The Fish
By Yes
Submitted by Kelsey Terhorst
* = harmonic
This song is basically just a whole bunch of tracks on the bass bunched over each other.
Here's the first one:
G|------------12*----------7*-|
D|--------12*-----------7*----|
A|-----12*------------7*------|
E|-12*-------------7*---------|
The second one is pretty quiet and with a wah wah, it's while the first one is going.
G|-----12-12----------12-12---|
D|-----12-12----------12-12---|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
Then just start playing an open E right when the first 12* starts like this:
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|-000------------------------|
The next one is pretty hard to play, and it's in two parts. One:
G|-16---------------14-12-14--12-11-12--11-9-11--9-7-9--7-6--4--6--7--4--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
And two:
G|-12---------------11-9--11--9--7--9---7--6-7---6-4-6--4-2--0--2--4--0--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
And after that part come various fills like:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/y/yes/fish_btab.html ]
G|-16-16/14-14/12-12/11-11\9-9\7-7\6-6\4-4--|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
And a while later he puts in another thing with a wah wah, and I'm not sure how many
he does each one, but they're really fast:
G|-------00------00-|
D|-222222--222222---|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
G|-444400444400-|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
G|-774444774444-|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
G|-12-12-12-12-99-12-12-12-12-99-|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
G|-16-16-16-16-12-12-16-16-16-16-12-12-|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
G|-19-19-19-19-16-16-19-19-19-19-16-16-|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
And then he just improvises with the wah wah and I get confused and can't figure out
he's doing. But I can tell you the scale that he's improvising in.
G|-----------------0-2-4-6-7-9-11-12-14-16-19-|
D|-----------0-2-4----------------------------|
A|-------0-3----------------------------------|
E|-0-2-3--------------------------------------|
Enjoy.
Written by Chris Squire
Transcribed by Kelsey Terhorst
