Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (born 6 January 1946 in Cambridge, England; died 7 July 2006 in Cambridge, England) was an English musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and painter, best remembered as a founder member of the legendary rock band Pink Floyd. He was the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter during the band's psychedelic years, providing major musical and stylistic direction in their early work; he is also credited with naming the band.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
The version of "Octopus" that has been floating around the web=20 for a number of years is so wrong it's comical! =20 The following is the correct way to play Syd Barrett's "Octopus." Transcribed by James
O C T O P U S words and music by Syd Barrett from the album "Madcap Laughs"
Note: Syd uses all standard shaped barre chords except for the E7 & C7 in th= e intro,=20 and the F#7 & B7 verses
!!!Also: Syd tunes his guitar down a half step; B sounds like Bb, etc...
BE7GC7A Trip to heave and ho, up, down, to and fro', you have no word BA trip... dream dragon BA hide... ghost tower=20 BAB sails... every... brake BBb was... needles A the little... A madam you see... A the old original... AF#7 and the tune... Confide
BE7GC7A So trip.. heave... up... to... word F#B please leave us here F#BB7E close our eyes to the Octopus ride
EFF#G Isn't it good... GG# Isn't it bad... in the wood AD meant... me... AD with a honey... prickly seeds ADF#7 clover... mystic... feed
BE7 well, the madcap... man ... GC7 hey, ho, huff ... BA cheat... kangaroo BA it's true... cried F#B please leave us here F#BB7E close our eyes to the Octopus ride
Instrumental passage: F#
F#B please leave us here F#BB7E close our eyes to the Octopus ride
BA the madcap... man... BA hey, ho, huff... BA the winds... leaves... BA and they'll... in... BA the raging... always seep BA so high... low... BA the wind... tropical heat BA the drones... mossy seats BA the squeaking... always squeak BA two up... never meet BA so merrily... good my side
F#B please leave us here F#BB7E close our eyes to the Octopus ride