A Great Day For Freedom Guitar Tab

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A GREAT DAY FOR FREEDOM

"The Division Bell"

CHORDS



VERSE:
Cm                Cm(add b5)        Cm               Cm (add b5)   
On the day the wall came down, they threw the locks on to the ground
Fm/Ab                                     Gsus4              G
And with glasses high we raised a cry for freedom had arrived 

Cm                 Cm(add b5)
And on the day the wall came down
Cm                    Cm(add b5)
The ship of fools had finally run aground
Fm/Ab           Gsus4            G
Promises lit up the night like paper doves in flight

CHORUS:
     F        G/F      F                       G/F  F        F/C  C
I dreamed you had left my side. No warmth not even pride remained--
     F/C           F           G/F    F                        G/F     F
              And even though you needed me, it was clear that I could not
      F/C  C         C   G/C   G/B   
do a thing for you

VERSE:
Now life devalues day by day
As friends and neighbours turn away
And there's a change that even with regret can not be undone

Now frontiers shift like desert sands,
as nations wash their bloodied hands
Of loyalty, of history, in shades of grey

CHORUS:
I woke to the sound of drums
The music played, the morning sun streamed in
I turned and I looked at you,
and all but the bitter residue slipped away,
slipped away

OUTRO SOLO

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Zach Wanna Be	#1 by Zach U haft 2 ask 1st at May 25, 1972 at 8:38 AM EST
	Oh My God, I absolutely LOVE this song. I haven't quite thought about the meaning of it though. Of course, looking at what everyone else has said, I guess I could throw in my 2 cents. I think that this song could be translated into many meanings. The person that's listening gets to choose what they think the true meaning is. I've noticed that a lot of songs are like that, and that's what makes them so great. It's like a book with an open ending, it leaves you constantly wondering what the writer intended to happen, what the writer didn't tell you. I absolutely love songs like this. ~Aubree

No Picture Tyler Average	#2 by Tyler Hutchison at Dec 11, 1981 at 2:11 PM EST
	^ I'll agree with that. I really love this song. I just got the album finally. I'm trying to collect them all. This could quite possibly be the best post Waters song Floyd has done. I really love On The Turning Away though. It's hard to pick.

No Picture Bobby Wanna Be	#3 by Bobby Warneke at May 19, 1982 at 10:47 PM EST
	I think this album is, more particularly, about the entire history of the band. The title "The Division Bell" is like saying "Hey, we're done." This song isn't just about the freedom, though. It's also about how when Roger Waters left, first he felt insecure, there was a certain feeling of "What do we do now?"

No Picture tim Rhythm Player	#4 by tim cronin at Aug 4, 1984 at 3:55 PM EST
	This is talking about the freedom the band had after Roger Waters left. When they say the wall came down, they mean when he took off because Roger Waters wrote all of The Wall and made a lot of the music. The rest is saying how they're free to do what they want because by the time they released The Final Cut, Waters was doing everything. The album jacket even says "An album by Roger Waters and performed by Pink Floyd." This whole album talks about Waters leaving.

No Picture evan Average	#5 by evan at Sep 1, 1995 at 10:15 AM EST
	Oh and as for the song, i do believe its about Berlin Wall. Said many times before and here i am to say it again. :)

No Picture paddy Average	#6 by paddy coscoran at Sep 11, 1995 at 9:59 PM EST
	I actually think that TDB is probably Gilmours best work, with floyd and solo included. Its pretty good but I am not a big of it. The Post Waters stuff never caught me like DSotM or Animals, and im a huge floyd fan. A huge Waters fan.... As for AMLOR, definalty their worst album.... i just cant listen to it. I never thought i could say this about any of floyds work but its pretty bad. Please dont bash me people =)

No Picture Daniel Average	#7 by Daniel Rainbolt at Apr 7, 2001 at 4:40 PM EST
	Hello! This song is about the Berlin Wall. Look at the album artwork. November elf-fle, 1989. What happened on that day? Elf obviously 11 in German which is the language spoken in Berlin. The first parts are about West Germany:Freedom has arrived, Promises lit up the night, I dreamed "East Germany" had left my side, even though you needed me it was clear i could not do a thing for you. 2nd half is about East Germany:"All the people killed trying to cross the wall" cannot be undone, "East Germany, West Germany, USA, Britain and Russia" wash their bloodied hands of loyalty of history in shades of grey. I turned and I looked at you and all but "hatred against your country" slipped away[cause we are one].

No Picture Alexxx <3 Lead Player	#8 by Alexxx <3 at Nov 4, 2001 at 10:57 PM EST
	i disagree, high hopes' lyrics are profound, so are these ones

No Picture Shreder Dude Wanna Be	#9 by Shreder Dude at Jan 5, 2002 at 11:27 PM EST
	This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. The last two lines bring back a bad memory from my life. "I turned and I looked at you, And all but the bitter residue slipped away...." The closing instrumental piece is really powerful.

No Picture Super Average	#10 by Super Q at Sep 16, 2002 at 4:17 PM EST
	Line Correction: "The ship of fools had just all aground" ---> "The ship of fools had finally ran aground" "Nawarinth" ------> "No warmth" "Cannot be undown" -----> "Cannot be undone" "in hades of gray" ----> "in shades of gray" great song!

No Picture jake Professional	#11 by jake burns at Jun 1, 2004 at 2:06 PM EST
	Hello Gang, This song is actually about the end of the age. Pink Floyd and their music is based on a higher reality of life. At the end of this age, there will be a seperation of two types of individuals. Those who are righteous and those who are wicked. The bible calls this the seperation of the wheat and the tares and also the seperation of the lambs and the goats. This is acutally a very deep song about individuals yearning for a final day of freedom wherein they will be liberated from the material world and reach an ultimate and final freedom. The new frontiers spoken of are actually a reality in world to come. The wall spoken of is a metaphor for the sloughing away of the material world and the dawning and emergence of the spiritual world. I know it sounds deep, but think about it.

No Picture bob Average	#12 by bob bob at Jan 5, 2007 at 4:56 AM EST
	This whole album is so much more than what people think. Instead of just 4 or 5 songs about the band, I think that's what every song on this album is about. This song inparticularly is, i think, about after The Wall album, and the success that came with it. "The Ship of Fools That Runs aground" is the band and everyone associated with them that never matched the success of the wall.