Chord/Tab song: Character Zero

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"CHARACTER ZERO" by Phish
(music by Trey Anastasio, words by Tom Marshall)

December 16, 1996

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The Riff (usually done on bass):
p pull off / slide to

E ------------------------------------------|
B ------------------------------------------|
G ------------------------------------------|
D ------------------------------------------|
A -----2p0-5-2-0-2-5-2/7--------------------|(let note ring as line is sung)
E -3p0--------------------------------------|

[RIFF] I was taught a month ago
[RIFF] To bide my time and take it slow
[RIFF] But then I learned just yesterday
[RIFF] To rush and never waste the day
[RIFF] Now I'm convinced the whole day long
[RIFF] That all I learn is always wrong
[RIFF] And things are true that I forget
[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] .
And [E]things are true that [G]I forget . . . .

E G A------A G

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.....)

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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.