The Toy - Big Thief
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Capo: Fret 1
Tuning: Db, E A D G B E
This song is in 6/8, and starts with a with pickup on the five, which gets
repeacted before the first C in the verses, and there's another walk up to
the first G in the verse:
5 + 6 +
1
5 + 6 + 1
e|-----------|
B|1-----3----|
G|0-----0----|
D|2-----0----|
A|0-----2----|
E|-----------|
What a
0-----| e|(
1-----| B|(
0-----| G|(
2-----| D|(
3-----| A|(
------| E|-
fool
0)---(0)--|3-----|
0)---(0)--|0-----|
0)---(0)--|0-----|
2)---(0)--|0-----|
2)---(2)--|2-----|
0-----2---|3-----|
I wake up
There's also these two little half-measure/ 3/8 time riffs that pop up in
the verses. Each time one of these pops up, count it as an extra "1, 2, 3".
1 + 2 +
3 + 1
1 + 2 +
3 + 1
e|-1-----0----
B|-0-----0----
G|-0-----0----
D|(0)---(0)--(
A|(2)---(2)--(
E|(3)---(3)--(
Laugh- ing a
0---|-1----|
3---|-1----|
0---|-2----|
0)--|-3----|
2)--|------|
3)--|------|
nd run-
e|-1-----0--
B|(1)---(1)-
G|(1)---(1)-
D|-3----(3)-
A|----------
E|----------
Cry- ing
--(0)--|-1----|
---3---|-3----|
--(1)--|-2----|
--(3)--|-0----|
-------|------|
-------|------|
and call-
For the overall phrasing or hypermeter of the song, refer to the solo at the
end; the solo is just an improv over the verse and chorus progression, and
I've written out the barlines there (keep in mind the 3/8 riffs above).
Chords:
Am7: x0201x
G/B: x2003x
G7: 320001
G6: 320000
G6*: 320030 (functionally G6, extra D is part of guitar line)
Fmaj7: xx3110
Fm6: xx3130 (technically Fm6(maj7), I believe; shortened for brevity)
All other chords play according to pop-up box :)
[Verse 1]
What a fool
Familiar dream
I wake up
Laughing and r
unning
From the boy
Crying and
calling
[Chorus]
'Cause the toy
In my hand
Is real
[Verse 2]
What a tomb
We're building
here
In the spher
e
That's where w
e all die
In the eye
That's where I
'm living
[Chorus]
The toy
In my hand
Is real
[Verse 3]
In the room
Her warm hands
play
On my breas
t
What is she si
nging?
The form
Ringing and
ringing
[Chorus]
'Cause the toy
In my hand
Is real
The toy
In my hand
Is real
[Verse 4]
Charcoal womb
The jet planes
purr
And the croon
Distant as pa
per
Children burn
Faceless
vapor
[Chorus]
'Cause the toy
In my hand
Is real
Yes, the toy
In my hand
Is real
/
[Solo]
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