Astronomy Domine

by Syd Barrett
Tabbed (as best as he could) by 
Edwin Ostrin

Intro :
Vamp till drums
     E                E           
E Eb/E  Eb/E
E-|-----------------||--7-----------7-6-|-6---------------------------||
B-|-----------------||--9-----------9-8-|-8---------------------------||
G-|-----------------||:-9-----------9-8-|-8--------------------------:||
D-|-----------------||--9-----------9-8-|-8---------------------------||
A-|-----------------||--7-----------7-6-|-6---------------------------||
E-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--0-----5b7r0-0-0-|-0---------------------------||
    crescendo         Hit hard, then
 strum last chord a bit softer

Verse (as best as I can make out) :

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                              
Floating down the sound resounds 
                              A
around the icey waters underground
E                                 
Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, 
            Eb
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     
Aaah  Aaah  Aaah  Aaah  Aaah  
B     Bb    A
Aaah  Aaah  Aaah
(and again as A form barres falling 
from 12)
A     G#    G     F#    F     
Aaah  Aaah  Aaah  Aaah  Aaah  
E     Eb    D
Aaah  Aaah  Aaah

D  Eb  E

Beginning of Solo :  (if anyone has 
complete tabs or corrections, please
let me know!)

    with heavy delay, slight 
distortion
    E
E-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
B-|-------------------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------------------------|

     Eb
E-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
B-|-------------------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------------------------|
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E-|-------------------------------------------------|

    G                              
E-|-3-3sl10-10-10sl3-3-3sl10-10-10sl5-|-5-----------------|
     A

B-|-----------------------------------|---5---------------|
G-|-----------------------------------|-----7b8-----------|
D-|-----------------------------------|---------7~~~~~----|
A-|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------|-------------------|

Follow same progression as verses.
Screw around with whatever 
pentatonic you happen to be in.
Throw in some typical space-rock, 
spanish, or modal scale
if you feel up to it.  Use gobs of 
delay, throw in a lot
of tremolo picking, and a few 
sliding harmonies, take lots
of acid, go insane, play a C chord 
throughout the whole song,
you have yourself a reasonable Syd 
Barrett imitation. :)
Repeat chord sequence twice and go 
into second verse.

Second verse :
(Same progression)
Blinding signs flap (???)
Flicker flicker flicker flam
Pow  Wow
Stairway scare Dan
Dare who's there (???)

(I don't understand these lyrics 
either...but Syd WAS on acid.. :) )
Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah 
Aaah
Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah 
Aaah

Then : (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.

The one on the B-Side of the Take It
 Back single off the Division Bell 
is
technique, less delay, etc.
The one on Ummagumma repeats the 
first verse and is a wee slower and 
more laid
back than the original.

From: * (Jeremy Joseph)

 I've done the same about books 
where they only have a few chords
which aren't even right half the 
time. So, here is an incomplete, but
weird soloing throughout, you'll 
probably want to change it around to
suit your personal taste. This is 
sort of a cross between the
UmmaGumma and Piper at the Gates of 
Dawn versions, as both had
slightly different guitar parts.


  intro part
|---------------------0--0--------
|---------------------0--0--------
|---------------------1--0--------
|---------------------2--1--------
|---------------------2--1--------
|-0--0--0--0--1/3--0--0--0--0--0--

||--------0--0----------------------
||--------0--0---0--0--0------------
||--------1--0---0--0--0------------
||--------2--1---1--1--1------------
||--------2--1---1--1--1------------
||1/3--0--0--0----------------------

The main chorus goes something like:
 (play barre chords in sequence with
 6th string bass note)

E                              
Lime and limpid green the second 
                         G       A
scene the between the who you once 
knew


G                              
Floating down the sound resounds 
                        G#   A
around the icy waters underground


            E                 G   
Jupiter and Saturn     ever on 
   A
there own around Titania
|-0---------------0--0----| 
|-0---------------0--0----| 
|-1---------------0--1----| 
|-2---------------1--2----| 
|-2---------------1--2----| 
|-0---------------0--0----| 



G                       
Neptune, Titan, stars can 
      G#
frighten...

 You..................
|-12-12-12-11-11-11-10-10-10-9-9-
|-10-10-10--9--9--9--8--8--8-7-7-
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------

||9-8-8-8-7-7-7-6-6-6-5-5-5-----------------| 
||7-6-6-6-5-5-5-4-4-4-3-3-3-----------------| 
||------------------------------------------| 
||------------------------------------------| 
||------------------------------------------| 
||------------------------------------------| 

|-10-10-----9-9---8-8---7-7---6-6-
|-10----10--9---9-8---8-7---7-6---
|-11-------10-----9-----8-----7---
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------

||--5-5---4-4---3-3-----------------
||6-5---5-4---4-3---3---------------
||--6-----5-----4-------------------
||----------------------------------
||----------------------------------
||----------------------------------

|-2--------2--------3--------3---
|-3--3---3---3---3--4--4---4---4-
|-2----2-------2----3----3-------
|-0-----------------1------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------

||---3-\----0-------------------------------| 
||---4-\----0-------------------------------| 
||3--3-\----1-------------------------------| 
||---1-\----2-------------------------------| 
||----------2-------------------------------| 
||----------0-------------------------------| 

 I doubt I got the words right, but 
you get the idea.

 Someone else posted this solo a 
long time ago, forget who,
 but it sounds good to me.

E-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
B-|-------------------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------------------------|

     Eb
E-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
B-|-------------------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------------------------|

    G                              
E-|-3-3sl10-10-10sl3-3-3sl10-10-10sl5-|-5-----------------|
     A

B-|-----------------------------------|---5---------------|
G-|-----------------------------------|-----7b8-----------|
D-|-----------------------------------|---------7~~~~~----|
A-|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------|-------------------|


Well, hope this helps
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