Syd Barrett - Octopus

      
 
 Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 20:00:04 EST
 Subject: b/barrett_syd/octopus.crd
 
 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."
 Transcribed by James
 
 O C T O P U S
 words and music by Syd Barrett
 from the album "Madcap Laughs"
 
 Intro: Verses:
 
 B E7 G C7 A F#7 B7 
        

 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...
 
 B       E7            G         C7                       A   
 Trip to heave and ho, up, down, to and fro', you have no word
 B       A           
 trip... dream dragon
 B       A             
 hide... ghost tower=20
 B        A        B    
 sails... every... brake
 B             Bb 
 was... needles
 A            
 the little...
 A               
 madam you see...
 A                  
 the old original...
 A               F#7    
 and the tune... Confide
 
    B      E7       G     C7    A   
 So trip.. heave... up... to... word
 F#              B   
 please leave us here
 F#        B           B7      E   
 close our eyes to the Octopus ride
 
 E F F# G               
    Isn't it good...
 G                          G# 
 Isn't it bad... in the wood
 A        D    
 meant... me...
        A        D            
 with a honey... prickly seeds
 A         D         F#7 
 clover... mystic... feed
 
           B         E7     
 well, the madcap... man ...
 G        C7      
 hey, ho, huff ...
 B        A       
 cheat... kangaroo
      B       A    
 it's true... cried
 F#              B   
 please leave us here
 F#        B           B7      E   
 close our eyes to the Octopus ride
 
 Instrumental passage: F#
 
 F#              B   
 please leave us here
 F#        B           B7      E   
 close our eyes to the Octopus ride
 
     B         A     
 the madcap... man...
 B        A      
 hey, ho, huff...
     B        A        
 the winds... leaves...
     B          A    
 and they'll... in...
     B          A         
 the raging... always seep
    B       A     
 so high... low...
     B       A            
 the wind... tropical heat
     B         A          
 the drones... mossy seats
     B            A            
 the squeaking... always squeak
     B     A         
 two up... never meet
    B          A           
 so merrily... good my side
 
 F#              B   
 please leave us here
 F#        B           B7      E   
 close our eyes to the Octopus ride
 
 Outro: E F F# G
 
 
 And that's that.