Octopus Chords

by Syd Barrett
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Capo: no capo
Author sydbaritone [a] 274.
2 contributors total, last edit on Aug 7, 2019

Chords

B
E7
G
C7
A
Bb
F#7
F#
B7
E
F
D

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[Intro]
 
B   E7   G   C7   A
 
 
[Verse]
 
B       E7        G         C7
Trip to heave and ho, up down, to and fro
A
You have no word
B                  A
Trip, trip to a dream dragon
B                     A
Hide your wings in a ghost tower
B                      A
Sails cackling at every plate we break
B                         Bb
What was cracked by scattered needles
A
The little minute gong coughs and clears his throat
 
Madam you see before you stand
A
Hey ho, never be still
 
The old original favorite grand
A
Grasshoppers green Herbarian band
                             F#7
And the tune they play is "In Us Confide"
B           E7       G            C7
So trip to heave and ho, up down, to and fro
A
You have no word
 
 
[Chorus]
 
F#             B
Please leave us here
F#         B           B7       E
Close our eyes to the octopus ride!
 
 
[Verse]
 
E         F          F#      G
Isn't it good to be lost in the wood
G
Isn't it bad so quiet there, in the wood
A                          D
Meant even less to me than I thought
A                          D
With a honey plow of yellow prickly seeds
A                          D      F#7
Clover honey pots and mystic shining feed
B                               E7
Well the madcap laughed at the man on the border
G                C7
Hey, ho, huff the Talbot
B                      A
Cheat he cried shouting kangaroo
B                         A
So true in their tree they cried
 
 
[Chorus]
 
F#            B
Please leave us here
F#          B           B7      E
Close our eyes to the octopus ride!
 
 
[Solo]
 
F#
 
 
[Chorus]
 
F#              B
please leave us here
F#          B           B7      E
close our eyes to the Octopus ride
 
 
[Verse]
 
B                          A
The madcap laughed at the man on the border
B               A
Hey ho, huff the Talbot
B                           A
The winds they blew and the leaves did wag
B                           A
But they'll never put me in their bag
 
The seas will reach and always see
 
So high you go, so low you creep
 
The wind it blows in tropical heat
 
The drones they throng on mossy seats
 
The squeaking door will always squeak
 
Two up, two down will never meet
 
So merrily trip for forgo my side
 
 
[Chorus]
 
F#             B
Please leave us here
F#         B           B7      E
Close our eyes to the octopus ride!
 
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11 comments
s2000
the tune for the guitar is : D# - G# - C# - F# - A# - D#. What a song btw. Syd was a genius!
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Anan6980
And for the intro : B - E7 - G - C7 - F#7
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Anan6980
Perfect chords thanks ! And what a song ..
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