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this tablature file originally archived at emil's phish tab page, http://www.redmedia.com/chordslast update 26-Jul-2001  13:12


Split Open and Melt
 vb loop available

Music/Lyrics By Anastasio
Transcribed by Tim Kelly

This song has a basic E9 D9 Db9 chord progression in it, but Trey seems
to mainly use different dominant voices, mainly with ninths and
thirteenths.  

Opening chords:

E9       P      P      *     P   P   S
E--12------------------------------------|
B--9---14-12--14-12--12-10--2-0----------|
G--11--14-12--14-12--10-10------2-0------|
D--12-------------------------------3-4--|
A----------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------|

D9
E--6-6--8--14--20--|
B--5-5--7--13--20--|
G--5-5--7--13--19--|
D--4-4---------18--|
A------------------|
E------------------|

Db9  P 
E---------------|
B-----------10--|
G--11-9-----9---|
D-------11--8---|
A---------------|
E---------------|

All the verses are sung over that Db9 thing.
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In the morning I pack up my gear
and toss it in my carryall
Run the wide load to the lip
and watch the big core crack and glow

In the evening I undo my belt
Split open and melt
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After the word melt there is this little bridge here.  This is
just what Trey plays:

E-------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------10-12-10-10--|
G------------------------10-12-------10-10--|
D--8-9-10-11-------11-13-------------9--9---|
A------------12-14-------------------8--8---|
E-------------------------------------------|

Then some more verses with Trey still only playing the Db9 thing.
Page, when they are playing it with out horns is the one that does
all the weird stuff.
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I wake up on my stomach
with my face between my hands
and crawl along the floor toward the doorway

Jumping to my feet
I try to pull myself together
but I feel it in my knees
and the room begins to spin 
and I slip and bump my head and raise a welt
Split open and melt
----------------------------------------------------
Again, after the word melt you do that weird bridge.  And then the 
"melt, split open and melt" chorus again. Then it goes into this little
composed section:

E--------18-16-------13-14----------16-14-------13-18-16-
B--14-18-------14-12-------11-12-14-------15-16----------
G--------------------------------------------------------
                        D7  Db7
E-14-13----18-19-18-14--14--13--|-16-18-19--|
B-------15--------------13--12--|-----------|
G-----------------------14--13--|-----------|

E-------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------
G-------18-16-------13-14----------16-14-------13-18-16-14-13-
D-14-18-------14-12-------11-12-14-------15-16----------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
                   S      DRILL ON THESE NOTES.........
E-----------------------|-6-7-9-11-13-14-16-18-19-21-23--|
B----------------17-18--|--------------------------------|
G----18-19-18-14--------|--------------------------------|
D-15--------------------|--------------------------------|
A-----------------------|--------------------------------|
E-----------------------|--------------------------------|

Then comes the "we breath deep" part:
---------------------------------
We breath deep
in a steam dream
and plunge below the water line
down, down, down
between beams
to the gloom room
among the seaweed and the slime
down, down, down
Melt
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Then the chorus again for some odd number of times, and then the jam
which is just over this:
     P
E-------12-
B-------10-
G--11-9-9--  B7  C7  Dbm7
D-------8--
A----------
E----------

Then after the jam, you just go all the way back through the whole 
intro part(all those voicings over E9 D9 and Db9). And end on the 
B7  C7 Dbm7.


For a good transcription of a SOAMelt Jam, check out the Hoist Tablature book - the end of Demand 
is just SOAMelt.