If
Tom: B7
E D
If I were a swan, I'd be gone.
E D
If I were a train, I'd be late.
E C#7 F# B7 E B7
And if I were a good man, I'd talk to you more often than I do.
E D
If I were to sleep, I could dream.
E D
If I were afraid, I could hide.
E C#7 F# B7 E B7
If I go insane, please don't put your wires in my brain.
E D
If I were the moon, I'd be cool.
E D
If I were a book, I would bend.
E C#7 F# B7 E B7
If I were a good man, I'd understand the spaces between friends.
E D
If I were alone, I would cry.
E D
And if I were with you, I'd be home and dry.
E C#7 F# B7 E B7
And if I go insane, will you still let me join in with the game?
E D
If I were a swan, I'd be gone.
E D
If I were a train, I'd be late again.
E C#7 F# B7 E
If I were a good man, I'd talk with you more often than I do.
Summer '68
Tom:
Intro: D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D Em G A7 D Em G A7 D
D G D
Would you like to say something before you leave?
G D
Perhaps you'd care to state exactly how you feel.
G D
We say goodbye before we've said hello.
A G D
I hardly even like you. I shouldn't care at all.
A G D
We met just six hours ago. The music was too loud.
A G D
From your bed I came today and lost a bloody year.
A G Bm7
And I would like to know, how do you feel?
F
How do feel?
A D Em(addA) Dmaj7/F# Dm Cmaj7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Dm Cmaj7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Dm
Bb C F Bb E A D G/D D G/D D G/D D G/D
D G D
Not a single word was said. They lied still without fears.
G D
Occasionally you showed a smile, but what was the need?
G D
I felt the cold far too soon in a wind of ninety-five.
A G D
My friends are lying in the sun, I wish that I was there.
A G D
Tomorrow brings another town, another girl like you.
A G D A G
Have your time before you leave to greet another man just to let me know,
Bm7
How do you feel?
F
How do you feel?
Am D Em(addA) Dmaj7/F# Dm Cmaj7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Dm Cmaj7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Dm
Gm/Bb C F6 F Bb E+ E A
Dm
Goodbye to you.
A7sus2
Childish bangles too.
Am/D G
I've had enough for one day.
Gm Dm Cmaj7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Dm Cmaj7 Dm7 Cmaj7 Dm Gm/Bb
C F6 F Bb E+ E A
Fat Old Sun
Tom: G
G C D
When the fat old sun in the sky is falling,
F C G
Summer evening birds are calling.
D
Summer's thunder time of year,
F C G
The sound of music in my ears.
Distant bells,
D F C
New-mown grass smells so sweet.
G D
By the river holding hands,
F C G
Roll me up and lay me down.
C Bm
And if you sit, don't make a sound.
Am G
Pick your feet up off the ground.
C Bm
And if you hear as the warm night falls
Am Dm
The silver sound from a time so strange,
Gm
Sing to me,
Dm F D
Sing to me.
D G D
When that fat old sun in the sky is falling,
F C G
Summer evening birds are calling.
D
Children's laughter in my ears,
F C G
The last sunlight disappears.
C Bm
And if you sit, don't make a sound.
Am G
Pick your feet up off the ground.
C Bm
And if you hear as the warm night falls
Am Dm
The silver sound from a time so strange,
Gm
Sing to me,
Dm F
Sing to me.
D G D F C
When that fat old sun ...
Pigs On The Wing (Part One)
Tom: G
Intro: G C G
C G7 C G C G
If you didn't care what happened to me
C G7 C G C G
And I didn't care for you
A A7
We would zig-zag our way through the boredom and pain
G C D7 G
Occasionally glancing up through the rain
Am F D7 F C Am
Wondering which of the buggers to blame
D7 C G
And watching for pig on the wing
Dogs (Gilmour, Waters)
Dm9 Bb Am9(sus4) Bb7
Dm9
You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need
Bb
Gotta sleep on your toes and when you're on the street
Am9(sus4)
You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed
Then moving in silently downwind and out of sight
Bb7
You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking
Dm9
And after a while you can work on points of style
Bb
Like the club tie and the firm handshake
A certain look in the eye and an easy smile
Am9(sus4)
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to
Bb7
So that when they turn their backs on you
You'll get the chance to put the knife in
Dm9 Bb Am9(sus4) Bb7
[Guitar solo]
Dm9
You've gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder
Bb
You know it's gonna get harder, harder and harder as you get older
Am9(sus4)
And in the end you'll pack up and fly down south, hide your head in the sand
Bb7 Dm9
Just another sad old man, all alone and dying of cancer
Bb Am9(sus4) Bb7 Dm
C Dm C Dm Bb F Eb F Eb Dm Dm9 C7 Dm A F Em
[Half tempo]
Dm C Dm C ... Bb C Bb C Bb C Bb C
[Guitar solo ad lib]
Dm C Dm C Dm C Bb C Bb C Dm A F Em
Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C
And when you lose control you'll reap the harvest you have sown
Dm C Dm C Dm Bb A
And as the fear grows the bad blood slows and turns to stone
Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm
And it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around
C Bb C Bb C Dm A
So have a good drown as you go down all alone
F A Dm
Dragged down by the stone
Bb7
[Tempo I]
Dm9
Gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused
Bb
Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used
Am9(sus4)
Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise
Bb7
If I don't stand my own ground how can I find my way out of the maze
Dm9
Deaf, dumb and blind you just keep on pretending
Bb
That everyone's expendable and noone has a real friend
Am9(sus4)
And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner
Bb7
And everything's done under the sun
And you believe at heart everyone's a killer
Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm Bb F E F E Dm
[Half tempo]
F C Dm
Who was born in a house full of pain
C F C Dm
Who was trained not to spit in the fan
C F C Dm7
Who was told what to do by the man
C F C Dm
Who was broken by trained personnel
C F C Dm7
Who was fitted with collar and chain
C F C Dm
Who was given a pat on back
C F C Dm
Who was breaking away from the pack
C F C Dm
Who was only a stranger at home
C F C Dm
Who was ground down in the end
C F C Dm
Who was found dead on the phone
C F C Bb A
Who was dragged down by the stone
F A7 Dm9
Who was dragged down by the stone
Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Tom: Em
Intro: Em C Em C .....
Em C G Em
Big man, pig man, ha ha charade you are
C G Em
You well heeled big wheel, ha ha charade you are
C G
And when your hand is on your heart
A7
You're nearly a good laugh, almost a joker
With your head down the pigbin saying keep on digging
Am7
Pig stain on your fat chin
What do you hope to find down in the pig mine
You're nearly a laugh, you're nearly a laugh
Em C Em D Em D Em D Em D
But you really a cry______
Em C G Em
Bus stop rat bag, ha ha charade you are
C G Em
You fucked up old hag, ha ha charade you are
C G
You radiate cold shafts of broken glass
A7
You're nearly a good laugh, almost worth a quick grin
You like the feel of steel, you're hot stuff with a hat pin
Am7
And good fun with a hand gun
You're nearly a laugh, you're nearly a laugh
Em C Em D Em D Em D Em D
But you're really a cry______
Em D Em D Em D Em D Em D Em D Em D Em D
C Bb C Bb C Bb C Bb C Bb C Bb Em ....
Em C Em C Em C Em C Em C Em C Em C
Em C G Em
Hey you, Whitehouse, ha ha charade you are
C G Em
You house proud town mouse, ha ha charade you are
C G
You're trying to keep our feeling off the street
Am
You're nearly a real treat, all tight lips and cold feet
And do you feel abused
.......! .......! .......! .......!
You gotta stem the evil tide and keep it all on the inside
Mary, you're nearly a treat, Mary, you're nearly a treat
Em C Em D Em D Em D Em D
But you're really a cry_____
Em D C D
[Repeat and fade]
Sheep
Tom: Em
Intro: Dm Am Bm Am
Em Am Em
Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away________
Am Em
Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air______
F#7 A
You better watch out there maybe dogs about
F#7
Well, I've looked over Jordan and I've seen
A Em
Things are not what they seem
Am Em
What do you get for pretending the danger's not real_______
Meek and obedient you follow the leader
Am Em
Down well trodden corridors into the valley of steel________
F#7 A
What a surprise, a look of terminal shock in your eyes
F#7
Now things are really what they seem
A
No, this is no bad dream
Em A C#m Bm Em A Em F# Em A Em A Bm A D Em A Em F# A F# A
Dm
The Lord is my shepherd
I shall not want
He makes me down to lie
Through pastures green
He leadeth me the silent waters by
With bright knives
He releaseth my soul
He maketh me to hang on hooks in high places
Am
He converteth me to lamb cutlets
For lo he hath great power and great hunger
C Bm
When cometh the day we lowly ones
Through quiet reflection and great dedication
C
Master the art of karate
Am
Lo we shall rise up
And then we'll make the buggers eyes water
Em Am Em
Bleating and babbling we fell on his neck with a scream_____
Wave upon wave of demented avengers
Am Em
March cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream_____
F#7
Have you heard the news
A
The dogs are dead
F#7
You better stay home and do as you're told
A
Get out of the road if you want to grow old
E Bm C#m Bm D E Bm C#m Bm D E Bm C#m Bm D E Bm C#m Bm A
[Repeat and fade]
Pigs On The Wing (Part Two)
Tom: G
Intro: G C G
C F C G C G
You know that I care what happens to you
C F C G C G
And I know that you care for me too
A7
So I don't feel alone or the weight of the stone
G C D7 G
Now that I've found somewhere safe to bury my bone
Am F D7 Am F C Am
And any fool knows a dog needs a home
D7 C G
A shelter from pigs on the wing
Let There Be More Light
Tom: Cm
N.C.
Far, far, far, far away, way
People heard him say, say
"I will find a way, way
There will come a day, day
Something will be done"
Cm Fm
Then at last the mighty ship descending on a point of flame
Cm Dm A Ab
Made contact with the human race at Mildenhall
N.C.
Now, now, now is the time, time
Time to be, be, be aware
Cm Fm
Carter's father saw it there and knew the Rhull revealed to him
Cm Dm A Ab
The living soul of Hereward the Wake
N.C.
Oh my, something in my eye, eye
Something in the sky, sky
Waiting there for me
Cm
The outer lock rolled slowly back
Fm
The servicemen were heard to sigh
Cm Dm A Ab
For there revealed in flowing robes was Lucy in the sky
N.C.
Oh, oh, did you ever?
No, no, never will they
I'll say!
Cm
Summoning his cosmic powers
Fm
And glowing slightly from his toes
Cm Dm A Ab
His psychic emanations flowed.
