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Golgi Apparatus
From: Jonah.David.Seiger@um.cc.umich.edu
From: Eric Berman (ericbe@microsoft.com)
Click here for the lyrics page for this song.
Hello everyone, I was bored yesterday afternoon, so I decided to transcribe
the music to Golgi. I am pretty sure that this is correct, but if you find a
mistake or know a better way to play this, please let me know. Also, I have
given the chord formations for those of you how may not know how to fret
some of these notes.
Golgi Apparatus: music notation for guitar w/lyrics from the "lyrics file"
(chords are placed over lyrics for emphasis, but the rhythm is obviously
much more complex)
F#+ G G G
I look into the finance box just to check my status
C/G
(status)
G G G G
I look into the microscope, See a Golgi Apparatus
Gm7(I) -> Am7 -> Fm7 -> Gm7(II) (SEE BELOW FOR CHORD FORMATIONS)
Eb F Bb
Golgi, oh, woe is me
Eb F Bb
You can't even see the sea
Eb F Bb
Golgi, olgi, ho ooo olgi
Golgi
C9 -> C#9 -> D9
G G G G G
They call him lysasome 'Cause he runs so fast
Runs like a junkyard dog with a brain of brass
Gm7(I) -> Am7 -> Fm7 -> Gm7(II) (SEE BELOW FOR CHORD FORMATIONS)
Eb F Bb
Golgi, oh, woe is me
Eb F Bb
You can't even see the sea
Eb F Bb
Golgi, olgi, ho ooo olgi
Golgi
C9 -> C#9 -> D9
CHORUS:*
G G7
I saw you...
(x3)
C C/F
With a ticket stub in your hand
G G
I saw you....
F--->----->---------->------------>------- (pedal on E string)
Under the light, middle of the night, couldn't get it wrong...
(REPEAT CHORUS)
So I had to..... (and into Trey's most excellent solo.... tablature
follow)
Chord Forms:
(intro) (See a Golgi Appa...) (Golgi woe) (before chorus)
F#+ Gm7(I) Gm7(II) Am7 Eb F Bb C9 C#9 D9
E--x-------10-----3-------5-----x------6---3----4----5-|
B--7-------11-----3-------5-----8--10--6---3----4----5-|
G--7-------10-----3-------5-----8--10--7---3----4----5-|
D--8-------12-----3-------5-----8--10--8---2----3----4-|
A--9-------10-----x-------x-----6--8---8---3----4----5-|
E--x-------x------x-------x------------6---------------|
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Golgi Solo
From: Jonah.Seiger@um.cc.umich.edu
From: mdbruce@leland.Stanford.EDU (Michael David Bruce)
---> A few things for those who are not totally familiar with guitar
tablature notation:
Tablature cannot convey precise information about timing and the duration of
notes. Nor does it help you to understand harmonic structure. BUT, it is
very helpful for those like me who are not totally comfortable reading and
writing in music notation.
I hope that you can at least get the drift of Trey's brilliant piece of
guitar playing from the notation below. I suggest you listen to the song
while reading/playing this for the first time. Pretty soon you'll get it
The first thing that you *should* know about the golgi solo part is that it
is *not* in a straight (i.e multiple of 4) time signature--count it out!!
There are 15 beats per phrase (where you would expect 16). It doesn't matter
how you do it, but I find three 4/4 measures and one 3/4 measure
convienient.
For the 1st part of the solo (starting @ 1:25), play:
Beats:(* = downbeat)
* ^ ^ ^ * ^ ^ ^ * ^ ^ ^ * ^ ^
E|------------------------------------|
B|--3--3-4-6-66-4-3---1->>6-4-3-4-6-4-|
G|--3--3-3-3-33-3-3---1---------------|
D|--3--3-5-3-33-5-3---1----------3--5-|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
^^^^
This little thingy is *very* important, IMHO. Trey does it quite a bit in
his playing. i.e. rather than just playing two notes consecutively, he
sticks another note in there (cf. The divided sky slow part). They're not
always that easy to hear, but without them, the music loses its feel, it's
color--everything. This is what makes it interesting.
The second half of the solo is the same thing with everything jacked up 2
frets (i.e. now in the key of C rather than Bb).
Above is for 4 repetitions, then go up two frets:
* ^ ^ ^ * ^ ^ ^ * ^ ^ ^ * ^ ^
E|------------------------------------|
B|--5--5-6-8-88-6-5---3->>8-6-5-6-8-6-|
G|--5--5-5-5-55-5-5---3---------------|
D|--5--5-7-5-55-7-5---3----------5--7-|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
Above repeats 3 times, and the fourth is played differently:
E|------------------------------------------|
B|--5--5-6-8-88-6-5--->>8-6-4-6-8-9-11>>>13-|
G|--5--5-5-5-55-5-5---3---------------------|
D|--5--5-7-5-55-7-5---3----------------5--7-|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
NOTE: numbers directly above one another (like 5/5/5 above) are played at
the SAME TIME; numbers that are not directly above one another (like
B/5...G/7 above) are played in succession.
