Chords for Syd Barrett docu after he quit Pink Floyd NPS
Tempo:
122.5 bpm
Chords used:
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A
D
C
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb] I'm screaming I [A] met you this way
The [D] basement was sort of like a womb it was a kind of womb like [A] feeling about it
There [N] are pictures of him when he was a child on the wall, and I think he that's a phrase
He even you know if he uses the word regresses how he's taken the backward path
So he does talk about it in in in a reasonably direct way he was somehow
Retracing his steps, so he was clearly going through
Some kind of in a searching at that time.
He wasn't in a state of anguish at all about it.
It was more like
yeah, [Ab] he's thinking about things and
he'd made this couple of albums and
It weren't quite what he wanted, but they were okay, and he doesn't speak disparagingly about the Floyd at all.
He's
He's fairly accepting.
I [G] think
I'm waving [D] my arms in [A] the air
[G] My [D] love got [A] no care
[C] Sid [E] Barrett joined a few [C] musicians from Cambridge [Am] and formed the [G] band The Stars
for a final [A] performance at the Corn Exchange in Cambridge
[D] I remember looking [C] across at Sid and
[G] Just thinking you don't want to be here, do you?
He was kind of like going through the motions the mic was here, and he just thought be singing like this and
Everybody just knew that the wheels had come off you were just witnessing
the breakdown of a of someone in performance
Some gigs are good and some are bad some are really bad, and that was probably
the worst
[E]
[Em]
[G] [E] I fly above you, [G] yes I [Am] do
[E] Well, oh baby [Dbm] my
hair's [E] all
end about [A] you
Sid Barrett returned to [G] London and moved [Ab] into the Chelsea [A] Cloisters apartment
He was isolated and had no contact with his friends from Pink Floyd, which has become one of the most successful bands in the world awarded [C] I
[G] Mean Sid appears in the wall a lot
You know which [G] is where you know in the movie where the cigarette burns down between the fingers well I?
Went into the room and saw that
[Ab]
[Fm] It's personage that do a Bob Geldof what's his pills in the film deeping Floyd market on the wall is cabasea top sit Barrett
my friendship with him and his illness
Combined yeah provider an enormous
[F] Opportunity for
[G] Grief it's sad.
It's very sad.
I'm still very sad about it.
You know
Quite how much the specter of Sid?
haunted us
Subsequently, I mean obviously we went back to it
You know with wish you were here
in a major way
[C] how I wish
You [D] were here
We're [Am] just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl
[G] year after year
[D] Running over the same old ground
[E] [C] But have we found
Same [Am] old fear
Wish [G] you were here.
[D] [Em] I think it's our best album.
I [G] love it
Lyrically
[Em] But I also like just musically and I love the flow of it
I just think I mean I I will listen to that album for pleasure.
It's not many of the Floyd albums.
I can I
[F] Sort of knew that really we we were over as far as the band of brothers
Notion of the pop group was concerned
We just weren't anymore, and we were never going to be that again
and so I was mourning that loss as well as the loss of
[Gm] Sid as a friend and as a colleague
The [D] basement was sort of like a womb it was a kind of womb like [A] feeling about it
There [N] are pictures of him when he was a child on the wall, and I think he that's a phrase
He even you know if he uses the word regresses how he's taken the backward path
So he does talk about it in in in a reasonably direct way he was somehow
Retracing his steps, so he was clearly going through
Some kind of in a searching at that time.
He wasn't in a state of anguish at all about it.
It was more like
yeah, [Ab] he's thinking about things and
he'd made this couple of albums and
It weren't quite what he wanted, but they were okay, and he doesn't speak disparagingly about the Floyd at all.
He's
He's fairly accepting.
I [G] think
I'm waving [D] my arms in [A] the air
[G] My [D] love got [A] no care
[C] Sid [E] Barrett joined a few [C] musicians from Cambridge [Am] and formed the [G] band The Stars
for a final [A] performance at the Corn Exchange in Cambridge
[D] I remember looking [C] across at Sid and
[G] Just thinking you don't want to be here, do you?