Remember A Day (Wright)
E D6 A E
Remember a day before today, a day when you were young.
D6 A Em F#m/E G/E A/E Em F#m/E
Free to play along with time; evening never comes__________________.
G/E A/E E F#o/E E F#o/E E
E D6 A E
Sing a song that can't be sung without the morning's kiss.
D6 A Em F#m/E G/E A/E Em F#m/E
Queen you shall be if you wish. Look for your king___________________.
G/E A/E
A G D Em
Why can't we play today?
A G D Em F#m/E G/E A/E E(no 3rd)
Why can't we stay that way?
E D6 A E
Climb your favourite apple tree; try to catch the sun.
D6 A Em F#m/E G/E A/E Em
Hide from your little brother's gun. Dream yourself away____________________.
F#m/E G/E A/E
A G D Em
Why can't we reach the sun?
A G D Em F#m/E G/E A/E
Why can't we blow the years away?
E(no 3rd)
Blow away.
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
Tom: Am
Am G Am G Am
Little by little the night turns around,
G Am G Am
Counting the leaves which tremble at dawn
Dm C Dm C Dm
Lotus's lean on each other in yearning,
Am G Am
Over the hills a swallow is resting
G Am F Am F Am
G Am G Am G Am G Am
Set the controls for the heart of the sun
Am G Am G Am
Over the mountains watching the watcher,
G Am G Am
Breaking the darkness waking the grapevine
Dm C Dm C Dm
Knowledge of love is knowledge of shadow,
Am G Am
Love is the shadow that ripens the wine
G Am F Am F Am
G Am G Am G Am
Set the controls for the heart of the sun,
Am
The heart of the sun, The heart of the sun...
Am G Am G Am
Witness the man who waves at the wall,
G Am G Am
Making the shape of his questions to heaven
Dm C Dm C Dm
Whether the sun will fall in the evening,
Am G Am
Will he remember the lesson of giving?
G Am F Am F Am
G Am G Am
Set the controls for the heart of the sun,
Am
The heart of the sun, The heart of the sun...
Corporal Clegg
Tom:: A
Intro: E7+9
A C D A
Corporal Clegg had a wooden leg.
N.C. E7+9
He won it in the war in nineteen forty-four.
A C D A
Corporal Clegg had a medal, too,
N.C. E7+9
In orange, red and blue. He found it in the zoo.
Bm F#
Dear, oh dear, oh, are they really sad for me?
Bm F# D
Dear, oh, dear, oh, will they really laugh at me?
D G
Missus Clegg, you must be proud of him.
D G
Missus Clegg, another drop of gin?
A Ab G D A7 D G D A7 D
A C D A
Corporal Clegg, umbrella in the rain.
N.C. E7+9
He's never been the same. No one is to blame.
A C D A
Corporal Clegg, received his medal in a dream
N.C. E7+9
From Her Majesty, the Queen. His boots were very clean.
D G
Missus Clegg, you must be proud of him.
D D
Missus Clegg, another drop of gin?
A Ab G
D A7
Corporal Clegg.
D
Corporal Clegg.
See-Saw
Tom: Cm
Cmaj7
Marigolds are very much in love
Am7
But he doesn't mind
F B
Picking up sister he makes his way to the see-saw land
E E7 A
All the way up she smiles
G F Em
She goes up as he goes down, down
Bb A D
Cmaj7
Sits on a stick in the river
Am7
Laughter in his sleep
F
Sister's throwing stones
G B B7
Hoping for a hit
E
He doesn't know
A
So then
G F Em Ebmaj7
She goes up while he goes down, down
Bb A D
Eb Cmaj7
Another time, another day
F A
A brother's way to leave
E D
Another time, another day
Cmaj7 Am7
She'll be selling plastic flowers on a Sunday afternoon
F
Picking up weeds
B
She hasn't got the time to care
E E7 A
All can see he's not there
G F
She grows up for another man,
Em
And he's down
Bb A D
Eb Cmaj7
Another time, another day
F A
A brother's way to leave
E D
Another time, another day
Eb Cmaj7
Another time, another day
F A
A brother's way to leave
Jugband Blues
Tom: C
C Am
It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here,
C Am C
And I'm almost obliged to you for making it clear that I'm not here.
Am C
And I never knew the moon could be so big.
Am C
And I never knew the moon could be so blue.
Am C
And I'm grateful that you threw away my old shoes
F G A
And brought me here instead dressed in red.
Bm F#m Bm F#
And I'm wondering who could be writing this song.
G D A D
I don't care if the sun don't shine.
G D A D
And I don't care if nothing is mine.
F Am
And I don't care if I'm nervous with you.
F A
I'll do my loving in the Winter.
G D A D G D A D ... Am C/G
Am C/G Am
And the sea____ isn't green.
C/G Am
And I love the queen.
C/G A
And what exactly is a dream?
C/G A
And what exactly is a joke?
Breathe
Tom: Em7
Intro: Em(add9) A Asus4 A Em(add9) A A7sus4 A7
Em(add9) A Asus4 A Em(add9) A Asus4 A
Cmaj7 Bm7 Fmaj7 G D7#9 D7b9
Em7 A Asus4 A
Breathe, breathe in the air.
Em(add9) Em7 A Asus4 A
Don't be afraid to care.
Em(add9) A Asus4 A
Leave but don't leave me.
Em(add9) Asus4 A
Look around and choose your own ground.
Cmaj7
For long you live and high you fly
Bm7
And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry
Fmaj7
All you touch and all you see
G D7#9 B7b9
Is all your life will ever be.
Em7 A A7sus4 A7
Run, rabbit run.
Em A A7sus4 A
Dig that hole, forget the sun,
Em7 A A7sus4 A7
When at last the work is done
Em7 A Asus4 A
Don't sit down it's time to dig another one.
Cmaj7
For long you live and high you fly
Bm7
But only if you ride the tide
Fmaj7
And balanced on the biggest wave
G D7#9 D7b9 Em [Segue to "On the Run]
You race towards an early grave.
Time
Tom: F#m
Intro: N.C.(E) (F#m) (E) (F#m) (E) (F#m) (E) (F#m) (A) (E) (F#m)
F#m A Asus4 A
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
E F#m
Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.
A
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
E F#m
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way.
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
Dmaj7 Amaj7
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
Dmaj7 C#m7
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
Bm7 E F5
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.
[Guitar solo]
F#m A E F#m A F#m A E F#m A E F#m
Dmaj7 Amaj7 Dmaj7 Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7 E
F#m A
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
E F#m
Racing around to come up behind you again.
A A7 A7sus4 A7
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older,
E F#m
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Plans that either come to nought or half a page of scribbled lines
Dmaj7 C#m
Hanging on in quiet desparation is the English way
Bm
The time is gone, the song is over,
Bm7 F/B
Thought I'd something more to say.
Breathe Reprise
Tom: Em
Intro: Em(add9) A A7 A7sus4 A7 Em(add9) A A7
Em7 Em A Asus4 A
Home, home again.
Em7 A A7
I like to be here when I can.
Em(add9) A D A/D
When I come home cold and tired
G/D E5 G5 A Asus4 A
It's good to warm my bones beside the fire.
Cmaj7
Far away across the field
Bm7
The tolling of the iron bell
Fmaj7
Calls the faithful to their knees
G D7#9 D7b9/Eb Bm
To hear the softly spoken magic spell.
Money
Tom: Bm7
Bm7
Money, get away.
Get a good job with more pay and you're okay.
Money, it's a gas.
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash.
F#m7
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Em Bm7
Think I'll buy me a football team.
Bm7
Money, get back.
I'm all right Jack keep your hands off of my stack.
Money, it's a hit.
Don't give me that do goody good bullshit.
F#m7 Em
I'm in the high-fidelity first class travelling set
Bm7
And I think I need a Lear jet.
Bm7
Money, it's a crime.
Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie.
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today.
F#m7 Em
But if you ask for a raise it's no surprise that they're
Bm
giving none away.
Us And Them
Tom: Dsus
Intro: Dsus2 Esus2/D Dm(maj7) G/D Dsus2
Dsus2 Esus2/D Dm(maj7) G/D Dsus2
Dsus Esus2/D Dm(maj7)
Us, and them
G/D D (A/D) (D) A/D
And after all we're only ordinary men.
Dsus2 Esus2/D Dm(maj7)
Me, and you.
G/D D A/C#
God only knows it's not what we would choose to do.
Bm
Forward he cried from the rear
Bm/A D/G C
and the front rank died.
Bm A
The general sat and the lines on the map
D/G C
moved from side to side.
Dsus2 Esus2/D Dm(maj7)
Black and blue
G/D Dsus2
And who knows which is which and who is who.
Esus2/D Dm(maj7)
Up and down.
G/D D A/D A/C#
And in the end it's only round and round and round.
Bm
"Haven't you heard? It's a battle of words"
Bm/A D/G C
the poster bearer cried.
Bm
"Listen son", said the man with the gun
Bm/A D/G C
"There's room for you inside."
Dsus2 Esus2/D Dm(maj7) G/D A/D
Dsus2 Esus2/D Dm(maj7) G/D Dsus2
Bm Bm/A D/G C Bm A Bm Bm/A G C
Dsus2 Esus2/D Dm(maj7)
Down and out
G/D D
It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about.
Dsus2 Esus2/D Dm(maj7)
With, without.
G/D D
And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about?
Bm
Out of the way, it's a busy day
Bm/A D/G C
I've got things on my mind.
Bm
For the want of the price of tea and a slice
Bm/A D/G C
The old man died.
Brain Damage
Tom: D
D G7/D
The lunatic is on the grass.
D G7/D
The lunatic is on the grass.
D E/D
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs.
A7 D Dsus2
Got to keep the loonies on the path.
D G7/D
The lunatic is in the hall.
D G7/D
The lunatics are in my hall.
D E/D
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
A7 D Dsus2 D7 D9
And every day the paper boy brings more.
G A
And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
C G
And if there is no room upon the hill
G A7
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too
C G Bm7 Em7 A A7
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon.
D G7/D
The lunatic is in my head. (laughter)
D G7/D
The lunatic is in my head
D E/D
You raise the blade, you make the change
A7 D Dsus2
You re-arrange me 'till I'm sane.
D
You lock the door
E/D
And throw away the key
A7 D Dsus2 D7 D9
There's someone in my head but it's not me.
G A
And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
C G
You shout and no one seems to hear.
A A7 A
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
C G Bm7 Em A7
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon.
