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Character Zero by Phish
Character Zero
The Riff (usually done on bass):
p = pull off / =slide to
E ------------------------------------------|
B ------------------------------------------|
G ------------------------------------------|
D ------------------------------------------|
A -----2p0-5-2-0-2-5-2/7--------------------|(let note ring as line is sung)
E -3p0--------------------------------------|
[RIFF] I was taught a month ago
[RIFF] To bide my time and take it slow
[RIFF] But then I learned just yesterday
[RIFF] To rush and never waste the day
[RIFF] Now I'm convinced the whole day long
[RIFF] That all I learn is always wrong
[RIFF] And things are true that I forget
[RIFF] Well no one taught that to me yet
[lightly strum an A chord, getting gradually louder, then
forcefully hit A G]
E G A
I-I'm off to see the man Mulcahey, I'm off to see the man
Mulcahey (x4)
E G A
I was taught a month ago . . . .
E G A
To bide my time and take it slow . . . .
E G A
But then I learned just yesterday . . . .
E G A
To rush and never waste the day . . . .
E G A
Now I'm convinced the whole day long . . . .
E G A
That all I learn is always wrong . . . .
E G
And things are true that I forget . . . .
E G A------A G
Well no one taught that to me yet . . . .
E G A
I - I'm off to see the man Mulcahey, I'm off to see the man
Mulcahey (x4)
E E
I - I . . . . Mulcahey, I'm off to see the man Mulcahey
E E
I - I . . . . Mulcahey, I - 'Cahey, 'Cahey . . . .
[SOLO over E G A (x4)]
[Continue solo and stuff along with E G A progression, and
fade out with refrains along the lines of:]
I - I . . . . I - . . . .
I - I . . . . I - . . . .
I - I'm off to see the man Mulcahey, I'm off to see the man
Mulcahey..... (BLAH BLAH BLAH.....)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
That should hold you rascals for now!
(when I play this tune, I put an Asus4-A-Asus4-A quick
change at the verse ends that isn't necessary...Trey doesn't
play it, but if you're playing alone on a guitar - as I
usually do - it substitutes in for Page's piano fills.)
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version 2
Riff 1
E |------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------3-(let ring)------|
G |------------------------------------------------|
D |-------2p0-5-2-0-2----5h2-----------------------|
A |------------------------------------------------|
E |--3p0-------------------------------------------|
Riff 2
E |------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------2-(let ring)------|
G |------------------------------------------------|
D |-------2p0-5-2-0-2----5h2-----------------------|
A |------------------------------------------------|
E |--3p0-------------------------------------------|
Riff 1 I was taught a month ago
Riff 2 To bide my time and take it slow
Riff 1 But then I learned just yesterday
Riff 2 To rush and never waste the day
Riff 1 Now I'm convinced the whole day long
Riff 2 That all I learn is always wrong
Riff 1 And things are true that I forget
Riff 2 Well no one taught that to me yet
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version 3
Tuning:Standard- E A D G B e
***Intro***
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------3~------------------------2~-----------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----2p0--5-2-0-2-5-2-----------2p0-5-2-0-2-5-2--------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3p0-------------------------3p0-----------------------------------------|
***Chorus***
E G A
e|--0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--1----4----6------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2----X----X------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2----5----7------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0----3----5------------------------------------------------------------|
***Verse***
E G A
e|--0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--1----4----6------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2----X----X------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2----5----7------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0----3----5------------------------------------------------------------|
For the solo he's just improvising so just fool around in E and use a Wah if you have one.
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version 4
E-----------------------------------|
B--------------------------------3--|
G-----------------------------------|
D------------2-0----5--2-0-2-5-2----|
A----------------2------------------|
E--3^(1/2)-0------------------------|
I was taught a month ago
E-----------------------------------|
B--------------------------------2--|
G-----------------------------------|
D------------2-0----5--2-0-2-5-2----|
A----------------2------------------|
E--3^(1/2)-0------------------------|
To bide my time and take it slow
But then I learned just yesterday
To rush and never waste the day
Now I'm convinced the whole day long
That all I learn is always wrong
And things are true that I forget
But no one taught that to me yet
E------------------------------|
B--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
G--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
D--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
A--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------|
E---------------------3^(1/2)--|
E G5 A D5
E---0----------------|
B---0---3----2---3---|
G---1---0----2---2---|
D---2---5----2---0---|
A---2--------0-------|
E---0----------------|
E G5
I ought to see the man Mulcahy
A D5
I ought to see the man Mulcahy
I was taught a month ago
to bide my time and take it slow.
But then I learned just yesterday
To rush and never waste the day.
Now I'm convinced the whole day long
That all I learn is always wrong.
And things are true that I forget
But no one taught that to me yet.
E--12------12---------------------------------------------12------|
B--15^(17)-15^(17)-15-12----10-12------12------12-----15--15^(17--|
G------------------------14----14^(16)-14^(16)-14^(16)------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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