SEE EMILY PLAY (Pink Floyd)
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Words and Music Syd Barrett
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tabbed by [paul-m]
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Verse 1
G Asus4 Am
Emily tries but misunderstands
Cmaj7 Am G
She’s often inclined to borrow somebody’s dreams till tomorrow
Chorus
E D E
There is no other way let’s try it another way
D E
You’ll lose your mind and play
A G
Free games for May See Emily Play
Verse 2
G Asus4 Am
Soon after dark Emily cries
Cmaj7
Gazing through trees in sorrow
Am G
Hardly a sound till tomorrow
Chorus
E D E
There is no other way let’s try it another way
D E
You’ll lose your mind and play
A G
Free games for May See Emily Play
Verse 3
G Asus4 Am
Put on a gown that touches the ground
Cmaj7 Am G
Float on a river forever and ever Emily
Chorus
E D E
There is no other way let’s try it another way
D E
You’ll lose your mind and play
A
Free games for May See Emily Play
(Ends on ‘G’ and ‘D’)
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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MetJustice Wanna Be |
#1 by MetJustice at Sep 28, 2007 at 2:39 PM EST |
| No idea what this song is about... Bowie does a pretty good cover of it though | |
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Dan Wanna Be |
#2 by Dan Z at Oct 2, 2007 at 11:17 AM EST |
| syd barrett made up the girl in the woods story to protect a common attender of pink floyd underground rock concerts identity named Emily kentwood or something like that | |
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Vezy Professional |
#3 by Vezy at Oct 3, 2007 at 10:43 AM EST |
| i think alot of you guys are right emily is a metaphor who represents a girl trying some kind of drug for the first time "emily tries but misunderstands" and the whole song of "see emily play" represents her triping out then she kills her self or ends up dead | |
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Sally Average |
#4 by Sally Gray at Oct 10, 2007 at 9:09 AM EST |
| Guilty. I named a motorbike after this song, and it's my daughter's middle name. Innocent. That's Emily. She was the best bike I ever owned, and my girl? That's another story. | |
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Spymaster Lead Player |
#5 by Spymaster - Halo 2 at Oct 11, 2007 at 2:33 AM EST |
| azreal is right the girl used to go to this club that they played at all, the time and she was too young to be there (i think 17 or so) and she would try to fit in and be like everyone but she was still green to it all. "eemily tries, but misunderstands." also, the song was originally called 'free games for may' after a concert that was held in may in london for free. they ended up getting in trouble because the song was too trippy or whatever the hell margaret thatcher or whoever said (i cant remember exactly who.) | |
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Lee Professional Badass |
#6 by Lee the bass player, known as blacktooth90™ at Oct 12, 2007 at 2:47 PM EST |
| I think it's about a little girl that is reluctant to grow up. (I love the last verse also.) I don't think many people take into consideration that Syd Barret may have been already mentally unstable before the whole drug thing kicked in, which only amplified his problems. | |
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Scott Average |
#7 by Scott Anderson at Oct 13, 2007 at 10:26 PM EST |
| I think pasqualalalala is right. It sounds too gloomy to be another drug song. It makes sense as the confused girl story. I'm not trying to sound off on you guys, but I've been reading some of the other posts for the other Syd songs, and it seems like people has this completely skewed image of Syd as some drugged out reject who writes every song about doing drugs, or that he just writes a bunch of gibberish. That is completely not true. Maybe people think it's gibberish because they can't understand the meanings, but I have been able to figure out most of what I've heard from him (though I mostly just listen to Piper cuz that's my favorite Floyd album). The only gibberish song he's made is the words song, which somebody explains on its interp page. Well, maybe that's not the only one. I'm just saying people should give Syd a little more credit. :) | |
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Quinn Rhythm Player |
#8 by Quinn I killed my last name at Oct 14, 2007 at 10:30 PM EST |
| Well, you may wish to know that See Emily Play is also the name of a very old two-dimensional computer game. Who is Emily? A person, or a mere representation? | |
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Drake Average |
#9 by Drake Bergman at Oct 15, 2007 at 7:02 AM EST |
| This song rocks! Syd used so many different guitar techiniques and studio effects on this song that they couldn't possibly do it live. The lyrics have always been :)! I have loved this song ever since I was a kid my dad use to play relics all the time and I use to love hearing this. Syd you rule! | |
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Brennan Wanna Be |
#10 by Brennan unknown at Oct 16, 2007 at 8:24 AM EST |
| literalrock, absoutly! That's my favorite line too. This is a great song. | |
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dan Average |
#11 by dan evans at Oct 17, 2007 at 3:24 PM EST |
| i find that this song reminds me alot of the beatles? | |
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Rodney Wanna Be |
#12 by Rodney at Oct 18, 2007 at 3:09 AM EST |
| Yes, a bt of an Ophelia is Emily | |
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eric Rhythm Player |
#13 by eric christian at Oct 18, 2007 at 9:42 PM EST |
| (cont.) "float on a river forever and ever" "there is not other day" | |
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