From: kcjonz@wam.umd.edu (David Douglas McCallum)
Newsgroups: rec.music.phish
Subject: Lizards Music Redux (w/tabs) [LONG!]
Date: 18 Nov 92 17:34:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: uvaarpa.1992Nov18.173413.10824
Reply-To: kcjonz@wam.umd.edu
Organization: The Internet

It all started a few days ago while I was noodling on the guitar while
watching the boob-tube. I was enjoying a seemingly random chord progression
and thinking I was really onto something cool. Well, a little rational
thought uncovered that while the progression was indeed cool, it wasn't
as original as I had thought...it was the middle "Esther-and-her-doll-
tumbling-and-diving-through-the-clouds" chords of one of the first tunes
that hooked me to Phish in the first place, good ol' [dead ol'] "Esther".
The cleanest version I could think of is the lead-in to "Lizards" on
"The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday". A little careful listening revealed
the correct picking pattern:
 
  E
E|------0-------------0-------------0-------------0--------------------------
B|----5---5---------5---5---------5---5---------5---5------------------------
G|--4---------4---4---------4---4---------4---4---------4--------------------
D|6---------6---6---------6---6---------6---6---------6----------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
The picking pattern stays the same, but the chords change in this pattern:
 
E -> Em -> Fm -> F -> B -> repeat
 
using these chord forms:
 
   E  Em Fm F  B
E|-0--0--0--0--0--
B|-5--5--7--7--7--
G|-4--4--6--6--8--
D|-6--5--7--8--9--
A|----------------
E|----------------
 
This inevitably led me to the next tune on the tape, and another old
favorite, "Lizards". Now, I've tried to play this in the past, by ear
and using the two versions posted by John Greene and Michael Bruce
and contained in the CHORDS.PHISH file. But something was wrong with
both versions according to my ear, so I decided to nail it down to
my satisfaction once and for all and this is what I came up with...
 
MONDO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: As you will see, I borrowed heavily from both
     both John's and Michael's transcriptions, refining and adding
     things here and there as I saw fit. But it was VERY NICE to have
     these foundations upon which to build my transcription [particularly
     Michael's elegant notation, which makes sense once you get used
     to it]. Thank you both for the effort in writing this stuff down
     in the first place! I hope you like my iteration...
 
  C (repeat)
E|------------|
B|------8-8---|
G|----------9-|   This picking pattern is the basis for the chords
D|10-10-------|   with notes on the D, G, and B strings
A|------------|
E|------------|
 
E|----5-------|
B|------5-----|
G|--5---------|   This picking pattern is the basis for the chords
D|4-------4---|   with notes on the D, G, B, and E strings
A|------------|
E|------------|
 
===Lizards===
 
How to read:
 
    --chord:  what I believe the chord is, in guitar notation.
    --bass:  what I feel is the bass note.  Note:  this note may not
             be in the chord!  It may be a passing tone to another
             chord.  So C/B means a C chord with a B in the bass.
    --strings:  just about the whole song can be played on the
                E, D, G, and B strings, so I have included the frets.
 
 
INTRO:
    --chord:   C
    --bass:    C
    --E str:
      B str:   8
      G str:   9
      D str:   10
 
VERSE:   pas...cam...lean..arm....He..way.king...
    C:   C  G  Gm F  Fm Fm C  C-5 G/9 G9  G6/9 E7 
    B:   C  B  Bb A  Ab Ab G  Gb  G   F   E    E  
    Es:                       5   5   5   5    4  
    Bs:  8  8  8  6  6  6  5  5   3   3   3    3  
    Gs:  9  7  7  5  5  5  5  5   4   4   4    4  
    Ds: 10  9  8  7  6  6  5  4   5   3   2    2  
 
  |  1st ending        |  2nd ending        |
  |  Wil..Wil..Wil.....|                    |
C:   Fdm  Fdm  Fdm  Fdm|  Edim  Edim        |
B:   F    Ab   Cb   Cb |  E     E           |
Es:  4    7    10   10 |  3     3           |
Bs:  3    6    9    9  |  2     2           |
Gs:  4    7    10   10 |  3     3           |
Ds:  3    6    9    9  |  2     2           |
 
