Note: the album version is up a half step. The live version is in D. Because of the open stringings, if you want to play it in Eb I suggest you use a capo :).
Build up to D9 …
D9 E—0--- B—3--- G—2--- D—0--- A------ E------
p h p s h pE---------10----12-10--------8-10-8--------7----5----3-5-3------------------ B--------------------10-----8------8------8----7----3-----3----3---------3--- G-slide>11---11--------11—9--------9—8>9----7----4-------4---2---------2--- D------------------------------------------------------------0-----------0--- A--------------------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------1^(1/2)----
(repeat)
E------------------------------------------- B-------(1)------3-------1------3--------3— G--------0-----4---4---2---2----2--------2— D--------2---5-------3--------0----------0— A—0-2-3-3---------------------------------- E---------------------------------1^(1/2)---
(repeat)
E---------------------- B------1-------3-----3- G----2---2---4---4---2- D—3-------5-------0--- A---------------------- E----------------------
(repeat)
Those are the three components to the intro, listen to a recording for the matching up. Below, you can substitute the C with a C9
Here is an alternative take on the intro from Jake Cohen jcohen59@hotmail.com
P-O P-O P-O e----------12-10------------10-8---------7-----5--------5-3----------2------ B-------10-------10-------8------8-----8-----7--------3-----3------3---3---- G----11-----------------9------------9-----7--------4------------2-------2— D-12-----------------10---------------------------5------------0------------ A--------------------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
P-O C D e--------0—0----2----------------------------------------------------------- B--------1—1----3----------------------------------------------------------- G--------0—0----2----------------------------------------------------------- D--------2—2----0----------------------------------------------------------- A--------3—3--------------------------------------------------------------- E-1-0-----------------------------------------------------------------------
C9 E--- B-3- G-0- D-2- A-3- E---
D9 C (Third riff) I’m floating in the blimp a lot
D9 C9 (Third riff) I feel the feeling I forgot
(Third Riff)Swimming weightless in the womb
(Third Riff)Bouncing gently round the room
(etc...)In a minute I’ll be free And we’ll be splashing in the sea
I feel no curiosity I see the path ahead of me In a minute I’ll be free And we’ll be splashing in the sea We hear a tiny cry As the ship goes sliding by
Free! Free!
Free!
For this part, on the album version, use these strummings:
E------------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------------ G—7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------------------ A—5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------- E------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-------------------------
I’m not too sure about the above tab for this section, it may be true to the album version (i haven’t listened to the album version very much), however, recently in live versions they drop to Dm key for the jam section. The chord progression you hear is Dm to A# and the scale Trey uses is a D natural minor scale most of the time. I like to play the Dm and A# like so:
Dm (x4) A# (x4) E----------------------------------------------------------------- B—10---10------15---15------------------------------------------- G—10---10------15---15------------------------------------------- D—12---12------15---15-------------------------------------------- A—12---12------13---13------------------------------------------- E-----------------------------------------------------------------
You can also throw a D9 inbetween those two every now and then to change it up a little, I think Trey does this sometimes, but played from the 12th fret.
I’m floating in the blimp a lot I feel the feeling I forgot I feel free
[repeat signature riff]
Free! Free! Free! Free!