Opel chords by Syd Barrett

Chords with lyrics

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 [email protected] (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 augmentedA

+-----------------------------------------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 augmentedA     E MajorE
On a distant...
G+G D MajorD
A augmentedA E MajorE
BB A augmentedA

A augmentedA       E MajorE
The pebble...
G+G D MajorD
A augmentedA E MajorE
BB A augmentedA

A augmentedA     E MajorE
A augmentedA bare,...
G+G D MajorD
A augmentedA
BB A augmentedA

A augmentedA       E MajorE
Crisp flax...
G+G D MajorD
A augmentedA
BB A augmentedA

BRIDGE:

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

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


unusual chords used:
   Cadd9: x32030


begin bridge:

 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
 Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC   Bb majorBb      Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC   Bb majorBb   FF   A minorAm

 ------ ------
 E MajorE


 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
 C7C7      FF     F#F# G+G       A augmentedA   D MajorD   G+G

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


 This is then repeated, except that the second time I think that
 the first chord is C7C7 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 A5A5 or Asus2.

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

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

Begin closing:

A augmentedA   A5addG#
I'm trying...
A augmentedA A5addG#
A5addF# A5A5
A5addF# A5A5
A augmentedA A5addG#
A augmentedA A5addG#
A5addF# A5A5
A5addF# A5A5

The next part I think uses only the A augmentedA chord:

A augmentedA
I'm living... x4

(Switch at this point to A5A5 and diddle with it for a while)

END

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