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| GRANTCHESTER MEADOWS - PINK FLOYD |
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Although the parts are quite simple, there's LOADS of improv going on here,
especially towards the end,
mainly on the basic E major scale.
Roger Waters plays most of this; ive tabbed it how he plays it on the record,
so that's mostly sliding up and down the same string when playing the
2nd guitar part.
This is a very rhythmic song, and as standard tab cannot convey rhythm, it is
sometimes hard to read. Here, if the measure for guitar 2 appears longer than
guitar 1 sometimes, it isn't, i just couldn't fit it in! Listen to the song
to get a full sense of rhythm.
Here goes, then...
--INTRO: fade in (bird sounds, which i CANNOT tab). Two acoustics
(0:37)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | | Guitar 1 |
| A | 4 5 4 2 0 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
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| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 5 4 2 0 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
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| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7 6 4 7 7h9p7 6h7p6 4h6p4 2h4p2 |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 5 4 2 0 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
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| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 6 4 7 7 6 4 7 7h9p7 6h7p6 4h6p4 2h4p2 |
| A | 7 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 5 4 2 0 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
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| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 6 7 9 7 6 4 7 7 6 4 7 7h9p7 6h7p6 4h6p4 2h4p2 |
| A | |
| E | |
--VERSE 1 (1:11):
E
Icy wind of night be gone this is not your domain
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 5 4 2 0 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
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| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 6 7 9 7 6 4 7 7 6 4 |
| A | 7 x 7 |
| E | 8 7 |
E
In the sky a bird was heard to cry.
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 5 4 2 0 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
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| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 6 7 9 7 6 4 7 7 6 4 |
| A | 7 7h9p7 6h7p6 4h6p4 2h4p2 |
| E | |
A
Misty morning whisperings and gentle stirring sounds
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 2 4 5 7 9 7 5 5 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 2 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | |
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| e | |
| B | |
| G | 6 7 9 7 6 4 7 7 6 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
E
Belie the deathly silence that lay all around.
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 5 4 2 0 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
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| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 6 7 9 7 6 4 7 7 6 4 |
| A | 7 7h9p7 6h7p6 4h6p4 2h4p2 |
| E | |
--CHORUS (1:45)
These parts play under every line of the chorus:
A G F# E
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 | Guitar 1 |
| D | 7 7 7 7 5 5 4 4 |
| A | |
| E | 5 5 5 5 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | | Guitar 2 |
| D | |
| A | 7 7 7 7 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 5 5 5 5 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
A G F#
Hear the lark harken to the barking of the dog fox
E
Gone to ground.
A G F# E
See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water.
A G F# E
And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees
A G
Laughing as it passes through the endless summer
F# E
Making for the sea.
--VERSE 2 (2:19)
E
In the hazy water meadow I lay me down.
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 5 4 2 0 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 6 7 9 7 6 4 7 7 6 4 |
| A | 7 7h9p7 6h7p6 4h6p4 2h4p2 |
| E | |
E
All around me golden sun flakes settle on the ground.
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 5 4 2 0 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
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| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 6 7 9 7 6 4 7 7 6 4 |
| A | 7 7 7 6 4 |
| E | |
A
Basking in the sunshine of a bygone afternoon
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 2 4 5 7 9 7 5 5 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 2 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | |
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| e | |
| B | |
| G | 6 7 9 11 13 14 16 18 16 14h16p14 13h14p13 11h13p11 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
E
Bringing sounds of yesterday into this city room.
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 5 4 2 0 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 9h11p9 |
| D | 7 6 4 7 7 6 4 |
| A | 7 7h9p7 6h7p6 4h6p4 2h4p2 |
| E | |
--CHORUS (2:52): same as before.
