Possum

 H-O H-O H-O H-O H-O H-O

E-----0-0-------0-0-------0-0-----0-0-----0-0------0-0----------------------- B-----0-0---2---0-0---2---0-0-----0-0--2--0-0--2---0-0----------------------- G-----0-1---2---0-4---2----------------2-------2---0-1----------------------- D-----2-2---2---5-5---2---5-6-----5-6--2--5-6--2---2-2----------------------- A-----2-2------------------------------------------2-2----------------------- E---0-----------7-7-------7-7---7-7-7-----7-7------0-0-----------------------

Alternate transcription of intro based on the 4-29-1990

(Woodbury Ski and Racquet Club, Woodbury CT) video.

 (*)

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

B-------------------------------------------------

G----0h1--2--0~~--2--0h1-----0h1--2--0h1--2--0h1--

D----0~~--0--0h6--0--0~~-----0~~--0--0~~--0--0~~--

A----2~~--4--0~~--4--2~~-----2~~--4--2~~--4--2~~--

E--0---------7~~-----------0----------------------

(*) this chord slightly delayed and played harder

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The Em7 is played for about 8th-note duration; the overall chord is an E7 and the G (open G string) of the Em7 and the sus4 are nothing more than passing tones.

Trey does some other stuff here, mostly noodling around on these chords, that I'm not going to write out, but listen to any recording and he'll do something different yet interesting; I'll just show the underlying chords below.

Also, during the first A Chord, Trey used to pull one of these instead of playing an A chord:

 | | | | | |  /S /S /S /S /S

E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---2-----3---5-----7-----8----9---|----10-10-------10----12----10--|
G|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-2---2-4---5---5-7---7-9---10---10|-11-------10-11----12----11---12|
A|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|  \---/ \---/ \---/

E7 riff

I come from atop the mountain baby

Where the people come to pray

A7

I come from atop the mountain baby

 E7

Where the people come to pray

B

There ain't no truth in action

G A7 E7

'Less you believe it anyway

(Same chords)

I was riding down the road one day

 -- E7+9 (one octave up, slide down!!)

Someone hit a possum

I was riding down the road one day

 -- E7+9 (one octave up, slide down!!)

Someone hit a possum

The road was his end

His end was that road

So they say

E7+9

E-----

B--20-

G--19-

D--18-

A--19-

E-----

Chorus:

 E7 (hold 4 bars) E7 (riff) Whoa possum... possum  A7 (hold 4 bars) E7 (riff) Whoa possum... possum  B

Whoa possum

G A7 E7

Your end is the road

I was riding down the road one day Someone hit a possum

I was riding down the road one day Someone hit a possum

The road was his end

His end was that road

So they say

chorus:

 E7 (hold 8 bars) E7 (riff) Whoa possum... possum  A7 (hold 8 bars) E7 (riff) Whoa possum... possum  B G A7 E7 Whoa possum your end is the road  B G A7 E7 Whoa possum your end is the road

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