AND THIS LEADS INTO THE SOLO....
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-13-11->>9-9--11>>13-11-9-8-8-8^^9-11-9------------------------------|
G|-------------8------------------------------11-8--11-10-9-8---10-13--|
D|-------------------------------------------------9---------9-11------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-11-9>>7-7--9>>11-9-7-6-6-6^^7-9-7-----------------------------|
G|-----------6-------------------------9-6--9-8-7-6---8---11>>>--|
D|-----------------------------------------7-------7-9-----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-9-7>>5-5--7>>9-7-5>4-4-4^^5-7-5--------------------------------|
G|----------4-----------------------7-4--7-6-5-4-----6-9>>>-------|
D|--------------------------------------5--------5-7--------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-5>>3-3--5>>7-5-3>2-2-2^^3-5-3-------------------------------|
G|----------2----------------------5-2--5-4-3-2-----4-7>---------|
D|-------------------------------------3--------3--5-------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
And then back to:
* ^ ^ ^ * ^ ^ ^ * ^ ^ ^ * ^ ^
E|------------------------------------|
B|--5--5-6-8-88-6-5---3->>8-6-5-6-8-6-|
G|--5--5-5-5-55-5-5---3---------------|
D|--5--5-7-5-55-7-5---3----------5--7-|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
Four times through.
After the solo (which I won't repost), you go back to that main riff above
(here again, it's two frets up--in C) and then suddenly, you chop it off
right after the end of measure three and play:
A ^ ^ ^ A ^ ^ ^ Asus4 ^ ^ ^ Asus4 ^ ^ ^
over and over again, until it feels just right. And of course, if you're
phish, you change your volumes, lie down, jump up and down, play ditties
over that and so on. Then for that fantastic glorious build, you play
F ^ Eb ^ D ^ Eb ^ F ^ Eb ^ D ^ Eb ^ F ^ G ^ A ^ Bb ^ C ^ C# ^ D!!!!!!!!
And back to the chorus. All of these are played with the D-shaped chord and
then slid up and down the fretboard starting at fret 5. Play around with it.
Of course, I have seen Trey use the A-shaped chord as a substitute for the
first coupla bars. Depends on what you've been doing just prior to that. The
beauty is that with improvisational music, nothing is set in stone.
NOTES:
1) I have done my best to show the timing of the notes, but the rhythm is
difficult to convey in tablature. You're going to have to listen to the song
to get the time.
2) A ">" or a ">>" means that the previous note "slides" up to the next... A
" ^^ " means that the note is "hammered"
3) The numbers correspond to the FRET on which that particular STRING is
played
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a Average |
#1 by a a at Nov 9, 1970 at 6:05 PM EST |
| hahahaha, it's definetaly about terrorism... "The lyrics next speak of entities called "Golgi" and "lysosome," cell structures which would be useful in a biological attack." You obviously don't know what a golgi complex or lysosome is. This song is obviously about drugs, cuase it costs money and golgi and lysome are things that are affected! (sarcasm) | |
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Sara Average |
#2 by Sara Sunshine at May 5, 1971 at 4:36 PM EST |
| Check this out. http://americansforwar.com/targets_04.shtml this is what they say Phish has also sent out messages openly and covertly supportive of terrorism. In the Phish song Golgi Apparatus the band encourages violent chemical and biological attacks against American targets. The song begins with the announcement that "I look into my finance box just to check my status." This depicts the precautions taken by every terrorist cell - finding adequate funding. The lyrics next speak of entities called "Golgi" and "lysosome," cell structures which would be useful in a biological attack. Lastly, the band illustrates the outcome of the attack when it talks of spreading "woe." This "woe" refers to the effects of previous terrorist events. The song ends with the conclusion that "I couldn't get it wrong, so I had to." This should leave no doubt about their determination. They will stop at nothing to advance their aims. | |
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Kyle Average |
#3 by Kyle at Jan 26, 1974 at 2:04 AM EST |
| hahaha I was going to say that this just has to be one of those songs that only the people who wrote it understand...but that whole terrorist thing, yeah I'm going with that now. That has to be one of the most classic interpretations ever | |
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kostas Rhythm Player |
#4 by kostas kouveliotis at May 29, 1975 at 12:06 PM EST |
| tonyshawn2006 wtf. anyways this song is one of the coolest songs by phish exellent jam and great drums by fishman. | |
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marvin Lead Player |
#5 by marvin at Sep 23, 1976 at 10:13 AM EST |
