4 Chords used in the song: G, Bb, Fsus2, G#

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G
Bb
Fsus2
Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateauG
Bb
Fsus2
Some belong to strangers and some to folks you knowG
Bb
Fsus2
Holy ghosts and talk show hosts are planted in the sandG
Bb
Fsus2
To beautify the foothills and shake the many hands
G#
G
Bb
Fsus2
The nothing on the top but a bucket and a mopG
Bb
Fsus2
And an illustrated book about birdsG
Bb
Fsus2
You see a lot up there but don't be scaredG
Bb
Fsus2
Who needs action when you got words
riff
G
Bb
Fsus2
When you've finished with the mop then you can stopG
Bb
Fsus2
And look at what you've doneG
Bb
Fsus2
The plateau's clean, no dirt to be seenG
Bb
Fsus2
And the work it was fun
G
Bb
Fsus2
The nothing on the top but a bucket and a mopG
Bb
Fsus2
And an illustrated book about birdsG
Bb
Fsus2
You see a lot up there but don't be scaredG
Bb
Fsus2
Who needs action when you got words
riff
G
Bb
Fsus2
Well the many hands began to scan around for the next plateauG
Bb
Fsus2
Some said it was in Greenland and some say MexicoG
Bb
Fsus2
Others decided it was nowhere except for where they stoodG
Bb
Fsus2
But those were all just guesses, wouldn't help you if they could
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Way better than version 1
I like to play the 5th fret of the C string with G and Bb to sound like the original melody
I like to play the 5th fret of the C string with G and Bb to sound like the original melody
17 Feb 2023

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About this song: Plateau
Plateau is a song written by alternative rock band the Meat Puppets, which first appeared on their 1984 album Meat Puppets II. The song was popularized when the Meat Puppets performed it with the grunge band Nirvana during their famous 1993 MTV Unplugged appearance. This version appears on Nirvana's 1994 album MTV Unplugged in New York.