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Prince Caspian by Phish
Prince Caspian
The intro is just switching between G and C. Listen to the cd to get the rhythm down.
G C G C G C
Oh, to be Prince Caspian afloat upon the waves (3x)
G C G C
Oh, to be Prince Caspian,
C G D G
With nothing to return to but the demons in their caves.
G C G C G C
Oh, to be Prince Caspian afloat upon the waves (3x)
G C G C
Oh, to be Prince Caspian,
C G D G
and the children in the fields are sewing seed and chaffing wheat
C G D G
Oh, to be Prince Caspian with stumps instead of feet.
G C G C
Oh, to be Prince Caspian! (8x)
G C
Oh...
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version 2
Standard tuning. Use on a clean channel that's a little bit dirty. You only need a
bit of distortion for this one.
For the intro, all it is is Trey just picking a little melody inside the G major chord:
E:-3-
B:-0-
G:-0-
D:-0-
A:-2-
E:-3-
After the mellow little intro there, it breaks into the main riff (listen to the song to
the rhythym just right):
G G6sus4(I think thats the name)
e:-3-33-3--333-|
b:-0-00-0--111-|
g:-0-00-0--000-|
d:-0-00-0--222-|
a:-2-22-2------|
E:-3-33-3--333-|
Play this over the verse part: "Oh, to be Prince Caspian,afloat upon the waves..."
Then it goes into this part:
C G A G
With nothing to return to but the demons in their caves
Then back into the main riff until this part:
C G A G
And the children in the fields all sowing seed and chaffing wheat
C G A G
Oh, to be Prince Caspian with stumps instead of feet
Then back into the main riff, but really slamming now. It eventually slows down and gets
during this Trey does the same thing as in the intro where he keeps his fingers in the
major position and just pick stuff out of that chord. The song gets quieter and quieter
it breaks into this loud, fast riff:
A# A G
e:-------------|
b:-------------|
g:-8\7--5-5-55-|
d:-8\7--5-5-55-|
a:-6\5--3-3-33-|
It does this for a bit as the song fades out.
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version 3
Standard Tuning and Some Distortion
This song starts off with a long intro that I wont bother tabbing out, but then some
distorted guitar comes in at about 1:34 (which is the part that I tabbed out) Note that
I use the chords G9 and C9 but you could also use G and C9, in my opinion it doesn’t
make a huge difference and G9 and C9 are easier to play
INTRO
G9 C9 G9 C9 G9 C9
E|-3---3--3-3-3-3--------3---3--3-3-3-3--3-3---3---3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-|
B|-3---3--3-3-3-3--------3---3--3-3-3-3--3-3---3---3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-|
G|-0---0--0-0-0-0--------0---0--0-0-0-0--0-0---0---0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|
D|-0---0--0-2-2-2--------0---0--0-2-2-2--2-2---0---0--0-2-2-2--2-2-2-|
A|-2---2--2-3-3-3--------2---2--2-3-3-3--3-3---2---2--2-3-3-3--3-3-3-|
E|-3---3--3--------------3---3--3--------------3---3--3--------------|
MAIN RIFF
G9 C9 G9 C9 G9 C9 G9
E|-3---3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---3-
B|-3---3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---3-
G|-0---0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0-
D|-0---0--0-2-2-2--2-2-2-0---0--0-2-2-2--2-2-2-0---0--0-2-2-2--2-2-2-0---0-
A|-2---2--2-3-3-3--3-3-3-2---2--2-3-3-3--3-3-3-2---2--2-3-3-3--3-3-3-2---2-
E|-3---3--3--------------3---3--3--------------3---3--3--------------3---3-
Oh, to be Prince Caspian afloat upon the waves
C9
-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-|
-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-|
-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|
-0-2-2-2--2-2-2-|
-2-3-3-3--3-3-3-|
-3--------------|
RIFF 2
C9 G9 D C9
E|-3-------------------3-----------------2------------------3---|
B|-3-------------------3-----------------3------------------3---|
G|-0-------------------0-----------------2------------------0---|
D|-2-------------------0-----------------0------------------2---|
A|-3-------------------2------------------------------------3---|
E|---------------------3----------------------------------------|
With nothing to return to but the demons in their caves
If you listen closely to the “And the children in the fields all sowing seed and
chaffing wheat” part you will hear a guitar part that’s a bunch of single notes
being played fast. It’s really hard to tell what Tre is playing but it’s probably
a few notes in the G major scale. I’ll take a wild stab at it, its something like.
RIFF 3
E|-8-10-10-10-8-10-8-10-8-|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
The outro I’m also not totally sure about but again I’ll try...
OUTRO
E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|--------0---------------|
A|-5^-4-3----3-3-3--------|
E|------------------------|
(1.34) [INTRO]
(1.46) Oh, to be prince caspian afloat upon the waves [MAIN RIFF]
(1.59) Oh, to be prince caspian afloat upon the waves [MAIN RIFF]
(2.12) Oh, to be prince caspian afloat upon the waves [MAIN RIFF]
(2.25) Oh, to be prince caspian, [MAIN RIFF x.5]
(2.31) With nothing to return to but the demons in their caves [RIFF 2]
(2.38) Oh, to be prince caspian afloat upon the waves [MAIN RIFF]
(2.50) Oh, to be prince caspian afloat upon the waves [MAIN RIFF]
(3.03) Oh, to be prince caspian afloat upon the waves [MAIN RIFF]
(3.16) Oh, to be prince caspian, [MAIN RIFF x.5]
(3.21) And the children in the fields all sowing seed and chaffing wheat [RIFF 3]
(3.28) Oh, to be prince caspian with stumps instead of feet [RIFF 3]
(3.35) Oh to be prince Caspian [RIFF 3]
(3.41) Oh to be prince Caspian [RIFF 3]
(3.48) Oh to be prince Caspian [RIFF 3]
(3.54) Oh... [RIFF 3]
(4.54) [OUTRO]
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