PLEASE NOTE: These transcriptions are the authors' own works and represent their interpretation of the song. You may only use them for private study, scholarship, or research.
Tablature:
From The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
ASTRONOMY DOMINE
Pink Floyd
(Barrett)
Transcription: Chris Hennessy (crazydiamond_75@hotmail.com)
This is how I play the start of astronomy domine and thought it would be a
bit easier for people to do, plus i believe its how its done recorded and in
concert.
symbols used
xx(xx)=bend to number
INTRO:
Vamp till drums
cresendo
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-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
let ring let ring repeat 3 more times
-0--------------0-0----------------------
-0--------------0-0----------------------
-1--------------1-0----------------------
-2--------------2-1----------------------
-2--------------2-1----------------------
-0-0-0-0-3(4)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
VERSE:
E (play as standard E)
Lime and limpid green a second scene the fight between the blue you
Eb (play as A barre on 6)
once knew.
(All other chords play as A and E form barres)
G A
Floating down the sound resounds around the icy waters underground
E Eb
Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda, and Titania
G G#
Neptune, Titan, stars can frighten
|-12-12-12-11-11-11-10-10-10-9-9-9-8-8-8-7-7-7-6-6-6-5-5-5-----------------|
|-10-10-10--9--9--9--8--8--8-7-7-7-6-6-6-5-5-5-4-4-4-3-3-3-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-10-10-----9-9---8-8---7-7---6-6---5-5---4-4---3-3------------------------|
|-10----10--9---9-8---8-7---7-6---6-5---5-4---4-3---3----------------------|
|-11-------10-----9-----8-----7-----6-----5-----4--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2--------2--------3--------3------3-\----0-------------------------------|
|-3--3---3---3---3--4--4---4---4----4-\----0-------------------------------|
|-2----2-------2----3----3-------3--3-\----1-------------------------------|
|-0-----------------1---------------1-\----2-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------2-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------0-------------------------------|
(play following chords as E form barres falling from fret 12)
E Eb D C# C B Bb A
Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah
(and again as A form barres falling from 12)
A G# G F# F E Eb D
Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah
D Eb E
SOLO:(with slight distortion, heavy delay)
E
E-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
B-|-------------------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------------------------|
Eb
E-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
B-|-------------------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------------------------|
G A
E-|-3-3sl10-10-10sl3-3-3sl10-10-10sl5-|-5-----------------|
B-|-----------------------------------|---5---------------|
G-|-----------------------------------|-----7b8-----------|
D-|-----------------------------------|---------7~~~~~----|
A-|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
Follow same progression as verses.
Repeat chord sequence twice and go into second verse.
Second verse :
(Same progression)
Blinding signs flap
Flicker flicker flicker flam
Pow Wow
Stairway scare Dan
Dare who's there
Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah
Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah
(ritard)
E
Lime and limpid green the sound resounds the icy waters under
E
Lime and limpid green the sound resounds the icy waters underground.
LUCIFER SAM
Pink Floyd
(Barrett)
e-|----|----------------------------------|
B-|----|----------------------------------|
G-|----|----------------------------------|
D-|----|----------------------------------|
A-|----|-------4------3-----2-----0-------|
E-|-0--|--0-2----2-2----2-2---2-2---------|
e-|----------------------------------------|
B-|----------------------------------------|
G-|----------------------------------------|
D-|-------2------1-----0-------------------|
A-|-0-1-2---2-2----2-2---2-2--4b-----------|
E-|----------------------------------------|
F#m G
Lucifer Sam, siam cat.
B
Always sitting by your side
E
Always by your side.
C G D
That cat's something I can't explain.
Jennifer Gentle, you're a witch.
You're the left side
He's the right side.
Oh, no!
That cat's something I can't explain.
Lucifer go to sea.
Be a hip cat, be a ship's cat.
Somewhere, anywhere.
That cat's something I can't explain.
At night prowling sifting sand.
Hiding around on the ground.
He'll be bound when you're around.
That cat's something I can't explain.
MATILDA MOTHER
Pink Floyd
(Barrett)
B A/B Gmaj7/D F#(addB)
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
There was a king who ruled the land.
Bsus4 Asus4 G6 F#7sus4
His Majesty was in command.
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4 Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
With silver eyes the scarlet eagle showered silver on the people.
G D A G D E
Oh____, mother, tell me more.
N.C.
Why'd you have to leave me there,
B
Hanging in my infant air, waiting?
