The Music of the Grateful Dead |
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIn
THE GRATEFUL
DEAD
DICK'S PICKS: VOLUME
18
(DANE
COUNTY COLISEUM, MADISON, WI ~ 2/3/78
UNI-DOME,
CEDAR FALLS, IA ~ 2/5/78)
DISC 3 / TRACK 3
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Words
/ Chord Progressions / Licks / Solos
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Thanks for
checking out my tab to Fire on the Mountain.
This is one
of my favorite Dead songs of all time and one of the most fun to play as
well.
I hope you
enjoy it as much as I.
Before
discussing the song, I think I should first mention that
it is a must
that you get your hands on the CD from which this song is transcribed from,
Dick's Picks
Volume 18. One word describes this CD. . . brilliant!
If you click
on the picture of the CD above, it will link you to The
Dead.Net.
From there
you can order it if you like.
As some of
you may have noticed, Jerry has a an unusual
and cool sound
to his guitar during his playing on Fire.
This is do
to a special effects pedal called an Envelope
Filter.
It is essentially
an automatic Wah Wah pedal,
whose intensity
grows the harder you strike the string.
You can also
here it during his playing of Estimated Prophit and other songs.
If you dig
the sound I would suggest purchasing one.
They are reletively
inexpensive, and can be found at most guitar stores.
Note: I have
not tabbed the whole song,
but have rather
selected cool parts of solos, rhythems, basslines, piano parts for guitar
etc..
Don't get
me wrong I've tabbed alot of Jerry's playing,
but just tabbed
the parts that I really like.
Hope you enjoy
it! Take it easy!
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This
is the scale that Jerry uses throughout this song, although certain notes
maybe sharped or flatted at some points. I suggest just learning
this scale proficiently first, before tackling the guitar of Fire.
Plus, once you've got the scale down you can better understand the structure
of Jerry's solo's and the notes played.
I
would also suggest learning the box pattern highlighted in red specifically.
This
pattern appears in just about every Dead song there is. So, learn it well
and it will serve you well.
1
E-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|
B-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|
G-|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|
D-|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|
A-|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|
E-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|
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There
are only really two main chords for this whole song, and they are B major
and A major.
The
Figures below will show you how to finger them and what fret they should
be played on.
Note:
When I play these chords I use my thumb to fret the bass/root note of the
chord and my first three fingers for the other notes. You should
also use your picking hand to mute the strings while strumming the rhythem.
The rhythem has sort of a cool 'pop' to the stroke, which you can only
get by muting the strings.
The
number above represents the fret which the fingering of the chord begins
on.
The
high E/1st string is shown on top. The red dots represent where your
fingers go.
The
notes on the Ist 2 strings
should both be played with the first finger,
while the g string
note should be played with your 2nd finger
and
the d string
note should be played with your 3rd finger.
The X represents
that this string should not be played, but rather muted by your thumb which
is playing the root note
on the 6th string
as well.
The above comments are merely suggestions of how to play these chords, but you can play them any way you would like or what ever comes natural to you.
The first chord shown is B major and the second is A major.
B 7th
E-|-o-|---|---| B-|-o-|---|---| G-|---|-o-|---| D-|---|---|-o-| A-|-x-|---|---| E-|-o-|---|---| |
A 5th
E-|-o-|---|---| B-|-o-|---|---| G-|---|-o-|---| D-|---|---|-o-| A-|-x-|---|---| E-|-o-|---|---| |
B 11th
E-|-o-|---|---| B-|---|-o-|---| G-|-o-|---|---| D-|---|---|-o-| A-|---|---|---| E-|---|---|---| |
A 9th
E-|-o-|---|---| B-|---|-o-|---| G-|-o-|---|---| D-|---|---|-o-| A-|---|---|---| E-|---|---|---| |
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fire
intro
B A
B A
B A
B A
B A
B A
B A
B A
B A
B A
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Bass
Rhythem ~ Phil
Below
is the bass line rhythem that Phil Lesh plays during the song.
I've
tabbed two different ways of playing it below. Phil changes the notes
somewhat as the song progresses, but it still originates from the below
figures.
