LUCIFER SAM
As recorded by Pink Floyd
(From the 1967 Album THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN)
Words and Music by Syd Barrett
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Syd Barrett - Electric Guitar (clean)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Syd Barrett - Electric Guitar (clean)'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Syd Barrett - Electric Guitar (overdriven)'
Intro & Interlude
Q=140
$
N.C. N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
H.. E Q Q +E Q. Q. E +Q. E Q Q +E Q.
|---------------||--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------||o-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------||--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------||--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------||o-----4---(4)-3-----|-2-----0-(0)-----|-----4---(4)-3-----|
|-0-----------1-||--2-----------------|---------------1-|-2-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H Q E E E E E E E Q E Q E E +Q. E E E E E E Q E
|---------------||--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------||o-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------||--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------||--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------||o---0-4-0-----3-----|-2-----0-(0)-----|---0-4-0-----3-----|
|-------------1-||--2--------2------2-|-----2---------1-|-2--------2------2-|
Q. E +Q. E Q Q +E Q. Q. E +Q. E Q Q +E Q.
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-2-----0-(0)-----|-----4---(4)-3-----|-2-----0-(0)-----|-----4---(4)-3------|
|---------------1-|-2-----------------|---------------1-|-2------------------|
|
| Q E E +Q. E E E E E E Q E Q E E +Q. E E E E E E Q E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-2-----0-(0)-----|---0-4-0-----3-----|-2-----0-(0)-----|---0-4-0-----3------|
|-----2---------1-|-2--------2------2-|-----2---------1-|-2--------2------2--|
Q. E +Q. E Q Q +E Q. Q. E +Q. E Q Q +E Q.
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|----2--(2)-1-----|-0----------------|----2---(2)-1------|
|-2-----0-(0)-----|-2---------------|-------2-(2)----1-|-2-----------------|
|---------------1-|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|
| Q E E +Q. E Q Q E Q E Q E E Q Q Q E E E Q E
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0--------0-------|-------------------|
|-----------------|----2------1-----|-0--------0-------|----2-------1------|
|-2-----0-(0)-----|-2------2------2-|-----2-4------4---|-2----2--2------2--|
|-----2---------1-|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
Q. E +Q. E Q Q +E Q. Q. E +Q. E Q Q +E Q.
|--------------------|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-0------------------|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|--------4-(4)-------|----4--(4)-3----|-2----0-(0)--------|----4--(4)-3----|
|------------------0-|-2--------------|-----------------1-|-2--------------|
|
| |-3--| |-3--|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q W H E a Q E Q Q H
|--------------------|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-0--0-0----0--0-0---|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-4--4-5----5--5-5---|----------------|------------2s4--0-|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|-------------------|-2--------------|
1st, 2nd & 4th Verses
F#m G G5
2/4
Gtr III Gtr I
Q E E +Q. +E E E E E E Q. E E E E +H E E E E
|----------------------||-2-----2--------|-2-x-x-3-(3)----|---------|
|----------------------||-2-----2---2----|-2-x-x-3-(3)----|---------|
|-------4-(4)b6----(4)-||-2-----2---2----|-2-x-x-4-(4)----|---------|
|----------------------||-----------4----|-------5-(5)----|---------|
|----------------------||-----------4----|----------------|---5-5-5-|
|----------------------||-----------2----|----------------|---3-3-3-|
|
| Gtr I
| Q. E +Q Q W W W
|----------------------||----------------|----------------|---------|
|----------------------||----------------|----------------|---------|
|-------2-(2)----2-----||----------------|----------------|---------|
|----------------------||----------------|----------------|---------|
|-2--------------------||----------------|----------------|---------|
|----------------------||----------------|----------------|---------|
B E E5
4/4
Q E E E Q. E S S E E H H +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-7--7-7---7----|-7-7-7-7---7----|-0----(0)-------|------------------||
|-7--7-7---7----|-7-7-7-7---7----|-0----(0)-------|------------------||
|-8--8-8---8----|-8-8-8-8---8----|-1----(1)-------|------------------||
|-9--9-9---9----|-9-9-9-9---9----|-2----(2)-------|------------------||
|---------------|----------------|-2----(2)-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
|---------------|----------------|-0----(0)-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Chorus
1.
