Madcap Laughs

E G I really love you, and I mean you E G A The star above you, crystal blue D E A Well, oh baby, my hair's on end about you C G E G I wouldn't see you, and I love to E G Am I fly above you, yes I do D E A Well, oh baby, my hair's on end about you C G G# A A Floating, bumping, noses dodge a tooth A C G Bb E7 The fins a luminous A Fangs all 'round the clam is dark A Below the boulders hiding C G E7 All the sunlight's good for us E G Cause we're the fishes and all we do E G Am The move about is all we do D E A Well, oh baby, my hair's on end about you C G G# A E G E G Am D E7 A C G E G E G Am D E7 A C G G# A A Floating, bumping, noses dodge a tooth A C G Bb E The fins a luminous A Fangs all 'round the clam is dark A Below the boulders hiding C G E7 All the sunlight's good for us E G Cause we're the fishes and all we do E G Am The move about is all we do D E A Well, oh baby, my hair's on end about you C G G# A C G G# A C G G# A E G E G Am D E7 A C G E G I really love you, and I mean you E G A The star above you, crystal blue D E A Well, oh baby, my hair's on end about you... ***It's No Good Trying*********************************************** G It's no good trying to place your hand D where I can't see because I understand A that you're different from me yes I can tell D that you can't be what you pretend G and you're rocking me backwards A# and you're rocking towards the C D red and yellow mane of a stallion horse. D E G It's no good trying to hold your love D where I can't see because I understand A that you're different from me yes I can tell D that you can't be what you pretend G A# the caterpillar hood won't cover the head and C D you know you should be home in bed. D E G It's no good holding your sequin fan D where I can't see because I understand A that you're different from me yes I can tell D that you can't be what you pretend G A# yes you're spinning around and around in a car C D with electric lights flashing very fast... D E ***Love You*************************************************************** G B F7 E7 D#7 G B E7 A Honey, love ya, A# Honey, little honey, funny, sunny morning B Love you more funny, love in the skyline baby. E Ice cream, 'scuse me, A E I've seen you looking good the other evening A Oh, you, dig it A# Had to smile just an hour or so B Are we in love like I think we be? E It ain't a long rhyme, it took ages to think A E I think I'll hurl it in the water, baby. A Honey, love ya, A# Honey, little honey, funny, sunny morning B Love you more funny, love in the skyline baby. E Ice cream, 'scuse me, A E I've seen you looking good the other evening A A# B E A E A A# B E A E A Flaking you are A# B A nice little one to put it all around It's just good, I like it E Hey, hey, hey. Suppose some time that day A E Whoopee, swing it on over across to me. A Honey, love ya, A# Honey, little honey, funny, sunny morning B Love you more funny, love in the skyline baby. E Ice cream, 'scuse me, A E I've seen you looking good the other evening A A# B E A E A A# B E A E A Good time rocker woman A# Will stray, ah, pieces a B little creepy We shine so sleepy, So whoopee E A E That's how you look A Honey, love ya, A# Honey, little honey, funny, sunny morning B Love you more funny, love in the skyline baby. E Ice cream, 'scuse me, A E I've seen you looking good the other evening ***No Man's Land***************************************************** B7 A7 Em You would hold your head up high, you even try Em G you would hold another hand, oh understand! F A B They even see me under call, we under all, we awful-awful, crawl Em G A E B E to hear my hour, come see me cry... Em Just searching you even try, I can make you smile Em G if it's there will you go there too? when I live I die! F A B They even see me under call, we under all, we awful, awful, crawl Em G A E B E because of you, to see me be. [ Verse chords] Em G F A B Em G A E B Em Em Tell me, Tell me, Tell me Yippee... (can not understood the rest of the lyrics) ***Dark Globe************************************************************* G Oh where are you now, pussy willow that smiled on this leaf? C D G When I was alone you promised a stone from your heart. G7 My head kissed the ground C I was half the way down G D Treading the sand, please... G C D C Please lift a hand, I'm only a person D C D Whose arm bands beads on his hands hang tall. G D Won't you miss me, D9 Wouldn't you miss me at all? G The poppy bird's way swing twigs coffee brands around. C D Brandish a wand with a feathery tong. G My head kissed the ground C I was half the way down G D C Treading the sand, please, please... G C D C Please lift a hand, I'm only a person. D C D C C7 With eskimo chain I tattered my brain all the way G D Won't you miss me, D9 Wouldn't you miss me at all? G ***Here I