Trey Anastasio
Traveler
1. Corona
2. Let me Lie
3. Frost
4. Land of Nod
5. Pigtail
6. Scabbard
7. Clint Eastwood
8. Architect
9. Valentine
10. Traveler
11. Greyhound Rising (bonus track)
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1. Corona
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[Intro]
B A E x2
-occassionally alternate B and Bsus4
Bsus4 (x-2-4-4-5-x)
[Verse 1]
B A E
Where is the line
B A E
That I find?
B A E B A E
From time to time, no matter where it's drawn
B A E B A E
I stumble on, and fall down hard
[Chorus]
B A
When the sun spots up your bunsen
E
And the ozone layer burns
B A E
When all of this is over, and the hydrogen returns
B A
How you gonna see me?
E
How you gonna know?
B A
Will we stay together
E
When the molten plasma flows?
[Verse 2]
B A E
When Corona touches ocean, and the judgment comes at last
B A E
When all of this is over, and the future meets the past
B A E
Suddenly the sky is gone, the stars are out tonight
B A E
How you gonna see me, do you swear you'll hold on tight?
[Bridge]
B A E
When Corona touches ocean, and the judgment comes at last
(Where is the light?)
B A E
When all of this is over, and the future meets the past
(That I find?)
B A E
Suddenly the sky is gone, the stars are out tonight
(From time to time)
B A E
How you gonna see me, do you swear you'll hold on tight?
[Chorus]
B A
When the sun spots up your bunsen
E
And the ozone layer burns
B A
When all of this is over...
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2. Let Me Lie
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[Intro]
G
1, 2, 3...
[Chorus]
G D
Gonna take my bike out
Em
gonna take my bike
C
gonna ride it slowly
G
gonna ride just how I like
G D
Gonna take my bike out
Em
gonna take my bike
C
gonna ride it slowly
G
gonna ride just how I like
[Verse 1]
G D
Leave me way up here
Em C
up on the mountain
G D
let me lie uncovered
Em C
on the floor
G D
Make me wonder when
Em C
you go away again
G
if you're ever
D Em C
coming back here anymore
[Chorus]
G D
Gonna take my bike out
Em
gonna take my bike
C
gonna ride it slowly
G
gonna ride just how I like
G D
Gonna take my bike out
Em
gonna take my bike
C
gonna ride it slowly
G
gonna ride just how I like
[Verse 2]
G D
I don't care what you did
Em C
but I can tell its hanging over you
G D
the effects of sun and sand
Em C
are hard to understand
G D
So leave me way up here
Em C
up on the mountain
D Em D Em
let me lie, ooh.... oooh... ooohhh....
D Em
aaahhhhh.... ooohhhh....
D Em
aaahhhhh.... ooohhhh....
transition:
E-|---0--2--3--|-
[Chorus]
G D
Gonna take my bike out
Em
gonna take my bike
C
gonna ride it slowly
G
gonna ride just how I like
G D
Gonna use my brakes
Em
when I go downhill
C
Gonna climb back on
G
when I take a spill
G D
Gonna peel my shirt off
Em
gonna feel it burn
C
gonna keep my eyes closed
G
gonna miss my turn
G D
Gonna take my bike out
Em
gonna take my bike
C
gonna ride it slowly...
[Bridge]
G D
Let me lie......
Em C
Let me lie
G D
Let me lie......
Em C
Let me lie
G D
Let me lie......
Em C
Let me lie
[Outro]
G
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3. Frost
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[Intro]
C Am G F (x2)
[Verse 1]
C Am G
the mistress of the dawn strides along
F C
with her solitary pawn
Am G
who lingers on then is gone
F C
with no word and no one heard
Am G
where he went to this day
F C Am G F
maybe he would sail away...
[Verse 2]
C Am G
the children of the sun having fun
F C
didn't realize they were done
Am G
because the pawn chanced to wander
F C
through the camp just like a tramp
Am G
he left his stamp there to this day
F C Am G F
maybe he would sail away....
