Careful With That Axe Eugene Guitar Tab

Ver 1 Ver 2

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Careful with that axe Eugene- Pompeii

Pink Floyd
(Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason)

Drop D tuning
(DADGBD)

Effects: vibrato, fuzz distortain, delay/echo/reverb.

Guitar backing/rythme: 

Intro/Verse:

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----7----7----7----7------5----5----5----5-|
|-----7----7----7----7------5----5----5----5-|
|-----5----5----5----5------3----3----3----3-|
|---0----0----0----0------0----0----0----0---|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----3----3----3----3------2----2----2----2-|
|-----3----3----3----3------2----2----2----2-|
|-----1----1----1----1------0----0----0----0-|
|---0----0----0----0------0----0----0----0---|

  "Careful.............Careful..............."
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----7----7----7----7------5----5----5----5-|
|-----7----7----7----7------5----5----5----5-|
|-----5----5----5----5------3----3----3----3-|
|---0----0----0----0------0----0----0----0---|

  "Careful.............. with that axe Eugene"
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----3----3----3----3------2----2----2----2-|
|-----3----3----3----3------2----2----2----2-|
|-----1----1----1----1------0----0----0----0-|
|---0----0----0----0------0----0----0----0---|

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----7--7-7--7--7------7--7--7--7--|
|----7--7-7--7--7------7--7--7--7--|
|----5--5-5--5--5------5--5--5--5--|
|--0~~~-0-0--0--0--0~~-0--0--0--0--|

Chorus:

 "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--7---7---7----7----7--------7----7----7----7--|
|--7---7---7----7----7--------7----7----7----7--|
|--5---5---5----5----5--------5----5----5----5--|
|--0---0---0----0----0--0~~---0----0----0----0--|

"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--5---5---5----5----5--------5----5----5----5--|
|--5---5---5----5----5--------5----5----5----5--|
|--3---3---3----3----3--------3----3----3----3--|
|--0---0---0----0----0--0~~---0----0----0----0--|

"IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--3---3---3----3----3--------3----3----3----3--|
|--3---3---3----3----3--------3----3----3----3--|
|--1---1---1----1----1--------1----1----1----1--|
|--0---0---0----0----0--0~~---0----0----0----0--|

"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--2---2---2----2----2--------2----2----2----2--|
|--2---2---2----2----2--------2----2----2----2--|
|--0---0---0----0----0--------0----0----0----0--|
|--0---0---0----0----0--0~~---0----0----0----0--|

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|
|--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|
|--5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|
|--0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|

Verse/Outro:

w/rythme fig.1
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----7----7----7----7------5----5----5----5-|
|-----7----7----7----7------5----5----5----5-|
|-----5----5----5----5------3----3----3----3-|
|---0----0----0----0------0----0----0----0---|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----3----3----3----3------2----2----2----2-|
|-----3----3----3----3------2----2----2----2-|
|-----1----1----1----1------0----0----0----0-|
|---0----0----0----0------0----0----0----0---|

  "Careful.............Careful..............."
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----7----7----7----7------5----5----5----5-|
|-----7----7----7----7------5----5----5----5-|
|-----5----5----5----5------3----3----3----3-|
|---0----0----0----0------0----0----0----0---|

  "Careful.............. with that axe Eugene"
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----3----3----3----3------2----2----2----2-|
|-----3----3----3----3------2----2----2----2-|
|-----1----1----1----1------0----0----0----0-|
|---0----0----0----0------0----0----0----0---|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----7----7----7----7------5----5----5----5-|
|-----7----7----7----7------5----5----5----5-|
|-----5----5----5----5------3----3----3----3-|
|---0----0----0----0------0----0----0----0---|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----3----3----3----3------2----2----2----2-|
|-----3----3----3----3------2----2----2----2-|
|-----1----1----1----1------0----0----0----0-|
|---0----0----0----0------0----0----0----0---|

 w/rythme fig. 
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----7--7-7--7--7------7--7--7--7--|
|----7--7-7--7--7------7--7--7--7--|
|----5--5-5--5--5------5--5--5--5--|
|----0~-0-0--0--0--0~~-0--0--0--0--| fade out


Rythme figure 1:		  x2
|-----3--3-3-3---2-2-2-2-|
|-----3--3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|
|-----2--2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|
|-----0--0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|
|------------------------|
|--0~~~----------(0)~~~--|

Lead guitar
		     cont. **            x2
|---------------------|----3---2---2---|-(3)/5-5---5---|
|---------------------|---3-3---3---3--|-(3)/5--5---5--|
|---------------------|--2---2---3---3-|-(2)/4---4---4-|
|-----0---0---0---0---|-0--------------|---------------|
|------------------0--|----------------|---------------|
|-(0)---0---0---0---0-|----------------|---------------|
  *bass arr. for guitar.