N.C.
You only have to read the lines of scribbly black and everything shines.
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
Across the stream with wooden shoes,
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
Bells to tell the king the news,
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4 Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
A thousand misty riders climb up higher once upon a time.
G D A
Wondering and dreaming.
G D E
The words have different meanings.
A G E F#
Yes, they did.
Bsus4 Asus4 G6 F#7sus4
For all the time spent in that room,
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
The doll's house darkness, old perfume,
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4 Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
And fairy stories held me high on clouds of sunlight floating by.
G D A G D E
Oh____, mother, tell me more.
A G E
Tell me more.
FLAMING
Pink Floyd
(Barrett)
E D
Alone in the clouds all blue
Bm A Asus4 A Asus2 A
Lying on an eiderdown.
E A
Yippee! You can't see me
D F E
But I can you.
Lazing in the foggy dew
Sitting on a unicorn.
No fair, you can't hear me
But I can you.
Watching buttercups cup the light
Sleeping on a dandelion.
Too much, I won't touch you
But then I might.
Screaming through the starlit sky
Travelling by telephone.
Hey ho, here we go
Ever so high.
Alone in the clouds all blue
Lying on an eiderdown.
Yippee! You can't see me
But I can you.
INTERSTELLAR OVERDRIVE
Pink Floyd
(Barrett, Waters, Wright, Mason)
TAB by: Jacob David Sudol (sudol@azstarnet.com)
e------------------------------------------------------------------0-----------
b--------------------------------------------------------------------0---------
g------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d------------------2-2----9-9-8-9-8--7-7-6-7-6-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------
a-------------------------7-7-6-7-6--5-5-4-5-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-2-------------
E-12 slide to 0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------5-5-5-0-------------
^
bass enters on right side here
e-----------------------------------------------0-----12-12-11-12-11---
b-------------------------------------------------0---12-12-11-12-11---
g---------------------------------------------------0-12-12-11-12-11---
d------9-9-8-9-8--7-7-6-7-6-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------14-14-13-14-13---
a------7-7-6-7-6--5-5-4-5-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-2-------14-14-13-14-13---
E---------------------------------------5-5-5-0-------12-12-11-12-11---
^
I always like doing harmonics on 12 instead of 0, but Barrett..
e--10-10-9--10-9--8--8--8----s-u-12------12-12-11-12-11
b--10-10-9--10-9--8--8--8--s-l-p-12------12-12-11-12-11
g--10-10-9--10-9--9--9--9--l-i---13------12-12-11-12-11
d--12-12-11-12-11-10-10-10-o-d---14------14-14-13-14-13
a--12-12-11-12-11-10-10-10-w-e-t-14------14-14-13-14-13
E--10-10-9--10-9--8--8--8------o-12------12-12-11-12-11
^
Barrett decides this task (of chords)is too hard and get out before fucking
up
e--10-10-9--10-9--8--8--8----s-u-12---
b--10-10-9--10-9--8--8--8--s-l-p-12---
g--10-10-9--10-9--9--9--9--l-i---13---
d--12-12-11-12-11-10-10-10-o-d---14---
a--12-12-11-12-11-10-10-10-w-e-t-14---
E--10-10-9--10-9--8--8--8------o-12---
^
Do this while strumming and make so final chord comes when bass reaches E.
Bass line is just the bottom notes of the power chords that are used in the
beginning.
THE GNOME
Pink Floyd
(Barrett)
D A D C A C A
I want to tell you a story 'bout a little man, if I can,
D A D C A C A
A gnome named Grimble Grumble. And little gnomes stay in their homes,
G D Bb7 C F A7 D
Eating, sleeping, drinking their wine.
D A D C A C A
He wore a scarlet tunic, a blue-green hood; it looked quite good.
D A D C A C A
He had a big adventure amidst the grass, fresh air at last.
G D Bb7 C F A7 D
Wining, dining, biding his time.
G C/G F A/E E G D G D
And then one day, hooray, another way for gnomes to say, "Hooray!"
D A D C/G A C/G A
Look at the sky; look at the river. Isn't it good?
D A D C/G A C/G A
Look at the sky; look at the river. Isn't it good?
G D Bb7 C F A7 D
Winding, finding places to go.
G C/G F A/E E G D G D
And then one day, hooray, another way for gnomes to say, "Hooray!"
