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Barrett Syd

Octopus


Octopus
! (Words & Music by Syd Barrett)

! 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..
! - [799877] - [779977] - [320033]
! - [032310] - [577655] - [688766]
! - [77897X] - [244322] - [X24422]
! - [X24425] - [355433] - [466544]
! - [446644] - [798977]

> B Bsus4 G5 C7
Trip to heave and ho, up down, to and fro'
> A
you have no word
> B Bsus4
trip, trip to a dream dragon
> B Bsus4
hide your wings in a ghost tower
> B Bsus4 B
sails crackiling at ev'ry plate we break
> B Bb
cracked by scattered needles
> A
little minute gong
> A
coughs and clears his throat
> A
madam you see before you stand
> A
hey ho, never be still
> A
the old original favourite gran
> A
grasshoppers green herbarian band
> A F#7(add F)
and the tune they play in us confide...
> B Bsus4 G5 C7
so trip to heave and ho, up down, to and fro'
> A
you have no word
> F# F#sus4
Please leave us here
> F# F#sus4 F#sus4(add A) Bsus4
close our eyes to the octopus ride!
> F# F#sus4
Isn't it good to be lost in the wood
> F# F#sus4 F# G(3rd fret)
isn't it bad so quiet there, in the wood
> Ab Absus4
twenty even less to me than I thought
> Ab Absus4
with a honey plough of yellow prickly seeds
> Ab Absus4 Bsus4(add Bb)
clover honey pots and mystic shining feed...
> B Bsus4
well, the madcap laughed at the man on the border
> G5 C7
hey ho, huff the talbot
> B Bsus4
Cheetah he cried shouted kangaroo
> B Bsus4
so through their tree they cried
> F# F#sus4
Please leave us here
> F# F#sus4 F#sus4(add a) Bsus4
close our eyes to the octopus ride!
> B Bsus4
The madcap laughed at the man on the border
> G5 C7
hey ho, huff the talbot
> B Bsus4
the winds they blew and the leaves did wag
> B Bsus4
and they'll never put me in their bag
> B Bsus4
the seas will reach and always see
> B Bsus4
so high you go, so low you creep
> B Bsus4
the winds it blows in tropical heat
> B Bsus4
the drones they throng on mossy seats
> B Bsus4
the squeaking door will always creep
> B Bsus4
two up, two down we'll never meet
> B Bsus4
so merrily trip for good my side
> F# F#sus4
Please leave us here
> 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

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