Twenty Years Later
From Emil's Tablature
20 Years Later
Transcribed by:
Andrew Russell (DeadHead)
Enjoy.
Intro
Notes: There is no intro in the studio version, however, when they play it live, Trey plays the following lick.
E|------0---------|----------------|
B|----7-----7-----|----7---7-------|
G|--8---------8---|--7-------------| x How many times you want
D|9-------------9-|9---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
Verse
Notes: Let ring throughout the entire verse.
E|--------0---------|----------------|------0---------|----------------|
B|*-----7-----7-----|----7---7-------|----7-----7-----|----7---7-------|
G|----8---------8---|--7-------------|--8---------8---|--7-------------|
D|--9-------------9-|9---------------|9-------------9-|9---------------|
A|*-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|------0---------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
B|----7-----7-----|----7---7-------|----5-5---5---5-|----5---5--------*|
G|--8---------8---|--7-------------|--6---------6---|--6---------------|
D|9-------------9-|9---------------|7---------------|7-----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------*|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----3---------3-|----3-------3---|----------------|----------------|
G|--4---------4---|--4-------2-----|1---------------|----------------|
D|5---------------|5-------4-------|2---------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chorus
Notes: This is a loose guideline. Sometimes, Trey plays them as power
chords, in the studio version, he sometimes arrpegiated them a bit, and
I've also heard him hit the low note of the chord and then the chord, etc.
But these are always the positions he plays the chords in that I've heard/ seen.
(2/4 Bar)
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
B|----------------|9-------9-------|----------------|--------|
G|8-------8-------|9-------9-------|6-------9-------|6-------|
D|9-------9-------|9-------9-------|7-------11------|7-------|
A|9-------9-------|7-------7-------|7-------11------|7-------|
E|7-------7-------|----------------|5-------9-------|5-------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|8-------8-------|4-------4-------|6-------6-------|9-------6-------|
D|9-------9-------|5-------5-------|7-------7-------|11------7-------|
A|9-------9-------|5-------5-------|7-------7-------|11------7-------|
E|7-------7-------|3-------3-------|5-------5-------|9-------5-------|
(2/4 Bar)
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
B|----------------|9-------9-------|----------------|--------|
G|8-------8-------|9-------9-------|6-------9-------|6-------|
D|9-------9-------|9-------9-------|7-------11------|7-------|
A|9-------9-------|7-------7-------|7-------11------|7-------|
E|7-------7-------|----------------|5-------9-------|5-------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|0-------0-------|
G|8-------8-------|4-------4-------|2-------2-------|1-------1-------|
D|9-------9-------|5-------5-------|0-------0-------|2-------2-------|
A|9-------9-------|5-------5-------|0-------0-------|2-------2-------|
E|7-------7-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|0-------0-------|
E|----------------|----------------|
B|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
G|1-------1-------|1-------1-------|
D|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|
A|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|
E|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
Solo
Notes:
This is the studio solo. It is played almost exactly like this live, but still
has some minor differences.
G
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|12------------------------------|(12)--------10--12--10--12--13--|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A
E|--------------------------------|------------15------------------|
B|14-------------------------15-14|12-----(12)---------------------|
G|--------------------------------|---(13)---------13--------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |---Triplets---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|(13)----------------------------|---------------------13---16----|
D|--------14----------14----------|(14)------------14--------------|
A|------------12-/14--------------|--------14-/16------------------|
E|--------------------------------|----16--------------------------|
C
E|--------------------------------|12------------------------------|
B|------------------------------13|--------15------13--------------|
G|-----------------------------12-|--------------------12----------|
D|----------------------------14--|------------------------14------|
A|15-------------------------15---|----------------------------15--|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-----16-------------------------|
D|16--------------------------13--|16---------16-13----------------|
A|------------------------14------|----------------14\-12-/14----9-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|15------------------------------|
G|----------------11--14------14--|------------------------14--15--|
D|12------------------------------|--------------------16----------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F#
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|(15)----16--15--16--18----------|15----16--18p16p15--16--18--16--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F#
E|----14--------------------------|(14)----------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|16------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bridge
Notes:
Like the chorus, this is just a loose definition, but the chord forms are correct.