D G7/D D G7/D D E/D A7 D Dsus2 D E/D A7 D Dsus2
Eclipse
Tom: D
Intro: D D/C Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7b5 A A7
D
All that you touch,
D/C
All that you see,
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7b5 A7
All that you taste,
All you feel.
D
All that you love
D/C
All that you hate
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7b5 A7
All you distrust
All you save.
D
All that you give
D/C
All that you deal
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7b5
All that you buy,
A7
beg, borrow or steal.
D
All you create
D/C
All you destroy
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7b5
All that you do
A7
All that you say.
D
All that you eat
D/C
everyone you meet
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7b5
All that you slight
A7
everyone you fight.
D
All that is now
D/C
All that is gone
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7b5
All that's to come
A7 D
and everything under the sun is in tune
D/C Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7b5 D
but the sun is eclipsed by the moon
One Of These Days (Waters, Wright, Mason, Gilmour)
Bm A Bm A ...
A Pillow Of Winds
Tom: E
Intro: E(addF#) F#m/E Emaj7
F#m/E B(addE) Emaj7
A cloud of eiderdown draws around me softening the sound.
Bm/E
Sleepy time when I lie with my love by my side, and she's breathing low.
E(addF#)
And the candle dies.
E(addF#)
When night comes down, you lock the door.
The book falls to the floor.
As darkness falls and waves roll by, the seasons change.
The wind is warm.
Now wakes the owl. Now sleeps the swan.
Behold a dream, the dream is gone.
Green fields, a cold rain is falling in a golden dawn.
F#m/E B(addE) Emaj7
And deep beneath the ground the early morning sounds and I______ go down.
Bm/E
Sleeping time when I lie with my love by my side and she's breathing low.
And I rise like a bird in the haze when the first rays touch the sky.
E(addF#) F#m/E Emaj7 Bm/E
And the night winds die.
Fearless
Tom: G
Intro: G G G C Bb C Bb
G C Bb
You say the hill's too steep to climb
G C Bb
Climb it.
G C Bb
You say you'd like to see me try
G C Bb
Climbing.
A D
You pick the place and I'll choose the time
G
And I'll climb
C
That hill in my own way.
G C
Just wait a while for the right day.
G C
And as I rise above the tree lines and the clouds
D C G
I look down, in the sound of the things you said today.
G D C(add e) D C(add e) D C G C Bb G C Bb
San Tropez
Tom: Gm
Intro:D7
Gmaj7
As I reach for a peach
Gm6
Slide a line down behind a sofa in Saz Tropez
Gmaj7
Breaking a stick with a brick on the sand
Gm6
Riding a wave in the wake of an old sedan
G7
Sleeping alone in the drone of the darkness
A7
Scratched by the sand that fell from my love
C7
Deep in my dreams and I still hear her calling
D
If you're alone, I'll come home
Gmaj7
Backward and homebound, the pigeon, the dove
Gm6
Gone with the wind and the rain on an airplane
Gmaj7
Born in a home with no silver spoon
Gm6
I'm drinking champagne like a good tycoon
G7
Sooner than wait for a break in the weather
A7
I'll gather my far flung thoughts together
C7
Speeding away on a wind to a new day
D
If you're alone, I'll come home
Gmaj7
And I'll pause for a while by a country stile
Gm6
And listen to the things they say
Gmaj7
Digging for gold in a hole in my hand
Gm6
Open the book, take a look at the way things stand
G7
And you're leading me down to the place by the sea
A7
I hear you soft voice calling to me
C7
Making a date for later by phone
D
And if you're alone, I'll come home
Gmaj7 Gm6
Echoes
Tom: C#m
Intro: F#m C#m F#m C#m F#m C#m
A#m A G#sus4 G# C#m
C#m F#m C#m A#m A G#sus4 G#
C#m
Overhead the albatross
G#m
Hangs motionless upon the air
F#m
And deep beneath the rolling waves
G#
In labyrinths of coral caves
C#
The echo of a distant time
G#m
Comes willowing across the sand
F#m G#
And everything is green and submarine
C
And no-one showed us to the land
G#
And no-one knows the wheres or whys
F#m
But something stirs and something tries
G# A
And starts to climb towards the light
C#m A C#m A C#m A E B C
C#m
Strangers passing in the street
G#m
By chance two separate glances meet
F#m G#
And I am you and what I see is me
C#m
And do I take you by the hand
G#m
And lead you through the land
F#m G#
And help me understand the best I can
C#
And no-one calls us to move on
G#
And no-one forces down our eyes
F#m
And no-one speaks and no-one tries
G# A
And no-one flies around the sun
C#m A C#m A C#m A E B C
Bm F#m Bm/D Esus4 ...
C#m G#m E F# C#m G#m E F#
C#m G#m
Cloudless everyday you fall upon my waking eyes
F#m G#
Inviting and inciting me to rise
C#m
And through the window in the wall
G#m
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
F#m G#
A million bright ambassadors of morning
C#
And no-one sings me lullabies
G#
And no-one makes me close my eyes
F#m
So I throw the windows wide
G# A
And call to you across the sky
C#m A C#m A C#m A E B C ...
C#m G#m F#m G# ...
Learning To Fly
Tom: G
Intro: G A/G G Gmaj7 Em7 D
G A/G G Gmaj7
Into the distance, a ribbon of black
Em7 D
Stretched to the point of no turning back
G A/G G Gmaj7
A flight of fancy on a windswept field
Em7 D
Standing alone my senses reeled
G A/G G Gmaj7
A fatal attraction is holding me fast, how
Em7 D
Can I escape this irresistible grasp?
C Em/B Am G
Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky
F C D
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
G A/G G Gmaj7
G A/G G Gmaj7
Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Em7 D
Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything
G A/G G Gmaj7
No navigator to guide my way home
Em7 D
Unladened, empty and turned to stone
C Em/B Am G
A soul in tension that's learning to fly
F C
Condition grounded but determined to try
Em/B Am G
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
F C D
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
F Am7 D9 D
G
Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
Em7
My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air,
G
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
Em7
Out of the corner of my watering eye
G
A dream unthreatened by the morning light
Em7
Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night
C Em/B Am G
There's no sensation to compare with this
F C
Suspended animation, a state of bliss
Em/B Am G
Can't keep my mind from the circling skies
F C D
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
G A/G G Gmaj7 Em7 D
The Dogs Of War
Tom: Cm
Cm
Dogs of war and men of hate, with no cause, we don't disciminate
Discovery is to be disowned, our currency is flesh and bone
Ebm
Hell opened up and put on sale, gather 'round and haggle
Cm
For hard cash, we will lie and decieve
Even our masters don't know the web we weave
Ab Fm
One world, it's a battleground. One world, and we will smash it down.
Cm
One world... One world
Cm
Invisable transfers, long distance calls, hollow laughter in marble halls
Steps have been taken, a silent uproar has unleashed the dogs of war
Ebm
You can't stop what has begun, signed, sealed, they deliver oblivion
Cm
We all have a dark side, to say the least
And dealing in death is the nature of the beast
Ab Fm
One world, it's a battleground. One world, and they smash it down.
Cm
One world... One world
Cm7 F/C Ebm Ebm7 Dm7 Dbm7 Cm7 F/C Cm7 F/C Ab Fm Gsus4
Cm7 Ab Fm G Cm
Cm
The dogs of war don't negotiate, the dogs of war won't capitulate,
They will take and you will give, and you must die so that they may live
Ebm
You can knock at any door,
But wherever you go, you now they've been there before
Cm
Well winners can lose and things can get strained
But whatever you change, you know the dogs remain
Ab
One world, it's a battleground
Fm7 G7sus4
One world, are we gonna smash it down
Cm
One world... One world
One Slip
Tom: Eb
Eb Gm(add4)
A restless eye across a weary room
Eb Fsus4
A glazed look and I was on the road to ruin
C Eb6 Eb
The music played and played as we whirled without end
F Ab(add9)
No hint, no word her honour to defend
Eb Gm(add4)
I will, I will she sighed to my request
Eb Fsus4 F Fsus4
And then she tossed her mane while my resolve was put to the test
C Eb
Then drowned in desire, our souls on fire, I lead the way to the funeral pyre
F
And without a thought of the consequence, I gave into my decadence
C(add9) Ebmaj7/Bb
One slip, and down the hole we fall
Bb(add9) Gm(add9)
It seems to take no time at all
C(add9) Ebmaj7/Bb
A momentary lapse of reason, that binds a life for life
Bb(add9) Gm(add9)
A small regret, you won't forget, there'll be no sleep in here tonight.
Eb Gm/D Gm Eb Gm/D Gm
Eb Gm(add4)
Was it love, or was it the idea of being in love?
Eb Fsus4 F Fsus4
Or was it the hand of fate, that seemed to fit just like a glove?
C Eb
The moment slipped by and soon the seeds were sown
F
The year grew late and neither one wanted to remain alone
C(add9) Ebmaj7/Bb
One slip, and down the hole we fall.
Bb(add9) Gm(add9)
It seems to take no time at all
C(add9) Ebmaj7/Bb
A momentary lapse of reason, that binds life to a life
Bb(add9) Gm(add9)
The one regret you will never forget, there'll be no sleep in here tonight
Eb Gm/D Gm Eb Gm/D Gm
On The Turning Away
Tom: Em
N.C.
On the turning away from the pale and downtrodden
And the words they say which we won't understand
"Don't accept that what's happening is just a case of others' suffering
Or you'll find that you're joining in the turning away"
Em D/F# G C Em
It's a sin that some how light is changing to shadow
D/F# G C
And casting its shroud over all we have known
Em C G Em G C
Unaware how the ranks have grown, driven on by a heart of stone
G C Em D/F# G
We could find that we're all alone in the dream of the proud.
Em D/F# G C Em
On the wings of the night as the day time is stirring
D/F# G C
Where the speachless unite in a silent accord
Em C G Em G C
Using words you will find are strange and mesmerized as they light the flame
G C Em D/F# G
Feel the new wind of change on the wings of the night
Em D Cmaj7 C D Em Am G/B Cmaj7 D Am G Cmaj7 D Em
Em G C Em
No more turning away from the weak and the weary
D/F# G C
No more turning away from the coldness inside
Em C G Em G C
Just a world that we all must share, it's not enough just to stand and stare
G C Em D/F# G D/F#
Is it only a dream that there'll be no more turning away?
Em C Em D G D/F#
Yet Another Movie
Tom: Dm
Intro: Dm C Gm Dm
Dm
One sound, one single sound
C
One kiss, one single kiss
Gm
A face outside the window pane
Dm
However did it come to this?
