the song starts off with:  E5  C#5  Ab5  A5 (play 4 times)

on the second time is this lick
count 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &....   B string is on 4th notes, E string is on &'s 
(actually the banjo but just for the sake of thouroughness):
---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--5-4-2-0--- | 
-5---5---5---5---4---4---5-------------- | 
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             E5                        C#5                  Ab5      A5
   With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
E5      C#5                       Ab5       A5         
   Try this trick and spin it, yeah
E5                  C#5
   Your head will collapse
            Ab5
But there's nothing in it 
    A5
you ask yourself


E5            C#5 
 Where is my mind?
Ab5           A5
 Where is my mind?  
       E5         C#5     Ab5    A5       
 Whe---ere is my mind?

E5  C#5  Ab5  A5 
                  (play the C#m and B with 8th's down strums to crescendo)
 E5   Ab5         A5             A5 (let fade)   C#5   B5
 Way out in the water, see it swimming.

the banjo plays this over every line in the verses
---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--5-4-2-0- | 
-5---5---5---5---4---4---4---4---5---5---5---4---4---5------------ | 
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E5                C#5               Ab5   A5
  I was swimmin' in the Carribean
E5                C#5             Ab5     A5
  Animals were hiding behind the rock
E5                 C#5
  Except a little fish
           Ab5      
  But they told me, he swears
           A5
  Tryin ta talk to me,  coy koi...  *<--haha fish pun...*

E5            C#5 
 Where is my mind?
Ab5           A5
 Where is my mind?  
       E5         C#5     Ab5    A5       
 Whe---ere is my mind?

E5  C#5  Ab5  A5 
                  (play the C#m and B with 8th's down strums to crescendo)
 E5   Ab5         A5              A5 (let fade)   C#5   B5
 Way out in the water, see it swimming

this banjo lick is played over the C#m , B crescendo:

 | ------------------------------- |   | ------------------------- |  the last five
 | ----------------7-(b9)7--10/12--- |   | --12-12-10-10-(b9)(b9)7-7-5-- |  is the first 5
 | ------------------------------- |   | ------------------------- |  of the verse's
 | -5-7-5--7(b9)------------------- |   | ------------------------- |  lick
 | ------------------------------- |   | ------------------------- | 
 | ------------------------------- |   | ------------------------- | 
just listen to the song to hear where the two parts are at.

             E5                        C#5                  Ab5      A5
   With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
E5      C#5                       Ab5       A5         
   Try this trick and spin it, yeah
E5                  C#5
   Your head will collapse
            Ab5
But there's nothing in it 
    A5
you ask yourself


[CHORUS]
E5            C#5 
 Where is my mind?
Ab5           A5
 Where is my mind?  
       E5         C#5     Ab5    A5       
 Whe---ere is my mind?

E5  C#5  Ab5  A5 
                  (play the C#m and B with 8th's down strums to crescendo)
 E5   Ab5         A5             A5 (let fade)   C#5   B5
 Way out in the water, see it swimming.


post any more banjo licks you guys can decipher from the song. I only put the main 
ones. Comment and Correct! did this help? star it!
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