Go*********************************************************** Note: notes between brackets are notes on the E string B F# This is a story 'bout a girl that I knew B she didn't like my songs F# and that made me feel blue D# Db E she said: "a big band is far better than you"... E F# G# A A Bbm7 Bm7 E She don't rock 'n' roll, she don't like it A Bbm7 Bm7 E she don't do the stroll, well she don't do it right A A7 D Dm well, ev'rythings wrong and my patience was gone A when I woke one morning E and remembered this song A Bbm7 Bm7 E O-oh-oh, kinda catchy, A Bbm7 Bm7 E I hoped A A7 that she would talk to me now D Dm A and even allow me to hold her hand E and forget that old band. D Dm A A7 I strolled around to her pad D Dm A E her light was off and that's bad D Dm A F# her sister said that my girl was gone B E "But come inside, boy, and play, play, play me a song!" A Bbm7 Bm7 E I said "Yeah! Here I go" A Bbm7 Bm7 E She's kinda cute, don't you know? A A7 D Dm That after a while of seeing her smile A E I knew we could make it, make it in style! [ Verse Chords 2x] A Bbm7 Bm7 E7 A Bbm7 Bm7 E7 A A7 D Dm A E A Bbm7 Bm7 E7 A Bbm7 Bm7 E7 A A7 D Dm A E D Dm A A7 So now I've got all I need D Dm A E She and I are in love, we've agreed D Dm A F# she likes this song and my others too B so now you see my world is... E because of this tune! A Bbm7 Bm7 E7 A What a boon this tune! Bbm7 Bm7 E7 I tell you soon A A7 D Dm We'll be lying in bed, happily wed, A and I won't think of that girl E or what she said... A Bbm7 Bm7 E7 A Bbm7 Bm7 E7 A A7 D Dm A E G# A ***Octopus******************************************************** N.C music originally played on Eb tuning, chords shown here are for standard tuning, however, to play just like the original on Eb, transpose half step up. Bb Eb7 F# B7 Ab Bb Eb7 F# B7 Trip to heave and ho, up down, to and fro' Ab You have no word Bb Ab Trip, trip to a dream dragon Bb Ab Hide your wings in a ghost tower Bb Ab Bb Sails cackling at every plate we break Bb A Cracked by scattered needles Ab The little minute gong Ab Coughs and clears his throat Ab Madam you see before you stand Ab Hey ho, never be still Ab The old original favorite grand Ab Grasshoppers green Herbarian band F7 And the tune they play is "In Us Confide" Bb Eb7 F# B7 So trip to heave and ho, up down, to and fro' Ab You have no word F Bb Please leave us here F Bb Eb E Close our eyes to the octopus ride! Interlude (spoken word F# "Isn't it good to be lost in the wood F# G Isn't it bad so quiet there, in the wood Ab C# Meant even less to me than I thought Ab C# With a honey plough of yellow prickly seeds Ab C# F7 Clover honey pots and mystic shining feed..." Bb Ab Well, the madcap laughed at the man on the border F# B Hey ho, huff the Talbot Bb Ab "Cheat" he cried shouting kangaroo Bb Ab It's true in their tree they cried F F Bb Please leave us here F Bb Eb Close our eyes to the octopus ride! Bb The madcap laughed at the man on the border Bb Ab Hey ho, huff the Talbot Bb Ab The winds they blew and the leaves did wag Bb Ab They'll never put me in their bag Bb Ab The seas will reach and always seep Bb Ab So high you go, so low you creep Bb Ab The wind it blows in tropical heat Bb Ab The drones they throng on mossy seats Bb Ab The squeaking door will always squeak Bb Ab Two up, two down we'll never meet Bb Ab So merrily trip forgo my side F Bb Please leave us here F Bb Eb E Close our eyes to the octopus ride! F# ***Golden Hair************************************************ Note: chords in bracket are chords played in a D shape, outside chords are opened E D A F E E D A F E E A A E D C F E E A A Lean out your window, golden hair E D C F E E A A I heard you singing in the midnight air E D C F E E A A My book is closed, I read no more E D C F E E A A Watching the fire dance on the floor E D C F E E A A I've left my book, I've left my room E D C F E E A A For I heard you singing through the gloom E D C F E E A A Singing and singing a merry air E D C F E E A A Lean out of the window, golden hair ***Long Gone************************************************ N.C Note: Chords between brackets are notes on the E string E G A Em/Bb Em/G Em/Bb E G A E/Bb Em/Bb Em/G Em/Bb E She was long gone, long, long gone G A Em Em/D Em/C Em/B She was gone, gone, the bigger they come Em/A Em/G Em/F# Em/F The larger her hand 'till no one understands Em/B G F# F E Why for so long she'd been gone Am And I stood very still by the window sill D And I wondered for those I love still G5 A I cried in my mind where I stand behind A The beauty of love's in her eyes... G A E/Bb Em/Bb Em/G Em/Bb E She was long gone, long, long gone G A Em Em/D Em/C Em/B She was gone, gone, the bigger they come Em/A Em/G Em/F# Em/F The larger her hand 'till no one understands Em/B G F# F E Why for so long she'd been gone Am And I