Dm
A man who ran, a child who cried
C
A girl who heard, a voice that lied
Gm
The sun that burned a fiery red
Dm C Gm Dm
The vision of an empty bed
Dm
The use of force, he was so tough
C
She'll soon submit, she's had enough
Gm
The march of fate, the broken will
Dm
Someone is lying very still
Dm
He has laughed and he has cried
C
He has fought and he has died
Gm
He's just the same as all the rest
Dm
He's not the worst, he's not the best
Dm C Gm Dm
Dm
And still this ceaseless murmuring
C
The babbling that I brook
Gm
The seas of faces, eyes upraised
Dm
The empty screen, the vacant look
Dm
A man in black on a snow white horse,
C
A pointless life has run its course,
Gm
The red rimmed eyes, the tears still run
Dm
As he fades into the setting sun
Dm C Gm Dm
Sorrow
Tom: Em
Intro: Em D/E Em D/E Em D/E C/E Em D/E Em D/E
Em
The sweet smell of a great sorrow lies over the land
D/E
Plumes of smoke rise and merge into the leaden sky:
C/E
A man lies and dreams of green fields and rivers,
Em D/E Em D/E
But awakes to a morning with no reason for waking
Em
He's haunted by the memory of a lost paradise,
D/E
In his youth or a dream, he can't be precise
C/E
He's chained forever to a world that's departed
Em D/E
It's not enough, it's not enough.
Em
His blood has frozen curdled with fright
D/E
His knees have trembled given way in the night
C/E
His hand is weakend at the moment of truth
Em D/E Em D/E
His step has faltered.
Bm A/B D/A Bm/F# F#m
One world, one soul.
Bm A/B A Bm/F# F#m
Time pass, the river rolls.
Gmaj7 D/A Gmaj7 D/A N.C./B A/B N.C./B Bm
Gmaj7 D/A Gmaj7 D/A N.C./B A/B N.C./B Bm A/B
Em
And he talks to the river of lost love and dedication
D/E
And silent replies that swirl invitation
C/E
Flow dark and troubled to an oily sea
Em D/E Em D/E
A grim intimation of what is to be.
Em
There's an unceasing wind that blows through this night
D/E
And there's dust in my eyes, that blinds my sight
C/E
And silence that speaks so much louder than words,
Em D/E
Of promises broken.
Em D/E Em D/E
Cirrus Minor
Tom: Em
Em Eb+ G/D C#m7 C7
In a churchyard by a river, lazing in the haze of midday,
Cm7 B7 Em
Laughing in the grasses and the graze.
Em Eb+ G/D C#m7 C7
Yellow bird, you are not alone in singing and in flying on,
Cm7 B7 Em
In laughing and in leaving.
Em Eb+ G/D C#m7 C7
Willow weeping in the water, waving to the river daughters,
Cm7 B7 Em
Swaying in the ripples and the reeds.
Em Eb+ G/D C#m7 C7
On a trip to__ Cirrus Minor, saw a crater in the sun
Cm7 B7 Em
A thousand miles of moonlight later.
Em Bm D A G D B
The Nile Song
Tom: B
Intro: A G A G A G F#
B A B A
I was standing by the Nile when I saw the lady smile.
B A G#
I would take her out for a while, for a while.
C# B
Light tears wept like child.
C# B
How her golden hair was blowing wild.
C# B Bb
Then she spread her wings to fly, for to fly.
Eb Db Eb Db
Soaring high above the breezes, going always where she pleases.
Eb Db C
She will make it to the island in the sun.
F Eb F Eb
I will follow in her shadow as I watch her from my window.
F Eb D
One day I will catch her eye__.
G F G F G F E A G A G A G F#
B A B A
She is calling from the deep, summoning my soul to endless sleep.
B A G#
She is bound to drag me down, drag me down.
Crying Song
Tom: D
D D(-5)
We smiled and smiled
D D(-5)
We smiled and smiled
D G Em D
Laughter echoes in your eyes
D D(-5)
We climbed and climbed
D D(-5)
We climbed and climbed
D G Em D
Foot falls softly in the pines
D D(-5)
We cry and cry
D D(-5)
We cry and cry
D G Em D
Sadness passes in a while
D D(-5)
We roll and roll
D D(-5)
We roll and roll
D G Em D
Help me roll away the stone
Green Is The Colour
Tom: G
Intro: G C G C G Bm C Em D
G C
Heavy hung the canopy of blue
G C
Shade my eyes and I can see you
G Bm C Em D
White is the light that shines through the dress that you wore
G C
She lay in the shadow of the wave
G C
Hazy were the visions of her playing
G Bm C Em D
Sunlight on her eyes but moonshine made her blind every time
G C
Green is the colour of her kind
G C
Quickness of the eye deceives the mind
G Bm C Em D
Envy is the bond between the hopeful and the dying
G C G C G C D
Cymbaline
Tom: Em
Intro: Em D Em D
Am
The path you tread is narrow
Bm
And the drop is shear and very high
Am
The ravens all are watching
Bm
From a vantage point nearby
Am
Apprehension creeping
Bm
Like a tube-train up your spine
Am
Will the tightrope reach the end;
Bm
Will the final couplet rhyme
C
And it's high time
F
Cymbaline
C
It's high time
F
Cymbaline
Em
Please wake me
Ebmaj7 Dbmaj7
Ancient bonds are breaking, moving on and changing sides.
Ebmaj7 Dbmaj7
Dreaming of a new day, cast aside the other way.
Ab G
Magic visions stirring, kindled by and burning flames rise in her eyes.
Ebmaj7 Dbmaj7
The door that stands ajar, the walls that once were high.
Ebmaj7 Dbmaj7
Beyond the gilded cage, beyond the reach of ties.
Ab
The moment is at hand.
G
She breaks the golden band.
Ebmaj7 Dbmaj7 Ab G
The Gold Is In The
Tom: E
Intro: E D A E D A
E D A
Come on, my friends, let's make for the hills.
E D A
They say there's gold but I'm looking for thrills.
E D A
You can get your hands on whatever we find,
E D A
'Cause I'm only coming along for the ride.
B
Well, you go your way, I'll go mine.
G
I don't care if we get there on time.
A
Everybody's searching for something, they say.
F
I'll get my kicks on the way.
E D A
Over the mountains, across the seas,
E D A
Who knows what will be waiting for me?
E D A
I could sail forever to strange sounding names.
E D A
Faces of people and places don't change.
B
All I have to do is just close my eyes
G
To see the seagulls wheeling in those far distant skies.
A F
All I want to tell you, all I want to say is count me in on the journey.
Don't expect me to stay.
E D A E D A
Wots... Uh The Deal
Tom: G
Intro: G Gmaj7 G7 G6 G+ G G+ G6 G+ D7 D9
G Gmaj7
Heaven sent the promised land.
G7 G6
Looks all right from where I stand,
G+ G G+ G6 G+ D7 D9
'Cause I'm the man on the outside looking in.
G Gmaj7 G7 G6
Waiting on the first step, show me where the key is kept.
G+ G G+ G6 G+ D7 D9
Point me down the right line, because it's time
G G7
To let me in from the cold.
C Am7
Turn my lead into gold,
G G7
'Cause there's a chill wind blowing in my soul,
D7 D9
And I think I've grown cold.
G
Flash the readies.
Gmaj7
Wots... uh the deal?
G7 G6
Got to make it to the next meal.
G+ G G+ G6 G+ D7 D9
Try to keep up with the turning of the wheel.
G Gmaj7
Mile after mile, stone after stone,
G7 G6
You turn to speak, but you're alone.
G+ G G+ G6 G+ D7 D9
Million miles from home, you're on your own.
G G7
So let me in from the cold.
C Am7
Turn my lead into gold,
G G7
'Cause there's a chill wind blowing in my soul,
D7 D9
And I think I'm growing cold.
G
Fire bright by candlelight
G7 G6
And her by my side.
G+ G G+ G6 G+ D7 D9
Or if she prefers, we need never stir again.
G Gmaj7
Someone sent the promised land.
G7 G6
Oh, I grabbed it with both hands.
G+ G G+ G6 G+ D7 D9
Now I'm the man on the inside looking out.
G
Hear me shout.
G7 C
Come on in. What's the news?
Am7
Where you been?
G G7
'Cause there's no wind left in my soul,
D7 D9 G
And I've grown old
Childhood's End
Tom: Em
Intro: G D Am Em
Em
You shout in your sleep.
Am
Perhaps the price is just too steep.
Em Am
Is your conscience at rest if once put to the test?
Em Am
You awake with a start to just the beating of your heart.
G D Em G D Am Em
Just one man beneath the sky, just two ears, just two eyes.
Em Am
You set sail across the sea of long past thoughts and memories.
Em Am
Childhood's end, your fantasies merge with harsh realities.
Em Am
And then as the sail is hoist, you find your eyes are growing moist.
G D Am G D Am Em
All the fears never voiced say you have to make your final choice.
Em Am
Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why?
Em Am
Some are born; some men die beneath one infinite sky.
Em
There'll be war, there'll be peace.
Am
But everything one day will cease.
G D Em
All the iron turned to rust; all the proud men turned to dust.
Am
And so all things time will mend.
G D Em
So this song will end.
G D Am Em G D Am Em
Free Four
Tom: G
G C D G
The memories of a man in his old age are the deeds of a man in his prime.
C D G
You shuffle in gloom in the sickroom and talk to yourself till you die.
C D G
Life is a short, warm moment and death is a long cold rest.
C
You get your chance to try in the twinkling of an eye:
D G
Eighty years, with luck, or even less.
C D G
So all aboard for the American tour, and maybe you'll make it to the top.
C
And mind how you go, and I can tell you, 'cause I know.
D G
You may find it hard to get off.
B Bsus4 B G A B Bsus4 B G A G
G C D G
You are the angel of death and I am the dead man's son.
C
And he was buried like a mole in a fox hole.
D G
And everyone is still on the run.
C
And who is the master of fox hounds?
D G
And who says the hunt has begun?
C
And who calls the tune in the courtroom?
D G
And who beats the funeral drum?
C D G
The memories of a man in his old age are the deeds of a man in his prime.
C D G
You shuffle in gloom in the sickroom and talk to yourself till you die.
B Bsus4 B G A B Bsus4 B G A G
Stay
Tom: G
Intro: G C/G D/G C/G G C/G D/G C/G
G C/G D/G
Stay and help me to end the day.
C/G G C/G D/G
And if you don't mind we'll break a bottle of wine.
