Opel Tabs

Opel Tabs

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To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu
Subject: CHO: Opel (Syd Barrett)

Here is my best shot at transcribing "Opel" by Syd Barrett. I'm sure
it's not quite right -some of the lyrics are off and the chords in the
closing sequence "I'm trying..." are only an approximation.

If anyone out there plays this songs and has corrections, or different
ways of playing parts of this song, I'd really appreciate hearing them.

Please send comments or corrections to dave@eng.umd.edu (Dave Fleming)
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"Opel" by Syd Barrett as transcribed by Dave Fleming:
Notes about the song:

It seems to be in 6/8 (or 3/4, I guess) time

INTRO TAB:
h means hammer on, / means slide

A

+-----------------------------------------0----------------------------+
+-----------------------------------------2----------------------------+
+-----------------------------------------2----------------------------+
+---------------------------------0-h2-0--2----------------------------+
+-4h5-4-------2h3-2-------0-h2-0----------0----------------------------+
+-0---0-5/2-0-0---0---0-2-----------------x----------------------------+

VERSES:

A E
On a distant shore, miles from land
G D
Stands the ebony totem in ebony sand,
A E
A dream in a mist of grey
B A
On a far distant shore.

A E
The pebble, it stood alone
G D
And driftwood lies half buried
A E
Warm, shallow water sweeps shells
B A
So the cockles shine.

A E
A bare, winding carcas stalk
G D
Shimmers as flies scoop up meat.
A
An empty way,
B A
Dry Tears.

A E
Crisp flax squeaks. Tall reeds
G D
Make a circle of grey
A
In a summer way, around man
B A
so don't drown

BRIDGE:

(This is the long section of strummed chords. I'll count measures
in 6/8 in the following way:

------ ------ ------
G C D means a measure of G, one of C and one of D)

unusual chords used:
Cadd9: x32030

begin bridge:

------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Cadd9 C Bb Cadd9 C Bb F Am

------ ------
E

------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
C7 F F# G A D G

------ ------
(still G)

This is then repeated, except that the second time I think that
the first chord is C7 instead of Cadd9.

CLOSING:

(Note, I am highly uncertain -even moreso than I am about the rest of this
song- about the "accuracy" of the transcription here. Correct me, please!)

unusual chords used:

I don't know what to call these things, but they're based on
the chord x02200 which I think is either A5 or Asus2.

The chords and my (incorrect) names for them are:

A: x02220
A5: x02200
A5addF#: x02202
A5addG#: x02204

Begin closing:

A A5addG#
I'm trying

A A5addG#
I'm trying

A5addF# A5
To find you

A5addF# A5
To find you

A A5addG#
I'm living

A A5addG#
I'm giving

A5addF# A5
To find you

A5addF# A5
To find you

The next part I think uses only the A chord:

A
I'm living
I'm living
I'm trying
I'm giving
(Switch at this point to A5 and diddle with it for a while)

END

DOLLY ROCKER

transcribed by James

Intro: A D C D C

A D C
I know a sweet girl, she done went out and paid for me
G C
Done a sweet girl, after five we went out for tea
C7
She seen a dolly rocker, she want a gild she got her
C7 A
I want to see you, I know I do, I love you darling all for you

A D C
You wanna meet pearl, she's... as cute as a squirrels nut
G C B7
She done see me, said she thought she'd got the luck
C7
She's a dolly rocker, wanna wait till I got her
C7 A
Said she know I know we know I do, said she wanna see me lonely with you

D E A
Oceans may travel away so long, sences in the gravel
B7 B
To see yourself at home, nice to be at home
D C D
All there'll ever be forever, all my life we could see when you got her
F# Bb7 B
Oh I know, know I'll show you baby thru your head bush to you baby
C7
Is a dolly rocker, she know when she got her
C7
She seen a dolly rocker, see seen a dolly rocker

uhmm...

BIRDIE HOP

transcribed by James

Chords Syd uses in the chorus:

C# A
E---9----12---9------9----12---9--------------
B---9----9----9------10---10---10-------------
G---10---10---10-----9----9----9--------------
D---------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------

Note: Syd hammers on an E note, you'll have to listen to see where

C#
Birdie hop, he hop along
A
a lonely bird upon a window there, he, he,

there he blow, a windy snow, he knew the snow, the hoppy bird

A(open)
The antelope ride around a parasol
just to see if he's a man enough to you meet you in the sand pit
in a flying kind of sighing in a meddlesome bay
you know the way, I see the flies

A(open)
She's a little kite the sort you think you might like to fire and like a kite
you get to see her everynight
you know the way
she's only paving her way, hate to complain, I see the flies

C#
Birdie hop he do, he hop along
A
a lonely bird upon a window there, he, he

there he blow, the windy snow, a hoppy bird

A(open)
A camel woke up to a polished dawn
wouldn't look to see his feet had gone, he wouldn't like it
wouldn't have the strength to fight it, I see the flies

A(open)
I'm the only bird, a little third, I lost a quarter, I had a yearning to be
earning just a dollar a day and in a way you shouldn't like it
hate to complain, I see the flies

LET’S SPLIT

E D A C
ev'rything about about to go out, me out , you out
A
yes and ev'rything is out, about, out, out, out, out, out, out, out,
D C
let's split - I'm telling you this is it

E D A C
ev'rything down in hound, hound, hound, back down, down, down
A D
even ev'rything is down, abound and down, down, round, down, down, down
A C A D
let's split - I'm telling you this is it

G D A
nobody is right tonight, night, height, night, tight is, it isn't right
A
me out, you out, and ev'rything is out, out, out, out, out, out, out
C
let's split

(Syd then plays the C chord on the 10th fret, then whistles over the verse
progression
until he no longer knows what he is doing and ends the song)

James.
allfallup@aol.com

LANKY (pt. 1)

variations on E

like this:
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------1^----------
------2^-------0-2
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