#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # this tablature file originally archived at emil's phish tab page, http://www.redmedia.com/chordslast update 26-Jul-2001 13:12 Lizards vb loop available From: John Greene From: David Douglas McCallum From: Hayduke lives! <92MDB@vax.cc.williams.edu> (Mikey ?) 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 -> F#m7 -> F# -> B -> repeat using these chord forms: E Em F#m 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|------------| 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 Full lyrics: Passing through the corridor I came upon an aging knightWho leaned against the wall in gnarly armorHe was on his way to see the kingWilsonWilsonWilsonHe led me through the streets of Prussia talkingAs he tried to crush a bug that scurried underneath his bootheelHe said there was a place where we should goSo he lead me through the forest to the edge of a lagoon by whichWe wandered 'til we reached a bubbly springThe knight grew very quiet as we stood thereThen he lifted up his visor and he turned to me and he began to singchorus: He said I come from the land of darknessI said I come from the land of doomHe said I come from the land of GamehendgeFrom the land of the big baboonBut I'm never never going back thereAnd I couldn't if I tried'Cause I come from the land of LizardsAnd the Lizards they have diedAnd the Lizards they have diedAnd the Lizards they have diedAnd the Lizards they have ...He told me that the Lizards were a race of people practically extinctFrom doing things smart people don't doHe said that he was once a Lizard tooHis name was Rutherford the Brave and he was on a quest to saveHis people from the fate that lay before them.Their clumsy end was perilously nearThe Lizards would be saved, he said, if they could be enlightenedBy the writings of the Helping Friendly BookIn all of Prussia only one existedAnd Wilson had declared that any person who possessed it was a crook[chorus] The Helping Friendly Book, it seemed, possessed the ancient secretsOf eternal joy and never-ending splendorThe trick was to surrender to the flowWe walked along beneath the moonHe lead us through the bush 'till soonWe saw before our eyes a raging riverHe said that we could swim it if we triedAnd saying this the knight dove in forgetting that his suit of armsWould surely weigh him down and so he sunkAnd as his body disappeared before meI bowed my head in silence and remembered all thoughts that he had thunk[chorus] 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 is what Trey plays towards the last half of Page's piano solo, right into the last "whoa, whoa, whoa, etc." Chris Temeles From 5/27/94 The whole thing is played moderately fast, like any other Trey arpeggios. B Sometimes he pulls off, and sometimes he doesn't e---------------------------------------------------------------------- b---------------------------------------------------------------------- g---------8----11--8------------11--8---------11--8--------11--8------- d------9---------------9---------------9-------------9------------9---- a---------------------------------------------------------------------- e---------------------------------------------------------------------- A#m7 e---------------------------------------------------------------------- b---------------------------------------------------------------------- g---------10--13--10-----------13--10---------13--10--------13--10----- d-----11--------------11---------------11-------------11------------11- a---------------------------------------------------------------------- e---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amaj7 e---------------------------------------------------------------------- b---------------------------------------------------------------------- g---------9--13--9----------13--9----------13--9----------13--9-------- d-----11------------11-------------11-------------11-------------11---- a---------------------------------------------------------------------- e---------------------------------------------------------------------- G#m7 e---------------------------------------------------------------------- b---------------------------------------------------------------------- g---------8----11--8------------11--8---------11--8--------11--8------- d------9---------------9---------------9-------------9------------9---- a---------------------------------------------------------------------- e---------------------------------------------------------------------- e------------------------------------------------- b------------------------------------------------- g----13--10----------13--10----------13--10------- d------------11--------------11--------------11--- a------------------------------------------------- e------------------------------------------------- e---------------------------------------------------------------------- b---------------------------------------------------------------------- g---14--11--------14--11-------------16--12---------16--12------------- d-----------12------------12-----------------14-------------14--------- a---------------------------------------------------------------------- e---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bmaj7 