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Here is my best shot at transcribing "Opel" by Syd Barrett.  I'm sure
it's not quite right -some of the lyrics are off and the chords in the
closing sequence "I'm trying..." are only an approximation.

If anyone out there plays this songs and has corrections, or different
ways of playing parts of this song, I'd really appreciate hearing them.

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"Opel" by Syd Barrett as transcribed by Dave Fleming:
Notes about the song:

It seems to be in 6/8 (or 3/4, I guess) time

INTRO TAB:
h means hammer on,  / means slide

AA Piano Chord 


+-----------------------------------------0----------------------------+
+-----------------------------------------2----------------------------+
+-----------------------------------------2----------------------------+
+---------------------------------0-h2-0--2----------------------------+
+-4h5-4-------2h3-2-------0-h2-0----------0----------------------------+
+-0---0-5/2-0-0---0---0-2-----------------x----------------------------+

VERSES:

AA Piano Chord 
              EE Piano Chord 

On a distant shore, miles from land
GG Piano Chord 
                                    DD Piano Chord 

Stands the ebony totem in ebony sand,
AA Piano Chord 
                  EE Piano Chord 

A dream in a mist of grey
BB Piano Chord 
                AA Piano Chord 

On a far distant shore.

AA Piano Chord 
                          EE Piano Chord 

The pebble, it stood alone
GG Piano Chord 
                             DD Piano Chord 

And driftwood lies half buried
AA Piano Chord 
                          EE Piano Chord 

Warm, shallow water sweeps shells
BB Piano Chord 
              AA Piano Chord 

So the cockles shine.

AA Piano Chord 
                      EE Piano Chord 

A bare, winding carcas stalk
GG Piano Chord 
                              DD Piano Chord 

Shimmers as flies scoop up meat.
AA Piano Chord 

An empty way,
BB Piano Chord 
          AA Piano Chord 

Dry Tears.

AA Piano Chord 
                         EE Piano Chord 

Crisp flax squeaks.  Tall reeds
GG Piano Chord 
              DD Piano Chord 

Make a circle of grey
AA Piano Chord 

In a summer way, around man
BB Piano Chord 
         AA Piano Chord 

so don't drown

BRIDGE:

(This is the long section of strummed chords.  I'll count measures
in 6/8 in the following way:

------  ------ ------
G       C      D      means a measure of G, one of C and one of D)

unusual chords used:
Cadd9:  x32030

begin bridge:

------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Cadd9Cadd9 Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
      BbBb Piano Chord 
            Cadd9Cadd9 Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
      BbBb Piano Chord 
     FF Piano Chord 
      AmAm Piano Chord 


------ ------
EE Piano Chord 


------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
C7C7 Piano Chord 
            FF Piano Chord 
          F#F# Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 
             AA Piano Chord 
      DD Piano Chord 
      GG Piano Chord 


------ ------
(still G)

This is then repeated, except that the second time I think that
the first chord is C7 instead of Cadd9.

CLOSING:

(Note, I am highly uncertain -even moreso than I am about the rest of this
song- about the "accuracy" of the transcription here.  Correct me, please!)

unusual chords used:

I don't know what to call these things, but they're based on
the chord x02200 which I think is either A5 or Asus2.

The chords and my (incorrect) names for them are:

A:       x02220
A5:      x02200
A5addF#: x02202
A5addG#: x02204

Begin closing:

AA Piano Chord 
      A5addG#
I'm trying

AA Piano Chord 
      A5addG#
I'm trying

A5addF# A5A5 Piano Chord 

To find you

A5addF# A5A5 Piano Chord 

To find you

AA Piano Chord 
      A5addG#
I'm living

AA Piano Chord 
      A5addG#
I'm giving

A5addF# A5A5 Piano Chord 

To find you

A5addF# A5A5 Piano Chord 

To find you

The next part I think uses only the A chord:

AA Piano Chord 

I'm living
I'm living
I'm trying
I'm giving
(Switch at this point to A5 and diddle with it for a while)

END