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Phish - Split open and melt guitar tab

Split Open and Melt

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

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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:

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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.

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