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CHALKDUST TORTURE
by PHISH
Transcribed by Roy Truelove (roy@liii.com)

Expanded upon from the original tab transcribed by 
Benjamin C Forsyth (bforsyth@rodan.acs.syr.edu ) AND
David Douglas McCallum <kcjonz@wam.umd.edu>
    
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 E7 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                       A
  But who can unlearn all the facts ....
       G                          E7
  As I sat in their chairs and ...
          G                        A
  And the torture of chalk ....
  G                             A
  Thoughts follow my ...
         G                          A
  All my vasoconstrictors ...
             G
  Can't this ...
  (use main riff)    
  Can't I live ...
          
  Can't I live ...

Guitar solo - 

Solo in blues E 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|---------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
  B|---------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
  G|---12----|12-13--------------------|----------14--------14-15-|
  D|------14-|------14-12--------14----|11-----------10-----------|
  A|---------|----------------14-------|--------------------------|
  E|---------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
  
    1.,2.,& 3.
  E|------------------------|------------------------|
  B|12-15-12----------------|------------------------|
  G|---------15-14-12-------|------------------12----|
  D|------------------------|---------14----------14-|
  A|------------------14-13-|12----------------------|
  E|------------------------|---15-12----------------|
  
    4.
  E|------------------------|------------------------|
  B|12-15-12----------------|------------------------|
  G|---------15-14-12-------|------------------------|
  D|------------------14-13-|12-------------12----14-|
  A|------------------------|---14-13-12-------------|
  E|------------------------|------------15----15----|

CHORD LIST - 

    EADGBE

E7  020100
A   002220
G   320022



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