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.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
EFFERVESCING ELEPHANT -- Syd Barrett
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-------------
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