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Character Zero

Phish
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{sot}E ------------------------------------------|
A -----2p0-5-2-0-2-5-2/7--------------------|(let note ring as line is sung){eot}
{section: Riff}
I was taught a month ago
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To bide my time and take it slow
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But then I learned just yesterday
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To rush and never waste the day
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Now I'm convinced the whole day long
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That all I learn is always wrong
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And things are true that I forget
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Well no one taught that to me yet
[lightly strum an A chord, getting gradually louder, then
Mulcahey (x4)
And things are true that I forget . . . .
Well no one taught that to me yet . . . .
Mulcahey (x4)
[Continue solo and stuff along with E G A progression, and
fade out with refrains along the lines of:]
I - I . . . . I - . . . .
I - I . . . . I - . . . .
I - I'm off to see the man Mulcahey, I'm off to see the man
Mulcahey..... (BLAH BLAH BLAH.....)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
That should hold you rascals for now!
(when I play this tune, I put an Asus4-A-Asus4-A quick
change at the verse ends that isn't necessary...Trey doesn't
play it, but if you're playing alone on a guitar - as I
usually do - it substitutes in for Page's piano fills.)
(Oh, and I didn't transcribe the solo because, well... I
don't have the patience, and I can barely solo anyway.

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Arrangement source for Character Zero by Phish

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{sot}E ------------------------------------------|
B ------------------------------------------|
G ------------------------------------------|
D ------------------------------------------|
A -----2p0-5-2-0-2-5-2/7--------------------|(let note ring as line is sung){eot}
E -3p0--------------------------------------|

{section: Riff}
I was taught a month ago

{section: Riff}
To bide my time and take it slow

{section: Riff}
But then I learned just yesterday

{section: Riff}
To rush and never waste the day

{section: Riff}
Now I'm convinced the whole day long

{section: Riff}
That all I learn is always wrong

{section: Riff}
And things are true that I forget

{section: Riff}
Well no one taught that to me yet

[lightly strum an A chord, getting gradually louder, then
forcefully hit [A]  [G]]

[E]I-I'm off to see the man Mul[G]cahey, I'm off to see[A] the man
Mulcahey (x4)

[E]I was taught a month[G] ago . . . .   [A]
To bi[E]de my time and take it sl[G]ow . . . .[A]
But th[E]en I learned just y[G]esterday . .[A] . .
To ru[E]sh and never w[G]aste the day . . .[A] .
Now I'm [E]convinced the whole day [G]long . . . .        [A]
That[E] all I learn is a[G]lways wrong . . .[A] .
{sot}    [E]                    [G]
And things are true that I forget . . . .
     E                  G            A------A  G{eot}
Well no one taught that to me yet . . . .

[E]I - I'm off to see the [G]man Mulcahey, [A] I'm off to see the man
Mulcahey      (x4)
[E]I - I . . . . Mulcahey, [E] I'm off to see the man Mulcahey
[E]I - I . . . . Mulcahey, [E] I - 'Cahey, 'Cahey . . . .

[SOLO over [E]  [G]  [A] (x4)]

[Continue solo and stuff along with E  G  A progression, and
fade out with refrains along the lines of:]

I - I . . . . I - . . . .

I - I . . . . I - . . . .

I - I'm off to see the man Mulcahey,  I'm off to see the man
Mulcahey.....  (BLAH BLAH BLAH.....)

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

That should hold you rascals for now!
(when I play this tune, I put an Asus4-A-Asus4-A quick
change at the verse ends that isn't necessary...Trey doesn't
play it, but if you're playing alone on a guitar - as I
usually do - it substitutes in for Page's piano fills.)

(Oh, and I didn't transcribe the solo because, well... I
don't have the patience, and I can barely solo anyway.

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