ACTIVITY
Astronomy Domine
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ASTRONOMY DOMINE
As recorded by Voivod
(From the 1989 Album NOTHINGFACE)
Transcribed by Thomas_ v2.1
Words and Music by Syd Barrett
Arranged by Voivod
E5
0 7 9 9 0 x
Eb5
x 6 8 8 x x
G5
3 5 5 0 x x
A5
5 7 7 x x x
G#5
4 6 6 x x x
D5/A
5 5 7 7 x x
Dm7
x 5 7 5 6 5
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderately Q=90
N.C.
3/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
||o-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--o||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------------------------------|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S 6x
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
||o-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-o||
||---------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------------||
Q.=100
E5 G5 E/B Eb/Bb
12/8
Gtr II
Q. Q E Q E Q. W.
||-------0--------------|--------||
||o------0---------5----|-4-----o||
||-----------------4----|-3------||
||--2--------------2----|-1------||
||o-2-------2-5----2----|-1-----o||
||--0-------0-3--0------|--------||
1st, 2nd Verses
$
E5 Eb5
PM----------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G5 A5 A6
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E Q. Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-2----2----0----------|
|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|-2-------2------4-----|
|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|-0-----------------0--|
|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3----3----|----------------------|
A7 A6 E/B F/C E5
~
Q. Q E Q. Q E H. Q. Q. H. Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------0----------|---------0----------|
|---------------------|---------0----------|------------0-5--0--|
|-0----2----0---------|-9------------10----|-9------------------|
|----------------4----|-9------------10----|-9------------------|
|---------0---------0-|-7-------------8----|-7------------------|
|---------------------|-7-------------8----|-7------------------|
Eb5/Bb G5 G#5
Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|------------8-----------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-8----8-------8---8-----|---------------------|----------------------|
|-8------8-------8---8---|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----6-----|
|-6--------6-----------6-|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----6-----|
|-6----------------------|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3----4-----|
A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5
E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-22-22-22-22-21-21-21-21-20-20-20-20-19-19-19-19-|
||--21-21-21-21-20-20-20-20-19-19-19-19-18-18-18-18-|
||--19-19-19-19-18-18-18-18-17-17-17-17-16-16-16-16-|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
F5 E5 Eb5 D5
E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E
|---------------------------------------------------||
|-18-18-18-18-17-17-17-17-16-16-16-16-15-15-15-15--o||
|-17-17-17-17-16-16-16-16-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14---||
|-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12---||
|--------------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------------||
D5 D#5
W W
W. W.
|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|
|-7-------------|-8-------------|
|-7-------------|-8-------------|
|-5-------------|-6-------------|
|---------------|---------------|
D.S.
E5 A5
Gtr III
Q. Q. H. W
|
/
< < < < < < < <
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|-10----10----10----10------|
|-9----9----9----9----|--9-----9-----9-----9------|
|-9----9----9----9----|--7-----7-----7-----7------|
|-7----7----7----7----|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
Interlude
E5 Eb5
E E E E E E E E E E E E W E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
PM------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------9-9-9-9-----9-----|-8-8----------------------|
|-------------------------|---9-9---------9-----9---|-----8-8------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7---------------7-----7-|---------6-6-6-------6-6--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------6-6-6------|
Eb5 G5
E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
PM--------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q. E Q
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|-8----8----8----/20--20--|
|---------8-8-8-8---8-------|-7----7----7----/19--19--|
|---8-8-8---------8----8-8-|-5----5----5----/17--17--|
|-6-------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
Q. Q. Q. Q.
| | | |
/ / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------|
|-8--8-8-8--8-8-/20--20-20-/20--20-20--|
|-7--7-7-7--7-7-/19--19-19-/19--19-19--|
|-5--5-5-5--5-5-/17--17-17-/17--17-17--|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
A5
W.
|
/
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4p2p0h4p2p0h4p2p0h6p4p0h6p4p0h6p4p0h7p6p0h7p6p0h7p6p0-9p7p0h9p7p0h9p7p0-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A5
Q. Q. Q. Q.
| | | |
/ / / /
~~
|--3--|
E E E E E E S +S E E S +S S +S E E
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------15-----15-15-(15)-15-----15-15-(15)------------------|
|------12----12-14b16==14-14r(14)-14b16==14-14r(14)-14b16r(14)p12-14-|
|-/14-----14-12------------------------------------------------------|
|---------14---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E5
H. Q. Q.
| | |
/ / /
Q. E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-9----9-9-9-9--9-9-9--9--|
|-9----9-9-9-9--9-9-9--9--|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
Q. Q. Q. Q.
| | | |
/ / / /
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-13--13p12p10----13--13p12p10----13--13p12p10----13--13p12p10----|
|--------------12--------------12--------------12--------------12-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb5
Q. Q. Q. Q.
| | | |
/ / / /
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-12--12p11p9----12--12p11p9----12--12p11p9----12--12p11p9----|
|-------------11-------------11-------------11-------------11-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E5
Q. Q. Q. Q.
| | | |
/ / / /
|--3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12--12p11p9----12--12p11p9----9h11h12p11p9-12p11p9----9--12p11p9-12p11p9-----|
|-------------11-------------11----------------------11--------------------11-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E5
H. H. H. Q. Q.
| | | | |
/ / / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-8--8-8-8-8-8-/20--20-20-20-20-20-|-12--14-12-14-12-14-12--14-12-14--12-14-|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-/19--19-19-19-19-19-|-14--14-14-14-14-14-14--14-14-14--14-14-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-/17--17-17-17-17-17-|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
A5
H. Q. Q.
| | |
/ / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-14--14-14-14-14-14-15--15-15-15--15-15--|
|-14--14-14-14-14-14-14--14-14-14--14-14--|
|-14--14-14-14-14-14-14--14-14-14--14-14--|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
A5
Q. Q. Q. Q.
| | | |
/ / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------------------|
|-14--------14--------14--------14-----14-|
|-14--------14--------14--------14-----14-|
|-14--14-14-14--14-14-14--14-14-14--14-14-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
