Potato
Transcribed by Michael Pierry, 1/23/2000:
I haven't tabbed out the solo *. This would
be a good one to transcribe, because it's a written solo so it's not too
hard, and it'd be really fun to play live with a band.
[* see below-AA]
I tried to sort of indicate where the chords
go with spacing, but for goodness sake use your ears! Chord shapes are
at the end.
A
"A zillion minutes it seemed
Dsus2
the smoke flow into the stream
F#m
I wrote some new ones cause the
A7*
old ones meant nothing
Em Em6 A D C/B Bm Gm7
I hope that gravity's not gone a-way.
A Dsus2
Insatiable is my friend
F#m
The game existence the end
Embrace my face and spread
A7* Em
Some happiness butter.
Em6 A D5 C/B Bm7 Gm7
I hope that gravity's not gone a-way.
Bb C/Bb (A7) D/E E/D
Now you're going to sing 'cause
F#m D E
It's po tato, po tato po tato
F#m D E
Yes it's po tato, po tato po tato
F#m D E
And it's po tato po tato po tato
A D E
Potato oh, oh, oh
A D E
Potato oh, oh, oh
A Dsus2 F#m
e----------0----------2----
B--2-------3----------2----
G--2-------2----------2----
D--2-------0----------4----
A--0-------0----------4----
E---------------------2----
Another way to play the Dsus2:
Dsus2
e--0--
B--5--
G--7--
D--7--
A--0--
E-----
A7*
e--------------------
B----3---2---0-------
G----0---0-----2-0---
D--------------------
A--0-----------------
E--------------------
Em Em6
e-----------0---
B-----0--2------
G-----0--0------
D--2------------
A--2------------
E--0------------
C/B Bm7 Gm7
e--0--0--0-----2--2--3--3--
B--1--1--1-----3--3--3--3--
G--0--0--0-----2--2--3--3--
D-(4)(4)(4)----4--4--3--3--
A--2--2--2-----2--2--5--5--
E--------------------3--3--
The parenthetical note in the C/B chord adds
a nice density to the chord but is not *necessarily* what is being played
on the recording, so you can consider it optional. Just to be clear, to
play this chord you'd put your middle finger on the second fret of the
fifth string, your first finger on the first fret of the second string,
and the parenthetical F# would be achieved by placing your pinky on the
fourth fret of the fourth string.
Ah, the controversial "Now you're going
to sing" bit. The following is, to the best of my ability, an accurate
transcription of what actually occurs in the guitar part during this part
of the song:
Bb C/Bb A7 D/E E/D
e----------------0---------2------4-----------
B-------3--------1----2----3------5-----------
G-------3--------0----0----2------4-----------
D--3-3--3--------2----2----2------0-----------
A--1-1--1--------1----0-----------------------
E----------1-0-1---------------------10/sl----
I'm bad at tab. "10/sl" is supposed
to mean you slide up from the 10th fret, toward the headstock, you know?
This is a very quick slide, it lasts about the space of a quarter-note.
Also note, the A7 is NOT officially sanctioned
by the almighty Ziegen-Lydian, so if you don't want to play it, you are
not legally bound to do so.
The chords used for the chorus are fairly standard,
so I won't bother tabbing them out.
From : Michael Pierry, Febr.5 2000
Potato Solo
Here it is folks. The guitar solo for Potato.
I don't have the chord changes yet, but here's the tab. Hopefully this'll
come out right:
e---------------------------12--9-------------------------------12-------
B----------10-----------10---------12--10-----12(14)---12-10-------12(14)
G--9-10-11-----9-10-11---------------------11----------------11----------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
e------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--(14)--12--10------10--9(10)---9------------------9--9(10)--9----------
G----------------11-----------------------11(13)-----------------11--9--9
D-----------------------------------6--9---------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------12------10--9---7--
B-------------------------12--13--14-------------------------------------
G---------------------14------------------11--12--13------11------9---7--
D--9--11--11(12)--11------------------14---------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
e--7--8--9----12----15--12----------------------------------------------
B---------------------------13--12--------------------------------------
G--7--8--9----12----------------------11(13)--11---------11--9--11--13--
D-------------------------------------------------11--9-----------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------12--14--17(19)-------
B------17--19(21)-----------------12--13-----------------------
G--18----------------------9--11-------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------
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