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Artist: Phish
Album: Junta (1988)
Bassist: Mike Gordon
by John
Intro
G------21-21-21-/-19-19-/-17-17-/-16-16-/-10---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------15-14-12----12----------------17-17-17-/-16-16-/-15-15-/-14-----
A-17-/-19-19-19-/-17-17-/-15-15-/-14-14-/-12----------12--15----------15----14-----10-/-14-14-14-14-/-13-13-/-12-12-/-11-----
E--------------------------------------------------15------------------------------------------------------------------------
[=====Play Quickly=========]
G---------14--12-12---
D-12-/-15-------------
A-------------10-10---
E---------------------
Guitar comes in...
G------21-21-21-/-19-19-/-17-17-/-16-16-/-10---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17-17-17-/-16-16-/-15-15-/-14-----
A-17-/-19-19-19-/-17-17-/-15-15-/-14-14-/-12-----------------------12--10----------10-/-14-14-14-14-/-13-13-/-12-12-/-11-----
E----------------------------------------------------7-/-10--12-13-----------------------------------------------------------
G---------14--12-12---
D-12-/-15-------------
A-------------10-10---
E---------------------
Piano comes in..
G------21-21-21-/-19-19-/-17-17-/-16-16-/-10--18/19-17h19p17-16h17p16-14h16p14-12h14p12-10--12--12/10-10-10/9-9/7-9-7-7h9p7--
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10
A-17-/-19-19-19-/-17-17-/-15-15-/-14-14-/-12---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[=====Play Very Quickly===============]
Verse
"The tires are the things on your car that make contact with the road..."
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------5--5----------5--5-----------7--7-------7--7--7------------------------------------5--5-----------------------------
A--3---------------3-----------4---5----------5-----------------5--5------5--------2-----3-----------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------3-----------3-----3--5-------------------------------------------
NOTE: The verse stays more or less the same until the funk jam part of
the song...Mike adds lots of extra fills and licks to
spice up the bass part. It moves up a step after a while:
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------7--7----------7--7-----------9--9-------9--9--9------------------------------------7--7-----------------------------
A--5---------------5-----------6---7----------7-----------------7--7------7--------4-----5-----------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------5-----------5-----5--7-------------------------------------------
Again, improvise as much as possible here
Funk Jam
There is a little lead-in after Trey sings "Bummed is what you are when you go
out to your car and it's been towed..."
G----------------------
D---------/11-11-9-7---
A--5--x---------------- (T=Slap, P=Pop)
E----------------------
T T P P P P
And then the funk jam!...
G----------------------------------------------
D-------9-------7------4-------2------3-----4--
A----------------------------------------------
E--7-x-----x-5------2------0-x---0-1-----2-----
T T P T T P T P T T P T T P T P
An easy slap riff...improvise as much as possible
After the funk jam, the bass cuts out while just the guitar plays, and the band
returns to the chorus...
Well, that just about finishes my first tab...enjoy!
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Batmanuel Badass |
#1 by Batmanuel at Jun 17, 1990 at 9:05 AM EST |
| Phish is such a kick ass band..the way they use a car as a metaphor is awesome! Who else could do it?! | |
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punk bassist Average |
#2 by punk bassist at Dec 1, 1996 at 1:08 PM EST |
| I find it amazing how Phish can have such simple lyrics, and the listener can still be so interested in what they are saying. | |
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Phil Wanna Be |
#3 by Phil Cifone at Aug 6, 1997 at 9:11 AM EST |
| amen to that kristinh. this song has so much meaning to me | |
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