  **(pick notes randomly)

 **            x2						x2
|----3---2---2---|-(3)/5-5---5---|----3---2---2---|
|---3-3---3---3--|-(3)/5--5---5--|---3-3---3---3--|
|--2---2---3---3-|-(2)/4---4---4-|--2---2---3---3-|
|-0--------------|---------------|-0--------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|
  **(pick notes randomly)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------19---------(13)(13)(13)(13)-(12)-(10)--------|
|-(2)//(18)----18(20)~~~~--18(20)~~-(13)(13)(13)(13)-(12)-(10)---10-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-7~-9(11)-9(11)-9-7-5-(2)--2-------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|

 **            x2	    		  x2
|----3---2---2---|----3---2---2---|
|---3-3---3---3--|---3-3---3---3--|
|--2---2---3---3-|--2---2---3---3-|
|-0--------------|-0--------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
**(pick notes randomly)

|----------------------------------------------------------|-----------
|----------------------------------------------------------|-13-13-13--
|--/(18)--18-18-18(20)----18(20)---18(20)---18(20)--13(15)-|-13-13-13--
|----------------------------------------------------------|-----------
|----------------------------------------------------------|-----------
|----------------------------------------------------------|-----------
        x2
----------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
-12-12-12-|----------------------------------13-13-13--12-12-12-------|
-12-12-12-|--18-18-18-(20)----18(20)--13(15)-13-13-13--12-12-12---7~-|
----------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
----------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
----------|-----------------------------------------------------------|

 **            x4	  
|----3---2---2---|
|---3-3---3---3--|
|--2---2---3---3-|
|-0--------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
**(pick notes randomly)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------13-13-13-12-12--|
|-/18-18-18--18(20)--18-20(22)-20(22)--18(20)--13(15)-13-13-13-12-12--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--2-0--------------|
|--14(16)--7--9(11)-9(11)---9-7-5-7-|-------3-2-0-------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------3/5--|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|

                                        x2               x2
|---3/-5/-7/-9/-11/-14---12-10-8-6--|--3-3-3--2-2-2--|
|----------------------------------------|----------------|
|--2/-4/-6/-8/-10/-13---11-9-7-5----|-2-2-2----------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------|

AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh etc.

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--5h7~~~~~--7-9--9(11)-9(11)----7-5--2-0-----------|
|------------------------------------------2-0------|
|-----------------------------------------------3/5-|
|---------------------------------------------------|

For solos improvise on Dm pentatonic.
Heavy bending on 9, 18 and 20tth frets, harmonizing with backing vocals.

|--12p11----9-11-12-12/16-15-13-16/19-18-16-19/21-21-21-21-22(24)--|
|--------12--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

depress trem. arm""""""""""""""""""""""""
|--22p20-22p20-22p20-22p20-22p20-22p20-22p20---22(24)-22(24)------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------7~-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------5~-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------0~-|

|------------------|
|------------------|
|--5~--------------|
|-----5------------|
|-------7(8)--(5)--|
|--------------0---|

|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------19-----------------|
|-(2)//(18)----18(20)~~~~--18(20)~~---------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------13-13-13-12-12--|
|-/18-18-18--18(20)--18-20(22)-20(22)--18(20)--13(15)-13-13-13-12-12--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---3/-5/-7/-9/-11/--|--3-3-3--2-2-2--|
|--------------------|----------------|
|--2/-4/-6/-8/-10/---|-2-2-2----------|
|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|

|---3/-5/-7/-9/-11/--9--7-5-3---|--3-3-3--2-2-2--|
|-----------------------------------|----------------|
|--2/-4/-6/-8/-10/--8--6-4-2----|-2-2-2----------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------|

**            x2	    		  x2
|----3---2---2---|----3---2---2---|-3-3-3--2-2-2---(3)--|
|---3-3---3---3--|---3-3---3---3--|-3-3-3--3-3-3---(3)--|
|--2---2---3---3-|--2---2---3---3-|-2-2-3--2-2-2---(2)--|
|-0--------------|-0--------------|-0------0-------(0)--|
|----------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------(0)--|
**(pick notes randomly)


Note: watch the Pompeii video for correct timing.  Some solo work is rough and may need 
improving, but is is a start.

Thanks.

Transcription: Richard Harris gizhornbeast@hotmail.com

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


Grunge Hamster Lead Player	#1 by Grunge Hamster at Jun 5, 1971 at 12:38 PM EST
	gillianjenkins, get some new friends. Some who DO like Pink Floyd. Roger Waters's mastery of the inward scream is amazing. a few of my friends and I can pull off this piercing scream for about a quarter of a second each. I have no idea how Waters kept the scream going for as long as he did. It must've hurt... ...A LOT!

Niko Average	#2 by Niko Booth at Dec 3, 1979 at 9:40 AM EST
	This is such a an awesome song, one of my fav. floyd songs, but by far my fav. version is in the live at Pompa (dont remeber how its spelled, but its in italy somewhere) where they also play in my opion the best version of echos

Manu Professional Badass	#3 by Manu at Nov 29, 1994 at 2:19 AM EST
	the best version of this track has to from the first disc of the ummagumma album. its a live version played in manchester i think. the track is longer, and slightly slower, more atmospheric and the scream in the middle is really loud and much more terrifying. i do like the studio version as well tho!

Damien Wanna Be	#4 by Damien Pritchard at Jul 20, 1996 at 6:52 PM EST
	oh-and there is an alternate studio version of this song-titled: 'Come in Number 51, your time is up' that is virtually the same song, as well as a tamer studio version of 'CWTA,E'. the live version is by far the best!

Ben Rhythm Player	#5 by Ben at Jan 4, 1998 at 2:08 AM EST
	If all the songs in the world would have to be forgotten, this is the one I'd choose to leave remembered. And I think I know a lot about music, so it's not some random spur of the moment