Fearless (Pink Floyd cover)

Fearless (Gilmour, Waters) from the album Pink Floyd - Meddle (1971)

-Fearless-

You say the hill's too steep to climb
Climb it.
You say you'd like to see me try
Climb it.
You pick the place and I'll choose the time
And I'll climb
The hill in my own way
Just wait a while for the right day
And as I rise above the tree lines and the clouds
I look down
Hear the sound of the things you said today

Fearlessly, the idiot faced the crowd
Smiling
Merciless, the magistrate turns 'round
Frowning
And who's the fool who wears the crown?
And go down in your own way
And every day is the right day
And as you rise above the fear-lines in his brow
You look down
Hear the sound of the faces in the crowd

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Fearless
• Pink
• Floyd
• Meddle
• Gilmour
• Waters
• acoustic
• guitar
• open
• tuning

[palbolt]

Open G can be that (D G D G B D) tuning. I play that way in this song, although I am likely a semi-tone lower.

I now play the song (G G D G B D). If you play it that way you'll notice how true it is when you move the notes up the neck with the 6th string playing open G and the note on the 5th moving up the neck.

If you drop the 1st string down to a B it sounds truer to the recording.

[OhioFive0]

For Those interested in the correct tuning - A quote from Roger Waters: "What's interesting about it, for me, is that it's interesting musically: (hums riff). Funnily enough, that was a tuning that Syd showed me. It's a really beautiful open G tuning, for anybody who wants to tune their guitar: G-G-D-G-B-B."

[palbolt]

Thanks, tried it that is totally it. The outside 4 strings doubling the same notes.

[occy61477]

can you help me with the tuning!

[palbolt]

Gb is a semi-tone lower then G. You can play it in G if you want though. I do, just not in this video.

[DoublePenny4]

Well done! I have a question about how you play the intro after you strum the open G to start the whole song. It looks like you play a note with your middle finger on the 2nd string. Do you play two notes on that string before going to the 5th? Sorry if too confusing but I'm trying to get this song down pat and watching your video has been a big help, thanks.

[palbolt]

Thanks.

If you are taking about after the harmonic strum on the 12th fret, the climb up is the 2 fingers on the 5th and 3rd string 4,5,7,9,11,12 frets. Others play it differently likely the same notes but an octave higher. Both correct I think, however I'm in G flat.

[trentholt]

holy cow! Waters got a face lift. (Great job, dude)

[2525nickr]

glad to hear i cover of the greatest band ever

[Floydfan717]

pretty good-best cover i've seen yet= cheer's to you mate

[paxomatic2]

Hey, so cool. Thanks for sharing.

[YucatanEd]

You nailed this!  Great job.

[MrLegostar9]

Damn your good :)

[Staffleberry]

@mfwilli you're right it's a superb version that has the difficult to define essence but he really does capture it. Loved the version of The Kinks 'Big Sky' too done by the same artist.

[Trendmunger]

Nice version. Thank you!