borrowed the page From a leopard's cage D And I prowled in the evening sun's glaze G A Her head lifted high to the light in the sky A The opening dawn on her face... [ chorus chords] G A E/Bb Em/Bb Em/G Em/Bb E G A Em Em/D Em/C Em/B Em/A Em/G Em/F# Em/F Em/B G F# F E G A E/Bb Em/Bb Em/G Em/Bb E She was long gone, long, long gone G A Em Em/D Em/C Em/B She was gone, gone, the bigger they come Em/A Em/G Em/F# Em/F The larger her hand 'till no one understands Em/B G F# F E Why for so long she'd been gone Am And I stood very still by the window sill D And I wondered for those I love still G A I cried in my mind where I stand behind A The beauty of love's in her eyes... G A E/Bb Em/Bb Em/G Em/Bb E She was long gone, long, long gone G A Em Em/D Em/C Em/B She was gone, gone, the bigger they come Em/A Em/G Em/F# Em/F The larger her hand 'till no one understands Em/B G F# F E Why for so long she'd been gone G A E/Bb Em/Bb Em/G Em/Bb E She was long gone, long, long gone ***She Took A Long Cold Look********************************************* A D She took a long cold look at me D A and smiled and gazed all over my arm A D she loves to see me get down to ground D A she hasn't time just to be with me A D her face between all she means to be D A to be extreme, just to be extreme A D a broken pier on the wavy sea D A she wonders why for all she wants to see... G# G But I got up and I stomped around E E7 and hid the piece where the trees touch the ground... E* (*Syd trying to play while turning his lyric sheet,strike the A and the low E about many times...) A D The end of truth that lay out the time D A spent lazing here on a painting green A D a mile or more in a foreign clime D A to see farther inside of me. A D A D A D And looking high up into the sky D A D A I breathe as the water streams over me... ***Feel************************************************************ G "Feel, Take 1" G You feel me D A Bm away far too empty, oh so alone! I want to go home Em D7 Oh find me inside of a nocturne - the blonde how I love you to be by my side E they wail... the crowd on her side C D7 G C A6 D7 she straggled the bridge by the water... G She misses her crawl D A far ley grew G Em Bm heady aside in a dell Em D7 inside an eye be the lonely one, my bride how I leave on the waddling wheel E they flail... a gasp shringing C a bad bell's ringing D7 G C A6 D7 the angel - the daughter... [ Verse Chords] G D A Bm Bm Em D7 E C D7 G C A6 D7 G You feel me D A Bm away far too empty, oh so alone! I want to go home Em D7 Oh find me inside of a nocturne - the blonde how I love you to be by my side E they wail... the crowd on her side C D7 G C A6 D7 G she straggled the bridge by the water... N.C G "...last one was diamond actually. Alright" ***If It's in You****************************************************** Intro (false start N.C. Yes I'm thinking G Yes I'm thin- (syd commentary) N.C "Look, uh, you know I'll start it again, I'll start it again N.C It's, no, it's just the fact you know going through it N.C I mean, if you, if we could cut-" G D Yes I'm th-i-nking of this, yes I am G Puddle town, tom was the underground D Hold you t-i-ghter so close, yes you are D Please hold on to the steel rail C Colonel with gloves G draughts leeches C D G He isn't loved on 'sundays mail' C D All the fives crock henrietta D She's mean go-getter D Gotta write her a letter. Verse 2 (syd starts wrong D G D Did I Wink... Did I w-i-nk(in') of this, I am G Yum, yummy, yum, don't, yummy, yum, yom, yom... D Yes, I'm th-i-nking of this, in steam G Skeleton kissed to the steel rail C Fleas in pamela gloves G draughts leeches C D G Chugging along with a funnel of steam C All the fives crock henrietta D She's mean go-getter D Gotta write her a letter... E A ***Late Night*********************************************** (Chords Played By Slide Guitar) A E A E B A When I woke up today G And you weren't there to play E Then I wanted to be with you B A When you showed me your eyes G Whispered love the skies E Then I wanted to stay with you C9 A7 Inside me I feel C9 A7 Alone and unreal D And the way you kiss G D Will always be a very special thing to me B A When I lay still at night G Seeing stars high and light E Then I wanted to be with you B A When the rooftops shone dark G All alone saw a spark E Spark of love just to stay with you C9 A7 Inside me I feel C9 A7 Alone and unreal D And the way you kiss G D Will always be a very special thing to me [ Verse and chorus chords] B A G E B A G E C9 A7 C9 A7 B A If I mention your name G Turn around on a chain E Then the sky opens up for you B A When we grew very tall G When I saw you so small E Then I wanted to stay with you C9 A7 Inside me I feel C9 A7 Alone and unreal D And the way you kiss G D Will always be a very special thing to me B A G E E A E A E A E