Intro/BassLine ~ Phil
A
B
E-----------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------
D-------9-9----9--9------9-----7-7-----2--------
A-----9----------------9------------4-4-4-4-----
E---7-----------7----7------5--------5---5------
A
B
E-----------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------
D-------9-9----9--9------9-----7-7----2--2------
A-----9----------------9---------------4--4-4---
E---7-----------7----7------5-----------5--5----
The 1st figure below is a repeat of Phil's bass line.
The 2nd figure shows Bob's rhythem part in relation to Phil's part.
The
3rd
figure
below shows a cool way to play the rhythem of
both
the guitar and piano parts at once.
Phil
A
B
(1:41)
E-----------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------
D-------9-9----9---9------9-----7-7---2--2--------
A-----9-----------------9--------------4--4-4-----
E---7------------7----7------5----------5--5------
Figure 2
Bob
A
B
(1:41)
E-------7-7---------------------5-5--------------
B-------7-7---------------------5-5--------------
G-------8-8---------------------6-6--------------
D-------9-9---------------------7-7--------------
A-----------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------
Figure 3
Bob and Keith ~ Guitar and Piano Rhythems played as one
Note: The rhythem has the following beat to it:
TA TA TETE TA TRIPLETE TRIPLETE TA TA TETE TA TRIPLETE TRIPLETE
A
B
d d u
u u d u d d u d d d u u
u d u d d u d
E-------7-7----7----7-7----7-7--------5-5----5----5-5----5-5----
B-------7-7----7----7-7----7-7--------5-5----5----5-5----5-5----
G-------8-8----8----8-8----8-8--------6-6----6----7-7----7-7----
D-------9-9----9----9-9----9-9--------7-7----7----7-7----7-7----
A---x-x---------------------------x-x--------------------------
E---7-x-----------7------7--------5-x-----------5------5-------
Intro Solo ~ Jerry
(0:55)------------------------------>
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------
D--16-14-14-13--13-14-16-14--14-13-13--------------------
A------------------------------------16------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
(1:00)------------------------------>
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------
D--16-14-14-13--13-14-16-14--14-13-13--------------------
A------------------------------------16------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
(1:06)------------------------------------------------>
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------
D--16-14-14-13--13-14-16-14--14-13-13------12-14-16-12-14
A------------------------------------16------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
(1:12)------------------------------------------------>
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------
D--16-14-14-13--13-14-16-14--14-13-13------12-14-16-12-14
A------------------------------------16------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
(1:17)------------------------------------------------>
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------
D--16-14-14-13--13-14-16-14--14-13-13------12-14-16-12-14
A------------------------------------16------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
(1:23)------------------------------>
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------
D--16-14-14-13--13-14-16-14--14-13-13--------------------
A------------------------------------16------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
(1:28)------------------------------------------------>
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------
D--16-14-14-13--13-14-16-14--14-13-13------12-14-16-12-14
A------------------------------------16------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
(1:34)------------------------------>
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------
D--16-14-14-13--13-14-16-14--14-13-13--------------------
A------------------------------------16------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
(1:39)------------------------------------------------>
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------
D--16-14-14-13--13-14-16-14--14-13-13------12-14-16-12h14
A------------------------------------16------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
(1:45)------------------------------>
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------
D--16-14-14-13--13-14-16-14--14-13-13--------------------
A------------------------------------16------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
(1:50)---------------------------------------->(1:54)
E--19-18-19-21-19-18-------------------------------------
B-------------------21-19-21---19-17-19-21-17----17-19---
G----------------------------------------------18--------
D--------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
(1:54)-------------------------
>(1:57)--------------------------------->
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--19-17----------19-17-16-17-16---16-17-19-16-17----19-17-------16-16-----
G--------18-16-18---------------------------------18-------16-18------18-16
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2:04)----------------------------------------------------->
E--11h12-----16------------------------------------------------------------
B---------18----18-16-------18---------------------------------------------
G---------------------18-16---------------16-------------------------------
D------------------------------19-19-18-19---19-18-19-18----16-------------