He was kind of like going through the motions the mic was here, and he just thought be singing like this and
Everybody just knew that the wheels had come off you were just witnessing
the breakdown of a of someone in performance
Some gigs are good and some are bad some are really bad, and that was probably
the worst
[E]
[Em]
[G] [E] I fly above you, [G] yes I [Am] do
[E] Well, oh baby [Dbm] my
hair's [E] all
end about [A] you
Sid Barrett returned to [G] London and moved [Ab] into the Chelsea [A] Cloisters apartment
He was isolated and had no contact with his friends from Pink Floyd, which has become one of the most successful bands in the world awarded [C] I
[G] Mean Sid appears in the wall a lot
You know which [G] is where you know in the movie where the cigarette burns down between the fingers well I?
Went into the room and saw that
[Ab]
[Fm] It's personage that do a Bob Geldof what's his pills in the film deeping Floyd market on the wall is cabasea top sit Barrett
my friendship with him and his illness
Combined yeah provider an enormous
[F] Opportunity for
[G] Grief it's sad.
It's very sad.
I'm still very sad about it.
You know
Quite how much the specter of Sid?
haunted us
Subsequently, I mean obviously we went back to it
You know with wish you were here
in a major way
[C] how I wish
You [D] were here
We're [Am] just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl
[G] year after year
[D] Running over the same old ground
[E] [C] But have we found
Same [Am] old fear
Wish [G] you were here.
[D] [Em] I think it's our best album.
I [G] love it
Lyrically
[Em] But I also like just musically and I love the flow of it
I just think I mean I I will listen to that album for pleasure.
It's not many of the Floyd albums.
I can I
[F] Sort of knew that really we we were over as far as the band of brothers
Notion of the pop group was concerned
We just weren't anymore, and we were never going to be that again
and so I was mourning that loss as well as the loss of
[Gm] Sid as a friend and as a colleague
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_ [Bb] I'm screaming _ I [A] met you this way
The [D] basement was sort of like a womb it was a kind of womb like [A] feeling about it
There [N] are pictures of him when he was a child on the wall, and I think he that's a phrase
He even you know if he uses the word regresses how he's taken the backward path
So he does talk about it in in in a reasonably direct way he was somehow _
Retracing his steps, so he was clearly going through
Some kind of in a searching at that time.
He wasn't in a state of anguish at all about it.
It was more like
yeah, [Ab] he's thinking about things and
he'd made this couple of albums and
It _ _ weren't quite what he wanted, but they were okay, and he doesn't speak disparagingly about the Floyd at all.
He's
_ He's fairly accepting.
I [G] think
I'm waving [D] my arms in [A] the air _ _ _
[G] My [D] love got [A] no care _
_ [C] Sid [E] Barrett joined a few [C] musicians from Cambridge [Am] and formed the [G] band The Stars
for a final [A] performance at the Corn Exchange in Cambridge
_ [D] I _ _ remember looking [C] across at Sid and
_ _ _ [G] Just thinking you don't want to be here, do you?
_ He was kind of like going through the motions the mic was here, and he just thought be singing like this and
Everybody just knew that the wheels had come off you were just witnessing _ _ _ _
the breakdown of a of someone in performance _
Some gigs are good and some are bad some are really bad, and that was probably
_ the worst
_ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [E] I fly above you, [G] yes I [Am] do
_ _ [E] _ Well, oh baby [Dbm] my
hair's [E] all
end about [A] _ you
_ Sid Barrett returned to [G] London and moved [Ab] into the Chelsea [A] Cloisters apartment
He was isolated and had no contact with his friends from Pink Floyd, which has become one of the most successful bands in the world awarded [C] I
[G] _ Mean Sid appears in the wall a lot
You know which [G] is where you know in the movie where the cigarette burns down between the fingers well I?
_ _ Went into the room and saw that _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ It's personage that do a Bob Geldof what's his pills in the film deeping Floyd market on the wall is cabasea top sit Barrett
_ my friendship with him and his illness
_ _ Combined yeah provider _ an enormous _ _
_ [F] Opportunity for
_ _ [G] Grief it's sad.
It's very sad.
I'm still very sad about it.