--AD LIB ACOUSTIC SOLOS (3:25)
This is all based on one chord: E major. I think that all the improvising
is in the scale of E major, but I can't be sure...
| e | |
| B | |
| G | | Guitar 1 |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | | Guitar 2 |
| D | 6 7 9 7 6 4 7 6 6 4 |
| A | 6 |
| E | |
| |
| e | |
| B | 9h10 9 9h10 9 |
| G | | Guitar 3 |
| D | 9 9 9 9 |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 6 7 9 7 6 4 7 7 6 7 6 6 4 4 |
| A | 7 |
| E | |
| |
| e | |
| B | 9h10 9 9h10 9 |
| G | 9 10 9 |
| D | 9 9 9 9 |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 9 |
| D | 6 6 7 9 11 9 11 9/11 9 |
| A | |
| E | |
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| e | 7 7 7 7 5 4\2 |
| B | 13/15 15 15 15p14 12 10 9 |
| G | 11 9 6/7 7 7 7 6 4\2 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
guitar 2 drops out
| e | |
| B | |
| G | | Guitar 1 |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
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| e | 0 |
| B | |
| G | 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 | Guitar 3 |
| D | 2 2 2 2 2 |
| A | 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
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| e | |
| B | |
| G | 2 1 |
| D | 2 x 0 0 1/2 2 12 9 |
| A | 2 2 x x 2 2 1/2 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
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| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7/9 7 7\6p4 |
| A | 2 7 2 |
| E | 0 0 7/9 7 5p4 4 2 2 0 2h4 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
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| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | /9 9 9 7 7 7p6 4 6 |
| A | 7 7h9 |
| E | 7/9 7 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 9/11 9 |
| A | 11\9 7 7 7 9/11 9 7 |
| E | 7h9 9 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
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| e | |
| B | |
| G | 13h14 13 11 9 |
| D | 11 9 7p6 7p6 6h7 9 |
| A | 7 7 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
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| e | |
| B | |
| G | 13h14 13 13h14 13 13h14 13 |
| D | |
| A | 14 14 14 14 14 14 |
| E | |
(4:41): guitar 2 returns
| e | |
| B | |
| G | | Guitar 1 |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 5 4 2 0 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | | Guitar 2 |
| D | 7 6 7 6 |
| A | |
| E | |
| |
| e | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| B | |
| G | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7/9 7 7 7 7 7 7 | Guitar 3 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 5 4 2 0 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 6 7 9 7 6 7 7 6 |
| A | 7 7h9p7 6h7p6 4h6p4 2h4p2 |
| E | 0 0 |
| |
| e | 12 |
| B | 10 9 7 |
| G | /13 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 5 4 2 0 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 6 7 9 7 6h7p6 6 7 6 6h7p6 9 9h11p9 7h9p7 6h7p6 |
| A | 7h9 |
| E | |
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--VERSE 3 (repeat of verse 2) (5:06)
Same guitar parts with slight variations.
--CHORUS (5:39):
parts different from before (but with same chords):
Hear the lark.. to the..of the.. gone to ground.
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7 5 5 5 4 4 | Gtr.1 |
| A | 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 5 7 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 6 6 | Gtr.2 |
| D | 7 7 6/9 9 9 9 9 9 7 6 |
| A | 9 7 |
| E | |
Hear the.. king.. flash.. water
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7 5 5 5 4 4 |
| A | 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 5 7 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| |
river.. sliding unseen.. trees
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7 5 5 5 4 4 |
| A | 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 5 7 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 9 |
| D | 11 9 11 11 12 11 9 9 7 6 7/9 9 7 6 |
| A | 9 7 |
| E | |
Laughing endless..making sea
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7 5 5 5 4 4 |
| A | 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 5 7 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7 6 4 4 6 7 9 |
| A | 7 7 |
| E | |
---Ending: from here until the fade-out, guitar 1 plays this:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | | repeated |
| D | |
| A | 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
And guitar 2 plays seemingly random rhythms with these notes:
comes in at (6:18)
There is another guitar basically repeating the second part from the last
Chorus, for about 10 seconds, then it fades out.
Please rate this, or comment! (especially if you find any small mistakes,
which I will correct ASAP).
Enjoy playing this gem of a folk song!
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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