E (3/4 Bar) D A (3/4 Bar)
E|----------------|------------|----------------|------------|
B|9-------9-------|9---9---9---|7-------7-------|------------|
G|9-------9-------|9---9---9---|7-------7-------|6---6---6---|
D|9-------9-------|9---9---9---|7-------7-------|7---7---7---|
A|7-------7-------|7---7---7---|5-------5-------|7---7---7---|
E|----------------|------------|----------------|5---5---5---|
B
E|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|8-------8-------|8-------8-------|
D|9-------9-------|9-------9-------|
A|9-------9-------|9-------9-------|
E|7-------7-------|7-------7-------|
E (3/4 Bar) D A (3/4 Bar)
E|----------------|------------|----------------|------------|
B|9-------9-------|9---9---9---|7-------7-------|------------|
G|9-------9-------|9---9---9---|7-------7-------|6---6---6---|
D|9-------9-------|9---9---9---|7-------7-------|7---7---7---|
A|7-------7-------|7---7---7---|5-------5-------|7---7---7---|
E|----------------|------------|----------------|5---5---5---|
F#
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|11--11--11--11--|11--11--11--11--|11--11--11--11--|11--11--11--11--|
G|11--11--11--11--|11--11--11--11--|11--11--11--11--|11--11--11--11--|
D|11--11--11--11--|11--11--11--11--|11--11--11--11--|11--11--11--11--|
A|9---9---9---9---|9---9---9---9---|9---9---9---9---|9---9---9---9---|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Outro
Notes:
The outro is all in Bm, but the scale that they jam over is B Dorian (F#m).
End on Bm.
Bm
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|--------9---7---|(7)-------------|7---------------|----------------|----------------| x However many times you feel like
A|----------------|--------9-------|----7-----------|7---9-----------|----7-----------|
E|7---------------|----------------|----------------|--------10------|9-------9-------|
Layout:
The song goes:
(Intro)
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Solo
Bridge
Chorus
Outro
20 Years Later-Acoustic:Transcribed by Douglas Talley coltfan420@msn.com
(please feel free to correct and someone please do the next part!!!)
Verses sang over noodled B on the first 3 Lines and noodled A over the fourth.
B(1) chord for verse A(1) chord for verse
(Dstrg) ----9---------------------------7------
(Gstrg) -----8---------------------------6-----
(Bstrg) ------7---------------------------5----
(Estrg) ------(7)-------------------------(5)— (optional notes)
B chord type 1(noodled)
I can hold my breath for a minute or so
Five days without food is as long as I'll go
I didn't sleep once for four days and three nights
A chord type 1(noodled)
I once didn't stop for seven red lights
B chord type 1(noodled)
I jumped into water that's fifty degrees
I've rowed in a kayak in thirty-foot seas
I've stayed in the woods for a week with a knife
A chord type 1(noodled)
A flint, when I lost it, nearly cost me my life
(Listen to Album for right timing on chords and vocals (It takes two to sing this tune) )
G >F#> E
Twenty years later, I'm still upside down
(Chorus) Now regular barré Chords
B(7th Fret) G(3rd Fret) A(5th Fret)
It's a small world, but it's turning real fast (We're upside down)
B(7th Fret)G A(5th Fret)
It's a new day, and the morning has passed (Turned upside down)
B(7th Fret)>E(7th Fret)>A(5th Fret)>E(7th Fret)
It's a short road, but the mountains are tall (Land upside down)
B(7th Fret)G(3rd Fret) A(5th Fret) E(2nd Fret not barred)
It's a small world, but we all start out small
(All the same for the next verse too)
I hurdle through air though i feel i'm alone,
I stick with the others to the skin of the stone
I stop for a stranger just to give him a lift
I cling like a lizard to the side of the cliff
I treat every minute like an hour and then,
It seems like a year has flashed by again
We build a foundation but where do we stand
When all air is water and all water is land
Twenty years later, i'm still upside down
(chorus)
and it's a small world, and it's turning real fast
(we're upside down)
It's a new day, and the morning has passed
(turned upside down)
It's a short road, but the mountains are tall
(Land upside down)
It's a small world, and we all start out small
(Then the breakdown-maybe I'll get to this part tomorrow if no one beats me to it. It's past my bedtime!)
