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When one thinks of Pink Floyd's early years not too many acoustic
songs come immediately to mind. As a guitarist you are
more likely to notice the guitars than anything else. The acoustic guitar is used mostly for rhythm on these early songs. As a result it is often camouflaged by Syd's twangy
telecaster and Richard Wright's keyboards. Bear in mind that many of these songs were recorded on 8-tracks, which doesn't allow for excellent separation of sound. Still, when you reduce these early
songs to their simplest elements you can come up with interesting
acoustic arrangements.
PAINTBOX
We'll start the lesson with Paintbox.
This song was written Richard Wright and if you are wondering where
this song comes from, it was released in 1967 as a single. This song is included on the Early Singles CD from the Shine On box set. If you don't have a copy of this CD you may miss out on some of these early singles.
Paintbox chords
JULIA DREAM
Julia Dream is another interesting early track.
The melody is simple and the song is
carried by the haunting flute sound. The
subtle sound of chains rattling near the end of the songs remind you that this is psychedelic music. With a single
acoustic guitar, you can play a decent version of this song. Try finger picking this song.
Since there are only a few chord changes this is something a beginner should be able to
master with a little effort.
Julia Dream tab
MATILDA MOTHER
Matilda Mother is not actually an acoustic song.
It is, however, an electric song that sounds good when you play the chords on an acoustic.
Matilda Mother chords
FLAMING
This is the fourth track on The Piper At The Gates
of Dawn. It uses simple open position chords.
Flaming chords
THE GNOME
"Eating, sleeping, drinking their wine."
The Gnome chords
SCARECROW
Scarecrow chords
REMEMBER A DAY
Written by Richard, this song appears on both Pink
Floyd's second album A Saucerful Of Secrets and
the compilation album Relics. The track combines
a simple descending bass line, sparsely strummed acoustic guitars
and an overdubbed slide guitar played by David.
Remember A Day chords
SEE SAW
This song is another one of Richard's compositions.
See Saw chords
JUGBAND BLUES
Jugband Blues was Syd's last song with Pink Floyd.
He left the band on 6 April 1968.
Jugband Blues chords
BIDING MY TIME
Biding my time is not originally an acoustic song. Here we have guitar tab for both the original as well as an arrangement for solo acoustic. This song features a simple riff
that is played throughout the verse.
Biding My Time original version tab
Biding My Time solo acoustic version tab
This concludes the early years section of Acoustic Floyd. If you have mastered all the songs on this page you are ready to move on the
the next part of the lesson. If you haven't mastered all
these songs, you can still move ahead. You may have better luck with songs you are more familiar with.
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