Chalkdust Torture tab by Phish

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CHALKDUST TORTURE
by PHISH
Transcribed by Roy Truelove ([email protected])

Expanded upon from the original tab transcribed by
Benjamin C majorC Forsyth ([email protected]) AND
David Douglas McCallum

Intro-

Pickups-
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--------0--3^--0--3^--0--|
1 & 2 & 3  & 4  & |

|--------0--------0-----0--|-----0--0--------------------|
|--------0--------0-----2--|-----2--2--------------------|
|--------1--------1-----2--|-----2--2--------------------|
|--------0--------0-----2--|-----2--2--------------------| Play 4x
|--------2--------2-----0--|-----0--0--------------------|
|--0-----------0-----------|-----------0--3^--0--3^--0---|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3  & 4  &


Main riff-
|--------0--------0-----0--|-----0--0-----------------|
|--------0--------0-----2--|-----2--2-----------------|  Repeat
|--------0--H1----1-----2--|-----2--2-----------------|
|--------0--------0-----2--|-----2--2-----------------|  (H1 is a hammer on)
|--------2--------2-----0--|-----0--0-----------------|
|--0-----------0-----------|-----------0--3^-0--3^-0--|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |


During the bass solo & verses, alternate between E7E7 and Amaj, using palm
muting. As the song progresses, Trey uses less and less muting, so use your
judgment. (for chords that you don't know, see the chord chart at the end)

Chorus

   G+G            A augmentedA
 But who can unlearn all the facts ....
    G+G             E7E7
 As I sat in their chairs and ...
     G+G            A augmentedA
 And the torture of chalk ....
 G+G               A augmentedA
 Thoughts follow my ...
     G+G             A augmentedA
 All my vasoconstrictors ...
       G+G
 Can't this ...
 (use main riff)
 Can't I live ...

 Can't I live ...

Guitar solo -

Solo in blues E MajorE for a while, and then here is the ending solo part
(plagerized COMPLETELY from David's original TAB)

 END-OF-SOLO RIFF

  LEAD-IN Riff 1 (repeat 4 times, last time to end riff)
 E MajorE|---------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
 BB|---------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
 G+G|---12----|12-13--------------------|----------14--------14-15-|
 D MajorD|------14-|------14-12--------14----|11-----------10-----------|
 A augmentedA|---------|----------------14-------|--------------------------|
 E MajorE|---------|-------------------------|--------------------------|

  1.,2.,& 3.
 E MajorE|------------------------|------------------------|
 BB|12-15-12----------------|------------------------|
 G+G|---------15-14-12-------|------------------12----|
 D MajorD|------------------------|---------14----------14-|
 A augmentedA|------------------14-13-|12----------------------|
 E MajorE|------------------------|---15-12----------------|

  4.
 E MajorE|------------------------|------------------------|
 BB|12-15-12----------------|------------------------|
 G+G|---------15-14-12-------|------------------------|
 D MajorD|------------------14-13-|12-------------12----14-|
 A augmentedA|------------------------|---14-13-12-------------|
 E MajorE|------------------------|------------15----15----|

CHORD LIST -

  EADGBE

E7E7 020100
A augmentedA  002220
G+G  320022


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| Roy J. Truelove          |      [email protected]        |
| Hicksville, Long Island      |                   |
| New York - LETS GO RANGERS!    |   "Can't this wait 'till I'm old, |
| USA                | Can't I live while I'm young?"-Phish |
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