PHISH - "The Inlaw Josie Wales" Tablature

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So here it is. This comes from the version that was on Austin City
Limits. This song is performed in DADGAD tuning (thanks Dave!),
which is double dropped D with the addition of dropping the B to
an A. I play the bottom three strings with my thumb and the GAD
strings with my middle, ring, and pinky fingers respectively. Trey
uses his pointer finger on certain parts. If you have trouble with
this style of fingerpicking, I would recommend you buy the official
tab for Billy Breathes and try the title track. It's slower, and
it's in standard tuning so the chord shapes are more familiar (and
a sweet tune taboot!). I've notated the timing through spacing
(every four dashes equals one beat). In the case of frets higher
than 9, I put the second number where the note should fall (unless at
the very beginning of a measure). Most of this is sight verified
(I watched that two and a half minutes of tape over and over!), so
I'm pretty confident that almost all of it is right. Feel free to
email me at eric_sievers@spgl.com with questions or whatnot. Also,
please note that I have not compared this to the Farmhouse version,
(can I have my CD back, Shaun?) but I would guess there are a couple
minor differences. Have Fun! -E

*nh = natural harmonic
*ho = hammer on
*po = pull off
*sl = slide (I used this once where I couldn't fit a '/' before
the note)


The Inlaw Josie Wales -Phish
Transcribed by Eric Sievers

(1) Play this bar 4 times (2)
D|0-------------------------------|---12-----9----10-------7-------|
A|----------0-------0-------0-----|---10----10-----8-------8-------|
G|------0-------0-------0-------0-|---12-----9-----9-------7-------|
D|----0-------0-------0-------0---|--------------------------------|
A|7/9-----9-------9-------9-------|----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|--------------------------------|0-------0-------0-------0-------|

(3) (4)
|5-------5-------3-------2-------|0-------------------------------|
|5-------5-------3-------3-------|1---------1-----------0---------|
|7-------5-------4-------2-------|------0-------0-----0-----------|
|--------------------------------|----2-------2-----0-------------|
|----0-------0-------0-------0---|3-------3-----------------------|
|0-------0-------0-------0-------|---------------/5-------3---2---|

For the next 8 bars, play the
following 4 bars in this order:
(6,7,6,8,6,7,6,9)
(5) *nh (6) *ho
|----5---------------------------|----------------0---------------|
|----5---------------------------|----0-----0---------------------|
|--------------------------------|----6-----6-----------0-4-\-2---|
|------------0-------0-------0---|----7-------7-------7-----------|
|--------------------------------|0-------0-------0---------------|
|0-------0-------0-------0-------|--------------------------------|

*bend or slide up to 4 here then
pull off to the open D
(7) *nh *sl *po(2)*ho *ho
|------------7-------------------|--0-----------------------------|
|------------7-------------0-----|5-----------0-------0-----------|
|------------7---------0-------0-|----640-----------0-----2-------|
|--------0-----------0-------0---|----0---0-5---0-4-----------0---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-0-0-----------0-------0-------|------------------------0-------|

(9) (10)
|--------------------------------|12-----11------14------12-------|
|------------0-------------------|12-----12------12------12-------|
|------------0-------0-----------|11------9------12------11-------|
|--------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-0-0-----------0-------0-------|0-------0-------0-------0-------|

(11) (12)
|7-------------------------------|---16----14----17------16-------|
|----------7-------7-------7-----|---17----12----17------17-------|
|------9-------9-------9---------|---14----12----16------14-------|
|----7-------7-------7-------7---|----0-------0-------0-------0---|
|0-------0-------0-------0-------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|0-------0-------0-------0-------|

At this point, play the following
bars in this order: (14,7,14,8)
(13) (14)
|14-------14---------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------12------12-----|----2-----2-----5-------2---0---|
|-----12------12------12---------|----0-----0-----0-------0---0---|
|---12------12------12------12---|----0-------0-------0-------0---|
|0-------0-------0-------0-------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|5-------5-------5-------5-------|


(15) (16)
|---12----11----14------12-------|10-------12-----9---------9-----|
|---12----12----12------12-------|--------------------------------|
|---11-----9----12------11-------|------9---------------7---------|
|----0-------0-------0-------0---|----9-------9-------0-------0---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0-------0-------0-------0-------|10-----10-------9-------9-------|

After 18, repeat the 1st bar twice
(the second time w/o the slide)
(17) (18) Half bar
|8--------10-----7---------------|----------------|
|--------------------------7-----|----0-------0---|
|------7---------------7---------|----6-------6---|
|----0-------0-------7-------7---|----------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------|
|8-------8-------7-------7-------|7-------7-------|

(19) (20)
|---16----14----17------16-------|12-------14----10--------12-----|
|---17----12----17------17-------|12-------------10---------------|
|---14----12----16------14-------|-----11---------------0---------|
|----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0-------0-------0-------0-------|0-------0-------0-------0-------|

(21) (22)
|9--------10-----7---------9-----|5---------7-----4---------------|
|10--------------9---------------|7---------------5---------5-----|
|------0---------------0---------|4-----4---------2-----2-------0-|
|----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0-------0-------0-------0-------|0-------0-------0-------0-------|

Here you play the bars in this
order: (23,24,25,26,23,24,25,27)
(23) (24)
|----3---------------------------|2-------------------------------|
|----------3-------3-------3-----|----------3-------3-------3-----|
|------4-------4-------4---------|------4-------4-------4---------|
|----5-------5-------5-------5---|----5-------5-------5-------5---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-------3-------3-------3-------|2-------2-------2-------2-------|

(25) (26)
|1-------------------------------|0-------------------0-----------|
|----------1-------1-------1-----|----------0---------------------|
|------1-------1-------1---------|------0-------0-----------------|
|----1-------1-------1-------1---|----0-------0-----------0-------|
|--------------------------------|----------------7/9-------------|
|1-------1-------1-------1-------|0-------0-----------------------|

(27) (28)
|0-------------------0-----------|---------------12---------------|
|----------0---------------------|-----------12-------------------|
|------0-------0-----------------|-------11-----------------------|
|----0-------0-------------------|---12---------------------------|
|----------------7/9-----9-\-7---|--------------------------------|
|0-------0-----------------------|0-------------------------------|



Play this bar twice
(29)
|--------------------------------|
|2/3-------0-----2/3-------0-----| Here you repeat bars 6-9 in the same
|------0-------0-------0-------0-| order they were played the 1st time
|----0-------0-------0-------0---| (except replace 9 w/ 7)
|--------------------------------|
|5-------5-------5-------5-------|

Then you repeat bars 2-4, slowing down
in 4 and finishing with 30 (xtra long wait before final chord)
(30) *N.H. ! *strum ! - this note is actually played
|----5------------------12-------| by the bass, but I like to
|----5-------0----------12-------| put it in to fill out the end
|-----------------------11-------|
|------------------------0-------|
|--------7/9---------------------|
|0-------------------------------|

That's it! Anyone care to add the bass and piano parts?

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