Word Song tab - barrett syd

From: Pierre.Olivier%aftsun@deltacom.cam.org (Pierre Olivier)


                              - WORD SONG - 
                               Syd Barrett 
 
 
Chords: 
                  E  A  D  G  B  e 
D .............   x  x  0  2  3  2 
D (10th fret).    10 12 12 11 10 10 
A ............    5  7  7  4  5  5 
F#............... x  9  8  6  7  6 
G#............... x  11 10 8  9  8 
C#7.............. x  4  6  6  6  7 
D7............... x  5  4  5  3  0 
 
Verse 1: 
 
D (repeat the whole verse) 
Stain, Glucose, Glycerine, Gold, Coat, ???, Gold, Local, Stocks, Time, Food 
Wild, National, Lake, Flag, Valve, ???, Except, Eat, Helium, Leg, Fair 
State, Invention, Prevail, Fration, Faction, Other, action, hunter 
Interest, Bullock, Market 
 
Chorus (Is this is the chorus???): 
 
D (at 10th fret) 
A 
F# 
G# 
C#7 
 
Verse 2: 
D (repeat the whole verse) 
Loads, Liquids, ???, Eaters, Jaws, Jungle, Main, Signal, Knives, Kitchen, 
Ingot, Lovey, Mirror, Mold, Mile, Seen, Moat, Puppy, Wrapper, Radar, Rex, 
Sugar,Teak, Silver, Park, Thin, Be, Truth, Carrot, Emily, Fruit, Copper, Silk 
                          \____________________________________/ 
                                This is my favorite part!!! 
 
Chorus 2: 
 
D (at 10th fret) 
A 
G# 
F# 
C#7 
 
D (at 10th fret) 
A 
F# 
G# 
C#7 
 
Repeat 100000 times 
 
 
verse 3: 
D    D7 
Car, Distant, Big, Me, Thin, Hat, Timber, Footings, 
Straw, Rain drops, Battering, Ran, ???, Pods, 
 
D (for the rest of the verse) 
Trigger, Easy, Scales, Square, Ultra, Potable, 
Mac, Lent, ???, Wreck, Tactic, Title, Ordures, Valley, Hand & Flecks, 
Impression, Loon, Lost, Mountain, View, Gamma, Meeting, Lightning, Signal 
Island, Oral, Cold 
 
 
D (at 10th fret) 
A 
F# 
G# 
C#7 
 
End on G 
 
 
 
If ya can fill the blanks (???), just e-mail me.... 
Any other Barrett Song/Suggestions/Comments are VERY welcome... 
 
Pierre.Olivier%aftsun@deltacom.cam.org
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