Meat Puppets - Plateau

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 pitch
intro – Em G Em G Em G D2
verse 1
Em G Em G Em G D2
many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau
Em G Em G Em G D2
some belong to strangers and some to folks you know
Em G Em G Em G D2
holy ghosts and talk show hosts are planted in the sand
Em G Em G Em G D2 Fm7
to beautify the foothills and shake the many hands

chorus
Em G Em G
the nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop
Em G D2
and an illustrated book about birds
Em G Em G
you see a lot up there but don’t be scared
Em G Em G D2 ( Em G Em G Em G D2 )
who needs action when you got words

verse 2
Em G Em G
when you’ve finished with the mop then you can stop
Em G D2
and look at what you’ve done
Em G Em G
the plateau’s clean , no dirt to be seen
Em G D2 Fm7
and the work it was fun

( chorus )
verse 3
Em G Em G Em G D2
well the many hands began to scan around for the next plateau
Em G Em G Em G D2
some said it was in greenland and some say mex – i – co
Em G Em G Em G D2
others decided it was nowhere except for where they stood
Em G Em G Em G D2 Fm7
but those were all just guesses wouldn’t help you if they could

Em : 022000 G : 320003 D2 : x00230 Fm7 : x03210 or Cm7+13 : 033200
instead 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