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From: andrade@elm.circa.ufl.edu (Prashant Andrade)
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These chord listings were graciously provided by David Faulkner to the Pink
Floyd mailing list.
From: dif@bhprtc.scpd.oz.au (David Faulkner)
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To: andrade@coed.coastal.ufl.edu, echoes@tcsi.tcs.com
Subject: Chords requested
P.S. Really grateful if someone supply the chords that go with
the sung part of "Echoes" from Meddle or/and "Cymbaline from More
or/and "The Crying Song" or/and "Fearless" ....
Thanks in anticipation
Prashant Andrade
Well, I spent an enjoyable hour or so in front of the CD player last
night. Actually I already knew a couple of these ones. Here are the
results of my efforts. Since I have done this by ear, there may be a few
mistakes. Also I am typing this up at work from memory, so there could
be more mistakes. Also I pray vi has not put any tab spaces in (I don't
think so). Anyway, enough disclaimers.
Enjoy, everybody,
-dif-
"Fearless" (Waters, Gilmour)
Intro (Rough approximation of the real thing)
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
|-3---------3---3-3-3-3|-3-----3--3----3---3|--3-------3--3--3--3-| Then one
|-3---------1---1-1-0--|-0-----0--0----0---0|--0-------0--0--0--0-| more bar
|-0---------0---0-0-0-2|-0-----0--0----0---0|--0-------2-----2--0-| of G chord
|-0---------0---0-0----|-0---0h2--0----0---0|--0------------------| doodles
|----------------------|-------------0h2-0h2|--2------------------|
|-3---------3---3-3-3-3|-3-----3--3----3---3|--3-------3-----3--3-|
Main Bridge (again roughly approximating the real thing)
/ / / / / / / / X3 / / / / / / / /
||-------------0--2|-3---3--------3333-||-------------0--2|-3---3-----0--1-1--|
||----0--1--3--0---|-0---0--------1111-||----0--1--3--0---|-0---0-----1--3-3--|
||.---0--0--0--0--0|-0---0--------0000.||----0--0--0--0--0|-0---0-----0--3-3--|
||.---0--0--0--0--0|-0---0--------0000.||----0--0--0--0--0|-0---0-----2--3-3--|
||-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-----------3--1-1--|
||--3----3--3--3--3|---3-3---3----3333-||--3----3--3--3--3|---3-3-------------|
G (and variations of) G G C Bb
|^^^^^times 2^^^^^^^|
[G] You say the hill's too steep to climb [C] [Bb]
[G] Climb it. [C] [Bb]
[G] You say you'd like to see me try [C] [Bb]
[G] Climbing. [C] [Bb]
[A] You pick the place and I'll choose the [D] time
And I'll [G] climb
That hill in my [C] own way.
[G] Just wait a while for the [C] right day.
[G] And as I rise above the tree [C] lines and the clouds
I look [D] down, in the [C] sound of the things you said to[G]day.
Other bridge (can't quite remember the lead into this, you'd better listen
to the record yourself)
| G | D? | Cae | D? | Cae | D? | C | G C Bb| G C Bb|
D? C(add e)
|----0-----0------- Slide into these positions, one from the other
|----7-----5------- These are only guesses, by the way.
|----0-----0-------
|----4-----2-------
|----5-----3-------
|------------------
"Echoes" (Waters, Wright, Mason, Gilmour)
(This is easier to play transposed down a tone, but this is the key on
the record)
[C#m] Overhead the albatross
[G#m] Hangs motionless upon the air
[F#m] And deep beneath the rolling waves
[G#] In labyrinths of coral caves
[C#m] An echo of a distant time
[G#m] Comes willowing across the sand
[F#m] And everything is green and subma[G#]rine.
[C#] And no one called us to the land
[G#] And no one knows the where's or why's.
[F#m] Something stirs and something tries
[G#] Starts to climb to[A]ward the light.
Bridge
[C#m] [A]
[C#m] [A]
[C#m] [A]
[E] [B] [C] ([C#m] next verse)
"Crying Song" (Waters)
Riff 1
D5 D? Dsus2 / / / /
|-----5------4-----0------|-------------------------|--
|-----3------3-----3------|-------------------------|--
|-----2------2-----2------|-------------------------|--
|-----0------0-----0------|-------------------------|--
|-------------------------|-0-4--0-5--0-6--0-7---12-|--
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--
D5 D?
We smile and smile.
D5 D? D Dsus2
We smile and smile.
