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 Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 20:59:19 -0500 (EST) 
 From: Mike Weitman  
  
   
 Subject: TAB:Free by Phish 
  
  
 Some guy sent me this, and I think it's a great transcription, so here it 
 is.  The transcriber is mgordon43@aol.com. 
  
 Mike 
 mweitman@bu.edu 
  
 heres free 
 free 
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 the key to playing this tune effectively is texture.  this song is perfect 
 for dropping your low e down to d, but trey doesn't do this, probably due 
 to the continuity problems it would pose. 
  
 trey is basically outlining very simple chords above mike's steady d. it's 
 really extraordinarily simple, phish-wise, but a great tune.  for 
 guitarists out there who might not automatically notice the arpeggio's, 
 i've put the chords they refer to in parenthesis. 
  
 anyway, so when playing this, let every note ring as long as possible and, 
 if you're used to playing with your fingers, really snap the strings when 
 it seems appropriate. 
  
  
 main theme: 
  
    (D)                  (C)              (G)      (D) 
  
 e------10--12p10-----------8--10p8------------7--------5-----------| 
 B----------------10----------------8---8----8---8----7---7---------| 
 G--/11--------------11--/9-----------9----7--------7---------------| 
 D------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 A------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 E------------------------------------------------------------------| 
  
   (G)              (D) 
  
 e------3--5p3-----------------------------------------| 
 B----3--------3--------3-----3------------------------| 
 G--4------------4------2-----2------------------------| 
 D-------------------0--------0------------------------| 
 A-------------------0--------0------------------------| 
 E-------------------------1---------------------------| 
  
 theme 2: 
  
    (F)      (G)      (D) 
  
 e-------------------------------------| 
 B---------6--------8-----3------------| 
 G-------5--------7-------2------------| 
 D-----3--------5------0---------------| 
 A---3--------5--------0---------------| 
 E-------------------------------------| 
  
  
 intro 
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 main theme  x2 
  
 C  G  F  D  x2 
  
 theme 2  x4 
  
 main theme  x2 
  
 theme 2  x4 
  
 C  G  F  D  x2 
  
 theme 2  x4 
  
 verses 
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 D  C  G  F  x2 
  
 G  F  D  x4 (holding D the last time) 
  
 (this whole thing repeated twice) 
  
 this goes back to half of the intro. 
  
  
 solo 
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 the only thing i can say is that mike is taking trey's role, impossing 
 different bass notes over the D. 
  
 he seems to like to start out like this: 
  
 D  G  F#  F  C , 
  
 slowly progressing to other, sometimes far-flung, stuff. 
  
 hope it helps 
  
 if you could id like any song not on the net like sleeping monkey or gumbo 
  
 later 
 matt 
 mgordon43@aol.com