E|E|------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------|
E|-----------||
B|
| GRANTCHESTER MEAC WS - PINK FLOYD |
E|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------|
Tabbed by: Les Gibson
Tuning: Standard
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; I've 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|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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--4----7--7---6---4---7---7h9p7-6h7p6-4h6p4-
A|------------------------7--------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|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---|
| |
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------6---7--9---7--6---4--7---7---6--4--7--7h9p7-6h7p6-4h6p4-
A|---------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|2h4p2--|
A|-------|
E|-------|
--VERSE 1 (1:11):
E
Icy wind of night be gone this is not your domain
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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---|
| |
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---|
| |
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----6---7---9---7---6---4---7---7---6---4-----------------------
A|---------------------------------------------7-7h9p7-6h7p6-4h6p4-
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|------|
B|------|
G|------|
D|------|
A|2h4p2-|
E|------|
A
Misty morning whisperings and gentle stirring sounds
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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|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
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---|
| |
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----6---7---9---7---6---4---7---7---6---4-----------------------
A|---------------------------------------------7-7h9p7-6h7p6-4h6p4-
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|------|
B|------|
G|------|
D|------|
A|2h4p2-|
E|------|
--CHORUS (1:45)
These parts play under every line of the chorus:
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AGF#E
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------1---1---1---1---1---1---1---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 1
D|
A|
E|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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---|
E|
B|
G|Guitar 2
D|
A|
E|
AGF#E
Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog fox, gone to
ground.
AGF#E
See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water.
AGF#E
And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees.
AGF#E
Laughing as it passes through the endless summer, making for the sea.
--VERSE 2 (2:19)
E
In the hazy water meadow I lay me down.
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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---|
| |
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----6---7---9---7---6---4---7---7---6---4-----------------------
A|---------------------------------------------7-7h9p7-6h7p6-4h6p4-
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|------|
B|------|
G|------|
D|------|
A|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---|
| |
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
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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|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
E|------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------6---7---9---11--13--14--16--18--------16-14h16p14-13h14p13-
D|------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------|
B|---------|
G|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-
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|------|
B|------|
G|------|
D|------|
A|2h4p2-|
E|------|
--CHORUS (2:52): same as before.
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--AD LIB ACOUSTIC G OS (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|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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 1
D|
A|
E|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----6-7---9---7---6---4---7---6------6---4----------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------6------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
E|
B|
G|Guitar 2
D|
A|
E|
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)
E|-----4--|
B|---0----|
G|-1------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
E|--------|
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