To Coda
N.C.
2/4 4/4
Gtr III Gtr I
E +Q. E E E a E E Q E +H E E Q H Q E E
|-0---(0)-------x-10h12--|---8--10-|-(10)------x\----|---------------||
|-3b5-(3)---3-1-x--------|------10-|-(10)------x\----|--------------o||
|------------------------|---0---0-|--(0)------------|---------------||
|------------------------|---------|-----------------|---------------||
|------------------------|---------|-----------------|--------------o||
|------------------------|---------|-----------------|-----------1---||
Guitar Solo
2.
N.C.
Gtr III
TP TP TP TP TPTP TP
H Q Q W Q Q Q E E W
|--------------||----------|----------------|------|
|--------------||----------|----------------|------|
|--------------||----------|----------------|------|
|--------------||----------|----------------|------|
|--------------||-9--------|-9--14--12--9-7-|-9----|
|---------14\--||----------|----------------|------|
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
H. Q W Q Q H W
|------------|-----------|---------------|------|
|------------|-----------|---------------|------|
|------------|-----------|---------------|------|
|------------|-----------|---------------|------|
|-9-------9--|-12--------|-16--14--12----|-9----|
|------------|-----------|---------------|------|
TP TP TP TP
Q Q Q Q W H H H H
|---------------|----------|-------------|-------------|
|---------------|----------|-------------|-------------|
|---------------|----------|-------------|-------------|
|---------------|----------|-------------|-------------|
|-9--12--9--12--|-7--------|-10----12----|-14----12----|
|---------------|----------|-------------|-------------|
TP TP TP TP TPTP TP TP TP TP TP
H Q Q W Q Q Q E E W Q Q Q Q
|-------------|----------|----------------|----------|-----------------||
|-------------|----------|----------------|----------|-----------------||
|-------------|----------|----------------|----------|-----------------||
|-------------|----------|----------------|----------|-----------------||
|-10----5--5--|-9--------|-9--14--12--9-7-|-9--------|-12--9--12--9----||
|-------------|----------|----------------|----------|-----------------||
3rd Verse
F#m G G5 B
2/4 4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E Q. E E E E +H E E E E Q E E E Q.
|-2-----2--------|-2-x-x-3-(3)----|---------|-7--7-7---7-----|
|-2-----2---2----|-2-x-x-3-(3)----|---------|-7--7-7---7-----|
|-2-----2---2----|-2-x-x-4-(4)----|---------|-8--8-8---8-----|
|-----------4----|-------5-(5)----|---------|-9--9-9---9-----|
|-----------4----|----------------|---5-5-5-|----------------|
|-----------2----|----------------|---3-3-3-|----------------|
E E5
E S S E E H H +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-7-7-7-7---7----|-0----(0)-------|-----------------||
|-7-7-7-7---7----|-0----(0)-------|-----------------||
|-8-8-8-8---8----|-1----(1)-------|-----------------||
|-9-9-9-9---9----|-2----(2)-------|-----------------||
|----------------|-2----(2)-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|----------------|-0----(0)-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
Chorus
D.S. al Coda
N.C.
2/4 4/4
Gtr III Gtr I
E +Q. E E E a E E Q E +H E E Q H Q E E
|-0---(0)-------x-10h12-|---8--10-|-(10)------x\----|---------------||
|-3b5-(3)---3-1-x-------|------10-|-(10)------x\----|---------------||
|-----------------------|---0---0-|--(0)------------|---------------||
|-----------------------|---------|-----------------|---------------||
|-----------------------|---------|-----------------|---------------||
|-----------------------|---------|-----------------|-----------1---||
Outro
&
N.C. D
2/4 4/4
Gtr III
E Q E +W +W +W
|---8--10-|-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-(10)----*|
|------10-|-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-(10)----*|
|---0--11-|-(11)--------|-(11)--------|-(11)----*|
|-------0-|--(0)--------|--(0)--------|--(0)----*|
|---------|-------------|-------------|---------*|
|---------|-------------|-------------|---------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