[Bridge]
Bb F
gone are silent summer rains
C
wind is rolling off the plains
Bb F
bringing ice upon the breeze
G
making flowing water freeze
[Verse 3]
C Am G
the minstrel of the land made a stand
F C
in a castle built of sand
Am G
watched it fall in the frost
F Bm
and the message was lost
Am G
with one last word to deliver
F Em
under ice upon the river
F G
it lies frozen to this day
[Pre-Chorus]
F G
maybe he would sail away, sail away
G
fozen to this day
[Chorus]
C Am G
maybe he would sail away
F C Am G
maybe he would sail away
F C Am G
maybe he would sail away
F C Am G F
maybe he would sail away
[Solo]
C Am G F
the solo is Trey playing notes from these 3 chords:
e-|--------------|
B-|--17--15--13--|
G-|--17--16--14--|
D-|--17--17--15--|
[Chorus]
C Am G
maybe he would sail away
F C Am G
maybe he would sail away
F C Am G
maybe he would sail away
F C Am G F
maybe he would sail away
[Outro]
C
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4. Land of Nod
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[Trumpet part throughout intro]
Bm G Gb
[Chorus]
B A E A
I was asleep for so long (x8)
B A E A (x4)
[Outro]
Bm G Gb
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5. Pigtail
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[Intro]
C G F (x4)
[Verse 1]
C G F
I'm halfway, fully, nearly, close to just beyond it
C
Right beside and just a hair's breadth,
G F
in between, next to and closer
C G F
I'm approximately, roughly, more or less,
C G F
About exactly, almost close by and adjacent
C G F
Handy local, within hailing
C
But the cloud then passes over
G F
And you're vague aloof and distant
C G F
Isolated and secluded
[Pre-Chorus/Chorus]
Em Am
Far flung, far off, and remote
F C
You're faint and hazy indistinct
G F C
Your pigtail has been dipped in ink
G F C
Dipped in ink
G F C
Dipped in ink
[Bridge]
F C
Reserved you wander unattached,
F C
Til the sun comes out at last
G F C G F C
Somehow, you comprehend, and I'm becoming conscious again
G F G
I'm becoming conscious again
G
Unconscious again
F
I'm conscious again
C
Unconscious again
C
Unconscious again
G
I'm conscious again
F
Unconscious again
C
I'm conscious again
C
Unconscious again
Dm F
Appreciate, grasp, and recognize
G C
our mutually proximate prize
[Solo]
C G F
[Verse 2]
G F C
And if the stars line up tonight
G F C
Then you and I will be all right
F
And if the planets don't align
G C G F
You go your way, I'll go mine
C G F
I don't mind
C G F
I don't mind
C G F
I don't mind
C
Your pigtail (I'm conscious again)
G F
dipped in ink (Unconscious again)
-repeat many times then end on: C
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6. Scabbard
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[Intro]
Eb
A G B A B C#m G E B A B C#m D C# B A
(x4)
(Various instrumentation)
C A E D E F# C A E D E F# G F# E D
(x2)
C A E D E F#
It’s there, can you see it?
E D C Bm C A E D E F#
It never stops, It's there, can you see it?
E D C Bm C Bm A
The bottom of your paper cup
C A E D E F#
It’s there, can you see it?
E D C Bm C A E D E F#
It never stops, It's there, can you see it?
E D C D C# Bm C G
Hanging above your head.
D C# Bm C G
It’s there
D C# Bm C G
It’s there
A
Hold A note then play 3x:
A|------0~-|-
E|--3p0----|-
(Various instrumentations)
Ends on Fm note
(Fm)
B|----6~----6---4---6---4-------6-4------------|-
G|------------------------------------6-----5--|-
It’s there, can you see it? It never stops It's
(Fm)
B|--6~-----6---4---6---4----|-
G|--------------------------|-
there, can you see it?
Dm
It’s there, can you see it?
Dm
It’s there, can you see it?
B|--5p3-----5p3- G
Can you see it?...