This phrase until the end is played fast!! e---------------------------------------------------------------------- b---------------------------------------------------------------------- g---15-15--11-----------15-15--11----------15-15--11------------------- d--------------13------------------13-----------------13--------------- a---------------------------------------------------------------------- e---------------------------------------------------------------------- A#m7 e---------------------------------------------------------------------- b---------------------------------------------------------------------- g---17-17--13-----------17-17--13-----------17-17--13------------------ d--------------15------------------15------------------15-------------- a---------------------------------------------------------------------- e---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amaj7 e---------------------------------------------------------------------- b---------------------------------------------------------------------- g---16-16--13-----------16-16--13-----------16-16--13------------------ d--------------14------------------14------------------14-------------- a---------------------------------------------------------------------- e---------------------------------------------------------------------- e---------------------------------------------------------------------- b---------------------------------------------------------------------- g---17-17--14------------17-17--14------------18-18--15---------------- d--------------15-------------------15-------------------16------------ a---------------------------------------------------------------------- e---------------------------------------------------------------------- e---------------------------------------------------------------------- b----------------------------17-17--13------------18-18--14------------ g---20-20--16---------------------------14-------------------15-------- d--------------18------------------------------------------------------ a---------------------------------------------------------------------- e---------------------------------------------------------------------- e---------------------- b---19-19--17---------- g--------------16------ d---------------------- a---------------------- e---------------------- e---------------------------------------------------------------------- b---20-20--16-----------20-20--16----------20-20--16------------------- g--------------17------------------17-----------------17--------------- d---------------------------------------------------------------------- a-----------------------------repeat a couple of times and then>>>>---- e---------------------------------------------------------------------- WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!!!! 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/B |Gm/Bb |F/A * 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/Ab |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! (Alternate view From: John Greene ) Verse: C -> E -> Edim -> F -> Fm -> C -> F#dim (ALL WITH A C BASS!) G7 G7 G7 G7 -> Bdim7 (hold this for a while) C -> E -> Edim -> F -> Fm -> C -> F#dim (ALL WITH A C BASS!) G7 G7 G7 G7 -> Cdim7 (hold this for a while) Here's the part where he says "The Lizards would be saved, he said..." Note: The top line is the chord, and bottom line is the bass to go with the chord: chord: F -> D -> G -> G#dim -> Amin -> C7-5 -> F (pause) bass: F F# G G# A A# F chord: F -> Fm -> C -> G7 -> G7 -> G7 -> G7 ->C Chorus: "He said I come from the land of darkness" (G > F > C) x 3 G F G F G F G F C Neat jam part: (this part comes after the chorus, but instead of playing that final C, play the first chord of the part below and continue) Abmaj7 -> Gm7 -> Bbmaj7 ->Am7 (repeats a whole bunch of times) This part culmiates by playing an Am instead of the Am7, then playing a D > D7 > D > D7 which leads back into the G F G F G F G F THE LIZARDS: A DISSENTING VIEW From: Hayduke lives! <92MDB@vax.cc.williams.edu> (Mikey ?) Ok, I have this feeling that this might sound like a flame of some sort, but I rather disagree with John Greene's chords to Lizards. Now I understand that there are several ways to represent a chord: letter, inversion, figured bass, guitar notation, etc. However, I could make only a few of his chords match with the ones that I play when my band does the song. So I offer another interpretation. INTRO: --chord: C --bass: C --B str: 8 G str: 9 D str: 10 | 1st ending | VERSE: pas... lean... He... king : Wil... | C: C C Bb Bb Fm Fm C C-5 G G7 E4 E . Fdm Fdm Fdm Fdm| B: C B Bb A Ab Ab G Gb G F E E . F Ab Cb Ebb| Bs: 8 8 6 6 6 6 5 5 3 3 8 7 . 3 6 9 12 | Gs: 9 9 7 7 5 5 5 5 4 4 7 7 . 4 7 10 13 | Ds: 10 9 8 7 6 6 5 4 5 3 7 7 . 3 6 9 12 | Repeat to first ending, then go to second ending: VERSE: led wand sprng lift turn sing! C: F F G G Am A#d F F F Fm C C G G7 G6 G C B: F F# G G# A A# A A A Ab G G G F E D D 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 Now, you repeat those versed three times, and you come to: CHORUS III: Whoa whoa whoa... C: G F G F G F... PIANO SOLO: WHOAAA C: Ab Eb |: F C Eb Bb :| ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ lead ins chords under solo