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Pink Floyd - The Scarecrow (Barrett)
D A C A G
The black and green scarecrow, as ev'ryone knows,
A D A
Stood with a bird on his hat and straw ev'rywhere.
D
He didn't care.
G Am G A
He stood in a field where barley grows.
D A C A G
His head did no thinking, his arms didn't move,
A D A D
Except when the wind cut up rough and mice ran around on the ground.
G Am G A
He stood in a field where barley grows.
D A C A G
The black and green scarecrow is sadder than me__.
A D A
But now he's resigned to his fate's, 'cause life's not unkind.
D
He doesn't mind.
G Am G A
He stood in a field where barley grows.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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devon Average |
#1 by devon at Feb 7, 1970 at 10:08 AM EST |
| what happened to syd is much like the lyrics in the song ..what a sad loss....but yeh its a very potential theory tht he was predicting his own doom..i like it | |
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Jeremy Rhythm Player |
#2 by Jeremy Dosser at May 29, 1974 at 2:22 AM EST |
| ummm this song is written by syd right? yea enough said...anything he wrote is derived from his own insanity and acid trips. who the hell writes a song about a damn scarecrow... | |
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Dr. Average |
#3 by Dr. Funkinstein at Aug 2, 1975 at 8:04 PM EST |
| Whenever I lisen to this song I feel like hes trying to say something, its hard to explain but i like hear another voice in my head thats not actually there, trying to say something, just dont know what it is though. | |
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Spanky Lead Player |
#4 by Spanky Man at Aug 18, 1975 at 7:19 PM EST |
| Nice, Black&Green! | |
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Drake Average |
#5 by Drake Bergman at Jun 24, 1981 at 6:35 PM EST |
| Nice, Black&Green! | |
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can Wanna Be |
#6 by can sahin at Jun 24, 1985 at 7:48 PM EST |
| These are the actual lyrics, those are wrong: The black and green scarecrow as everyone knows Stood with a bird on his hat and straw everywhere. He didn't care. He stood in a field where barley grows. His head did no thinking His arms didn't move except when the wind cut up Rough and mice ran around on the ground He stood in a field where barley grows. The black and green scarecrow is sadder than me But now he's resigned to his fate 'Cause life's not unkind - he doesn't mind. He stood in a field where barley grows. But it is a very sad song..Imagine that, knowing what happening to you, and writing about it and everything..Very sad. Shine On Syd | |
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Euroynmous Average |
#7 by Euroynmous at Sep 22, 1992 at 7:26 PM EST |
| I read about this song in a book behind Pink Floyd's lyrics and this song is basically about a scarecrow who realizes one day hes going nowhere he will forever be stuck up on a pole doing nothing and going nowhere and he slowly accepts that fact. | |
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Mike Average |
#8 by Mike at Aug 6, 1994 at 4:12 AM EST |
| Kornchild you sound like your from a right ugly kettle of fish. No fair - be nice to Syd he's a star. He's done much more for you than you have for him and much more than Korn will ever do for anyone. For instance, he made music. Syd is a shame - but for himself, not us, his solo work is better than anything his backing band come Floyd ever did on their own. And Syd wasn't insane - his apparent madness was abstract oppositional defiance over people assuming he was insane. By overplaying it he stayed free of their assumptions and was mocking them. Syd's mistake was that he credited his friends with too much intelligence and humanity. As someone pretending to be mad he was actually in control and therefore may have known where things were heading - so it can be prothetic And and and - it wasn't particularly LSD as far as I've read, more the Mandrax he was prescribed, and the frustration of being surrounded by a sea of thickery. | |
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Mike Average |
#9 by Mike at Dec 17, 1994 at 7:43 PM EST |
| Yeah I was pissy when I saw it wasnt on the list lol. Hmm maybe this song is Syd seeing what he might become? | |
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Mikel Average |
#10 by Mikel A. at Apr 10, 1995 at 11:07 AM EST |
| Umm, actually, this song was on the list, just under THE Scarecrow. | |
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NIK Average |
#11 by NIK blaszczyszyn at Nov 21, 1995 at 11:01 AM EST |
| It seems he is saying he would like the band to move on without him. Syd had his moment with the wind. So Syd predicted his fate. This song is great! | |
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Frank Wanna Be |
#12 by Frank at Jun 8, 1996 at 2:52 PM EST |
| Actually, this came 5 years before Darkside, and Darkside has no intentional connections with the Wizard of Oz. So I doubt that, Zeppelin123. Classic Syd. | |
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david Average |
#13 by david maynard at Aug 17, 1996 at 10:46 AM EST |
| The scarecrow syd talks about seems like it could be the scarecrow from the wizard of oz. and the fact that pink floyd already being connected to the movie through darkside | |
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Carly Average |
#14 by Carly at Nov 22, 1997 at 10:52 PM EST |
| How did it take so long for this to be added? An excellent early Barrett song. By the way, my first first comment on a 'real' PF song that I did not add. | |
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cody Average |
#15 by cody champion at Sep 7, 2000 at 7:18 PM EST |
| Some have theorized that when Syd wrote this song it was sort of like he was prophecizing(spelling?) his own doom later on in his life, when he completely mentally broke down. "His head did no thinking, his arms didn't move" when things got really bad for Syd it was almost as if he was in a catatonic state, not moving or saying a thing, just staring off into space. | |
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Beaver Average |
#16 by Beaver Butt at May 7, 2006 at 12:57 PM EST |
| "The black and green scarecrow was sadder than me" Well, it seems like this song is about being fed up with seeing all the pain in this world, so he resorts to doing drugs to ease his pain. | |
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