D G G G/F# E
Laughter echoes in your eyes
Riff1 D Dsus2 D
"Cymbaline" (Waters)
Intro
||: Em D | Em D :||
[Am] The path you tread is narrow
[Bm] And the drop is shear and very high
[Am] The ravens all are watching
[Bm] From a vantage point nearby
[Am] Apprehension creeping
[Bm] Like a tube-train up your spine
[Am] Will the tightrope reach the end;
[Bm] Will the final couplet rhyme
And it's [C] high time
[F] Cymbaline
It's [C] high time
[F] Cymbaline
Please [Em] wake me
And now, your BONUS TRACK!
"Nobody Home"
C
I've got a little black book with my poems in.
E7
Got a bag with a toothbrush and a comb.
F C
When I'm a good dog, they sometimes throw me a bone in.
F C
I got elastic bands keepin my shoes on.
E7
Got those swollen hand blues.
F C
Got thirteen channels of shit on the T.V. to choose from.
C
I've got electric light.
C7/G
And I've got second sight.
F Fm C G/B Am D/F#
I've got amazing powers of observation.
G E/G#
And that is how I know
Am Am/G#
When I try to get through
C/G D/F#
On the telephone to you
F Fm C F C F
There'll be nobody home.
Brought to you by the GUITARMASTA - http://www.guitarmasta.net
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Razzle Wanna Be |
#1 by Razzle jester at May 21, 1972 at 12:03 PM EST |
| Reptile,... of course it's obvious he's an idiot... he thinks the black eyed peas are better than Pink Floyd... | |
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TOm Wanna Be |
#2 by TOm HIrsch at Jul 26, 1974 at 1:51 PM EST |
| The fear left the narrator when he reched the top. He was trying to prove something to someone who didn't believe he could do it. | |
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kyle Professional |
#3 by kyle mcdonough at Dec 3, 1976 at 1:06 PM EST |
| jdm197 How about this for a Floyd Top Ten 1. Echoes 2. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (I-IX) 3. Dogs 4. Brain Damage 5. Comfortably Numb 6. Careful With That Axe, Eugene (Ummagumma Version) 7. Time 8. Pigs (Three Different Ones) 9. Us and Them 10. Welcome to the Machine Sorry to any songs that got left out. It's not because they're not good, it's just because Floyd is the best band there is, and they have put out too many songs deserving of a status in some Top Ten list. Please don't attack me for making this list. Chances are, any song you suggest for making the list I either seriously considered or forgot (I pulled this list off the top of my head and I don't trust its accuracy even for me). | |
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Chris Average |
#4 by Chris Essery at Oct 22, 1980 at 4:57 PM EST |
| I agree with azreal, I doubt Roger would want any mention of Jesus, Syd seems to be a more likely candidate for "the idiot" | |
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Keith Average |
#5 by Keith Amaral at Aug 30, 1981 at 8:03 PM EST |
| Which football team is being cheered at the end? I can hear both Liverpool and Everton; Was it recorded at a Mersyside derby, and are the boys having a little 'fun' with us? Seriously, though, the 'idiot' is the same fool which Ian Anderson found when he wrote the Jethro Tull classic, 'Minstrel In The Gallery'; the wise and foolish self / non-self (delete as applicable) within us all. The song is about self-reliance, self-determination and the will to question authority to the point of dissent. This is not a Syd tribute, and Jesus? Let's stick to what is before us, and not play that game where Jesus, Krishna or the Great Prophet Zorquan can be found in any piece of text. | |
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robert Average |
#6 by robert liedberg at Dec 7, 1981 at 9:57 PM EST |
| I think "fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd" is about syd barrett a person so into his own he doesn't care what the world thinks | |
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Kyle Average |
#7 by Kyle at Jun 20, 1987 at 10:30 PM EST |
| I'm sorry to write again, but I would just like to point out that I have now actually looked at all of Floyd's songs, and there were 21 competing for these ten spots. Fearless is one of the weaker points on the Meddle CD. It just never got to me the way more powerful Floyd does. | |
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yomomma!! Wanna Be |
#8 by yomomma!! at Dec 28, 1989 at 3:52 AM EST |
| My opinion about this song is that it is about proving people wrong | |
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christian Average |
#9 by christian parnell at Dec 12, 1991 at 2:00 AM EST |
| sortof like floydian, i think it is about overcoming obstacles, winning as the underdog, proving to people that you can do whatever you want. | |
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kyle Professional |
#10 by kyle mcdonough at Dec 5, 1994 at 10:32 PM EST |
| Stansinslov, you idiot... who is "we"? You are embarrassing... | |