Chords: Piper at the Gates of Dawn
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Interstellar overdrive
Opening Riff:
G----------------------------------]
D----------------------------------]
A----------------------------------]
E----7-7-676-5-5--454--3-(sustain)-]
Later:
G-----------]
D-----------]
A--7-5------]
E-------7-5-]
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Flaming
E D
Alone in the clouds all blue
Bm A Asus4 A Asus2 A
Lying on an eiderdown
E A
Yippee! You can't see me
D F E
But I can you
Lazing in the foggy dew
Sitting on a unicorn
No fair, you can't hear me
But I can you
Watching buttercups cup the light
Sleeping on a dandelion
Too much, I won't touch you
But then I might
Screaming through the starlit sky
Travelling by telephone
Hey ho, here we go
Ever so high
Alone in the clouds all blue
Lying on an eiderdown
Yippee! You can't see me
But I can you
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Scarecrow
D A C A G
The black and green scarecrow, as ev'ryone knows,
A D A
Stood with a bird on his hat and straw ev'rywhere
D
He didn't care
G Am G A
He stood in a field where barley grows
D A C A G
His head did no thinking, his arms didn't move,
A D A D
Except when the wind cut up rough and mice ran around on the ground
G Am G A
He stood in a field where barley grows
D A C A G
The black and green scarecrow is sadder than me__
A D A
But now he's resigned to his fate's, 'cause life's not unkind
D
He doesn't mind
G Am G A
He stood in a field where barley grows
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Lucifer Sam
F#m G
Lucifer Sam, siam cat
B
Always sitting by your side
E
Always by your side
C G D
That cat's something I can't explain
Jennifer Gentle, you're a witch
You're the left side
He's the right side
Oh, no!
That cat's something I can't explain
Lucifer go to sea
Be a hip cat, be a ship's cat
Somewhere, anywhere
That cat's something I can't explain
At night prowling sifting sand
Hiding around on the ground
He'll be found when you're around
That cat's something I can't explain
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The gnome
D A D C A C A
I want to tell you a story 'bout a little man, if I can,
D A D C A C A
A gnome named Grimble Grumble. And little gnomes stay in their homes,
G D Bb7 C F A7 D
Eating, sleeping, drinking their wine
D A D C A C A
He wore a scarlet tunic, a bluegreen hood; it looked quite good
D A D C A C A
He had a big adventure amidst the grass, fresh air at last
G D Bb7 C F A7 D
Wining, dining, biding his time
G C/G F A/E E G D G D
And then one day, hooray, another way for gnomes to say, "Hooray!"
D A D C/G A C/G A
Look at the sky; look at the river. Isn't it good?
D A D C/G A C/G A
Look at the sky; look at the river Isn't it good?
G D Bb7 C F A7 D
Winding, finding places to go
G C/G F A/E E G D G D
And then one day, hooray, another way for gnomes to say, "Hooray!"
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Matilda Mother
B A/B Gmaj7/D F#(addB)
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
There was a king who ruled the land
Bsus4 Asus4 G6 F#7sus4
His Majesty was in command
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4 Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
With silver eyes the scarlet eagle showered silver on the people
G D A G D E
Oh____, mother, tell me more
N.C.
Why'd you have to leave me there,
B
Hanging in my infant air, waiting?
N.C.
You only have to read the lines of scribbly black and ev'rything shines
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
Across the stream with wooden shoes,
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
Bells to tell the king the news,
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4 Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
A thousand misty riders climb up higher once upon a time
G D A
Wondering and dreaming
G D E
The words have different meanings
A G E F#
Yes, they did
Bsus4 Asus4 G6 F#7sus4
Of all the time spent in that room,
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
The doll's house darkness, old perfume,
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4 Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
And fairy stories held me high on clouds of sunlight floating by
G D A G D E
Oh____, mother, tell me more
A G E
Tell me more
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Astronomy Domine
E (play as standard E)
Lime and limpid green a second scene the fight between the blue you
Eb (play as A barre on 6)
once knew
(All other chords play as A and E form barres)
G A
Floating down the sound resounds around the icey waters underground
E Eb
Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda, and Titania
G G#
Neptune, Titan, stars can frighten
(play following chords as E form barres falling from fret 12)
E Eb D C# C B Bb A
Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah
(and again as A form barres falling from 12)
A G# G F# F E Eb D
Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah
D Eb E
Second verse :
(Same progression)
Blinding signs flap
Flicker flicker flicker flam
Pow Wow
Stairway scare Dan
Dare who's there
Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah
Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah
(ritard)
E
Lime and limpid green the sound resounds the icey waters under
E
Lime and limpid green the sound resounds the icey waters underground