Thanks and have phun!!!!
First off, I'd like to comment about this song in particular. Twenty Years Later is in my opinion the finest studio
recording Phish has ever done.
Based on the studio version here are a couple of small changes:
Verse - Arpeggio or fingerpick the verses. I believe these chords are correct.
Badd2 Bmin Aadd2
e----0--------------0----------------
b----7-------7------5----------------
g----8-------7------6----------------
d----9-------9------7----------------
a----9-------9------7----------------
e------------------------------------
B(add2) B(min)
I can hold my breath for a minute or so
Five days without food is as long as I'll go
I didn't sleep once for four days and three nights
A(add2)
I once didn't stop for seven red lights
B(add2) B(min)
I jumped into water that's fifty degrees
I've rowed in a kayak in thirty-foot seas
I've stayed in the woods for a week with a knife
(Aadd2)
A flint, when I lost it, nearly cost me my life
Prechorus:
G
e--------------------------------0------
b----3-------------------3----3--0------
g----4------------------4----4---1------
d----5-----------------5----4----2------
a----5---------------------------2------
e--------------------------------0------
Twenty years Later, I'm still upside down
Chorus chords - can either strum or fingerpick, both sound nice. I use traditional chord formations here.
B E A
It's a small world, but it's turning real fast (We're upside down)
B G A
It's a new day, and the morning has passed (Turned upside down)
B E A
It's a short road, but the mountains are tall (Land upside down)
B G A E
It's a small world, but we all start out small
B(add2) B(min)
I hurdle through air though i feel i'm alone,
I stick with the others to the skin of the stone
I stop for a stranger just to give him a lift
A(add2)
I cling like a lizard to the side of the cliff
B(add2) B(min)
I treat every minute like an hour and then,
It seems like a year has flashed by again
We build a foundation but where do we stand
A(add2)
When all air is water and all water is land
G
e--------------------------------0------
b----3-------------------3----3--0------
g----4------------------4----4---1------
d----5-----------------5----4----2------
a----5---------------------------2------
e--------------------------------0------
Twenty years Later, I'm still upside down
B E A
It's a small world, but it's turning real fast (We're upside down)
B G A
It's a new day, and the morning has passed (Turned upside down)
B E A
It's a short road, but the mountains are tall (Land upside down)
B G A E
It's a small world, but we all start out small
Solo - (This is the part where someone else fills in the blanks)
Bridge:
E(7th fret) A(5th fret) B(7th fret)
Feel it turning in circles and you're never the same again
E(7th fret) G(3rd fret) A(5th fret) B (7th fret)
Spin slowly while sounds cascade and decay (I'm here upside down)
B E A
It's a small world, but it's turning real fast (We're upside down)
B G A
It's a new day, and the morning has passed (Turned upside down)
B E A
It's a short road, but the mountains are tall (Land upside down)
B G A E
It's a small world, but we all start out small
Build up the E chord and then on to the outro in Bmin:
e------------------------------------------------------------- there are some percussive rakes in between some of the notes as well.
b------------------------------------------------------------- Repeat ad nauseum. There is all some overdubbed psychadelic
g------------------------------------------------------------- blues licks.
d------9--7-----------7---------------------------------------
a---------------9------7---7--9-------------7-----------------
e-7-------------------------------10----10------10/10.5\10----
Inside this silent scene, all are free, all are free, second time around
Todd Lambert
