ehedaya / emilstabs.org

Repository of guitar transcriptions for songs played and covered by Phish.

Viewable on the web at http://emilstabs.org/

Editing transcriptions

Feel free to suggest edits to any of the files in the project. To do so:

1. Browse to the file you want to edit and click the "Edit" button near the top of the file.
2. Make your changes, then click "Propose File Change."
3. On the next page, click "Send pull request" to send a request to have your changes merged back into the main project. If you've changed your mind and want to delete your changes, click on the "Branches" tab and delete the branch.
4. Once your request has been accepted, you can delete the old branch.

Submitting a new transcription

• Click Submit a new guitar transcription or Submit a new bass transcription
• Paste or type in the transcription, then click "Propose new file"
• On the next page, click "Send pull request" to send a request to have your transcription file merged into the main project.

Collaborators

If you are interested in helping on an ongoing basis to review pull requests (changes) and curate the project, please get in touch with Emil.

emilstabs.org's Issues

Re: Evening Song

I believe those G's should be Gm's in the verses, and the chord progression over the jam should be:

F Gm Am G
C Dm C

Re: Gumbo

There's a lot more going on in this song than two chords and some noodling

Re: Birds of a Feather

Any idea what key center is? Trying to take the bass out for a walk of mine own and leave Gordo's alone. But which mode? Might be overthinking this a bit....

Re: No Men In No Man's Land

Trey plays the riff alternating between the A and C notes, like this:

Main Riff
e ------------------------------------------------------
B -----10-----------------------------------------------
G -----10b11-------------------------------------------
D ---------------10~-----10------10------10-----10^12
A ------------12------12------12------12------12-------
E ---10-------------------------------------------------

I have no coding experience. I can’t follow the guide because it doesn’t describe tab formatting. Why is this so difficult?

Pebbles and Marbles full re-write

Hey - so the Pebbles and Marbles tab on the site is a very, very basic outline of the song. It ignores two main pieces to Trey's original, acoustic arrangement: alternating thumb fingerstyle and a change in tuning (EAEGBE) - which affects all the chords and shapes.

I figure my tab can be included as an update, overwrite, or as an "acoustic version"

file is attached as .txt - let me know if there's a better way. copy / paste in this body didn't look right because the font isn't monospaced.
Pebbles and Marbles.txt

Embedded Flash (*.sfw files) On Tabs Pages Not Working

I was checking out the Wolfman's Brother bass tabs (which is incidentally on the same pages as the guitar tabs for the same song), and I noticed that the last line included the following:
<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/wolfman.swf</gflash>

The Good News
A peak at the html that was served up at the member recorded/loops page shows that this worked, though it looks very dated:

<li class="media">
	<div class="media-body">
		<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="wolfman.swf" width="300" height="100">
			<param name="movie" value="wolfman.swf">
			<param name="quality" value="high">
		</object>
	</div>
</li>

The Bad News
A quick grep of the websites shows me that this is not the only instance of this issue:

[bholman@localhost emilstabs.org]$ grep "gflash" * -R
files/tabs/Split Open and Melt.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/phish/soamelt.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Wolfman's Brother.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/wolfman.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001 Theme).txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/phish/2001.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/AC DC Bag.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/phish/acdcbag2.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/AC DC Bag.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/acdcbag.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Runaway Jim.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/phish/runawayjim2.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Runaway Jim.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/runawayjim.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Sample in a Jar.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/sample.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Stash.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/stash.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Fluffhead.txt:<gflash>100 400 /vb5/member/fluffhead.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/First Tube.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/firsttube.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Slave To The Traffic Light.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/slave.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Ghost.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/ghost.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Suzy Greenberg.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/suzy.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Limb by Limb.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/phish/limbbylimb.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Lizards.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/lizards.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Roggae.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/phish/roggae.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Waves.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/waves.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Gotta Jibboo.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/gottajiboo.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Heavy Things.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/heavythings.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Poor Heart.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/poorheart.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Wading in the Velvet Sea.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/velvetsea.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Moma Dance.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/phish/momadance.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Bathtub Gin.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/bathtub.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Simple.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/simple.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Wilson.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/phish/wilson.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Lawn Boy.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/lawnboy.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Run Like an Antelope.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/phish/antelope.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Ya Mar.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/phish/yamar.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Ya Mar.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/phish/yamar02.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Ya Mar.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/yamar2.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Foam.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/phish/foam2.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Weekapaug Groove.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/phish/weekapaug.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Weekapaug Groove.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/weekapaug3.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Tweezer.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/phish/tweezerjam.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Chalkdust Torture.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/phish/chalkdust2.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Chalkdust Torture.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/chalkdust.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Mike's Song.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/phish/mikessong.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Divided Sky.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/dividedsky.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Lifeboy.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/lifeboy.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Possum.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/possum.swf</gflash>
files/tabs/Dinner and a Movie.txt:<gflash>100 40 /vb5/member/dinner_and_a_movie.swf</gflash>