A--------------------------------------------------------19----------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Not finished with above solo part ~ skip to the following part ~ more to come
(3:54)-------------------------------------------------------->(4:04)
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------4-7-6-4------------6-4-------------4-7-6-4---------------6-4-------
A----6--------7-----4-6-7-----7-4-----6-7---------7-6-----4-6-7-----7-4---
E---------------5-----------------9-------------------5-----------------9-
(4:05)----------------------------->(4:11)---------------------(4:15)
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------4-4----------------------
D--------4-7-6-4---------------6-4-------------4----------------6-4-------
A----6-7---------7-6-----4-6-7-----7-4-----6h7------------4-6-7-----7-4---
E--------------------5-----------------9------------4s5-----------------9-
(4:05)------------------------------>(4:11)--------------------(4:15)
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------4-4----------------------
D--------4-7-6-4---------------6-4-------------4----------------6-4-------
A----6-7---------7-6-----4-6-7-----7-4-----6h7------------4-6-7-----7-4---
E--------------------5-----------------9------------4s5-----------------9-
(4:17)-------->(4:20)---------------------(4:22)------->
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------4-4----------------13-11---------------------16-16-------------
D--------4-----------11-13-14-------14---------13-14-16-------------------
A----6h7-------6h7---------------------12s14------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4:25)--------------------->(4:27)----------->
E----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------
G-------------13-11------------------------16-16-----
D----11-13-14-------14-12---------13-14-16-----------
A-------------------------12s14------------------12--
E----------------------------------------------------
(4:30)--------------------->(4:33)----------->
E----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------
G-------------13-11------------------------16-16-----
D----11-13-14-------14-12---------13-14-16-----------
A-------------------------12s14------------------12--
E----------------------------------------------------
(4:36)--------------------->(4:38)----------->
E----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------
G-------------13-11------------------------16-16-----
D----11-13-14-------14-12---------13-14-16-----------
A-------------------------12s14------------------12--
E----------------------------------------------------
(4:41)---------------------->(4:44)---->
E----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------
G-------------13-11----------------------------------
D----11-13-14-------14-12----------------------------
A-------------------------12s14---16-14-13-----------
E------------------------------------------12--------
(4:48)---------------------------------------------------->
E-------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D--16-14-14-13--13-14-16-14--14-13-12-13-12-------------------
A-------------------------------------------16-14-12----------
E----------------------------------------------------14-16-17-
(4:54)---------------------------------------------------->
E-------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D--16-14-14-13--13-14-16-14--14-13-12-13-12-------------------
A-------------------------------------------16-14-12----------
E----------------------------------------------------14-16-17-
(5:00)---------------------------------------------------->
E-------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D--16-14-14-13--13-14-16-14--14-13-12-13-12-------------------
A-------------------------------------------16-14-12----------
E----------------------------------------------------14-16-17-
(5:05)--------------------->
E-------------------------------
B-------------------------------
G-------------------------------
D--16-14-14-13--13-14-16-14-----
A---------------------------12--
E-------------------------------
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(9:46)------------------------------------------>
d u d u u d
d u d u u d d u d u u d d u d u u d
E--x-x-x-7-7-7-x-x-x-7-7-7---x-x-x-5-5-5-x-x-x-5-5-5--
B--x-x-x-7-7-7-x-x-x-7-7-7---x-x-x-5-5-5-x-x-x-5-5-5--
G--x-x-x-8-8-8-x-x-x-8-8-8---x-x-x-6-6-6-x-x-x-6-6-6--
D--x-x-x-9-9-9-x-x-x-9-9-9---x-x-x-7-7-7-x-x-x-7-7-7--
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------
(9:51)------------------------------------------>
d u d u u d
d u d u u d d u d u u d d u d u u d
E--x-x-x-7-7-7-x-x-x-7-7-7---x-x-x-5-5-5-x-x-x-5-5-5--
B--x-x-x-7-7-7-x-x-x-7-7-7---x-x-x-5-5-5-x-x-x-5-5-5--
G--x-x-x-8-8-8-x-x-x-8-8-8---x-x-x-6-6-6-x-x-x-6-6-6--
D--x-x-x-9-9-9-x-x-x-9-9-9---x-x-x-7-7-7-x-x-x-7-7-7--
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------
(9:57)------------>(10:00)--------------->
E-----------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------
D-------9---------9-----------------------6-----
A--9-12---12-9-12-------6-7-6-------6-7-9---9---
E---------------------9-------9-7-9-------------
(10:04)---------------------------->
E-----------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------
G--8h9-9----------------------------------
D--------9-6-7----------------------------
A--------------9--6-7-9-7---6-7--9-7p6----
E-------------------------9---------------
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