From: sarahc@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Sarah Connor)
From: Allfallup@aol.com
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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/syd_barrett/octopus_crd_ver_2.html ]
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.