[Outro]
C F Dm
C F Dm
C F Dm G F
C F Dm
C F Dm
C F Dm G F
C F Dm
C F Dm
C F Dm G F
F
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7. Clint Eastwood
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The bass is playing the root note of each chord on the 1 & 3 beats, guitar plays on the
2 & 4
[Intro]
D#m
D#m D#m A#m
D#m D#m A#m
D#m D#m A#m
D#m D#m A#m
[Chorus]
D#m D#m
I ain't happy,
A#m
I'm feeling glad
D#m D#m
I got sunshine,
A#m
In a bag
D#m D#m
I'm useless,
A#m
but not for long
D#m D#m
The future
A#m
is coming on
D#m D#m
I ain't happy,
A#m
I'm feeling glad
D#m D#m
I got sunshine,
A#m
In a bag
D#m D#m
I'm useless,
A#m
but not for long
D#m D#m
The future
A#m
is coming on
D#m D#m
is coming on
A#m
is coming on
D#m D#m A#m
is coming on
[Verse 1]
D#m D#m A#m
Well finally, someone let me out of my cage
D#m D#m A#m
Now, time for me is nothing cause I'm counting no age
D#m D#m A#m
And I couldn't be there, now you shouldn't be scared
D#m D#m A#m
And I'm good at repairs, and I'm under your snare
D#m D#m A#m
Intangible, bet you didn't think so I command you to
D#m D#m A#m
Panoramic view, look, I'll make it all manageable
D#m D#m A#m
Pick and choose, sit and lose, all you different crews
D#m D#m A#m
Chicks and dudes, who you think is really kicking tunes?
D#m D#m A#m
Picture you getting down in a picture tube
D#m D#m A#m
Like you lit the fuse, you think it's fictional?
D#m D#m A#m
Mystical? Maybe, spiritual hero who
D#m D#m A#m
appears in you to clear your view when you're too crazy
D#m D#m A#m
Lifeless to know the definition for what life is
D#m D#m A#m
Priceless, because I put you on the hype shit
D#m D#m A#m
You like it? Gunsmokin', righteous with one toke
D#m D#m A#m A#m
Psychic among those, possess you with one go
[Chorus]
D#m
I ain't happy,
A#m
I'm feeling glad
D#m D#m
I got sunshine,
A#m
In a bag
D#m D#m
I'm useless,
A#m
but not for long
D#m D#m
The future
A#m
is coming on
D#m D#m
I ain't happy,
A#m
I'm feeling glad
D#m D#m
I got sunshine,
A#m
In a bag
D#m D#m
I'm useless,
A#m
but not for long
D#m D#m
The future
A#m
is coming on
D#m D#m
is coming on
A#m
is coming on
D#m D#m A#m A#m
is coming on
[Verse 2]
D#m
The essence, the basics, without it you make it
Fm
Allow me to make this, childlike in nature
D#m
Rhythm, you have it or you don't that's a fallacy
Fm
I'm in them, every sprouting tree, every child o' peace
D#m
Every cloud and sea, you see with your eyes
Fm
I see destruction and demise, corruption in disguise
D#m
From this fucking enterprise, now I'm sucked into your lies
Fm
Through Russel, not his muscles, but the percussion he provides
D#m D#m A#m
With me as a guide, y'all can see me now
D#m D#m A#m
cause you don't see with your eyes, you perceive with your mind
D#m D#m A#m
So I'ma stick around with Russ and be a mentor
D#m D#m A#m
Bust a few rhymes so motherfuckers remember
D#m D#m A#m
Where the thought is, I brought all this
D#m D#m A#m
So you can survive when law is lawless
D#m Fm
Feelings, sensations that you thought was dead
D#m N.C.
No squealing, remember: that it's all in your head
[Chorus]
D#m
I ain't happy,
A#m
I'm feeling glad
D#m D#m
I got sunshine,
A#m
In a bag
D#m D#m
I'm useless,
A#m
but not for long
D#m D#m
The future
A#m
is coming on
D#m D#m
I ain't happy,
A#m
I'm feeling glad
D#m D#m
I got sunshine,
A#m
In a bag
D#m D#m
I'm useless,
A#m
but not for long
D#m D#m
The future
A#m
is coming on
D#m D#m
is coming on
A#m
is coming on
D#m D#m A#m A#m
is coming on
[Outro]
D#m D#m
The future
A#m
is coming on
D#m D#m
is coming on
A#m
is coming
D#m D#m
The future
A#m
is coming on
D#m D#m
is coming on
A#m
is coming
D#m
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8. Architect
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intro sounds like Trey messing with harmonics on the 12th fret
[Verse 1]
G D
All these worlds rolled into one
Em C
Together we revolve around the sun
Bm C
And if you get the chance watch the young children dance
Am D
In a little while, you will see them smile.
