Tuesday, July 21, 2009

EFFERVESCING ELEPHANT -- Syd Barrett

   G                          G7
An effervescing elephant with tiny eyes and great big trunk

C C7
once whispered to the tiny ear, the ear of one in fear, you hear

G
that by next June he'd die, Oh yeah!

D
And the tiger would roam, the little one said,

D7
"Oh my goodness -- I must stay at home!

G G7
And every time I hear a growl, I'll know the tiger's on the prowl,

C C7
And I'll be really safe, you know, the elephant, he told me so."

G
Everyone was nervous, Oh yeah!

D D7
And the message was spread to zebra, mongoose and the dirty hippopotamus

G G7
who wallowed in the mud and chewed his spicy hippo-plankton food

C
and tended to ignore the word,

C7 G
referring to a survey I heard of stupid water bison

D
Oh yeah! And all the jungle took fright,

D7
and ran around for all the day and the night,

G
But all in vain because, you see, the tiger came and said,

G7 C
"Who me? You know I wouldn't hurt not one of you --

C G
I much prefer something to chew, and you're all too scant."

C D G
Oh yeah! He ate the elephant.

Syd - late night

Note:  CaddG = x32013


B A
When I woke up today
G
And you weren't there to play
E
Then I wanted to be with you

When you showed me your eyes
Whispered love the skies (???)
Then I wanted to stay with you

CaddG Am(?)
Inside me I feel
CaddG Am
Alone and unreal
D
And the way you kiss
G D
Will always be a very special thing to me

When I lay still at night
Seeing stars high and light
Then I wanted to be with you

When the rooftops shone dark
All alone saw a spark
Spark of love just to stay with you

Inside me I feel...

If I mention your name
Turn around on a chain
Then the sky opens up for you

When we grew very tall
When I saw you so small
Then I wanted to stay with you

Inside me I feel...

Syd - Opel

"Opel" by Syd Barrett as transcribed by Dave Fleming:
Notes about the song:

It seems to be in 6/8 (or 3/4, I guess) time

INTRO TAB:
h means hammer on, / means slide

A

+-----------------------------------------0----------------------------+
+-----------------------------------------2----------------------------+
+-----------------------------------------2----------------------------+
+---------------------------------0-h2-0--2----------------------------+
+-4h5-4-------2h3-2-------0-h2-0----------0----------------------------+
+-0---0-5/2-0-0---0---0-2-----------------x----------------------------+

VERSES:

A E
On a distant shore, miles from land
G D
Stands the ebony totem in ebony sand,
A E
A dream in a mist of grey
B A
On a far distant shore.


A E
The pebble, it stood alone
G D
And driftwood lies half buried
A E
Warm, shallow water sweeps shells
B A
So the cockles shine.


A E
A bare, winding carcas stalk
G D
Shimmers as flies scoop up meat.
A
An empty way,
B A
Dry Tears.


A E
Crisp flax squeaks. Tall reeds
G D
Make a circle of grey
A
In a summer way, around man
B A
so don't drown


BRIDGE:

(This is the long section of strummed chords. I'll count measures
in 6/8 in the following way:

------ ------ ------
G C D means a measure of G, one of C and one of D)


unusual chords used:
Cadd9: x32030


begin bridge:

------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Cadd9 C Bb Cadd9 C Bb F Am

------ ------
E


------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
C7 F F# G A D G

------ ------
(still G)


This is then repeated, except that the second time I think that
the first chord is C7 instead of Cadd9.

CLOSING:

(Note, I am highly uncertain -even moreso than I am about the rest of this
song- about the "accuracy" of the transcription here. Correct me, please!)

unusual chords used:

I don't know what to call these things, but they're based on
the chord x02200 which I think is either A5 or Asus2.