CHAPTER 24
Pink Floyd
(Barrett)
Transcription: Chris Hennessy (crazydiamond_75@hotmail.com)
Although this song doesn't have any recognizable guitar on it I don't
think (it does bass a little), I liked it enough to figure out a way you
can do it on guitar. I'm not sure how it will play on electric since I
figured it out on an acoustic and electrics tend to sound different.
Tuning= standard E A D G B E
Symbols
/ = slide up
\ slide down
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-------------------------3---------------------------
-----2----2--------------2-------------2------2--2---
-----2----2--------------0-------------2------2--2---
-----0----0--------------------3-------0------0--0---
--3------------3----2---------------------3----------
All move-ment is ac - com - plished in six stages
The time is with the month of winter solstice
-----------------------3--------2---
-----------------------0--------3---
----------2------2-----0--------2---
----------2------2-----0--------0---
----------0------0-----2------------
--2---3----------------3-----2------
And the sev - enth brings re-turn
When the change is due to come
----------------2--------------------------------
----------------3--------------------------------
-2--2-----------2----------2-----------2-----2---
-2--2-----------0----------2-----------2-----2---
-0--0------------------3---0-----------0-----0---
---------3---2--------------------3--------------
Se-ven is the num - ber of the young light
Thunder in the Earth, the course of Hea - ven
-----------------------------------3------------2---
-----------------------------------0------------3---
----2------2-------------2--2------0------------2---
----2------2-------------2--2------0------------0---
----0------0-------------0--0------2----------------
-3--------------3---2--------------3--------2-------
It forms when darkness is in - creased by one
Things can-not be destroyed once and for all
-3-------2---------2---
-0-------3---------3---
-0-------2---------2---
-0-------0---------0---
-2--------------3------
-3---------------------
Change Return Success
----------------------------2---
----------------------------3---
---4---2---2----------------2---
---4---2---2----------------0---
---2---0---0--------------------
-3----------------3---3---2-----
Going and coming without error
-3-------2----------2---------------------------------------------
-0-------3----------3---------------------------------------------
-0-------2----------2--2-------------2----------------------------
-0--0----0----------0--2-------------2-------7 / 9 / 12 \ 11 \ ---
-2--------------3------0-------------0-------0---0---0----0-------
-3--------------------------------0--------0----------------------
Action brings good fortune Sunset Sunri - se
(for second time)
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----2-----------------------------------------------------------------
----2-------7 / 9 / 12 \ 11 \ 9 \ 7 \ 5 / 7----7 \ 5------------------
----0-------0---0---0----0----0---0---0---0----0---0------------------
-0-------0-----------------------------------------------------------
Sunset Sunri - se Sun rise
(for final time)
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-11 / 12 / 14 \ 12 \ 11 \ 9 / 12 \ 5 / 7--
-0----0----0----0----0----0---0----0---0--
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Sun ri - se
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-----------------
-----------------
-5 / 9 \ 5 / 7---
-0---0---0---0---
-----------------
Sun ri - se
SCARECROW
Pink Floyd
(Barrett)
D A C A G
The black and green scarecrow, as ev'ryone knows,
A D A
Stood with a bird on his hat and straw ev'rywhere.
D
He didn't care.
G Am G A
He stood in a field where barley grows.
D A C A G
His head did no thinking, his arms didn't move,
A D A D
Except when the wind cut up rough and mice ran around on the ground.
G Am G A
He stood in a field where barley grows.
D A C A G
The black and green scarecrow is sadder than me__.
A D A
But now he's resigned to his fate's, 'cause life's not unkind.
D
He doesn't mind.
G Am G A
He stood in a field where barley grows.
BIKE
Pink Floyd
(Barrett)
G C7
I've got a bike. You can ride it if you like.
G
It's got a basket, a bell that rings and things to make it look good.
D G
I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it.
D
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, everything if want things.
G C7
I've got a cloak. It's a bit of a joke.
G
There's a tear up the front. It's red and black. I've had it for months.
D G
If you think it could look good, then I guess it should.
D
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, everything if you want things.
G C7
I know a mouse, and he hasn't got a house.
G
I don't know why. I call him Gerald.
D G
He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.
D
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, everything if you want things.
G C7
I've got a clan of gingerbread men.
G
Here a man, there a man, lots of gingerbread men.
D G
Take a couple if you wish. They're on the dish.
D
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, everything if you want things.
G C7
I know a room of musical tunes.
G
Some rhyme, some ching. Most of them are clockwork.
D G
Let's go into the other room and make them work.