Down With Disease   Phish

 
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 This is the nifty lick that opens up the tune. Maybe it's played on the


 bass, but I don't have one, so here's the guitar (I think). Make sure to


 slur the first 0 to 3, and bend the 3 on the 5th string up about 1/4.


 


 

 
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 This part sounds a lot like Primus. The X's mean dead strings. All the C


 chords (3-5-5 starting on the 5th string and going up) should be bent


 1/4 and then brought back down to normal.


 


 

 
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 This is the verse riff. It's just a held A barre chord that


 disintegrates into mild feedback about 1/2 to 3/4 of the way through the


 verse.


 


 

 
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 This is the cool chromatic thing that first happens when he says


 "Dancin' on my lawn" the second time. Make sure it's got a nifty triplet


 feel.


 


 

 
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 This is the chorus riff. All of these are steady eighth notes, and


 they're all barre power chords. Hey, it's my first tab, okay? When the


 women start singing "Stop, stop, stop...", just play the


 

 
 5-7-7, the 3-5-5, and the 2-4-4 and then start over. Gotcha? Good. Going

 


 on.....


 


 

 
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 This part is when you want to riff out over the solo because you play


 rhythm guitar or are a solo weenie like me. These (I think) are the


 background chords.


 


 

 
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 This is the release. Drop off after the high E.


 


 

 
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 This is the final chord.


 


 Lyrics for "Down With Disease"


 


 Verse- Down with disease, three weeks in my bed


 Tryin' to stop these demons that keep...dancin' in my head


 Down with disease, and I'm up before the dawn


 A thousand barefoot children outside...dancin' on my lawn


 Dancin' on my lawn, and I keep


 


 Chorus- Waitin' for the time when I can finally say


 That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way


 But when I think it's time, to leave it all behind


 I try to find a way to, but there's nothing I can say to


 Make it stop


 


 Verse- Down with disease, and the jungles in my mind


 They're climbin' up my waterfalls and...swingin' on my vines


 So I try to hear the music, but I'm always losin' time


 'Cause they're steppin' on my rhythm and they're...stealin


 all my lines


 Stealin' all my lines, and I keep


 


 Repeat Chorus, add in "na na na" a few billion times, and enjoy!


 


 Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 16:53:54 -0500


 From: Lemmon


 Subject: Tab: DWD Guitar Solo by Phish


 


 Down With Disease Guitar Solo


 by Phish (Anastasio)


 Transcribed by Andy Lemmon 1/25/98


 this is not note for note but it's pretty close:


 


 Sounds better with a rhythm guitar playing:


 

 
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 D- -5---5---7\------ ---------7--------- ----------------------
 A- -3---3---5\------ ------------------- ----------------------
 E- ----------------- ------------------- ---------------------- 

 


 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 + 4 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 +


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 E- -/12------------- ----------------- ----------------/10-10--
 B- -/12------------- ----------------- ----------------/10-10--
 G- --14b16---------- -5---5---7-7\---- -----5-----5-5----------
 D- ----------------- -5---5---7-7\---- ---5-----5---5----------
 A- ----------------- -3---3---5-5\---- -3-----3-----3----------
 E- ----------------- ----------------- ------------------------ 

 


 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 + 2 + 3 + 4


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 E- --------------------------------/ /12-~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------
 B- --------------------------------/ /12-----------------------
 G- -----5-----5-5-------7-----7-7--- --------------------------
 D- ---5-----5---5-----7-----7---7--- --let-the-high-e-sustain--
 A- -3-----3-----3---5-----5-----5--- --over-bassline-with-heavy
 E- --------------------------------- --vibrato.----------------