Hey Emil... Just a fan with an idea for Emil's tabs

I've been using your tabs site to create a series of YouTube videos that basically have aligned the tabs on your site, with Phish performances to create kinda "living tabs"

They use the annotation tool in YouTube, so unfortunately the tab instructions are only viewable on a desktop/laptop and not mobile.

Here is a link to the How to Phish Playlist that I've been working on
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL38ZwelW-Y3S_y7cioEMG66yFUVFwWIyJ

I noticed your site has a few videos of Trey playing, but thought this might be a fun addition to the site to help people learn Phish songs.

Just thought you might be interested!

Thanks,

Michael Fisher

8/22/15 BDTNL Trey Solo closeup clip

I love this solo from Trey and there is a video posted on Instagram of him playing, could be a cool thing to add to the Trey Playing section of the site!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWQCbhUFWPB/

Search bar dropdown selection not working on Chrome desktop

FYI when I click on a song from the dropdown autofill list under the search bar, nothing seems to happen in recent months on Chrome desktop. Mobile and Microsoft Edge both seem to work.

Re: Free

The chord you refer to as D9 is a Dsus2. So the entire song is in Dm, there is no key change. The first intro sounds right. Watching Trey, he tends to play the Dm and A# on the 5th and 6th frets.

Tried To Update GitHub - I Never Needed You Like... "Jam Section!"

Below is the correct outro jam for "I never needed you..."

The outro chords are as important as the end of Slave, so I wanted to send them in....

I'm certain we'll see this song a lot more in the fall and NYE, replacing Character Zero as set closers and and GTBT in encores. Because it ROCKS.

86 |  
87 | + OUTRO JAM SECTION IS
88 | +
89 | + C# F# (*Sometimes D#)
90 | I never needed you like this before
91 | +
92 | + E F# A B
93 | I never needed you like this before
94 | +
95 | +
96 | + *"Sometimes D#" - Both F# and D# work, and if you interchange them it will build intensity)
  |  
 

Re: Light

Not sure if your edits are correct. Watch this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWh1ur7B5FI) and it looks like Trey is playing A/E, A/G#m for the "..and I'm left in the now, with a wondrous glow" part.

Site is not secure by default

Hi, just nitpicking, but it is 2020 and the site really should redirect to HTTPS since the site has a valid certificate :)

Re: Greyhound Rising

I think the chord progression on the chorus is this:

C         Am             G
Shut down everything you said
Bb               F                            G
Upstairs on your weekend perch, the greyhound rises

Re: Say It To Me SANTOS

I'm pretty sure this A major and not A minor. The solo is A minor though.

submit

I created a new tabs for Emilstabs.org a week ago and it has not been posted to the site. did i submit it incorrectly? please help as i would like to continue to submit more new songs
thanks -Josh

Re: Winterqueen

Such a fun song to play. I add an E on the “to rule those who walk on land” so that A hits on those, E on walk, and back to B on land, and then repeat that pattern each verse. Just my 2 cents. Thanks for all the tabs and chords!

Re: Turtle in the Clouds

Now I've got something in my shoe* (:

Great tune, thanks!

Re: Evening Song

Thank you so much for all the amazing work to tab about so many Phish song!! I can't tell you how I often I use this page. For Evening Song, I think the chord progression goes:

F > Gm > Am

Re: Walls of the Cave

Hi- test

Re: Fast Enough For You

which vesionof the song is this tab based on? WOuld be great to extend solo coverage of major riffs...

Re: Winterqueen

this accentuates the sound of pages keys before solo

e---14-- --14---
B---12-- --12---
G---11-- --11---
D------- ---9---
A------- -------
E------ or even------