Meat Puppets – Plateau chords
Chords:
Some campy, strummy chords for the classic song. I found many versions of this song were overly complicated if you just want to strum, so I arranged it "campfire style." Enjoy! Plateau - The Meat Puppets - Capo 3 for recorded pitchIntro - Em G Em G Em G D2Verse 1Em G Em G Em G D2Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateauEm G Em G Em G D2Some belong to strangers and some to folks you knowEm G Em G Em G D2Holy ghosts and talk show hosts are planted in the sandEm G Em G Em G D2 FM7To beautify the foothills and shake the many handsChorusEm G Em G The nothing on the top but a bucket and a mopEm G D2 And an illustrated book about birdsEm G Em G You see a lot up there but don't be scaredEm G Em G D2 (Em G Em G Em G D2) Who needs action when you got wordsVerse 2Em G Em GWhen you've finished with the mop then you can stopEm G D2And look at what you've doneEm G Em GThe plateau's clean, no dirt to be seenEm G D2 FM7And the work it was fun(Chorus) Verse 3Em G Em G Em G D2Well the many hands began to scan around for the next plateauEm G Em G Em G D2Some said it was in Greenland and some say Mex-i-coEm G Em G Em G D2Others decided it was nowhere except for where they stoodEm G Em G Em G D2 FM7But those were all just guesses wouldn't help you if they couldEm:022000 G:320003 D2:x00230 FM7:x03210 or CM7+13:033200Instead of regular FM7, you can play what looks like an E Major chord,one fret higher; its some sort of CM7:033200 The second option will sound more dissonant but really sounds like what they are playing in the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ715u6jO_Y