"JANITOR"-Toad the Wet Sprocket
Written by: Glen Phillips, Todd Nichols, Dean Dinning, and Randy Guss
Transcribed by Jake Williams: jrw32@eden.rutgers.edu
Revised by Walter Tien: walter@nb.net
Intro (both guitars-electric-simile) Play 4 times
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------0------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------0^2---------------------0------------0----------------------|
----------2^3--------------------------4------------4-----4------------------|
----0^1---------------------------/5------------5-----------5----------------|
Verse Guitar 1 (electric w/ chorus and tremelo) Both play 4 times
F A
1 3 3 2 1 1 X 0 2 2 2 0
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/toad_the_wet_sprocket/janitor_tab.html ]
Verse Guitar 2 (electric-this is how they play it live)
F A
----------------------------x--0--x--0----|
----------------------------x--2--x--2----|
--------------------0-------x--2--x--2----|
--------------0^2-----------x--2--x--2----|
--------2^3-----------------x--0--x--0----|
--0^1-------------------------------------|
Chorus (Both guitars-simile)
F#11 E D A
2 4 4 3 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 X X 0 2 3 2 X 0 2 2 2 0
Note: E, D, and A chords have assorted hammer-ons and pull offs
E (root strum and hold) D (strum and hold) A
0 2 2 1 0 0 X X 0 2 3 2 -0--0-0-0-0-0-|
-2--0-0-0-0-0-|
-2--2-2-2-2-2-|
-2--2-2-2-2-2-|
-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|
This riff played twice^
Play intro riff over organ solo and during last verse, then play
chorus one more time and end song by strumming and holding an A6 chord
in the open position like this:
A6
X 0 2 2 2 2
Hammer-ons are represented by ^
Slides are represented by /
