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From: sarahc@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Sarah Connor) Subject: Octopus Tab (FINALLY) Octopus: Transcribed by Michelle Navarro (Crazy Diamond) (sarahc@cybernet.cse.fau.edu) ----------------- This is an interesting song. Many suspended notes, and strange chord progressions. But that's the incredible Barrett style, which should be appreciated. I've been requesting this song for a long time on the alt.guitar.tab, but it seems that no one can figure it out. I finally decided to let my perfect-pitch hearing do it. And sure enough, it worked. *NOTE: This is the version found in the Crazy Diamond Box Set. The ACOUSTIC version. To play the original, tune your guitar HALF step down. The acoustic version is the same, but I think Syd tuned his guitar half step down to make the original. This version is track 15 on "Barrett" in the Crazy Diamond Box Set. The original version is the same, but half step lower.* Here's how to play these chords. Don't be fooled, they're not played in the normal frets, they're played up in the higher frets.. B - 799877 Bsus4 - 779977 G5 - 320033-----------| C7 - 032310 A - 577655 Bb - 688766--------------| F#7(add F) - 77897X F# - 244322 F#sus4 - X24422-----| F#sus4(Add A) - X24425 G(3rd fret) - 355433 Ab - 466544-| Absus4 - 446644 Bsus4(add Bb) - 798977 Octopus - Words & Music by Syd Barrett -------
BTrip to Bsus4heave and ho, G5up down, C7to and fro' you have no Aword
Btrip, trip to a Bsus4dream dragon Bhide your wings in a Bsus4ghost tower
Bsails crackiling at Bsus4ev'ry plate we breakB Bcracked by scattered needlesBb
Alittle minute gong Acoughs and clears his throat
Amadam you see before you stand Ahey ho, never be still
Athe old original favourite gran Agrasshoppers green herbarian band
A F#7(add F) and the tune they play in us confide...
Bso trip to Bsus4heave and ho, G5up down, C7to and fro' you have no Aword
F#Please leave us F#sus4here F# F#sus4 F#sus4(add A) Bsus4 close our eyes to the octopus ride!
F#Isn't it good to be F#sus4lost in the wood F# F#sus4 F# G(3rd fret) isn't it bad so quiet there, in the wood
Abtwenty even less to Absus4me than I thought with a Abhoney plough of yellow Absus4prickly seeds
Ab Absus4 Bsus4(add Bb) clover honey pots and mystic shining feed...
Bwell, the madcap laughed at the Bsus4man on the border G5hey ho, C7huff the talbot
BCheetah he cried shouted Bsus4kangaroo so Bthrough their tree they Bsus4cried
F#Please leave us F#sus4here F# F#sus4 F#sus4(add A) Bsus4 close our eyes to the octopus ride!
BThe madcap laughed at the Bsus4man on the border G5hey ho, C7huff the talbot
Bthe winds they blew and the Bsus4leaves did wag Band they'll never put me Bsus4in their bag
Bthe seas will reach and Bsus4always see Bso high you go, so Bsus4low you creep
Bthe winds it blows in Bsus4tropical heat Bthe drones they throng on Bsus4mossy seats
Bthe squeaking door will Bsus4always creep Btwo up, two down we'll Bsus4never meet
so Bmerrily trip for Bsus4good my side F#Please leave us F#sus4here
F# F#sus4 F#sys4(add A) Bsus4 close our eyes to the octopus ride! That should clear up any complications. This is not a very hard song, if you know where the chords are. Michelle (Crazy Diamond) (sarahc@cybernet.cse.fau.edu) Sysop of Terminal Frost [305]885-0409 Home of Shine On - The Pink Floyd electronic digest.