You know _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Quite how much the specter of Sid?
haunted us
_ Subsequently, I mean obviously we went back to it
You know with wish you were here _ _
in a major way _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ how I wish
_ You [D] were here _ _ _
_ We're [Am] just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl
[G] _ _ year after year
_ _ [D] _ _ Running over the same old ground
[E] _ [C] But have we _ found
Same [Am] old fear _ _
_ Wish [G] you were here. _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Em] I think it's our best album.
I [G] love it
_ Lyrically
_ _ [Em] But I also like just musically and I love the flow of it
I just think I mean I _ I will listen to that album for pleasure.
It's not many of the Floyd albums.
I can I
_ [F] _ Sort of knew that really we we were over as far as the band of brothers
Notion of the pop group was concerned
We just weren't anymore, and we were never going to be that again
and so I was mourning that loss as well as the loss of
_ _ [Gm] _ Sid as a friend and as a colleague _ _ _ _ _
The [D] basement was sort of like a womb it was a kind of womb like [A] feeling about it
There [N] are pictures of him when he was a child on the wall, and I think he that's a phrase
He even you know if he uses the word regresses how he's taken the backward path
So he does talk about it in in in a reasonably direct way he was somehow _
Retracing his steps, so he was clearly going through
Some kind of in a searching at that time.
He wasn't in a state of anguish at all about it.
It was more like
yeah, [Ab] he's thinking about things and
he'd made this couple of albums and
It _ _ weren't quite what he wanted, but they were okay, and he doesn't speak disparagingly about the Floyd at all.
He's
_ He's fairly accepting.
I [G] think
I'm waving [D] my arms in [A] the air _ _ _
[G] My [D] love got [A] no care _
_ [C] Sid [E] Barrett joined a few [C] musicians from Cambridge [Am] and formed the [G] band The Stars
for a final [A] performance at the Corn Exchange in Cambridge
_ [D] I _ _ remember looking [C] across at Sid and
_ _ _ [G] Just thinking you don't want to be here, do you?
_ He was kind of like going through the motions the mic was here, and he just thought be singing like this and
Everybody just knew that the wheels had come off you were just witnessing _ _ _ _
the breakdown of a of someone in performance _
Some gigs are good and some are bad some are really bad, and that was probably
_ the worst
_ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [E] I fly above you, [G] yes I [Am] do
_ _ [E] _ Well, oh baby [Dbm] my
hair's [E] all
end about [A] _ you
_ Sid Barrett returned to [G] London and moved [Ab] into the Chelsea [A] Cloisters apartment
He was isolated and had no contact with his friends from Pink Floyd, which has become one of the most successful bands in the world awarded [C] I
[G] _ Mean Sid appears in the wall a lot
You know which [G] is where you know in the movie where the cigarette burns down between the fingers well I?
_ _ Went into the room and saw that _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ It's personage that do a Bob Geldof what's his pills in the film deeping Floyd market on the wall is cabasea top sit Barrett
_ my friendship with him and his illness
_ _ Combined yeah provider _ an enormous _ _
_ [F] Opportunity for
_ _ [G] Grief it's sad.
It's very sad.
I'm still very sad about it.
You know _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Quite how much the specter of Sid?
haunted us
_ Subsequently, I mean obviously we went back to it
You know with wish you were here _ _
in a major way _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ how I wish
_ You [D] were here _ _ _
_ We're [Am] just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl
[G] _ _ year after year
_ _ [D] _ _ Running over the same old ground
[E] _ [C] But have we _ found
Same [Am] old fear _ _
_ Wish [G] you were here. _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Em] I think it's our best album.
I [G] love it
_ Lyrically
_ _ [Em] But I also like just musically and I love the flow of it
I just think I mean I _ I will listen to that album for pleasure.
It's not many of the Floyd albums.
I can I
_ [F] _ Sort of knew that really we we were over as far as the band of brothers
Notion of the pop group was concerned
We just weren't anymore, and we were never going to be that again
and so I was mourning that loss as well as the loss of
_ _ [Gm] _ Sid as a friend and as a colleague _ _ _ _ _