Destiny Unbound

Phish

Key of B

Intro: F# B  E  F# (4x)       E   B (4x, on the fourth time, end with a lingering A)

 

F#                    B                    E                   F#

Highway bill's on the rotary still, and he can't even feel the pain

     F#                       G#m                       C#7

Of a sun dried shoulder and a scar from a boulder, that cut him right across his vein

              F#                   B                    E                       F#

Now's he's sucking' cigar and he's shovelin' tar in the crater of a turnpike terrain

         F#                   B         

He's got only one hope and he wants to elope

       E               B             F#

'Cause Highway Jill is driving him insane

 

CHORUS (2x)

E                   B     F#        B         

We gotta get on the road, Destiny Unbound

E                 B   C#7                 F# 

She's the one for me, we gotta get out of town

 

 

Highway Jill was a daffodil, with a cactus sense of pride

At the wheel of a tractor she was quite an impactor, when the road rocks started to slide

She saw Bill drop his shovel on a pile of gravel, as he climbed up out of his ditch

She was wonderstruck when he climbed in her truck

He said, "I've been having this everlasting itch"

 

CHORUS: (2x)

E                   B     F#        B         

We gotta get on the road, Destiny Unbound

E                  B   C#7                 F# 

You’re the one for me, we gotta get out of town

 

 

JAM

 

BRIDGE:

E                              B

At first she was cold, she was ready to scold

     F#                      B

This guy from the pit with a thing in his head

    E                               B

But then she thought twice, when he melted her ice

          C#7                     B

With his passionate eyes, she was energized

    F#                            B

She started the ignition, and without permission

    C#7                       F#

The two of them flew down the dusty road

        F#                            B

But the road wasn't finished, and the pavement diminished

     E                      B              F#

They flew off the edge, and plunged in the sludge

 

 

CHORUS (4x)

               E              B         F#          B         

She said there isn’t even any road, our destiny was bound

E                    B   C#7              F# 

We were the ones for us, now we’re in the ground

 

 

End on INTRO

 

 

 

Intro
 
Sometimes Trey bends up, sometimes he starts bent and releases.  Listen
to a recording.
     B        R
E---------------------------------------------------
B----4^(5)--(5)^4-------(5)^4-----------------------
G----4^(5)--(5)^4-------(5)^4-----------------------
D--------------------------------4---2--------------
A---------------------------------------4-3-2-------
E---------------------------------------------5-2---
 
   H-O                        H-O
E-----------------------------------------------------------
B-------5---5----------------------5---5--5-6-7-6-5---------
G--------------7^(8)---4----------------------------7^(8)-4-
D---5-6---6--------------------5-6---6----------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
 
can also be played as such, if your guitar's intonation is terrific:
 
  H-O
E------0---0----------------------0---0---0-1-2-1-0----------
B-------------3^(4)----0-----------------------------3^(4)-0-
G--0-1---1--------------------0-1---1------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------
 
either way, the transition to the lyrics are made with a slow  release:
 
   R
E---------
B---------
G-(4)^3---
D---------
A---------
E---------
 

 

JAM:

Trey likes to go up and down this little scale:

 

E-------------2-5-2-----------

B---------2-4-------4-2-------

G-----3-4--------------4-3----

D-2-4---------------------4-2-

A-----------------------------

E-----------------------------