
B G#m
dreaming seamless dreams of lead.
(Verse 4)
E
When you go away,
C#
I am big-boned and fey
E
in the dust of the day,
C#
in the dirt of the day.
(Bridge)
E
and Danger! Danger! Drawing near them was a white coat,
C#
and Danger! Danger! drawing near them was a broad boat,
E
And the water! water! running clear beneath a white throat,
C#
and the hollow chatter of the talking of the Tadpoles,
(Chorus)
F# E
who know th'outside!
C#
Should we go outside?
E
Should we break some bread?
C#
Are y'interested?
[E-C#-E-C#-E-C#]
I slept all day
I woke with distaste
And I railed
And I raved
That the difference between
The sprout and the bean
It is a golden ring
It is a twisted string
And you can ask the counselor
You can ask the king
And they'll say the same thing
And it's a funny thing:
Should we go outside?
Should we go outside?
Should we break some bread?
Are y'interested?
And as I said
I slept as though dead
Dreaming seamless dreams of lead
When you go away
I am big-boned and fey
In the dust of the day
And in the dirt of the day
And the danger, danger, drawing near them was a white coat
And the danger, danger, drawing near them was a broad boat
And the water, water, running clear beneath a white throat
And the hollow chatter of the talking of the tadpoles
Who know th'outside
Should we go outside?
Should we break some bread?
Are y'interested?
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version 2
Capo:no capo
It's a fairly complex song on harp, so here's a nice and easy baby version for
Guitar in C!
C
I slept all day
Asus2 Am
awoke with distaste
C
and I railed,
Asus2 Am
and I raved
F
That the difference between
D7
the sprout and the bean
F
is a golden ring,
D
it is a twisted string.
F
And you can ask the counsellor;
D7
you can ask the king;
F
and they'll say the same thing;
D
and it's a funny thing:
F
Should we go outside?
D
Should we go outside?
F
Should we break some bread?
D
Are y'interested?
C
And as I said,
Asus2 Am
I slept as though dead
C
dreaming seamless dreams
Asus2 Am
of lead.
F
When you go away,
D7
I am big-boned and fey
F
in the dust of the day,
D
in the dirt of the day.
F
and Danger! Danger! Drawing near them was a white coat,
D7
and Danger! Danger! drawing near them was a broad boat,
F
And the water! water! running clear beneath a white throat,
D
and the hollow chatter of the talking of the Tadpoles,
F
who know th'outside!
D7
Should we go outside?
F
Should we break some bread?
D
Are y'interested?
Fade out with F - D7 - F - D
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version 3
Capo:no capo
Tuning: Dropped D
Intro
E|--8------------8-----------------8------------8------------8----------8--------
B|-----10--10------10--10----------10--10-----10--10----10-10-----10-------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----11--11------11--11--11-----11--11-----11--11----11-11----------11--11-----
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------8-----------------8--|
---10--10----------10--10----|
-----------------------------|
-11--11--11-----11--11-------|
-----------------------------|
-----------------------------|
E|--9---------------9-------------9---------------9------------------8-----------
B|-----9---------------9-------------9---------------9-----------9-----11--------
G|--------8--10----------8--10--------8--10----------8--10-----------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Verse
E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----6--6------6--6------6--6------6--6--------|
G|-----6--6------6--6------6--6------6--6--------|
D|-----6--6------6--6------6--6------6--6--------|
A|--4----------4---------4----------4------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
I slept all day
E|----------------------------------------------|
B|-----2--2-----2--2------2--2-----2--2---------|
G|-----3--3-----3--3------3--3-----3--3---------|
D|-----3--3-----3--3------3--3-----3--3---------|
A|--1---------1---------1---------1-------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
I woke with distaste
E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----6--6------6--6------6--6------6--6--------|
G|-----6--6------6--6------6--6------6--6--------|
D|-----6--6------6--6------6--6------6--6--------|
A|--4----------4---------4----------4------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
And I railed
E|----------------------------------------------|
B|-----2--2-----2--2------2--2-----2--2---------|
G|-----3--3-----3--3------3--3-----3--3---------|
D|-----3--3-----3--3------3--3-----3--3---------|
A|--1---------1---------1---------1-------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
And I raved That the
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-----3--3-----3--3------3--3-----3--3--------|
D|-----4--4-----4--4------4--4-----4--4--------|
A|-----4--4-----4--4------4--4-----4--4--------|
D|--4---------4---------4---------4------------|
difference between
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0--------|
D|-----1--1-----1--1-----1--1-----1--1--------|
A|-----1--1-----1--1-----1--1-----1--1--------|
D|--1---------1--------1---------1------------|
The sprout and the bean
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-----3--3-----3--3------3--3-----3--3--------|
D|-----4--4-----4--4------4--4-----4--4--------|
A|-----4--4-----4--4------4--4-----4--4--------|
D|--4---------4---------4---------4------------|
It is a golden ring
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0--------|
D|-----1--1-----1--1-----1--1-----1--1--------|
A|-----1--1-----1--1-----1--1-----1--1--------|
D|--1---------1--------1---------1------------|
It is a twisted string
Bridge
E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-----------6---------------|
D|--------4----4-------------| x6
A|-----4----------4----------|
D|--4------------------------|
And you can ask the councilors
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-----------3----------------|
D|--------1----1--------------| x6
A|-----1----------1-----------|
D|--1-------------------------|
And you can ask the king
E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-----------6---------------|
D|--------4----4-------------| x6
A|-----4----------4----------|
D|--4------------------------|
And I'll say the same thing
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-----------3----------------|
D|--------1----1--------------| x6
A|-----1----------1-----------|
D|--1-------------------------|
And it's a funny thing Should we
Chorus
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|--------4----------4---------4-----------4------|
A|-----4---------4----------4----------4----------|
D|--4--------4-----------4---------4--------------|
go outside Should we
E|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--------1---------1---------1----------1------|
A|-----1--------1----------1----------1---------|
D|--1--------1---------1----------1-------------|
go outside Should we
Repeat for "Should we break some bread? / Are you interested?"