C/G G C/G D/G C/G G
Stick around and maybe we'll put one down, 'cause I wanna find
C/G D/G C/G
What lies behind those eyes.
Gm7 C Gm7 C
Midnight blue, burning gold.
Gm7 C Gm7 C
A yellow moon is growing cold.
Bb F/A Eb F D C Bb F/A Eb Db D
G C/G D/G C/G
I rise, looking through my morning eyes,
G C/G D/G
Surprised to find you by my side.
C/G G C/G D/G C/G
Rack my brain to try to remember your name
G C/G D/G C/G
To find the words to tell you goodbye.
Gm7 C Gm7 C
Morning dues. Newborn day.
Gm7 C Gm7 C
Midnight blue turn to gray.
Bb F/A Eb F D G C/G D/G C/G G C/G D/G C/G
Gm7 C Gm7 C
Midnight blue, burning gold.
Gm7 C Gm7 C G C/G
A yellow moon is growing cold_______.
D/G C/G G C/G D/G C/G G
Astronomy Domine
Tom: E5
E5 Eb5
Lime and limpid green, a second scene, a fight between the blue you once knew.
G5 A5/A7
Floating down, the sound resounds around the icy waters underground.
E6 F E6 Eb5 G5
Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania, Neptune, Titan,
G#5
Stars can frighten.
A Ab G F# F E Eb D
A Ab G F# F E Eb D
D5 Eb5 E5 A5
E Eb G A E Eb G A
E F E Eb G A Eb G A
E Eb G A E Eb G
A Ab G F# F E Eb D
A Ab G F# F E Eb D
D5 Eb5 E5 A5
E7
Blinding signs flap,
Flicker, flicker, flicker blam.
Eb
Pow, pow.
G5 G#5
Stairway Scare Dan Dare who's there?
A Ab G F#
D F D F
Lime and limpid green, the sounds around the icy waters under,
D Dm D Dm Dsus4
Lime and limpid green, the sounds around the icy waters underground.
Matilda Mother
Tom: B
Intro: B A/B Gmaj7/D F#(addB)
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
There was a king who ruled the land.
Bsus4 Asus4 G6 F#7sus4
His Majesty was in command.
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4 Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
With silver eyes the scarlet eagle showered silver on the people.
G D A G D E
Oh____, mother, tell me more.
N.C.
Why'd you have to leave me there,
B
Hanging in my infant air, waiting?
N.C.
You only have to read the lines of scribbly black and ev'rything shines.
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
Across the stream with wooden shoes,
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
Bells to tell the king the news,
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4 Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
A thousand misty riders climb up higher once upon a time.
G D A
Wondering and dreaming.
G D E
The words have different meanings.
A G E F#
Yes, they did.
Bsus4 Asus4 G6 F#7sus4
Of all the time spent in that room,
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
The doll's house darkness, old perfume,
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4 Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4
And fairy stories held me high on clouds of sunlight floating by.
G D A G D E
Oh____, mother, tell me more.
A G E
Tell me more.
The Gnome
Tom: D
D A D C A C A
I want to tell you a story 'bout a little man, if I can,
D A D C A C A
A gnome named Grimble Grumble. And little gnomes stay in their homes,
G D Bb7 C F A7 D
Eating, sleeping, drinking their wine.
D A D C A C A
He wore a scarlet tunic, a bluegreen hood; it looked quite good.
D A D C A C A
He had a big adventure amidst the grass, fresh air at last.
G D Bb7 C F A7 D
Wining, dining, biding his time.
G C/G F A/E E G D G D
And then one day, hooray, another way for gnomes to say, "Hooray!"
D A D C/G A C/G A
Look at the sky; look at the river. Isn't it good?
D A D C/G A C/G A
Look at the sky; look at the river. Isn't it good?
G D Bb7 C F A7 D
Winding, finding places to go.
G C/G F A/E E G D G D
And then one day, hooray, another way for gnomes to say, "Hooray!"
Scarecrow
Tom: D
D A C A G
The black and green scarecrow, as ev'ryone knows,
A D A
Stood with a bird on his hat and straw ev'rywhere.
D
He didn't care.
G Am G A
He stood in a field where barley grows.
D A C A G
His head did no thinking, his arms didn't move,
A D A D
Except when the wind cut up rough and mice ran around on the ground.
G Am G A
He stood in a field where barley grows.
D A C A G
The black and green scarecrow is sadder than me__.
A D A
But now he's resigned to his fate's, 'cause life's not unkind.
D
He doesn't mind.
G Am G A
He stood in a field where barley grows.
Bike
Tom: G
G C7
I've got a bike. You can ride it if you like.
G
It's got a basket, a bell that rings and things to make it look good.
D G
I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it.
D
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, everything if want things.
G C7
I've got a cloak. It's a bit of a joke.
G
There's a tear up the front. It's red and black. I've had it for months.
D G
If you think it could look good, then I guess it should.
D
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, everything if you want things.
G C7
I know a mouse, and he hasn't got a house.
G
I don't know why. I call him Gerald.
D G
He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.
D
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, everything if you want things.
G C7
I've got a clan of gingerbread men.
G
Here a man, there a man, lots of gingerbread men.
D G
Take a couple if you wish. They're on the dish.
D
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, everything if you want things.
G C7
I know a room of musical tunes.
G
Some rhyme, some ching. Most of them are clockwork.
D G
Let's go into the other room and make them work.
The Post War Dream
Tom: Bb
Intro: Bb C F Bb/F F Bb C Bb/F F
Bb/F F Bb
Tell me true, tell me why was Jesus crucified?
C C7 F
Is it for this that daddy died?
Bb/F F
Was it you? Was it me?
Bb
Did I watch too much T.V.?
C F Bb/F
Is that a hint of accusation in your eyes?
F
If it wasn't for the Nips
F7 Bb
Being so good at building ships,
C C9 F
The yards would still be open on the Clyde.
F7
And it can't be much fun for them
Bb
Beneath the rising sun
C C7 F
With all their kids committing suicide.
Bb F
What have we done, Maggie what have we done?
Bb
What have we done to England?
C F A
Should we shout, should we scream,
Bb Bbm F/C Dm7
"What happened to the post war dream?"
Gm7 C7
Oh, Maggie,
C7+ F C Bb F
Maggie what have we done?
Your Possible Pasts
Tom: G
G Am
They flutter behind you your possible pasts,
C D G
Some brighteyed and crazy, some frightened and lost.
G Am
A warning to anyone still in command
C D G
Of their possible future, to take care.
G Am
In derelict sidings the poppies entwine
C D G
With cattle trucks lying in wait for the next time.
Em
Do you remember me, how we used to be,
D
Do you think we shoud be closer?
G Am
She stood in the doorway, the ghost of a smile
C D G
Haunting her face like a cheap hotel sign.
G Am
Her cold eyes imploring the men in their macs
C D G
For the gold in their bags or the knives in their backs.
G Am
Stepping up boldly one put out his hand.
C D G
He said, "I was just a child then, now I'm only a man."
Em
Do you remember me, how we used to be,
D
Do you think we should be closer?
Em C Em C Em D C D Cmaj9
G Am
By the cold and religious we were taken in hand
C D G
Shown how to feel good and told to feel bad.
G Am
Strung out behind us the banners and flags
C D G
Of our possible pasts lie in tatters and rags.
Em
Do you remember me, how we used to be,
D
Do you think we should be closer?
The Hero's Return
Tom: D
D
Jesus, Jesus, what's it all about?
Trying to clout these little ingrates into shape.
When I was their age all the lights went out.
There was no time to whine or mope about.
Cmaj7 D
And even now part of me flies over
Cmaj7
Dresden at angels one five.
D Cmaj7
Though they'll never fathom it behind my
D
Sarcasm desperate memories lie.
D
Sweetheart sweetheart are you fast asleep? Good.
'Cause that's the only time that I can really speak to you.
And there is something that I've locked away
A memory that is too painful
To withstand the light of day.
Cmaj7 D Cmaj7
When we came back from the war the banners and
D
Flags hung on everyone's door.
Cmaj7
We danced and we sang in the street and
D
The church bells rang.
G C
But burning in my heart,
G C
My memory smoulders on
G C Em add9
Of the gunners dying words on the intercom.
The Gunner's Dream
Tom: G
Intro: G G+ Em C G D Em
G G+
Floating down through the clouds
Em/G C
Memories come rushing up to meet me now.
G
In the space between the heavens
D C
And in the corner of some foreign field,
G Em C
I had a dream,
G
I had a dream.
G G+
Goodbye Max, goodbye Ma.
Em/G C
After the service when you're walking slowly to the car
G D
And the silver in her hair shines in the cold November air,
Em Cmaj7 D/C C
You hear the tolling bell, and touch the silk in your lapel,
G D Em
And as the tear drops rise to meet the comfort of the band,
C D
You take her frail hand and hold on to the dream.
G G+ Em C D G D Em D C D/C G D C G Em C Em
G G+
A place to stay, enough to eat,
Em C
Somewhere old heroes shuffle safely down the street.
G D
Where you can speak out loud about your doubts and fears,
Em
And what's more no-one ever disappears,
Cmaj7
You never hear their standard issue kicking in your door.
G D
You can relax on both sides of the tracks,
Em C D7/C
And maniacs don't blow holes in bandsmen by remote control,
G D
And everyone has recourse to the law,
C G Em
And no-one kills the children anymore.
C G
No-one kills the children anymore.
C D G D Em D
Night after night, going round and round my brain,
C D G
His dream is driving me insane___________________.
G
In the corner of some foreign field,
D
The gunner sleeps tonight.
Em C D/C
What's done is done.
G D
We cannot just write off his final scene.
C G Em
Take heed of his dream,
C Em
Take heed.
Paranoid Eyes
Tom: G
G C G
Button your lip and don't let the shield slip.
C G
Take a fresh grip on your bullet proof mask.
C G D C
And if they try to break down your disguise with their questions
G D C G/B Am D Am
You can hide, hide, hide,
G
Behind paranoid eyes.
G C G
You put on our brave face and slip over the road for a jar,
C G
Fixing your grin as you casually lean on the bar.
C
Laughing too loud at the rest of the world
G D C
With the boys in the crowd.
G D C Am D Am
You hide, hide, hide,
G
Behind petrified eyes.
C G C G C G Em D Am G
G C G
You believed in their stories of fame, fortune and glory.
C G
Now you're lost in a haze of alchohol soft middle age.
C G D C
The pie in the sky turned out to be miles too high.
G D C Am D Am
And you hide, hide, hide,
Behind brown and mild eyes.
Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert
Tom: G
Intro: G C D G
G
Brezhnev took Afghanistan.
C
Begin took Beirut.
D G
Galtieri took the Union Jack.
G
And Maggie, over lunch one day,
C
Took a cruiser with all hands
D G
Apparently to make him give it back.
C G
Mm________.
The Fletcher Memorial Home
Tom: G
G C G/B Am
Take all your overgrown infants away, somewhere,
D Bb+ Bm A/C#
And build them a home, a little place of their own.
D Em C D Em7 D/F# G C
The Fletcher Memorial Home for incurable tyrants and kings.
G C G/B Am
And they can appear to themselves every day,
D Bb+ Bm A/B Bm
On closed circuit T.V. to make sure they're still real.
C D Em
It's the only connection they feel.
Cmaj7
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Reagan and Haig,
D
Mr. Begin and friend, Mrs. Thatcher and Paisley,
Cmaj7
Mr. Brezhnev and party, the ghost of McCarthy,
D
The memories of Nixon. And now adding colour,
G D/F# C
A group of anonymous Latin-American meat packing glitterati."
Em D
Did they expect us to treat them with any respect?
G D/F# C
They can polish their medals and sharpen their smiles,
G D/F# C
And amuse themselves playing games for a while.
G D/F# C Em add9
Boom boom, bang bang, lie down you're dead.
G D/F# Em D/F# G D/F# Em D Cmaj7 D
G D/F# C D G D/F# Cmaj7 D G D/F# Cmaj7 Em add9
G C G/B Am
Safe in the permanent gaze of a cold glass eye,
D Bb+ Bm
With their favorite toys, they'll be good girls and boys.
A/C# D Em C D Em7 D/F# G
In the Fletcher Memorial Home for colonial wasters of life and limb.
D/F# C G D/F# C add9
Is everone in? Are you having a nice time?
D/F# C Em add9
Now the final solution can be applied.
Southampton Dock
Tom: F
F
They disembarked in 45,
Bb
And no-one spoke and no-one smiled
C F
There were to many spaces in the line.
Gathered at the cenotaph
Bb
All agreed with the hand on heart,
C F
To sheath the sacrificial knives.
F
But now she stands upon Southampton dock
Bb
With her handkerchief
C
And her summer frock clings
F
To her wet body in the rain.
In quiet desperation knuckles
Bb
White upon the slippery reins
C F
She bravely waves the boys goodbye again.
Bb Bbm F
Mm______.
Bb
And still the dark stain spreads between
F
His shoulder blades.
Bb F F7 Gm7
A mute reminder of the poppy fields and graves.
F7 Bb C Dm7 C7/E
And when the fight was over
F Am7 Dm
We spent what they had made.
Gm7
But in the bottom of our hearts
F
We felt the final cut.
The Final Cut
Tom: F
F F/C C
Through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes____
Bb add9 F
I can barely define the shape of this moment in time.
F F/C C
And far from flying high in clear blue skies___,
Bb add9 F
I'm spiralling down to the hole in the ground where I hide.
Bb F
If you negotiate the minefield in the drive,
Bb F
And beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes,
Bb C Dm
And if you make it past the shotgun in the hall,
Gm7
Dial the combination, open the priesthole
/C F
And if I'm in I'll tell you what's behind the wall.
Am F
There's a kid who had a big hallucination
Am C
Making love to girls in magazines.
Bb Dm
He wonders if you're sleeping with your new found faith.
Gm7
Could anybody love him
/C F F/C C Bb add9 F
Or is it just a crazy dream___?
F C
And if I show you my dark side
Bb F
Will you still hold me tonight?
F C
And if I open my heart to you
Bb
And show you my weak side,
F
What would you do?
Bb F
Would you sell your story to Rolling Stone?
Bb
Would you take the children away
F
And leave me alone?
Bb C
And smile in reassurance
Dm
As you whisper down the phone,
Gm7
Would you send me packing,
/C F
Or would you take me home?
Am F Am C Bb Dm Gm7 /C F
Am F
Thought I oughta bare my naked feelings,
Am C
Thought I oughta tear the curtain down.
Bb
I held the blade in trembling hands,
Dm Gm7
Prepared to make it but just then the phone rang,
G C Bb add9 F
I never had the nerve to make the final cut.
Not Now John
Tom: G
G D Em
Fuck all that we've got to get on with these
G D Em
Gotta compete with the wily Japanese.
G D
There's too many home fires burning
Em
And not enough trees,
G
So fuck all that
D Em
We've got to get on with these.
Can't stop Lose job Mind gone Silicon
What bomb Get away Pay day Make hay
Break down Need fix Big six
G D Em
Clickity click Hold on Oh no Brrrrrrrrrring bingo!
C/E Em D/E Em
Make 'em laugh. Make 'em cry. Make 'em dance in the aisles.
C/E Em D/E Em
Make 'em pay. Make 'em stay. Make'em feel ok.
G
Not nah John
D Em G
We've got to get on with the film show.
D Em
Hollywood waits at the end of the rainbow.
G D
Who cares what it's about
Em
As long as the kids go.
G
Not now John
D Asus
Got to get on with the show.
G D Em
Hang on John we've got to get on with this.
G
I don't know what it is
D Em
But it fits on here like.....
G D
Come at the end of the shift,
Em
We'll go and get pissed.
G
But now now John
D
I've got to get on with this.
C/E
Hold on John
Em
I think there's something good on.
D/E Em
I used to read books but.....
C/E
It could be the news,
Em
Or some other abuse,
D/E Em
Or it could be reusable shows.
G D Em
Fuck all that we've got to get on with these
G D Em
Got to compete with the wily Japanese.
G D Em
No need to worry about the Vietnamese.
G D Em
Got to bring the Russian bear to his knees.
G D
Well, maybe not the Russian bear,
Em
Maybe the Swedes.
G
We showed Argentina
D Em
Now let's go and show these.
G
Make us feel tough
D Em
And wouldn't Maggie be pleased?
G D Em
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah!
Two Suns In The Sunset
Tom: D
Intro: D A G A D
D G A
In my rear view mirror the sun is going down,
D G A D
Sinking behind bridges in the road
G A
And I think of all the good things
D A G
That we have left undone
D/F# Em
And I suffer premonitions,
Bm
Confirm suspicions,
Em A D A G A
Of the holocaust to come.
D
The wire that holds the cork
G A
That keeps the anger in,
D
Gives way
G A D
And suddenly it's day again.
G A
The sun is in the east
D A G D/F#
Even though the day is done.
Em
Two suns in the sunset
Bm
Hmmmmmmmmmm
Em A
Could be the human race is run.
A D A G A D A G A D
Bm A
Like the moment when the brakes lock
Bm
And you slide towards the big truck
G A D
You stretch the frozen moments with your fear.
Bm A
And you'll never hear their voices,
Bm
And you'll never see their faces,
G A D A
You have no recourse to the law anymore.
G A D A G A D
D
And as the windshield melts
G A
My tears eveaporate,
D G A D
Leaving only charcoal to defend.
G A D A G D/F#
Finally I understand the feelings of the few.
Em
Ashes and diamonds,
Bm
Foe and friend,
Em A
We were all equal in the end.
D A G A D A G A
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
Tom :Am
Am G Am G Am
Little by little the night turns around,
G Am G Am
Counting the leaves which tremble at dawn
Dm C Dm C Dm
Lotus's lean on each other in yearning,
Am G Am
Over the hills a swallow is resting
G Am F Am F Am
G Am G Am G Am G Am
Set the controls for the heart of the sun
Am G Am G Am
Over the mountains watching the watcher,
G Am G Am
Breaking the darkness waking the grapevine
Dm C Dm C Dm
Knowledge of love is knowledge of shadow,
Am G Am
Love is the shadow that ripens the wine
G Am F Am F Am
G Am G Am G Am
Set the controls for the heart of the sun,
Am
The heart of the sun, The heart of the sun...
Am G Am G Am
Witness the man who waves at the wall,
G Am G Am
Making the shape of his questions to heaven
Dm C Dm C Dm
Whether the sun will fall in the evening,
Am G Am
Will he remember the lesson of giving?
G Am F Am F Am
G Am G Am
Set the controls for the heart of the sun,
Am
The heart of the sun, The heart of the sun...
Grantchester Meadows
Tom: E
Intro: E A/E E
E A/E E
Icy wind of night be gone. This is not your domain.
A/E E
In the sky a bird was heard to cry.
A D/A E
Misty morning whisperings and gentle stirring sound
A/E E
Belied a deathly silence that lay all around.
A G F#m E
Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog-fox gone to ground.
A G F#m E
See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water.
A G F#m E
And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees,
A G F#m E
Laughing as it passes through the endless summer making for the sea.
E A/E E
In the lazy water meadow I lay me down.
A/E E
All around me golden sunflakes settle on the ground.
A D/A
Basking in the sunshine of a by-gone afternoon,
E A/E E
Bringing sounds of yesterday into this city doom.
A G F#m E
Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog-fox gone to ground.
A G F#m E
See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water.
A G F#m E
And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees,
A G F#m E
Laughing as it passes through the endless summer making for the sea.
E A/E E
In the lazy water meadow I lay me down.
A/E E
All around me golden sunflakes covering the ground.
A D/A
Basking in the sunshine of a by-gone afternoon,
E A/E E
Bringing sounds of yesterday into my city doom.
A G F#m E
Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog-fox gone to ground.
A G F#m E
See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water.
A G F#m E
And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees,
A G F#m E
Laughing as it passes through the endless summer making for the sea.
When The Tigers Broke Free
Tom: C
C Gsus C
It was just before dawn one miserable morning in black forty-four
C
When the foreward commander was told to sit tight,
F/C C
When they asked that his men be withdrawn
C
And the generals gave thanks, as the other ranks
Gsus C
Held back the enemy tanks for a while
C Gsus
And the Anzio Bridgehead was held for the price
C
Of a few hundred ordinary lives
C G C G
And kind old King George sent Mother a note when he heard that Father was gone
C G C
It was, I recall, in the form of a scroll with gold leaf and all
C
And I found it one day in a drawer of old photographs hidden away
C Gsus
And my eyes still grow damp to remember
C
His Majesty signed with his own rubber stamp
C G C
It was dark all around, there was frost on the ground
G
When the Tigers broke free
C
And no-one survived from the Royal Fusiliers, Company "C"
G C G C
They were all left behind, most of them dead - the rest of them dying
C G C
And that's how the high command took my daddy from me
The Thin Ice
Tom: C
C Am
Mamma loves her baby
F G
and daddy loves you too
C Am
and the sea may look warm to you babe
F G
and the sky may look blue
C G F C/G Am
Ooooooooooooh babe
C G F C/G Am Am7 Am6
Oooooooh baby blue
C G F C Am D7 G
Ooooooooooh ooooooh babe
C Am
If you should go skating
F G
On the thin ice of modern life
C Am
Dragging behind you the silent reproach
Fmaj7 G
Of a million tear stained eyes
C Am
Dont be surprised, when a crack in the ice
F G
Appears under your feet
C Am
You slip out of your depth and out of your mind
F G
With your fear flowing out behind you
N.C.
