Phish – The Well (Guitar)

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Chords

[Verse 1]
A                   F#m    G  F#m
Every rainbow has a blue-jay

A                   F#m    G  F#m
Perched atop a pot of gold

A                      F#m    G  F#m
And the cloudburst is a birdcage

A                   F#m    G  F#m
But a song it cannot hold
[Chorus]
    A                   D        A
There's a scallop in the coin purse

D          C#m          Bm      A
Nickels notched into the shell

   G                   Gsus2
Every fountain has a penny

                    A      F#m G F#m
At the bottom of the well
A F#m G F#m [Verse 2]
A                     F#m      G F#m
Every shovel can move mountains

A                     F#m      G F#m
For the diamonds that remain

A                     F#m      G F#m
Every splinter needs a finger

A                     F#m     G   F#m
Every ring can be a link within a chain
[Chorus]
A      D         A
Every voice has a message

D     C#m        Bm      A
Every meaning travels far

G                    Gsus2
Every orchard sewing sunlight

                    D
Every tree contains a star

Fmaj7
Now the sun is passing over

B
Casting shadow for a spell

D       C#m        Bm            A
And the sounds are roaring upwards

G
From the bottom of the

Gsus2
From the bottom of the

A
Well

Fm     G Fm             A
From the bottom of the well

Fm     G Fm             A
the sounds are roaring upwards

Fm     G Fm             A
From the bottom of the well

Fm     G Fm             A
From the bottom of the well
(Then jam out using the verse pattern
A      F#m   G   F#m
until...
THE WELL (Dark jam) -They seem to base the jam off this riff and move into a type 2 jam }
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|---5--3-------------3--5----|
A|---------4-3-4-5--4---------|
E|-3--------------------------|
(Then eventually: *key change to Eb -progression may be a little off)
Cmin    Db             Eb
From the bottom of the well

Cmin    Db             Eb
From the bottom of the well

Cmin    Db             Eb
From the bottom of the well

Cmin    Db             Eb
From the bottom of the well

Cmin    Db             Eb
From the bottom of the well

Cmin    Db             Eb
From the bottom of the well

Cmin    Db             Eb
From the bottom of the well (the sounds are roaring upwards)

Cmin    Db             Eb
From the bottom of the well (and the sounds are roaring upwards)

Cmin    Db             Eb
From the bottom of the well
(Then another jam launches from this progression and it eventually finds its way back to... THE WELL!! (Dark jam 2) *another key change to C# Here is the main riff in C#:)
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|---11--9--------------9--11-|
A|---------10-9-10-11-10------|
E|-9--------------------------|
(Goes into spacey jam... then play main riff again which Builds up to the...) (play the riff during the ending lyrics I put chords down to help show the feel, but may be a little off) [Outro]
       C#               Bbmin         B
Of the Well! (from the bottom of the well)

       C#              Bbmin         B
Of the Well! (from the bottom of the well)

       C#               Bbmin         B
Of the Well! (from the bottom of the well)

       C#              Bbmin         B
Of the Well! (from the bottom of the well)
(End on C#)