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Chalkdust Torture by Phish
Chalkdust Torture
Verse:
E7 A
E-----------0-0--0-
B-----------0-0--2-
G-----------1-1--2-
D-----------0-0--2-
A-----------2-2--0-
E-3p0-3p0-0-0-0--x- repeat
Chorus
G A G E7 G A G A G A G A
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version 2
[Verse]
E A
Come stumble my mirth beaten worker
E
I’m Jezmund the family berzerker
E A
I’m bought for the price of a flagon of rice
E A
The wind buffs the cabin You speak of your life
E
Or more willingly Locust the Lurker
[Verse]
E A
Confuse what you can of the ending
E
And revise your despise so impendiNG
E A
‘Cause I soak on the wrath That you didn’t quite mask
E A
I’m getting it clearly through alternate paths
E
Or mixed in with the signal you’re sending
[Chorus]
G A
But who can unlearn all the facts that I’ve learned
G E
As I sat in their chairs and my synapses burned
G A
And the torture of chalk dust collects on my tongue
G A
Thoughts follow my vision and dance in the sun
G A
All my vasoconstrictors they come slowly undone
G
Can’t this wait ’til I’m old
E A
Can’t I live while I’m young?
[Verse]
E A
But no peace for Jezmund tonight
E
I plug the distress tube up tight
E A
And watch what I say as it flutters away
E A
And all this emotion is kept harmless at bay
E
Not to educate somebody’s fright
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version 3
Intro-
Pickups-
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|--------0--3^--0--3^--0--|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
|--------0--------0-----0--|-----0--0--------------------|
|--------0--------0-----2--|-----2--2--------------------|
|--------1--------1-----2--|-----2--2--------------------|
|--------0--------0-----2--|-----2--2--------------------| Play 4x
|--------2--------2-----0--|-----0--0--------------------|
|--0-----------0-----------|-----------0--3^--0--3^--0---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Main riff-
|--------0--------0-----0--|-----0--0-----------------|
|--------0--------0-----2--|-----2--2-----------------| Repeat
|--------0--H1----1-----2--|-----2--2-----------------|
|--------0--------0-----2--|-----2--2-----------------| (H1 is a hammer on)
|--------2--------2-----0--|-----0--0-----------------|
|--0-----------0-----------|-----------0--3^-0--3^-0--|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
During the bass solo & verses, alternate between E7 and Amaj, using palm
muting. As the song progresses, Trey uses less and less muting, so use your
judgment. (for chords that you don't know, see the chord chart at the end)
Chorus
G A
But who can unlearn all the facts that I've learned
G E7
As I sat in their chairs and my synapses burned
G A
And the torture of chalk dust collects on my tongue
G A
Thoughts follow my vision and dance in the sun
G A
All my vasoconstrictors they come slowly undone
G
Can't this wait till I'm old?
(use main riff)
Can't I live while I'm young?
Can't I live while I'm young?
Guitar solo -
Solo in blues E for a while, and then here is the ending solo part
(plagerized COMPLETELY from David's original TAB)
END-OF-SOLO RIFF
LEAD-IN Riff 1 (repeat 4 times, last time to end riff)
E|---------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
B|---------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
G|---12----|12-13--------------------|----------14--------14-15-|
D|------14-|------14-12--------14----|11-----------10-----------|
A|---------|----------------14-------|--------------------------|
E|---------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
1.,2.,& 3.
E|------------------------|------------------------|
B|12-15-12----------------|------------------------|
G|---------15-14-12-------|------------------12----|
D|------------------------|---------14----------14-|
A|------------------14-13-|12----------------------|
E|------------------------|---15-12----------------|
4.
E|------------------------|------------------------|
B|12-15-12----------------|------------------------|
G|---------15-14-12-------|------------------------|
D|------------------14-13-|12-------------12----14-|
A|------------------------|---14-13-12-------------|
E|------------------------|------------15----15----|
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