Octopus chords by
Syd Barrett
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Key: Bb major
Intro 1
Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Gb
Gb

B
B

Ab
Ab

Verse 1
Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Trip to heave and ho,
Gb
Gb

B
B

up down, to and fro'
Ab
Ab

You have no word
Bb
Bb

Ab
Ab

Trip, trip to a dream dragon
Bb
Bb

Ab
Ab

Hide your wings in a ghost tower
Bb
Bb

Ab
Ab

Bb
Bb

Sails crackling at every plate we break
Bridge 1
Bb
Bb

A
A

Cracked by scattered needles
Ab
Ab

The little minute gong
Coughs and clears his throat
Madam you see before you stand
Hey ho, never be still
Ab
Ab

The old original favorite grand
Grasshoppers green Herbarian band
F
F

And the tune they play in us confide
Chorus 1
Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

So trip to heave and ho,
Gb
Gb

B
B

up down, to and fro'
Ab
Ab

You have no word
F
F

Bb
Bb

Please leave us here
F
F

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Close our eyes to the octopus ride
E
E

F
F

Verse 2
F#
F#

Isn't it good to be lost in the wood
G
G

Isn't it bad so quiet there, in the wood
Ab
Ab

Db
Db

Meant even less to me than I thought
Ab
Ab

Db
Db

With a honey plough of yellow prickly seeds
Ab
Ab

Db
Db

F
F

Clover honey pots and mystic shining feed
Chorus 2
Bb
Bb

Well, the madcap laughed
Eb
Eb

at the man on the border
Gb
Gb

B
B

Hey ho, huff the Talbot
Bb
Bb

Ab
Ab

Cheetah he cried shouted kangaroo
Bb
Bb

Ab
Ab

So through their tree they cried
F
F

Bb
Bb

Please leave us here
F
F

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Eb
Eb

Close our eyes to the octopus ride
Interlude 1
F
F

F
F

F
F

F
F

F
F

F
F

F
F

F
F

F
F

F
F

Chorus 3
F
F

Bb
Bb

Please leave us here
F
F

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Close our eyes to the octopus ride
Eb
Eb

Eb
Eb

Eb
Eb

Verse 3
Bb
Bb

The madcap laughed
Ab
Ab

at the man on the border
Bb
Bb

Ab
Ab

Hey ho, huff the Talbot
Bb
Bb

Ab
Ab

The winds they blew and the leaves did wag
Bb
Bb

Ab
Ab

And they'll never put me in their bag
Bb
Bb

Ab
Ab

The seas will reach and always see
Bb
Bb

Ab
Ab

So high you go, so low you creep
Bb
Bb

Ab
Ab

The winds it blows in tropical heat
Bb
Bb

Ab
Ab

The drones they throng on mossy seats
Bb
Bb

Ab
Ab

The squeaking door will always creep
Bb
Bb

Ab
Ab

Two up, two down we'll never meet
Bb
Bb

Ab
Ab

So merrily trip for good my side
Chorus 4
F
F

Bb
Bb

Please leave us here
F
F

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Close our eyes to the octopus ride
E
E

F
F

Outro 1
F#
F#

F#
F#

F#
F#

F#
F#

[Repeat and fade]

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