The chords and my (incorrect) names for them are:

A: x02220
A5: x02200
A5addF#: x02202
A5addG#: x02204

Begin closing:

A A5addG#
I'm trying

A A5addG#
I'm trying

A5addF# A5
To find you

A5addF# A5
To find you

A A5addG#
I'm living

A A5addG#
I'm giving

A5addF# A5
To find you

A5addF# A5
To find you

The next part I think uses only the A chord:

A
I'm living
I'm living
I'm trying
I'm giving
(Switch at this point to A5 and diddle with it for a while)

S H E T O O K A L O N G C O L D L O O K - By Roger (A)cid Barrett


           A                 D
She took a long cold look at me
D A
and smiled and gazed all over my arm
A D
she loves to see me get down to ground
D A
she hasn't time just to be with me
A D
her face between all she means to be
D A
to be extreme, just to be extreme
A D
a broken pier on the wavy sea
D A
she wonders why for all she wants to see...


G
But I got up and I stomped around
E E7
and hid the piece where the trees touch the ground...

(Then, to imitate Syd trying to play while turning his lyric
sheet, just
strike the A and the low E about 467823823 times...)

A D
The end of truth that lay out the time
D A
spent lazing here on a painting green
A D
a mile or more in a foreign clime
D A
to see farther inside of me.
A D
And looking high up into the sky
D A
I breathe as the water streams over me...



"Dark Globe" by Syd Barrett

G
Oh where are you now, pussy willow that smiled on this leaf?

C D G
When I was alone you promised a stone from your heart.

G7
My head kissed the ground

C
I was half the way down

G D
Treading the sand, please...

G C D C
Please lift a hand, I'm only a person

D C D
Whose arm bands beads on his hands hang tall.

G D
Won't you miss me,

D7
Wouldn't you miss me at all?

G
The poppy bird's way swing twigs coffee brands around. ???

C D
Brandish a wand with a feathery tong.

G G7
My head kissed the ground

C
I was half the way down

G D C
Treading the sand, please, please...

G C D C
Please lift a hand, I'm only a person.

D C D C C7
With eskimo chain I tattered my brain all the way

G D
Won't you miss me,

D7
Wouldn't you miss me at all?

(OUTRO: putter around on G for a while, then stop.)

Chords used:

G: 320003 C: x32010 D: xx0232
G7: 320001 C7: x3231x D7: xx0212

Syd Barrett BOB DYLAN BLUES


INTRO
G D
e-------1--]-----------]-----2--]-------------]]
b-------0--]-----------]-----3--]-------------]]
g-------0--]-----------]-----2--]------0-2-0--]] repeat
d-------0--]------0----]-----0--]--0h2--------]] 2 times
a-------2--]--0h2---2--]--0--x--]-------------]]
E--(3)--3--]-----------]-----x--]-------------]]

C G A D G
e-----0--]-----------]-----1--]---------]-----0--]--2--]--1--]]
b-----1--]-----------]-----0--]---------]-----2--]--3--]--0--]]
g-----0--]--0h2-0----]-----0--]---------]-----2--]--2--]--0--]]
d-----2--]--------2--]--0--0--]--0-0----]-----2--]--0--]--0--]]
a--3--3--]-----------]-----2--]------2--]--0--0--]--x--]--2--]]
E-----x--]-----------]-----3--]---------]-----x--]--x--]--3--]]

G C9
Got the Bob Dylan blues and the Bob Dylan shoes
G D * D
And my clothes and my hair's in a mess
G
But you know I just couldn't care less
C9
Go on write me a song 'bout what's right and what's wrong
G D (*) D
'Bout God and my girl and all that
G
Quiet, while I make like a cat
D
CHORUS: 'Cause I'm a poet don't you know it
G C
And the wind you can blow it
G D (*) D
'Cause I'm mr.Dylan the king
G
And I'm free as a bird on a wing

Roam from town to town guess I get people down
But I don't care too much about that
'Cause my gut and my wallet are fat
Make a whole lotta dough but I deserve it though
I got soul and a good heart of gold
So sing about war and the cold

CHORUS: 'Cause I'm a poet ...

Well I sings about dreams and I rhymes it with seems
'Cause it seems that my dream always means
That I can prophecy all kinds of things
Well the guy that digs me should try hard to see
That he buys all my discs and a hat
And when I'm in town go see that

CHORUS: 'Cause I'm a poet ...

repeat INTRO

(*)
e-------------
b-------------
g-------------
d------0------
a--0h2---2-0--
E-------------