G D
Truth may dazzle gradually
Em Em D* C (*play open D string)
It all comes out in the wash eventually
Bm C D
Try to catch a glean, if you know what I mean.
Am C D
You may even see the cogs in the machine
[Chorus]
C G/B D/A
Reconvene, reconnect
C G/B D/A
Raise a glass to the Architect
C G/B D/A
'Cause it turned out better
C G/B D/A
So much better
C G/B D/A Em
Than we ever did expect
C G
D|-----------0--2--5--5~--|-
A|--0--2--3---------------|-
Em
D|--0--2--0--2--4--0--2~--|-
G
D|--2--0-----0--2--5--5~--|-
A|--------3---------------|-
[Verse 2]
G D
Find your treasures where you will,
Em Em D* C
Don't you stop until you've had your fill
Bm C D
Wherever you may go, look around, take it slow
Am C D
There might be more to this than we all know
G D
And if we have the chance to see the rough draft,
Em Em D C
I bet the early plans would make us laugh
Bm C D
And it never seems to help when we try to intervene
Am C D
Some things are better left unseen
[Chorus]
C G/B D/A
Reconvene, reconnect
C G/B D/A
Raise a glass to the Architect
C G/B D/A
'Cause it turned out better
C G/B D/A
So much better
C G/B D/A Em
Than we ever did expect
C D D
D|-----------0--2--5--------------|-
A|--0--2--3-----------5~-----5~---|-
C G/B D/A
Reconvene, reconnect
C G/B D/A
Raise a glass to the Architect
C G/B D/A
'Cause it turned out better
C G/B D/A
So much better
C G/B D/A
Reconvene, reconnect
C G/B D/A
Raise a glass to the Architect
C G/B D/A
Raise a glass to the Architect
C G/B D/A
Raise a glass to the Architect
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9. Valentine
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Trey plays pull-offs on the B chords throughout the song, so just throw them in as desired
(Bsus4 X-2-4-4-5-2 or 7-9-9-9-7-7)
[Intro]
Bsus4 (pull-off) B (x9) C#m A E
Hey!
Bsus4 B (x9) C#m A E
Bsus4 B (x9) C#m A E
[Chorus]
B
And we spin in circles
C#m A E
Walk in a straight line
B
And we spin in circles
C#m A E
Walk in a straight line
B
And we spin in circles
C#m A E
Walk in a straight line
[Verse 1]
B
Silence, dark and long
C#m A E
and the thunder clap splits the night
B
And I'm standing in this field
C#m A E
Storms are all around me
B
All through the sky
C#m A E
I see strings of electricity
B
And I feel the power
C#m A E
Like it could burn my hands
[Pre-Chorus]
D#m
Up above
D#m C#* B (*just play C# note)
The clouds are moving
E
And suddenly
F#m
The rain is all around me
F#m
Like sheets of glass
G
Coming down from the sky
E
Every drop is there to guide
A
Every drop is there to guide
Am
Release, release
B C#m A E
The ropes around your neck
[Chorus]
B
And we spin in circles
C#m A E
Walk in a straight line
B
And we spin in circles
C#m A E
Walk in a straight line
B C#m A E
[Bridge]
C#
Jagged beams of light
C#
Explode and dance in the darkness around me
C#
And I can reach out and touch the beams
C#
And the light turns solid and wraps around my wrist
[Verse 2]
B
One makes a loop
C#m A E
A thousand more follow
B
A thousand more follow 'til my arms are surrounded
C#m A E
By a conical web of light
B
My arms in the eyes of a web of light
C#m A E
A tornado of light beams
B
And I feel the pulling and start to rise
C#m A E
And every beam is there to guide
E
Release, release, release
Bb
the ropes around your neck
Bb Cm G# D#
[Chorus]
Bb
And we spin in circles
Cm G# D#
Walk in a straight line
Bb
And we spin in circles
Cm G# D#
Walk in a straight line
B C#m A E
Spin in circles
[Outro]
B C#m A E
e|-------------------------|-
B|-------------------------|-
G|--11~~~--119--8---------|-
D|-----------------11--9---|-
A|-------------------------|-
E|-------------------------|- (x6)
B C#m A E
e|--14~~~--1412--11----------|-
B|--------------------14--12--|-
G|----------------------------|-
D|----------------------------|-
A|----------------------------|-
E|----------------------------|- (x3)
N.C.