W W
H. +Q. Q. H. +Q. Q.
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-6-------(6)---7s==|==6-------(6)---------|
|-7-------(7)---8s==|==7-------(7)---------|
|-0-------(0)---0---|-(0)------(0)---1/----|
W W W
< < < < < < <
W H Q. Q. Q. Q. H. H.
|---------------|----------------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------------|---------10-----|
|---------------|--8--------------8----|-7--------------|
|----------8----|-------8--------------|----------------|
|-6-------------|-(6)--------6---------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------------|----------------|
W W W
< < < < < < < < < <
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. +Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-------10----15----10----|-12----9----(9)---10----|-9----------------------|
|-12----------------------|------------------------|------10----------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------9----(9)----|
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------5S====|
W
Q. E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-(9)------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-12----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
Eb5
W E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
PM--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-4-----4-----4-----4------|
|---------------------------------------------|---3-----3-----3-----3----|
|--9-(9)-(9)-(9)-(9)-(9)-(9)-(9)-(9)----------|-----5-----5-----5-----5--|
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-12-12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12-12-12-|--------------------------|
Eb5
E E E E E E E E E E E E W W
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
|-4-----4-----4-------------|-----------8---------|-------------8-8-8--------|
|---3-----3-----3-----------|------7----7----7----|-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-----5-----5-----5-13-----|-5----5----5----5----|-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-------------------13-----|-5----5---------5----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------5-5-5--|
|-------------------11-----|-3-------------------|-3-3-3--------------------|
A5 Ab5 G5 G#5
E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-22-22-22-22-21-21-21-21-20-20-20-20-19-19-19-19-|
||--21-21-21-21-20-20-20-20-19-19-19-19-18-18-18-18-|
||--19-19-19-19-18-18-18-18-17-17-17-17-16-16-16-16-|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
F5 E5 Eb5 D5
E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E
|---------------------------------------------------||
|-18-18-18-18-17-17-17-17-16-16-16-16-15-15-15-15--o||
|-17-17-17-17-16-16-16-16-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14---||
|-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12---||
|--------------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------------||
W W
W. W.
|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|
|-7-------------|-8-------------|
|-7-------------|-8-------------|
|-5-------------|-6-------------|
|---------------|---------------|
E5
Gtr III
Q. Q. H. W
|
/
< < < < < < < <
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|-10----10----10----10-----|
|-9----9----9----9----|--9-----9-----9-----9-----|
|-9----9----9----9----|--7-----7-----7-----7-----|
|-7----7----7----7----|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
3rd Verse
Eb5
W W Q E Q. Q. Q.
| | |
/ / /
W. W. Q E Q. Q. Q.
|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-8---------8-----------|
|---------------|---------------|-8---------8-----------|
|---------------|---------------|-6---------6-----------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------18----|
G5 G#5
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----6----|
|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----6----|
|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3----4----|
A5 Ab5 G5 G#5
E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-22-22-22-22-21-21-21-21-20-20-20-20-19-19-19-19-|
||--21-21-21-21-20-20-20-20-19-19-19-19-18-18-18-18-|
||--19-19-19-19-18-18-18-18-17-17-17-17-16-16-16-16-|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
F5 E5 Eb5 D5
E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E
|---------------------------------------------------||
|-18-18-18-18-17-17-17-17-16-16-16-16-15-15-15-15--o||
|-17-17-17-17-16-16-16-16-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14---||
|-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12---||
|--------------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------------||
D/A Dm7 D/A Dm7 D/A
Gtr III
W. W. W. W. W.
| | | | |
/ / / / /
W. W. W. W. W.
|---------------|-5-------------|---------------|-5-------------|-------|
|---------------|-6-------------|---------------|-6-------------|-------|
|-7-------------|-5-------------|-7-------------|-5-------------|-7-----|
|-7-------------|-7-------------|-7-------------|-7-------------|-7-----|
|-5-------------|-5-------------|-5-------------|-5-------------|-5-----|
|-5-------------|---------------|-5-------------|---------------|-5-----|
Dm7 D/A Dm7
W. W. W.
| | |
/ / /
W. W. W.
|-5-------------|---------------|-5-------------|
|-6-------------|---------------|-6-------------|
|-5-------------|-7-------------|-5-------------|
|-7-------------|-7-------------|-7-------------|
|-5-------------|-5-------------|-5-------------|
|---------------|-5-------------|---------------|
D/A
W. W
|
/
H. Q. Q. Q. Q. +H.
|---------0---------|------------------*|
|--------------3----|------------------*|
|-7-----------------|-2----------------*|
|-7-----------------|------------------*|
|-5-----------------|------3----(3)----*|
|-5-----------------|------------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
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
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- 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
0