VERSE:  led....edge..wand...sprng.kni....sto...lift...turn....sing!
    C:   F  F  G  G  Am  Am F  F  F  Fm  C  C  G/9 G9 G6/9 D6 C
    B:   F  F# G  G# A   A# A  A  A  Ab  G  G  G   F  E    D  C
    Es:                                        5   5  5    5  0
    Bs:  1  1  3  3  5   5  6  6  6  6   5  5  3   3  3    3  1
    Gs:  2  2  4  4  5   5  5  5  5  5   5  5  4   4  4    4  0
    Ds:  3  4  5  6  7   8  7  7  7  6   5  5  5   3  2    0  2
 
CHORUS:  dark      doom         boon          tried        died    died   !
     C:  G    F    C    G   F   C   G    F    C    G   F   G   F   G   F  C
 
Piano solo:                |1.-- |2.---
    C:   C  C  Dm Dm7 G7 G7|C  C |G7 G7
    B:   C  C# D  C   D  D |E  E |D  D
    Es:                    |     |
    Bs:  8  8 10 10  12 12 |13 13|12 12
    Gs:  9  9 10 10  10 10 |12 12|10 10
    Ds: 10 11 12 10  12 12 |14 14|12 12
 
Repeat Verse and chorus twice more, ending the
chorus the second time with the following passage
in place of the "died!" in the first "and the
lizards they have died!" lyric
 
CHORUS III:  Whoa whoa whoa...
    C:       G         F     G F G F...
 
Piano solo II: (this part comes after the chorus,
                but instead of playing that final C,
                play the first chord of the part
                below and continue)
 
PIANO SOLO: WHOAAA
        C:  G  F  G  F  Abmaj7  Gm7  Bbmaj7  Am7
        B:  G  F  G  F  Ab      G    Bb      A
 
This part culminates by playing an Am instead of the Am7, then
playing a D > Dsus4 chord figure 4 times, which leads back
into the G F figure as in CHORUS III. End the CHORUS III this
time with the staccato C chord, followed by 16th-note bass C
notes until the guitar melody enters. The first time through up
until the second ending, only the bass notes of the indicated
chords should be played. Refer to the VERSE section above for
the proper notes...
 
[oh, alright! here they are: C:   C  G  Gm F  Fm Fm C  C-5 G/9]
[                            B:   C  B  Bb A  Ab Ab G  Gb  G  ]
 
OUTRO: 
 
C:           |C       |G       |Gm            |F
             *                           H-O
E------------|--------|--------|--------------|----------
B------------|8-------|8-----8-|10-8-----8-10-|8-6-5-----
G-------9-10-|------9-|--------|----10--------|------5-5-
D-10-10------|--------|--------|------10------|----------
A------------|--------|--------|--------------|----------
E------------|--------|--------|--------------|----------
 
                                 1.--------------
  |Fm        |Fm  C C-5|G/9     |G/9
E-|----------|---------|--------|----------------
B-|8---5-6---|6---5----|3-------|---------------- begin repeat
G-|--7-------|------5--|--------|-----------9-10- at the "*"
D-|--------5-|---------|--------|-----10-10------ above
A-|----------|---------|--------|----------------
E-|----------|---------|--------|----------------
 
   2.---------
  |G/9       |Ebmaj7    |Dm7     |Abmaj7
E-|----------|------3-6-|--------|--------------
B-|----------|3---3-----|6-----6-|4-----3-4---4-
G-|--------3-|--5-------|--------|----5---------
D-|----------|----------|--------|--------------
A-|----------|----------|--------|--------------
E-|----------|----------|--------|--------------
 
  |Gm7       |F         |Em      |Dm7          G
E-|----------|5-------5-|7-----7-|5---5-------|----
B-|3-6-----6-|----6-8---|--8-----|--6---8-----|----
G-|----------|----------|--------|------------|----
D-|----------|----------|--------|------------|5---
A-|----------|----------|--------|------------|----
E-|----------|----------|--------|------------|----
 
then repeat the entire outro twice more. The second time the
outro is repeated, raise the guitar melody up one octave,
and instead of going to the 2nd ending of the repeat,
go back into the G F figure as in CHORUS III. End the
CHORUS III this time with the staccato C chord. That's it!

ENJOY! DMcC
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