e|------------14~~~------------------|-
B|-----------------------------------|-
G|--11~~~~~~---------119--8---------|-
D|----------------------------11--9--|-
A|-----------------------------------|-
E|-----------------------------------|-
B C#m A E
e|-------------------------|-
B|-------------------------|-
G|--11~~~--119--8---------|-
D|-----------------11--9---|-
A|-------------------------|-
E|-------------------------|- (repeat until end, end on B)
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9. Traveler
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[Intro]
Gm (played on 10th fret)
[Verse 1]
Gm
Whenever I think that I’m losing control
Gm
Think that my life force will split from my soul
F C Gm
Then I feel my future lies under my tongue
Gm
I wait for a bell which will never be rung
Gm
I know that I need to step over the line
F C Dsus4 D
And I feel my roots growing strong over time
A# C
That’s when I start to hear
F A#
The freeway calling for me
A# C
Others hear it too
N.C. D
We just have to trust
Gm
That we choose the right traveler
Gm
From out of the crowd
D# A# F
Don’t choose the friendly one who’s talking too loud
D# A# F
Don’t choose the one filled with plans but no dreams
D# A# F
Don’t choose the one who is not what he seems
D
And if you stand still
Gm
You are traveling too
C Gm
Making it easy for someone to choose you
[Interlude]
Gm Gm E D# D# D C C A# G# F
F C G F C G
[Verse 2]
F C G
We’re all on the run
G F
And we all share one voice
C G
And integrate while we all make the right choice
F C G
We chose the right moment
G
And everything clicks
F C G
You see the way forward and you move just a bit
F C G
Then you are traveling again for the best
F C G
Making your next choice as good as the rest
F C G
If you stand still you are traveling too
F C G
Making it easy for someone to choose you
F C G
Maybe you feel those other eyes upon you
F C G
Making it easy for someone to choose you
F C
Making it easy
[Outro - solo in G over it]
F C
G F C
Traveling, traveling
G
Traveling, traveling
F C G
Oooooooh, you are traveling, traveling
F C G
And if you stand still you are traveling (too), traveling
F C G
Oooooooh, you are traveling, traveling
F C G
And if you stand still you are traveling (too), traveling
F C G
Oooooooh, you are traveling, traveling
F C G
And if you stand still
[Scabbard Reprise ending]
C F
It's there can you see it?
C F
It's there can you see it?
C F G F
It's there can you see it?
C F
It's there can you see it?
C F
It's there can you see it?
C F G F
It's there can you see it?
[11. Greyhound Rising]
[Intro]
G# D# C#
What’s to be is settled
G# D# C#
Changing lanes and sinking
G# D# C#
What you see is moving
A# D#
And you, know what to do
[Chorus]
C Am G
Shut down everything you said
A# F G C
Upstairs on your weekend perch, the greyhound rises
Am G
Slashing at the sky
A# F G
On my knees in the summer sun and I know nothing
F F G
I know nothing
C Am G
Shut down everything you said
A# F G C
Upstairs on your weekend perch, the greyhound rises
Am G
Slashing at the sky
A# F G
On my knees in the summer sun and I know nothing
C Am G
Through the jig-saw night
A# F G
Traveled at the speed of sound, the greyhound rises
C G
Everything you said
G
Everything you said
[Bridge]
Dm Am
Falling, falling, why do all the streams and
C
swollen rivers seem to call me back to you?
Dm Am
And I’m calling, calling, no matter how I scream,
C G
Nothing’s coming through
[Chorus]
C Am G
So I shut down everything you said
A# F G C
Upstairs on your weekend perch, the greyhound rises
Am G
Slashing at the sky
A# F G C
On my knees in the summer sun and I know nothing
Am G
Through the jig-saw night
A# F G
Traveled at the speed of sound, the greyhound rises
C G
Everything you said
G
Everything you said
[Solo/Outro - thanks to gluke1010]
C Am G A# F F G
e|--12-------12--------------------------------------------------10----------|-
B|-----13-------12-13-12-13-----------11----------13-10----13-10----12-------|-
G|--------12----------------12---9/10----10----10-------10-------------------|-
D|------------------------------------------12-------------------------------|-
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-
(repeat to end)
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