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Cavern by Phish
Cavern
(play these chords in the intro also)
your time is near the mission's clear
E E
It's later than we think
D A
before you slip into the night
E E
you'll want something to drink
D A
Steal away before the dawn,
G D
and bring us back good news
G B
But if you tread in primal soup
E E
please wipe it from your shoes.
D A
Just then a porhole pirate
scourged the evening with his cry
and sanctuary bugs deprived
a monkey of its thigh
A dust arose and blocked my nose
before I could think twice,
Despite the scut that bubbled up
I gave some last advice:
The flesh from Satan's dogs
D A
will make the rudiments of gruel
C G
Deduct the carrots from your pay
E E
you worthless swampy fool
D A
Exploding through fields and few
and swimming in the mire
the septic maiden's gargoyle tooth
demented me with fire
I drifted where the current chose
afloat upon my back
And if perchance a newt slimed by
I'd stuff it in my sack
SoonI felt a bubble form
somewhere below my skin
but with handy spine of hedgehog
I removed the force within
Suzie then removed her mask
and caused a mighty stir
the angry crowd responded
taking turns at grabbing her
The foggy cavern's musty grime
appeared within my palm
I snatched Rick's fork to scrape it off
with deadly icy calm
The crowd meanwhile had taken Sue
and used her like a rag
to mop the slime from where the slug
had slithered with the bag
In summing up, the moral seems a little bit obscure...
Give the director a serpent deflector
E A D A
A mudrat detector, a ribbon reflector
E A D A
A cushion convector, a picture of nectar
E A D A
A virile disector, a hormone collector
E A D A
play this several times, and then say:
whatever you do, take care of your shoes!
E A D A
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version 2
Intro: At the beginning, Trey seems to just plays alterations of Em, and
holds them for 4 measures each while Fishman plays lays down a groove.
Em
E-------------0--------|-------------0------|
B-------------0--------|-------------0------|
G-------------0--------|-------------0------|
D-------------2--------|-------------6------|
A-------------2--------|-------------7------|
E-----12\0----0--------|-----12\0----0------|
Main Riff: This is very similar, in fact, the same as the main riff in
Weekapaug Grove. This is how I think Trey plays it, and it sounds
pretty close.
E/G D(Em) A
E-------------------------------|----------------------------|
B-------------7---h8----8---8---|----7---7----8/--10---10----|
G-------------7----7----7---7---|----7---7----7/--9----9-----|
D-------------7---h9----9---9---|----7---7----9/--11---11----|
A-------------------------------|----------------------------|
E-----12/0----------------------|----------------------------|
“Steal away before the dawn†Riff:
G D E B(m?)
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------12-----10-----9-----7------------------------------------------
G-------12-----11-----9-----8(7)---------------------------------------
D-------12-----12-----9-----9------------------------------------------
A-------10-----12-----7-----9------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
“Whatever you do, take care of your shoes†Riff:
E A D A
E---------------------------------|
B-----9-----10-----10-----10------|
G-----9-----9------11-----9-------|
D-----9-----11-----12-----11------|
A-----7-----12-----12-----12------|
E---------------------------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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