As you claw the thin ice
The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
Tom: G
Intro: Dm Gm Am
G Am
When we grew up and went to school
G
There were certain teachers who would
Am C Am
Hurt the children any way they could
Am F
By pouring their derision upon anything we did
Am Em Am
Exposing every weakness, however carefully hidden by the kids
D Bb
But in the town it was well known when they got home at night
Gm
Their fat and psychopathic wives would thrash them
C7
Within inches of their lives
F Bb F Bb F Bb F
Mother
Tom: G
G D7 C G C G
Mother do you think they'll drop the bomb
G D7 C G C G
Mother do you think they'll like the song
C G C G
Mother do you think they'll try to break my balls
D C G
Ooh ah Mother should I build a wall
G D7 C G C G
Mother should I run for president
G D7 C G C G
Mother should I trust the government
C G C G
Mother will they put me in the firing line
D C G C G
Ooh ah, is it just a waste of time ?
G C
Hush now baby don't you cry
F C
Mama's gonna make all of your nightmares come true
F C
Mama's gonna put all of her fears into you
F C
Mama's gonna keep you right here under her wing
F C
She won't let you fly but she might let you sing
F C G D7 G
Mama's gonna keep baby cosy and warm
D C D C D C G
Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe, of course mama's gonna help build the wall
G C G C G C D C G
G C G C G C G
Mother do you think she's good enough for me ?
G C D7 C G C G
Mother do you think she's dangerous for me ?
C G C G
Mother will she tear your little boy apart ?
D C G
Ooh ah, Mother will she break my heart ?
G C
Hush now baby, baby don't you cry
F C
Mama's gonna check out all your girlfriends for you
F C
Mama won't let anyone dirty get through
F C
Mama's gonna wait up untill you come in
F C
Mama will always find out where you've been
F C G Am G
Mama's gonna keep you healthy and clean
D C D C D C G C G
Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe, you'll always be a baby to me.
N.C. C
Mother, did it need to be so high.
Goodbye Blue Sky
Tom: D
D Bm
Ooooooooooooooooooh
Am B/A
D-d-d-did you see the frightened ones ?
Am B/A
D-d-d-did you hear the falling bombs ?
Am B/A
D-d-d-did you ever wonder
Am A7
Why we had to run for shelter
D A
When the promise of a brave new world
D Bm
Unfouled beneath a clear blue sky ?
D Bm
Ooooooooooooooooooh
Am B/A
D-d-d-did you see the frightened ones ?
Am B/A
D-d-d-did you hear the falling bombs ?
Am B
The flames are all long gone
D
But the pain lingers on
A7/D G/D D
Goodbye Blue Sky
A7/D G/D D
Goodbye Blue Sky
D Am/D
Goodbye
Young Lust
Tom: Fm
Fm Fm7 Bb
I am just a new boy
Fm
A stranger in this town
Fm7
Where are all the good times
Fm Bbm7 Fm7 Ab
Who's gonna show this stranger around?
Bbm Ab
Ooooooooh I need a dirty woman
Am Bbm Fm
Ooooooooh I need a dirty girl
Fm
Will some cold woman in this desert land
Fm
Make me feel like a real man
Fm
Take this rock and roll refugee
Bbm Fm Ab Fm
Oooh Babe set me free
Bbm Ab
Ooooooooh I need a dirty woman
A Bbm Fm Fm7 Fm
Ooooooooh I need a dirty girl.
One Of My Turns
Tom: C
C Em
Day after day, love turns grey
F C
Like the skin of a dying man
C Em
And night after night, we pretend it's all right
Dm
But I have grown older and
Dm
You have grown colder and
Dm G7
Nothing is very much fun anymore.
C Em F C
And I can feel one of my turns coming on.
C Fmaj7 Em Dm
I feel, cold as a razor blade
Dm
Tight as a tourniquet
Dm G7
Dry as a funeral drum
Eb Bb Eb Bb
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left
C7 Dm Bb E7 Dm Am Dm Am
You'll find my favourite axe
Bb
Don't look so frightened
Eb Bb
This is just a passing phase
Dm
One of my bad days
Bb Eb Bb
Would you like to watch T.V.?
Eb Bb
Or get between the sheets?
Dm
Or contemplate the silent freeway?
Dm
Would you like something to eat?
Eb
Would you like to learn to fly? Would you?
Dm
Would you like to see me try?
D G C Eb Bb Eb Bb Dm Eb Bb Eb Bb Dm
Am7 Dm7 C Eb
Would you like to call the cops?
Eb
Do you think it's time I stopped?
Gm(9)
Why are you running away?
Goodbye Cruel World
Tom: D
D
Goodbye cruel world
G
I'm leaving you today
D A D
Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye
D
Goodbye all you people
G
There's nothing you can say
D A
To make me change my mind
D
Goodbye.
Vera
Tom: G
G(no 3rd) D(no 3rd) Em
Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn ?
C(no 3rd) D(no 3rd) G D C(no 3rd)
Remember how she said that we would meet again
Em Am Em(no 3rd) Am D G C Em
Some sunny day
G(no 3rd)
Vera! Vera!
D Gmaj7
What has become of you ?
C D(no 3rd) Em Bm C/E Em
Does anybody else in here feel the way I do?
Bring The Boys Back Home
Tom: C
C D G
Bring the boys back home
C D G
Bring the boys back home
C D G D C
Don't leave the children on their own
The Show Must Go On
Tom: G
Intro: C G C G C
G C G C G
Oooh Ma Oooh Pa, must the show go on ?
D Bm6
Oooh Pa take me home
D Bm6
Oooh Ma let me go
Cmaj7
There must be some mistake, I didn't mean to let them
G C G
Take away my soul, Am I too old is it too late ?
D G C
Oooh Ma Oooh Pa
G
Where has the feeling gone?
D G C
Oooh Ma Oooh Pa
Will I remember the songs?
D G C Gsus/C G
Oooh ah - The show must go on.
In The Flesh
Tom: A
Intro: A D/A A D/A A Bm C#m E
A D
So ya thought ya might like to go to the show
A
To feel the warm thrill of confusion
D
That space cadet glow
A
I've got some bad news for you sunshine
Bm
Pink isn't well he stayed back at the hotel
C#m
And they sent us along as a surrogate band
E
We're gonna find out where you fans really stand
A
Are there any queers in the theater tonight
D
Get 'em up against the wall
A
There's one in the spotlight
He don't look right to me
D
Get him up against the wall
A
And that one looks Jewish
And that one's a coon
Bm Bm6
Who let all this riff raff into the room
C#m
There's one smoking a joint and
Another with spots
E
If I had my way
A Bb
I'd have all of you shot
Run Like Hell
Tom: D
Intro: D A/D Dsus D G6/D G/D D(9) D
D A/D Dsus D G6/D G/D D(9) D
Gb Gb(9) Gb Gbmaj7 Bb Bb7 Bb+ Bb
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
Eb
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
Fm
You better make your face up in
Your favourite disguise
F#
With your button down lips and your
Roller blind eyes
Fm
With your empty smile
And your hungry heart
Db
Feel the bile rising from your guilty past
B7
With your nerves in tatters
When the cockleshell shatters
E
And the hammers batter
Down your door
D Dm
You better run
D A/D Dsus D G6/D G/D D(9) D
Gb Gb(9) Gb Gbmaj7 Bb Bb7 Bb+ Bb
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
Eb
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
F
You better run all day
And run all night
F#
And keep your dirty feelings
Deep inside. And if you're
F
Taking your girlfriend
Out tonight,
Fm Db
You better park the car
Well out of sight
B7
'Cos if they catch you in the backseat
Trying to pick her locks
E
They're gonna send you back to mother
In a cardboard box
D
You better run.
D A/D Dsus D G6/D G/D D(9) D
Waiting For The Worms
Tom: G
G C G C
Ooooh you cannot reach me now
G C
Ooooh no matter how you try
D C
Goodbye cruel world it's over
G
Walk on by
G C G Am
Sitting in a bunker here behind my wall
G C
Waiting for the worms to come
G C G Am
In perfect isolation here behind my wall
G C
Waiting for the worms to come
Am G
Waiting to cut out the deadwood
Am C
Waiting to clean up the city
Am G Am
Waiting to follow the worms
G
Waiting to put on a black shirt
Am
Waiting to weed out the weaklings
Waiting to smash in their windows
G
And kick in their doors.
Am
Waiting for the final solution
G
To strengthen the strain
Am G Am
Waiting to follow the worms
Waiting to turn on the showers
G
And fire the ovens
Am
Waiting for the queers and the coons
G
and the reds and the Jews
Am G Am
Waiting to follow the worms
G
Would you like to see Britannia
C G C Bm Am
Rule again my friend
Am G Em
All you have to do is follow the worms
G
Would you like to send our coloured cousins
Bm C G C
Home a--gain my friend ?
Am G Em
All you need to do is follow the worms.
Stop
Tom: Em
Em
Stop
I wanna go home
Take off this uniform
And leave the show
And I'm waiting in this cell
Because I have to know
Have I been guilty all this time
The Trial
Tom: Fm
Fm
Good morning worm your honour
The crown will plainly show
Gb/F
The prisoner who now stands before you
Fm
Was caught red handed showing feelings
D
Showing feelings of an almost human nature
C7
This will not do
Call the schoolmaster
Fm
I always said he'd come to no good
In the end your honour
G/F
If they'd let me have my way I could
Fm
Have flayed him into shape
Ab
But my hands were tied
Ao
The bleeding hearts and artists
Eb
Let him get away with murder
Let me hammer him today
Fo Fm Cmaj7 C
Crazy toys in the attic I am cra---zy, truly gone fishing
Gm Eb Eo
They must have taken my marbles away
Fo Fm Cmaj7 C
Crazy toys in the attic I am cra---zy
Call the defendants wife
Fm
You little shit, you're in it now
F7-9
I hope they throw away the key
You should have talked to me more often
Fm
Than you did, but no you had to
Go your own way. Have you broken any
Homes up lately?
