VEGETABLE MAN
 Words and Music by Syd Barrett
 Recorded by Pink Floyd 1967


 Comment: Due to the RoIO nature of all copies of this song, 
 the notes and chords may be up or down several cents
 or anywhere in between due to poor copying 
 (or maybe it was originally recorded bad).   

 For the recording that this transcription was taken from (the studio version),
 I had to tune down a bit (about -15 cents) to match the recording.

 Intro:

  (sl = slide up or down)

         sl  sl         sl.........................
 E-|---7---11---8----------------------------------||
 B-|-----------------------------------------------||
 G-|---4----8---5----------------------------------||
 D-|-----------------------------------------------||
 A-|--------------------3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3--||
 E-|-----------------------------------------------||


 (See Note 1)
    G
 In yellow shoes I get the blues

 Though I walk the street with my plastic feet
      G#
 With blue velvet trousers make me feel pink

 There's a kind of stink about blue velvet trousers
       A
 In my paisley shirt I look a jerk

 And my turquoise waistcoat is quite outta sight
     Bb
 But oh, oh, my haircut looks so fair
 B
 Vegetable Man, how are you?


      G
 So I've change my gear and I find my knees

 And I cover them up with the latest cut
        G#
 And my pants and socks, a vault in a box

 It don't take long for my dyed old socks (in the live version, Syd says "Nylon socks")
     A
 The watch, black watch, my watch with a black face

 And a date in a little hole
     Bb
 And all the lot, it's what I got, it's what I wear

 It's what you see, it must be me, it's what I am!
 B
 Vegetable Man


 (See Note 2)
 B     A   G   F#   B   D   B
 Ahhh, ha, ha, ha   ha, ha, haaa

 B     A   G   F#   B   D   B
 Ahhh, ha, ha, ha   ha, ha, haaa

 Ahhh...aaa


 Eb                    C#
 I've been looking all over the place 
       A             G#
 for a place for me.
     G#  A    B   E    G#  A    A     B   E
 But it ain't anywhere, it just ain't anywhere

 (See Note 3)
 E
 Vegetable Man, Vegetable Man

 Vegetable Man, Vegetable Man
 

 A
 Vegetable Man, Vegetable Man
 E
 Vegetable Man

          B          
 He's the kind of fellow you just gotta
 A
 See him if ya can

 E              E
 Vegetable Man





 Note 1: The verse chords may sound best when played as
	 this (or may be just 5ths).  

     G                G#
 E-|-------------------------------------------||
 B-|-------------------------------------------||
 G-|-4-4-4-4----------5-5-5-5------------------||
 D-|-5-5-5-5----------6-6-6-6------------------||
 A-|-5-5-5-5----------6-6-6-6------------------||
 E-|-3-3-3-3-(etc.)---4-4-4-4--(etc.)----------||

     A                Bb                  B
 E-|--------------------------------------7-----||
 B-|--------------------------------------7-----||
 G-|-6-6-6-6----------7-7-7-7-------------8-----||
 D-|-7-7-7-7----------8-8-8-8-------------9-----||
 A-|-7-7-7-7----------8-8-8-8-------------9-----||
 E-|-5-5-5-5-(etc.)---6-6-6-6--(etc.)-----7-----||




 Note 2:

     B      A  G  F#     B  D   B....
 E-|----------------------------------7-7-7--||
 B-|-7------5--3--2------7--10--7-----7-7-7--||
 G-|-8------6--4--3------8--11--8-----8---8--||
 D-|-9------7--5--4------9--12--9------------||
 A-|-9------7--5--4------9--12--9------------||
 E-|-7------5--3--2------7--10--7------------||

  

 Note 3:
             E
 E-|-------------------------------------------------||
 B-|-------------------------------------------------||
 G-|-------------------------------------------------||
 D-|-1-----------------------------------------------||
 A-|-1----2--------2----------2---------2--------2---||
 E-|-0-------0-4-0------0-4-0-----0-4-0----0-4-0-----||


       A                  E
 E-|-------------------------------------------------||
 B-|-------------------------------------------------||
 G-|-------------------------------------------------||
 D-|---------2---------2-----------------------------||
 A-|---0-4-0-----0-4-0-----------2----------2--------||
 E-|-----------------------0-4-0------0-4-0----------||



 Transcribed by J. Martin