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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-----|
(Add ) - X24425 (3rd fret) - 355433 - 466544-|
- 446644 (add ) - 798977
Octopus - Words & Music by Syd Barrett
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Trip to heave and ho, up down, to and fro'
you have no word
trip, trip to a dream dragon
hide your wings in a ghost tower
sails crackiling at ev'ry plate we break
cracked by scattered needles
little minute gong
coughs and clears his throat
madam you see before you stand
hey ho, never be still
the old original favourite gran
grasshoppers green herbarian band
(add )
and the tune they play in us confide...
so trip to heave and ho, up down, to and fro'
you have no word
Please leave us here
(add )
close our eyes to the octopus ride!
Isn't it good to be lost in the wood
(3rd fret)
isn't it bad so quiet there, in the wood
twenty even less to me than I thought
with a honey plough of yellow prickly seeds
(add )
clover honey pots and mystic shining feed...
well, the madcap laughed at the man on the border
hey ho, huff the talbot
Cheetah he cried shouted kangaroo
so through their tree they cried
Please leave us here
(add )
close our eyes to the octopus ride!
The madcap laughed at the man on the border
hey ho, huff the talbot
the winds they blew and the leaves did wag
and they'll never put me in their bag
the seas will reach and always see
so high you go, so low you creep
the winds it blows in tropical heat
the drones they throng on mossy seats
the squeaking door will always creep
two up, two down we'll never meet
so merrily trip for good my side
Please leave us here
F#sys4(add )
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.
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