| yea the terrorism thing is 100% bogus. that is some of the poorest llogic i have ever seen used in a persuasive paragraph. ever. i mean really.. "he talks about goli and lysosome which are obviously helpful in a biological attack" . here's why that logic sucks. 1) what? 2) a golgi apparatus is part of te human body. it processes lipids n things. and lysosomes break down viruses and bacteria. 3) shut up. ""I look into my finance box just to check my status." This depicts the precautions taken by every terrorist cell - finding adequate funding. " - you know who else checks for adequte funding? EVERYONE. lastly - "Lastly, the band illustrates the outcome of the attack when it talks of spreading "woe." This "woe" refers to the effects of previous terrorist events" woe means sadness, and he says "woe is me, you can't even see the sea" its like saying "i'm sad because you'll never know the beauties of life that i know" not, as you assumed, "i wish to spread sadness among americans to further the aims of my terrorist organization, muahahaha" you can't take individual words out of songs and say you know anything about what ur talking about. and by the way that link you left doesnt even work. it says 404 not found. this song was written by trey and tom marshall in theyre biology class. its about - wait - lets build suspense.... .... BIOLOGY. AHHHH. ...wait a tick. biology... its like biological warfare... they must be showing their support of 13th century mongols who used the dead bodies of the ill to overtake castles by spreading disease! phish is an avid supporter of mongols! theyre trying to take over much of russia and china! those bastards! and they use the word "junkyard dog" this is no doubt trey talking about his gay affair with Sylvester "Junkyard Dog" Ritter, an 80s professional wrestler! IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW! | |
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Tony Wanna Be |
#6 by Tony Danza at Nov 18, 1978 at 11:13 AM EST |
| oh, man. ok. so, I have the coolest biology professor in the world (funniest man ever). and he has a "daily tune" that he plays at the beginning of each class (it always has something to do with the lecture topic). one day it was this song, and I was hooked instantly. | |
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JJ Average |
#7 by JJ at Mar 11, 1980 at 2:11 AM EST |
| this was a song written by a guy that went to school with trey and they wrote it during biology class. check out phish.net for questions about songs, they got the answers. | |
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♥Chicken Average |
#8 by ♥Chicken On Heroine Shots♥ at Nov 26, 1980 at 7:33 AM EST |
| and yes, that entire last paragraph was sarcasm for those who arent so quick | |
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Armin Average |
#9 by Armin at Sep 27, 1989 at 10:09 PM EST |
| i don't know about that whole terrorism thing. i always thought this song was about being yourself and not getting bogged down with menial chores and life. the golgi apparatus, as many of us may remember from 9th grade biology, is generally used for receiving, modifying, and shipping materials; never actually dealing with the end products. this is really how many of us go about our lives, doing menial chores and never actually getting out to "see the sea". an example of this would be the person who he sees holding a ticket stub, which denotes that he or she was just waiting in some line or booth just to receive or give some sort of service or product (much like the golgi apparatus). as for the first line, in the version i heard, the song continues after the first line and goes back, and the song goes "Couldn't get it wrong so I had to look into the finance box just to check my status..." etc. this makes it seem like that BECAUSE he saw the person holding the ticket stub, he felt it necessary to check his own status. i don't really know what the lysosome line is about, but if i remember correctly, lysosomes are essentially "suicide sacs" for cells. maybe there's some connection there. | |
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Tom Average |
#10 by Tom Gregory at Feb 22, 1990 at 9:45 AM EST |
| rotflmao @ guyutie86's comment. i came here to see what phish fans might have to say about a song that i think is fun to listen to, but i definitely don't understand, and i get to read that crap, oh man, lmao, love it. | |
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tim Average |
#11 by tim martin at Nov 2, 1993 at 6:20 AM EST |
| this was a song written by a guy that went to school with trey and they wrote it during biology class. check out phish.net for questions about songs, they got the answers. | |
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Bobby Lead Player |
#12 by Bobby Parker at Feb 14, 2006 at 3:23 PM EST |
| this is a song about being in middle school. i know because i wrote a song in the eighth grade with a current collaberater but non-member of my band. we got togather in eighth grade english class and wrote it. it is however less scientific. here it goes: anal rupture anal rupture -i ripped her open. anal rupture anal rupture i ripped her open. her ass is way to tight/but he fucks her day and night. his dicks to big for her-it caused an anal rupture. anal rupture anal rupture i ripped her open. anal rupture anal rupture...over and over. great stuff from the mind of eightth graders. sorry. | |