Careful With That Axe Eugene Bass Tab

		
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Transcription by Jérôme Melançon (melancon@mindless.com)
Careful with that Axe, Eugene
by Pink Floyd


main theme
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|--11-----------11-----------11--------|
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|---------9------------9------------9--|

variation #1
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|--11-----------11---------------11--------11---------|
|----------------------------------------------11-----|
|---------9------------9-------------9-------------9--|

variation #2
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|--11-----------11------------11-------------11---------|
|-------------------11---------------------------11-----|
|---------9-------------9------------9---------------9--|

variation #3
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|--11-----------9h11--9h11-----|
|------------------------------|
|---------9-----------------9--|


The bass on this song follows the main theme all along, with
many variations.  The ones listed here are the most common.
Waters also does a little improv. at the end.  The scale he
uses is C#.

Updated:  March 14/99


Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/p/pink_floyd/131461.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Gritch Wanna Be	#1 by Gritch wefwe at Jul 22, 1972 at 6:37 AM EST
	ch0gan probably comes the closest to understanding this song but goes a little overboard on the meaning. I heard that eugene was the name of a real murderer though so thats pretty cool. There are several interviews with the band about this song so search em up and enjoy.

No Picture luke Wanna Be	#2 by luke chaffey at Dec 3, 1975 at 5:41 PM EST
	An axe murderer claiming their latest victim... played out through music. The first part is where he's sneaking around... muttering gibberish but generally keeping quiet... then the adrenaline builds up as he gets closer to the victim... then eventually, once they're within reach, he takes to them with his trusty axe :-). Then we hear the scream of the victim as they realise what's coming to them. That's where the band kicks in and it all goes ballistic... as killer and victim flail around wildly. Then it starts to go quiet... as the victim's life slowly leaves them and then everything slowly fades out.... They did something very similar when they played 'Cymbaline' live in the late '60s, with the sounds of footsteps walking around the venue. I think 'Careful With That Axe, Eugene', is actually supposed to be phrase the killer says to the victim just before he kills them... like it's his catchphrase he uses before each killing. And only Roger Waters could create such a violent, depraved character and then call him Eugene :-).

No Picture Daniel Wanna Be	#3 by Daniel Ramillo at May 26, 1986 at 8:47 PM EST
	Oooh I've heard it now. It's very good, until the screams. Not that that isn't good, but when you're alone in a dark room it's a bit ARGH!

No Picture TAMARA Musical Genius	#4 by TAMARA at Apr 10, 1987 at 5:52 PM EST
	ok, this is just a theory that I cannot support. There is a steady tock...tock... tock... throughout, so perhaps it is the murderer, just having murdered, chopping at a corpse, or chopping something? And someone sees them from behind, and whispers "careful with that ax Eugene" before seeing the aforementioned chopee, screaming, and then theoretically getting killed? No certainty here, just happpen to be listening to the song. Note: It's funny how many fewer spelling errors there are in the Pink Floyd section .

No Picture Tyler Wanna Be	#5 by Tyler Wood at Apr 2, 1988 at 5:57 PM EST
	Hehe. Maybe were just an educated bunch. I haven't heard this song yet. I get scared listening to Pink Floyd on my own but none of my family or friends like it. Shame realy.

No Picture robert Professional	#6 by robert cunningham at Mar 27, 1994 at 8:49 PM EST
	This song is rad. My only complaint is that they only say "Careful with that Axe Eugene" once in the whole song. That's the coolest part!

No Picture Adam Wanna Be	#7 by Adam Martinez at Jul 30, 1996 at 6:44 PM EST
	it's definitely an murder scene that this song is describing. there is no band like Pink Floyd when it comes telling a story through an instrumental song. that scream made me jump the first time i heard it. i hope i'm not the only who jumped...

No Picture RJ Average	#8 by RJ Rehmann at Feb 15, 2000 at 10:35 PM EST
	Echo AeroLed286 on this one. I remember thinking "Hey, I didn't know Ray Manzarek played with them, and Iknow a lot about the Doors" the first time I heard it. The guitar is cool, right, but it's nothing compaired to the feeling, the creeping and shivering atmosphere led by the organ... and the progression to the sheer madness of Roger's shout... This guy is really insane. Hopefully he had music to express it, rather than becoming a psychokiller... (note to all Roger's fans out there : I'm joking...)

No Picture The Angel of De Lead Player	#9 by The Angel of Death at Nov 22, 2003 at 10:22 PM EST
	naww-Pink Floyd used to like to give nonsense titles to thier songs. I think the title is a joking PLAY on axe murder AND playing on the guitar-or axe; I think this is just a vivid dream, that comes to climax, then recedes. I love the way the song quietly and delicately builds to a crescendo, then just as delicately fades away....the middle eastern scales add a sense of sensual mystery to it all. the song was meant to be appreciated as it was under the influence of acid or pot-it had its own meanings howerver covert.