PINK FLOYD ANTHOLOGY
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MATILDA MOTHER
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Album : The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Words & Music by : Roger "Syd" Barrett
Beat:4/4
Rhythm:Moderately
Scale:D
Difficult Chords : (X=> Don't play that String,0=>Open String)
A/B GM7/D F#(add B) Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
0-------2----------2----------0--------0--------0---------0----|
2-------0----------0----------0--------0--------0---------0----|
2-------0----------3----------4--------2--------0---------X----|
X-------0----------4--------------------------------------4----|
2--------------------------------------------------------------|
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Other Chords : In case you don't know the other chords...you shouldn't dare to play Pink Floyd!
Intro: B A/B GM7/D F#(add B)
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
There was a king-who ruled the land-
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
His Maj-es-ty was in com-mand-
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
With sil-ver eyes- the scar-let ea-gle
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
show-ered sil-ver on the peo-ple.
G D A G D E
oh,-------moth-er, tell me more.-----
N.C. B
Why'd you have to leave me there,hang-ing in my in-fant air,wait-ing?----
N.C.
You on-ly have to read the lines of scrib-bly black and ev--'ry-thing shines.--------
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4 Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
A-cross the stream with wood-en shoes,---bells to tell- the king the news,--
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4 Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
a thou-sand mist-y rid-ers climb up high-er once up-on---- a time.----
G D A G D E
Won-der-ing and dream-ing. The words have dif-fer-ent mean-ings,
A G E
Yes, they did.
Intro: F# (8 times)
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4 Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
All the time spent in that room,the doll's house dark-ness,old per-fume,
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4 Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
and fair-y sto-ries held me high on clouds of sun-light float-ing by.
G D A G D E
Oh,--------moth-er,tell me more.
A G E
Tell me more.
Outro: Beat: 3/4...chord: E (Repeat & Fade)
Note : Do NOT change anything as these are the exact chords/lyrics/chord shapes used.
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Chris Rhythm Player |
#1 by Chris Pray at Jun 15, 1970 at 11:03 PM EST |
| dasquien!--i read that when PF were recording this album, the Beatles were in another studio recording sgt. peppers, so they both came out around the same time. i really think this song is great. the whole album is great. its so different than anything else they ever did. so much better too, but then again they did have an artistic leader at the front. | |
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john Average |
#2 by john at Apr 9, 1975 at 7:41 PM EST |
| I think with alot of syd songs, he may have come up with them in a "trip" so whatever he is saying is to far out to interpret, but hes just painitng a picture of a fairytail land here isnt he, where and how he came up with it is another question. Acid fairytales. | |
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NICK Wanna Be |
#3 by NICK COGHLAN at Jan 22, 1982 at 11:14 AM EST |
| Barrett's lyrics are better... | |
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Gabba Gabba Hey Average |
#4 by Gabba Gabba Hey at Sep 25, 1985 at 11:28 PM EST |
| About syd's troubled childhood. | |
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Pasquale Average |
#5 by Pasquale at Sep 27, 2007 at 9:14 PM EST |
| eh, i dont know about all this deep meaning stuff for this song. Syd loved fairy tales and stories. I think this is just a song about his childhood, like perhaps his mother reading him a story. | |
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IM A MAN WHO C Rhythm Player |
#6 by IM A MAN WHO CHANGED INTO A BEAST at Sep 29, 2007 at 3:45 PM EST |
| i like the war explanation, but the only thing is syd was born in '46. it would be at least '49,'50 before he would hear any fairy tales surely?? | |
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Jordan Wanna Be |
#7 by Jordan Ivory-Marcotte at Sep 29, 2007 at 4:51 PM EST |
| I love this song, I've never truly had an opinion of it until now, and i have to agree with the mother reading him storys idea. Its an amazing song. | |
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Kyle Average |
#8 by Kyle at Oct 10, 2007 at 11:04 PM EST |
| Played during concerts in 1966 and 1967. Recorded February 21/22, 1967. The lyrics were taken directly from a children's book written by Hillaire Belloc. Barrett was forced to rewrite the lyrics after the Belloc estate refused to grant permission. | |
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Mauricio Wanna Be |
#9 by Mauricio Tonon at Oct 12, 2007 at 5:55 AM EST |
| Im pretty sure Its "Wondering and Dreaming." but I could very well be wrong. | |
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chris Average |
#10 by chris nagel at Oct 17, 2007 at 3:54 AM EST |
| dude syd wasnt crazy you imbasol (steve82c) its called schizophrenia read up on it asshole! R.I.P Syd | |
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