There's a few little harp parts over the chorus
E|--9---6--6-------------------4--4---3-----------3-----------|
B|--7---7--7-------------------6--6---4--4----4-----4---------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--6--6---9---11--6-----------------16--15---11--11-----------|
B|--7--7---11--11--7----------------18--16---11--11------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
"Solo" type thing
E|--18--16--14--13--11--9--6----------------------------------|
B|-------14-------14-------7---------9---6---9---6--6---------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat verse with this over it
E|--9---------------9-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----9----------------9----------9-------9--------9---------------------|
G|--------8--10-----------8--10-----10------10------10--8--10-------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--4--------4---------4------------------------|
B|-----6--------6---------6---------------------|
G|--------6--------6---------6------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------| x4
A|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
And danger danger drawing near them was a white
E|--6---------6----------6-----------------------|
B|-----6---------6----------6--------------------|
G|--------8----------8---------8-----------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------| x4
A|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
coat and danger danger drawing near them was a broad boat
Repeat for "And the water water running clear beneath a white throat /
And the hollow chatter of the talking of the tadpoles"
Chorus
Outro.... your guess is as good as mine. I'm not even going to try.
I slept all day
I woke with distaste
And I railed
And I raved
That the difference between
The sprout and the bean
It is a golden ring
It is a twisted string
And you can ask the counselor
You can ask the king
And they'll say the same thing
And it's a funny thing:
Should we go outside?
Should we go outside?
Should we break some bread?
Are y'interested?
And as I said
I slept as though dead
Dreaming seamless dreams of lead
When you go away
I am big-boned and fey
In the dust of the day
And in the dirt of the day
And the danger, danger, drawing near them was a white coat
And the danger, danger, drawing near them was a broad boat
And the water, water, running clear beneath a white throat
And the hollow chatter of the talking of the tadpoles
Who know th'outside
Should we go outside?
Should we break some bread?
Are y'interested?
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version 4
Capo:no capo
e---C#
B---G#
G---E
D---B
A---G#
E---C#
If your guitar won't do drop tunings like this one very well, you can just stay
in
and tune up your A string to be a B.
A tuning that also works is D standard but the A string stays the same.
the basics of the verse:
-9------9--------10--------9----9------|
---7--7---7--7------10---7----7----7---|
---9--9---9--9---------9------9----9---|
---7--7---7--7-------------7-----------|
--------0------0-----------------------|
-10----------------------0-------------|
A variation on rhythm that's thrown around a lot:
----9---9-----9---9----|
------7---7-----7---7--|
------9---9-----9---9--|
------7---7-----7---7--|
------------0----------|
-10--------------------|
this next part is a good transition back to the beginning of the verse lick:
ie: and I..
raved
---10-10--9-9--7-7--2-2--|
--------------------0-0--|
---7--7---6-6--4-4--2-2--|
---7--7---7-7--5-5-------|
-0------------------0----|
-------------------------|
the basics of the pre chorus and chorus: .
here's where i get sorta nuts...the interlude into the next chorus
{x} indicate left hand harmonics
x[x] indicate left hand fret, [right hand harmonics]
ie: 4[16] is fretted at the 4th, and plucked at the 16th with the right. open
right hand
have no beginning number.
Basically just play the chord and then the harmonic part.
If i were to call these 6 different measures you would play them in this order:
measure
measure 3, 2, 4, 1, 5, 2, 6
Should we go out side...
Emajor7 C# major7
-2------|-0-----|-{7}-----------|-4[16]-[12]-------|-2[14]-----------|-[12]
---3-3--|---0-0-|-----{7}-------|-----------[12]---|----3[15]--------|-----
---4-4--|---1-1-|--------{7}----|------------------|----------4[16]
--------|---2-2-|---------------|------------------|-----------------|-----
---3-3--|-------|----3--3---3-3-|------0--0----0-0-|----3--3-----3-3-|---0-
-3------|-0-----|--3------3-----|-0----------0-----|-3--------3------|-0---
------------|
[12]--------|
--|---------1[13]---|
------------|
--0-----0-0-|
------0-----|
You can ask the counselor...
