#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 20:59:19 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Weitman Subject: TAB:Free by Phish Some guy sent me this, and I think it's a great transcription, so here it is. The transcriber is mgordon43@aol.com. Mike mweitman@bu.edu heres free free ---- the key to playing this tune effectively is texture. this song is perfect for dropping your low e down to d, but trey doesn't do this, probably due to the continuity problems it would pose. trey is basically outlining very simple chords above mike's steady d. it's really extraordinarily simple, phish-wise, but a great tune. for guitarists out there who might not automatically notice the arpeggio's, i've put the chords they refer to in parenthesis. anyway, so when playing this, let every note ring as long as possible and, if you're used to playing with your fingers, really snap the strings when it seems appropriate. main theme: (D) (C) (G) (D) e------10--12p10-----------8--10p8------------7--------5-----------| B----------------10----------------8---8----8---8----7---7---------| G--/11--------------11--/9-----------9----7--------7---------------| D------------------------------------------------------------------| A------------------------------------------------------------------| E------------------------------------------------------------------| (G) (D) e------3--5p3-----------------------------------------| B----3--------3--------3-----3------------------------| G--4------------4------2-----2------------------------| D-------------------0--------0------------------------| A-------------------0--------0------------------------| E-------------------------1---------------------------| theme 2: (F) (G) (D) e-------------------------------------| B---------6--------8-----3------------| G-------5--------7-------2------------| D-----3--------5------0---------------| A---3--------5--------0---------------| E-------------------------------------| intro ----- main theme x2 C G F D x2 theme 2 x4 main theme x2 theme 2 x4 C G F D x2 theme 2 x4 verses ------ D C G F x2 G F D x4 (holding D the last time) (this whole thing repeated twice) this goes back to half of the intro. solo ---- the only thing i can say is that mike is taking trey's role, impossing different bass notes over the D. he seems to like to start out like this: D G F# F C , slowly progressing to other, sometimes far-flung, stuff. hope it helps if you could id like any song not on the net like sleeping monkey or gumbo later matt mgordon43@aol.com