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Phish - Colonel Forbin's Ascent Transcription: Gabriel Lipko Email: [email protected] I am posting this because I could not find very accurate chords of this song by googling. Intro: Ab A (x3) Ab C#m7 F#m7 B7 E7 Colonel Forbin stared up at the mountain, and wiped away the beads of sweat that glistened on his brow F#m C#dim Bbdim His tired feet were buried in the quag___mire Am7 And his bloodshot eyes saw all that lay between him and fulfillment of his Ab A Ab Vows C#m7 F#m7 B7 E7 And he felt his fingers wrap around a knotted root, and pull his body upwards to a seagreen mossy boulder F#m C#dim Bbdim And he dragged his weary carcass up the moun___tain F#m G F#m G And he climbed so slowly, he climbed so slowly, A F F#m D Ahead (hea-eaaaaaaa-eaaaaaaa-eaaaaaa) (x2) Random Notes (start on Eflat Page and plays a note while simultaneously playing a note a half step up, walking that up the piano for 4 measures and Trey follows) C# D G Suddenly he heard the crack of thun__der and the rocks began to crumble overhead A C# And tumble down the mountain to the dismal swamp that lay beneath the D G Jagged cliffs through which his path had led A C# D G And the earth began to quake beneath his feet and the mighty mountain changed before his eyes A C# D And he stood amidst a sea of dust and rocks and stones cascading down the mountain G A C#m7 Bm7 And a thousand birds were headed for the sky, ohhhhhh G A C#m7 Bm7 G A C#m7 Bm7 G The sacred creed will be yours, and if you wait 'til tomorrow the sacred creed F#m G F#m G Will be yours to devour, yours to seize A F F#m D And to obey (hea-eaaaaaaa-eaaaaaaa-eaaaaaa) (x2) Bridge: C#m D C#m Bm F#m E D Ebdim Whoa-whoa-whoa, whoa-whoa-whoa E Ebm C#m Abm F# E Whoa-whoa-whoa, whoa-whoa-whoa Ab ____When the C#m7 n F#m7 B7 E7 Dust had cleared, the colonel lifted up his head, and was driven to his knees by a blazing beam of light F#m C#dim Bbdim And he saw the silhouette that stood be-fore him Am7 Ab And he bowed in reverence, trembling in the shadow of the mighty legend's form C#m7 F#m7 Icculus, the prophet, stood before his eyes B7 E7 F#m7 Looking down on Colonel Forbin where he shuddered in the puddles and the muck C#dim Bbdim And he quietly addressed him F#m G And he spoke so slowly, he spoke so slowly, A F F#m D Ahead (hea-eaaaaaaa-eaaaaaaa-eaaaaaa) A F F#m D He said (hea-eaaaaaaa-eaaaaaaa-eaaaaaa) Funky Random Note Piano/Guitar Walkup Again C# D Colonel Forbin, I know why you've come here, and I'll help you on your quest to gain the G A C# Knowledge that you lack, I call upon my faithful friend the mockingbird D G To find and seize the helping book and bring it to your shack A C# D G And a tree of knowledge in your soul will grow, and the helping friendly book will plant the seed A C# D But I warn you that all knowledge seeming innocent and pure becomes a deadly weapon in the hands of G A C#m7 Bm7 Avarice and greed, ohhhhhh G A C#m7 Bm7 G A C#m7 Bm7 G The sacred creed will be yours, and if you wait 'til tomorrow the sacred creed F#m G F#m G Will be yours to devour, yours to seize A F F#m D And to obey (hea-eaaaaaaa-eaaaaaaa-eaaaaaa) (x2) Ending - C#minor leading into the next song, Fly Famous Mockingbird (Optional)
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