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Phish Sample In A Jar Guitar Tab

Phish - Sample in a Jar
Trey starts the song with:
A C G D A E Em D
H * - toggle your selector switch back
and forth :)
|----------------------------------------------|
|-10---8---8---7--------------5---5---5----3---|
|--9---9---7---7--------------6---4---4----2---|
|-11--10---9---7-----7---7----7---6---5----4---|
|----------------7-9---9-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
This is done twice as an intro, then there's a drum break, and then this
same progression is used fo the verses. it's played two more
times as a verse.
The chorus goes like this:
A D E D played 4X
Then play the verse progression once (w. distortion), then 2 more times as
the second verse. then there's another chorus.
The break is:
C D A G C D E (let the E chord hang for a while)
During that hanging E, trey does a little fill like this:
H P H P H P H P H P H
|--------------------------|
|-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9--|
|-7-9-7-9-7-9-7-9-7-9-7-9--|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
Then the chorus part is played two more times. There's a solo over the verse
progression, and the song ends on a big A chord.
here's a good starting point for the solo... just a bunch of unison bends
you can play each of them twice or let it ring out. once you get to the
final unison bend, just go nuts in F#m penatonic for a few measures until
the progression starts over again
e-12-------15------10------5------12---------------|
b-12b(14)--15b(17)-10b(12)-5b(7)--12b(14)----------|
g--------------------------------------------------|
d--------------------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------|
or another way it shows up a lot live
e-15---------------------------------------|
b-18b(20)-20------15-------10------17------|
g---------19b(21)-14b(16)--9b(11)--16b(18--|
d------------------------------------------|
a------------------------------------------|
e------------------------------------------|
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Source: http://www.guitarmasta.net/p/phish/356477.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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lindsey
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#1 by lindsey Rogogo at Oct 2, 2007 at 8:41 AM EST
I think it's about hooking up with someone at a party when the singer was drunk, and he's confused why she doesn't have lasting feelings for him (and she seems to just be helping him to his car/from the party out of sympathy). Or something like that.
 
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Josh
Average
#2 by Josh Smith at Oct 3, 2007 at 11:46 AM EST
I have always understood this song as the singer finding out that his g/f has been cheating on him
 
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Dr.
Average
#3 by Dr. Funkinstein at Oct 4, 2007 at 10:18 PM EST
i think it's about getting a drug test
 
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The Penguins Tr
Professional Badass
#4 by The Penguins Tried To Kill Me The Other Day at Oct 7, 2007 at 5:47 AM EST
driving drunk is in there somwhere
 
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J_ROC
Lead Player
#5 by J_ROC at Oct 11, 2007 at 11:19 AM EST
"...the Elihu and Lemore thing is totally foreign to me. Best I could dig up is that they're both modern-era philosophers...." That would make some sense that two philosophers' names were used because I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that Trey had a degree in philosophy. Although...I would bet that Tom Marshall probably wrote this (if so, maybe Trey helped with the chorus).
 
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Roman
Rhythm Player
#6 by Roman Malik at Oct 11, 2007 at 2:09 PM EST
I'm pretty sure Trey had a degree in music but he might have minored in philosophy i dunno. I think it could be about losing someone but it's kind of vague to me.
 
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_Heretic_
Wanna Be
#7 by _Heretic_ at Oct 13, 2007 at 4:00 AM EST
Trey said somewhere that it's about him being so drunk one night that someone had to put him in the seat of a car and strap him up. He said he felt like a butterfly or something in a jar, helpless and on display.
 
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jessie
Wanna Be
#8 by jessie sinanan at Oct 14, 2007 at 11:59 AM EST
"wheeled around" doesn't necessarily mean he's in a wheelchair, but I used to get that impression as well.
 
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the white hendr
Badass
#9 by the white hendrix at Oct 14, 2007 at 6:49 PM EST
A little boy went to the show/circus/whatever you call it. He went and played a game where you have to shoot the ducks with an air rifle. He knocked it down. He won a fish.