Db
"Just five minutes Worm your honour
C
Him and me alone"
Fo
Babe
Gm G Cm
Come to mother baby let me hold you
G Cm
In my arms
Ab Ao
M'lud I never wanted him to get in any trouble
Eb/Bb
Why'd he ever have to leave me
Worm your honour let me take him home
Fo Fm Cmaj7 C
Crazy over the rainbow I am cra---zy
Gm
Bars in the window
Eb Eo
There must have been a door there in the wall
When I came in
Fo Fm Cmaj7 C
Crazy over the rainbow he is cra---zy
Fm
The evidence before the court is
Bbm
Incontravertable, there's no need for
The jury to retire
Fm
In all my years of judging
I have never heard before of
Bbm
Someone more deserving
The full penalty of law
Fm
The way you made them suffer
Your exquisite wife and mother
Bbm
Fills me with the urge to defecate
Fm
Since, my friend, you have revealed your
Deepest fear
Bbm
I sentence you to be exposed before
Your peers.
Fm Bbm
Tear down the wall.
Outside The Wall
Tom: C
C F C
All alone, or in twos
C F C
The ones who really love you
G G7 C F C
Walk up and down outside the wall
C F C
Some hand in hand
F C
Some gathered together in bands
G
The bleeding hearts and artists
C F C
Make their stand
F C
And when they've given you their all
Am F C
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
G7
Banging your heart against some mad buggers
C
Wall
Welcome To The Machine
Tom: Em
Intro: Em Cmaj7 Em
Em
Welcome my son,
Cmaj7 Em
Welcome to the machine.
C
Where have you been?
Am Em
It's all right, we know where you've been.
Cmaj7
You've been in the pipe line filling in time,
Em
Provided with toys and scouting for boys.
C
You bought a guitar to punish you ma,
Em
And you didn't like school,
And you know you're nobody's fool.
Cmaj7 Em
So welcome to the machine.
Em Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7 ...
Em
Welcome my son,
Cmaj7 Em
Welcome to the machine.
C
What did you dream?
A Em
It's all right, we told you what to dream.
Cmaj7
You dreamed of a big star.
Em
He played a mean guitar.
C
He always ate in the steak bar,
Em
He loved to drive in his Jaguar.
Cmaj7 Em
So welcome to the machine.
Have A Cigar
Tom:Em
Intro: Em D/F# G C C G D/F# Em D/F# G C D G Em
Em
Come in here dear boy have a cigar you're gonna go far,
C
You're gonna fly high, you're never gonna die,
D Em
You're gonna make it if you try, they're gonna love you.
Em
Well I've always had a deep respect and I mean that most sincerely,
C
The band is just fantastic that is really what I think,
D Em
Oh by the way, which one's Pink?
C D Em C
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy,
D G C G
We call it "Riding the gravy train".
G F# F# F Em
Em
We're just knocked out, we heard about the sell out,
C
You've gotta get an album out, you owe it to the people,
D Em
We're so happy we can hardly count.
Em
Everybody else is just green, have you seen the chart?
C
It's a helluva start, it could be made into a monster,
D Em
If we all pull together as a team.
C D Em C
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy,
D G C G
We call it "Riding the gravy train".
G F# F# F Em
Em D/F# G C C G D/F#
Em D/F# G C D G Em
Wish You Were Here
Tom: C
C D
So, so you think you can tell,
Am G
Heaven from Hell, blue skys from pain.
D C Am
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail, a smile from a veil,
G
Do you think you can tell?
C D
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts,
Am G D
Hot ashes for trees, hot air for a cool breeze, cold comfort for change,
C Am G
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
Em G Em G Em A Em A
C D
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
Am G D
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
C
Running over the same old ground. What have we found?
Am G
The same old fears. Wish you were here!
Em G Em G Em A Em A G
Ibiza Bar
Tom :E
Intro: E D E D E D A C G Bb F A
E D
I'm so afraid of the mistakes that I made
E D
Shaking every time that I awake
E D
I feel like a cardboard cut-out man
A C G Bb
Build me a time where charters rhyme
F A
And the story line is kind
E D
I've aged and aged since the first page
E D
I read every line that you wrote
E D
Take me down take me down shelf above your head
A C G Bb
And build me a time when the charters rhyme
F A
And the story line is kind
**Solo
E D
I live in the left on the shelf like the rest
E D
And the epilogue reads like a sad song
E D
Please pick up your camera and use me again
A C G Bb
Build me a time when the charters rhyme
F A
And the story line is kind.
E D E D E D A C G Bb F A (2x)
Wish You Were Here
Tom: C
Intro:Em G Em G Em7 A Em7 A G
C D Am G
So, so you think you can tell, heaven from hell? Blue skies from pain?
D C Am
Can you tell a green field, from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil?
G C D
Do you think you can tell? Did they get you to trade, your heroes for ghosts?
Am G D
Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change
C Am G
And did you exchange, a walk-on part in the war, for a lead role in a cage...
(guitar solo - repeat intro)
C D
How I wish, how I wish you were here
Am G D
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl, year after year
C Am
Running over the same old ground, what have we found - the same old fears?
G
Wish you were here
Another brick in the wall
Tom: Dm
Dm
Daddy's flown across the ocean
Dm
Leaving just a memory
Dm
A snapshot in the family album
Dm G
Daddy what else did you leave for me
Gm Dm
Daddy what d'ya leave behind for me
F C Dm
All in all it was just a brick in the wall
F C Dm
All in all it was all just bricks in the wall
Dm
We don't need no education
Dm
We don't need no thought control
Dm
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Dm G
Teachers leave them kids alone
G Dm
Hey teacher leave them kids alone
F C Dm
All in all it's just another brick in the wall
F C Dm
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
Dm Dm7
I don't need no arms around me
Dm Dm7
I don't need no drugs to calm me
Dm
I have seen the writing on the wall
Dm G
Don't think I need anything at all
Dm
No don't think I need anything at all
F C Dm
All in all it was all just bricks in the wall
F C Dm
All in all you were all just bricks in the wall
Don't Leave me Now
Tom: G
G G+ Fm7
Ooooh Babe
Dm7 (5-)
Don't leave me now.
Bb11
Don't say it's the end of the road
Remember the flowers I sent
G+
I need you Babe
G
To put through the shredder
In front of my friends
Fm
Ooooh Babe
Dm7 (5-)
Don't leave me now
Bb11
How could you go?
G
When you know how I need you.
G+
To beat to a pulp on a Saturday night
Fm
Ooooh Babe
Fm(maj7) Dm7 (5-)
Don't leave me now
Bb9
How can you treat me this way?
Running away
G
Ooooooh babe
Dm Am Dm Am Dm Am Dm G7 Am
Why are you running away? Oooooooh
Hey You
Tom: Em
Em Dm Em Dm Em(9)
Hey you! out there in the cold
Bm
Getting lonely, getting old, can you feel me
Em(9)
Hey you! standing in the aisles
Bm
With itchy feet and fading smiles, can you feel me
D D7 G D C
Hey you! don't you help them to bury the light
Bm Am Em Dm
Don't give in without a fight.
Em(9)
Hey you! out there on your own
Bm
Sitting naked by the phone would you touch me
Em(9)
Hey you! with your ear against the wall
Bm
Waiting for someone to call out would you touch me
D D7 G D C
Hey you! would you help me to carry the stone
Bm Am Em
Open your heart, I'm coming home
Am Em Am Em Am Em
C D G D C
But it was only a fantasy
C G D C
The wall was too high, as you can see
C D G D C
No matter how he tried he could not break free
D7 Em Dm Em Dm Em Dm Em Dm
And the worms ate into his brain.
Em(9) Bm
Hey you! out there on the road
Bm
Doing what you're told, can you help me
G Em(9)
Hey you! out there beyond the wall
Bm
Breaking bottles in the hall, can you help me
D D7 G D C
Hey you! don't tell me there's no hope at all
Bm Am Em(9)
Together we stand, divided we fall.
Nobody Home
Tom: C
Intro: Am C+ C D7 F Fm
C
I've got a little black book with my poems in
E
I've got a bag with a toothbrush and a comb in
F C
When I'm a good dog they sometimes throw me a bone in
F C
I got elastic bands keeping my shoes on
E E7
Got these swollen hand blues.
F C
Got thirteen channels of shit on the T.V. to choose from
C
I've got electric light
C7
And I've got second sight
F Fm C E7 D7/F# G
I've got amazing powers of observation
G E7/G#
And that is how I know
Am C+ C6
When I try to get through
C/G D
On the telephone to you
Fm6 C F
They'll be nobody home
C
I've got the obligatory Hendrix perm
E E7+
And the inevitable pinhole burns
F C
All down in the front of my favourite satin shirt
F C
I've got nicotine stains on my fingers
E
I've got a silver spoon on a chain
F C
I've got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains
C
I've got wild staring eyes
C7 F
I've got a strong urge to fly
Fm C E Am D7 G E7
But I've got nowhere to fly to
Am C D7
Ooooh Babe when I pick up the phone
Fm6 C F C
There's still nobody home
F C
I've got a pair of Gohills boots
E E7
And I've got fading roots
Comfortably Numb
Tom: G
Bm
Hello
A
Is there anybody in there ?
G Em
Just nod if you can hear me
Bm
Is there anyone at home ?
Bm
Come on now
A
I hear your feeling down
G Em
I can ease your pain
Bm
And get you on your feet again
Bm
Relax
A
I'll need some information first
G Em
Just the basic facts
Bm
Can you show me where it hurts?
D A
There is no pain you are receding
D A
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
C G
You are only coming through in waves
C G
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
D A
When I was a child I had a fever
D A
My hands felt just like two ballons
C G
Now I've got that feeling once again
C
I can't explain, you would not understand
G
This is not how I am
A Bm C(9) G D
I have become comfortably numb.
A D A C G C G
A D G D
I have become comfortably numb.
Bm
O.K.
G
Just a little pinprick
Em
There'll be no more aaaaaaaah!
Bm
But you may feel a little sick
Bm Bm(9) Bm
Can you stand up?
A
I do believe it's working, good
G
That'll keep you going through the show
Bm
Come on it's time to go.
D A
There is no pain, you are receding
D A
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
C G
You are only coming through in waves
C G
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
D A
When I was a child, I caught a fleeting glimpse
D A
Out of the corner of my eye
C G
I turned to look but it was gone
C
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
G
The dream is gone
A# A G C(9) G D
And I have become comfortably numb.