Comments on: Precious Stone

By: TryKomb

TryKomb — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:55:41 +0000

Intro:
F C E A
F C E E
main song chords
E A C

repeat intro at some point

ends with
Bb A G E

By: Dgold

Dgold — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:40:58 +0000

PStone is greatness. It’s got that murky, dank older Tea Leaf groove. It is in The Garden. A lot of times they’ll segue Precious Stone > Can U Guess It? which used to be considered the end of the Garden Trilogy, until they added more songs in the mix.

They have not yet recorded / released Precious Stone. That is remarkable how they have such good songs in the repertoire that aren’t even in the album catalog.

It is classic but still has tons of potential every time they play it.

By: sea monkey

sea monkey — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:31:34 +0000

Intro: F C E A x 3 then F C E E E E (E a bunch of times)

The actual song I’m not so sure about, and I don’t know tabs since I figured it out on piano but the single notes that josh plays are close to:

e-e-b, e-b, a-g-e-g, a-g-e-g-e-d

then the lyrics, then they jam in e pentatonic minor and e pentatonic blues

i know that last little riff that trevor plays at the end is b flat five times then a-g-e

The chords i’ve been playing under that are Em Em G G but I know thats wrong. Eventually it goes back into the intro part again then back to the e-minor part.

By: Sparkle

Sparkle — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:54:19 +0000

Leafaholic, I think you got the last lines right, or close to right!

The ending of the musical part of this song is exactly the first couple of licks of Can You Guess It?, which is next in The Garden Sequence. When the two songs are played together the transition is seemless, and the music is hugely uplifting.

By: leafaholic

leafaholic — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 14:51:26 +0000

here’s what I got for the final lines from A Precious Stone

and then there was a burst of flame
a million filthy fingers burst apart
the tapping still continues today
like the rain on metallic hearts

the first two lines are almost always overshadowed by they’re intruments

By: Dgold

Dgold — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 06:00:11 +0000

This ambiguous and sinewy number is at the heart of the mysterious Garden song cycle. Amidst dark, ambling, jazz textures and wicked climactic tension retention, Trevor lays down a few lyrics (with haunting backups) and finds one-ness again, “She’s just like me, and I’m just like her.” You can interpret the Stone in many different ways – a rock, a seed, a plant, a star, the spirit of an ol’ hound dog, a person…