The version of "Octopus" that has been floating around the web=20
for a number of years is so wrong it's comical! =20
The following is the correct way to play Syd Barrett's "Octopus."
O C T O P U S
words and music by Syd Barrett
from the album "Madcap Laughs"
Intro: Verses:
E---7-----------3-----0-----0----------- ----------7------|
B---7-----5-----3-----1-----2----------- ---7------10-----|
G---8-----7-----4-----3-----2----------- ---9------8------|
D---9-----6-----5-----2-----2----------- ---8------7------|
A---9-----7-----5-----3-----0----------- ---9------9------|
E---7-----------3----------------------- ----------7------|
Note: Syd uses all standard shaped barre chords except for the E7 & C7 in th=
e intro,=20
and the F#7 & B7 verses
!!!Also: Syd tunes his guitar down a half step; B sounds like Bb, etc...
Trip to heave and ho, up, down, to and fro', you have no word
trip... dream dragon
hide... ghost tower=20
sails... every... brake
was... needles
the little...
madam you see...
the old original...
and the tune... Confide
So trip.. heave... up... to... word
please leave us here
close our eyes to the Octopus ride
Isn't it good...
Isn't it bad... in the wood
meant... me...
with a honey... prickly seeds
clover... mystic... feed
well, the madcap... man ...
hey, ho, huff ...
cheat... kangaroo
it's true... cried
please leave us here
close our eyes to the Octopus ride
Instrumental passage: F#
please leave us here
close our eyes to the Octopus ride
the madcap... man...
hey, ho, huff...
the winds... leaves...
and they'll... in...
the raging... always seep
so high... low...
the wind... tropical heat
the drones... mossy seats
the squeaking... always squeak
two up... never meet
so merrily... good my side
please leave us here
close our eyes to the Octopus ride
Outro:
And that's that.