E major C#major
-------3-----------3-----------0----------0-----|
-----4---4-------4---4-------0---0------0---0---|
---5-------5---5-------5---1------1---1-------1-|
------------------------------------------------|
-------3-----------3-----------0----------0-----|
-3-----------3-----------0----------0-----------|
Interlude:
-------------|---------------|---------------|----------|-------|
-[12]--------|---------------|---------------|----------|-------|
-------------|-[12]----------|---------------|----------|-------|
---------[7]-|--------2[12]--|-4[16]-----[12]|----------|-------|
------3---3--|------3-3------|-------0----0--|-[12]~~~--|-------|
--3----------|--3------------|--0------------|--0--7--7-|-0-7-7-|
this part is very difficult. left hand bar the 5th with pinky, right hand index
on 17, m
a are plucking.
notice the second half change to left hand harmonics.
-5[17]-2[12]----|-5[17]-2[12]----|-{12}---------|-{12}---------|------|
-5[17]-2[12]----|-5[17]-2[12]----|-{12}--{7}----|-{12}--{7}----|------|
----------------|----------------|-------{7}----|-------{7}----|------|
----------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|------|
-----3----------|-----3----------|-----0----0---|-----0----0---|--0-0-|
-3----------3---|-3----------3---|-0------------|-0------------|-0----|
play the verse, prechorus, and chorus all over and then end with:
outro:
|---------------------------10-----------10----------------10-------------9-----|
|---------12-------------12-----------12----12----------12----12-------12---12--|
|-------9----9---------9-----------13----------10----13----------13--9--------9-|
|----12--------12---12----------12-------12-------11-------11------9------9-----|
|--9------9-------9-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------16------
|--------12------------9---------
|------9----9--------9-----------
|---12--------12---9-------------
|-9--------------9---------------
|----------------------------[12]
--------------------11-----------
-----9------------9----9----9----
--11---11------11--------11------
9-----------12------------------5
---------12----------------------
------------------------------5--
-----------------7-|
---5-----------5---|
-7---7-------7-----|
-------5---5-------|
---------5---------|
-------------------|
|----------10----------------10-------------9-----|------------------------16-|
|-------12----12----------12----12-------12---12--|--------12------------9----|
|----13----------10----13----------13--9--------9-|------9----9--------9------|
|-12-------12-------11-------11------9------9-----|---12--------12---9--------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-9--------------9----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
Some of these chords seem insane, well...they are. like the beginning chord up to
the 10
all played as one chord. And on the 9 9 9 9 16...I sustain the 9's and really
stretch
hit 16.
I slept all day
I woke with distaste
And I railed
And I raved
That the difference between
The sprout and the bean
It is a golden ring
It is a twisted string
And you can ask the counselor
You can ask the king
And they'll say the same thing
And it's a funny thing:
Should we go outside?
Should we go outside?
Should we break some bread?
Are y'interested?
And as I said
I slept as though dead
Dreaming seamless dreams of lead
When you go away
I am big-boned and fey
In the dust of the day
And in the dirt of the day
And the danger, danger, drawing near them was a white coat
And the danger, danger, drawing near them was a broad boat
And the water, water, running clear beneath a white throat
And the hollow chatter of the talking of the tadpoles
Who know th'outside
Should we go outside?
Should we break some bread?
Are y'interested?
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version 5
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:B
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
e|--6--------6--------6--------6--------6--------6---------------------------|
B|----4-4------4-4------4-4------4-4------4-4------4-4-4--------0-0----------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------3-3--|
D|----4-4------4-4---4----4------4-4------6-6--------6-6------6-6-6---6-6-6--|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--7--------------------7--------------------7-------------7--------6----4--|
B|---7--------------------7--------------------7-------------7----7----------|
G|----6------4-4----5-5----6------4-4----5-5----6------4-4----6--------------|
D|-----8---4-4-4--4-4-4-----8---4-4-4--4-4-4-----8---4-4-4-----8-------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------|
B|--------4-------|
G|------4---4-----| (x4)
D|----6-------6---|
A|--7-------------|
E|----------------|
e|----------------|
B|--------2-------|
G|------4---4-----| (x4)
D|----3-------3---|
A|--4-------------|
E|----------------|
I slept all day
I woke with distaste
And I railed
And I raved
That the difference between
The sprout and the bean
It is a golden ring
It is a twisted string
And you can ask the counselor
You can ask the king
And they'll say the same thing
And it's a funny thing:
Should we go outside?
Should we go outside?
Should we break some bread?
Are y'interested?
And as I said
I slept as though dead
Dreaming seamless dreams of lead
When you go away
I am big-boned and fey
In the dust of the day
And in the dirt of the day
And the danger, danger, drawing near them was a white coat
And the danger, danger, drawing near them was a broad boat
And the water, water, running clear beneath a white throat
And the hollow chatter of the talking of the tadpoles
Who know th'outside
Should we go outside?
Should we break some bread?
Are y'interested?
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