Song:   Cavern
Artist: by Phish
from A Picture of Nectar
transcribed by Drew Best

Ok...this song is actually very easy. These are the
basic chords..that is, if you aren't playing with a
keyboardist, which you probably aren't, play these.
If you do have a keyboardist to play with, then you
should try to figure out exactly what Trey does.  But
this sounds fine, trust me.

(play these chords in the intro also)

your time is near the mission's clear
EE Piano Chord 
                               EE Piano Chord 

It's later than we think
DD Piano Chord 
                      AA Piano Chord 

before you slip into the night
EE Piano Chord 
                       EE Piano Chord 

you'll want something to drink
DD Piano Chord 
                        AA Piano Chord 


Steal away before the dawn,
GG Piano Chord 
                       DD Piano Chord 

and bring us back good news
GG Piano Chord 
                           BB Piano Chord 


But if you tread in primal soup
EE Piano Chord 
                        EE Piano Chord 

please wipe it from your shoes.
DD Piano Chord 
                        AA Piano Chord 


Just then a porhole pirate
scourged the evening with his cry
and sanctuary bugs deprived
a monkey of its thigh

A dust arose and blocked my nose
before I could think twice,

Despite the scut that bubbled up
I gave some last advice:

The flesh from Satan's dogs
DD Piano Chord 
                AA Piano Chord 

will make the rudiments of gruel
CC Piano Chord 
                  GG Piano Chord 


Deduct the carrots from your pay
EE Piano Chord 
                               EE Piano Chord 

you worthless swampy fool
DD Piano Chord 
                         AA Piano Chord 


Exploding through fields and few
and swimming in the mire
the septic maiden's gargoyle tooth
demented me with fire

I drifted where the current chose
afloat upon my back

And if perchance a newt slimed by
I'd stuff it in my sack

SoonI felt a bubble form
somewhere below my skin
but with handy spine of hedgehog
I removed the force within

Suzie then removed her mask
and caused a mighty stir

the angry crowd responded
taking turns at grabbing her

The foggy cavern's musty grime
appeared within my palm

I snatched Rick's fork to scrape it off
with deadly icy calm

The crowd meanwhile had taken Sue
and used her like a rag
to mop the slime from where the slug
had slithered with the bag

In summing up, the moral        seems a little bit obscure...

Give the director a serpent deflector
EE Piano Chord 
               AA Piano Chord 
                DD Piano Chord 
                 AA Piano Chord 

A mudrat detector, a ribbon reflector
EE Piano Chord 
               AA Piano Chord 
                 DD Piano Chord 
                AA Piano Chord 

A cushion convector, a picture of nectar
EE Piano Chord 
                       AA Piano Chord 
               DD Piano Chord 
                AA Piano Chord 

A virile disector, a hormone collector
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                 AA Piano Chord 
         DD Piano Chord 
           AA Piano Chord 


play this several times, and then say:

whatever you do, take care of your shoes!
EE Piano Chord 
               AA Piano Chord 
               DD Piano Chord 
           AA Piano Chord 


If you have any questions/comments/corrections, I'm at
it out, so it might need a little revising!