Terrapin Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

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Album: The Madcap Laughs (1970)
 
[Chords]
E*  xx2100
In verses, the first A is an Am except for the world “blue” (verses 1&5)
 
[Verse 1]
E                        G
  I really love you, and I mean you
E                     G         Am
  The star above you, crystal blue
      D           E                   A
Well, oh baby, my hair's on end about you
 
[Instrumental]
C G
 
[Verse 2] 0:28
E                        G
  I wouldn't see you, and I love to
E                   G     Am
  I fly above you, yes I do
      D           E                   A
Well, oh baby, my hair's on end about you
 
[Instrumental]
C  G  G# A
 
[Bridge] 0:56
A
Floating, bumping, noses dodge a tooth
A                       C G    Bb E
The fins a luminous
 
A
Fangs all 'round the clam is dark
A
Below the boulders hiding
       C                   G   E*
All the sunlight's good for us
 
[Verse 3] 1:26
E                        G
  Cause we're the fishes and all we do
E                   G        Am
  The move about is all we do
      D           E                   A
Well, oh baby, my hair's on end about you
 
[Instrumental] 1:49
C  G  G# A
E G E G Am
D E* A
C  G
E G E G Am
D E* A
C  G  G# A
 
[Bridge] 2:47
A
Floating, bumping, noses dodge a tooth
A                       C G    Bb E
The fins a luminous
 
A
Fangs all 'round the clam is dark
A
Below the boulders hiding
       C                   G   E*
All the sunlight's good for us
 
[Verse 4] 3:15
E                        G
  Cause we're the fishes and all we do
E                   G        Am
  The move about is all we do
      D           E                   A
Well, oh baby, my hair's on end about you
 
[Instrumental] 3:38
C  G  G# A
C  G  G# A
C  G  G# A
E G E G Am
D E A
C  G
 
[Verse 5] 4:22
E                        G
  I really love you, and I mean you
E                     G       A
  The star above you, crystal blue
      D           E                  A
Well, oh baby, my hair's on end about   you...
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Terrapin – Syd Barrett

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i believe the lyric is "Fangs all 'round the clam is dark" instead of "Fangs all 'round the clown is dark". otherwise, excellent tab, thank you

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E G Am The star above you, crystal blue