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Pink Floyd - Pigs On The Wing (Part One) (Waters)
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
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Jonathan Rhythm Player |
#1 by Jonathan Matuszyk at Oct 5, 1970 at 4:41 PM EST |
| I think that a "shelter from pigs on wings" is an intimate relationship. My logic in thinking that is that "pigs on the wings" in any sort of sense are enemies, but if you have a deep meaningful relationship, they can't harm you emotionally. | |
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sharon Wanna Be |
#2 by sharon howell at Nov 5, 1973 at 3:10 PM EST |
| Pigs on the Wing are enemy fighters in a persons blindspot. So think about it. If you care about someone, what do you do, you hug them. If you do this, you see in one direction and the other person sees in the other direction. You have no blind spot, and so are therefore not vulnerable to pigs on the wing. However, if you don't care about anyone, you have to cover all directions at once, which can't be done efficiently, so you always have to look out for pigs on the wing. Not to start an argument, but there are multiple similarities between Animal Farm (my favorite book) and Animals (one of my top 4 albums, each of which I like the same for different reasons). The dogs in Animal Farm are not stupid, mindless killers. Orwell makes a note of the smarter animals on the farm, in which he directly mentions dogs and pigs. The sheep also draw a similarity between the two mediums. In both, they are the lower classes, underneath the thumb of the pigs. That said, Animals is not based on Animal Farm, it is inspired by it. They do not tell the same story, but they use the same metaphors for the same types of people. Pigs are corrupt leaders. In Animal Farm, they represented Stalin and his pawns, and were also generic totalitarians. In Animals, they are the capitalists, Margaret Thatcher (a far right winger), and Mary Whitehouse (of the Clean Up TV act). Dogs are those who look out only for themselves. In the book, the dogs are the secret police of Stalin (Napoleon). In animals, I've always seen them as the Big Oil CEO types under the thumb of the President and Vice president. Sheep are the masses, generally uneducated, though in Animals they have the sense to rise up, and in Animal Farm they truly are devout followers of Napoleon. Just as a side note, Mary Whitehouse was so unpopular that TV shows that got her seal of approval were worried that their ratings would take a hit, and deliberately tried to offend her. So Roger Waters was not alone in hating her. | |
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Mistress Cheyen Rhythm Player |
#3 by Mistress Cheyenne at Sep 29, 1976 at 8:43 AM EST |
| Only one other contributor seems to have noticed that this song is really rather RUDE -or is it just me? | |
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Zach Wanna Be |
#4 by Zach Honeycutt at Oct 11, 1978 at 11:35 AM EST |
| FloydHammer is absolutely right. the guitar solo on the soldered version of Pigs On the Wing (or 'Pros and Cons', as it is also called) is unsettlingly magnetic. | |
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Mat Average |
#5 by Mat Hancock at Dec 3, 1980 at 5:09 AM EST |
| got the lyrics wrong.... | |
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mat Wanna Be |
#6 by mat bar at Feb 27, 1981 at 1:58 PM EST |
| I think Pitchforkmedia hit the nail on the head with what Part I and II are; "two hauntingly similar and musically identical tracks casting opposite views of cynicism and hope" | |
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Randy Wanna Be |
#7 by Randy Burden at Nov 15, 1981 at 9:14 AM EST |
| I found a version of this song and POW part 2 combined by a guitar solo. It's pretty cool. I've heard of one combining all three Pigs songs, but I haven't found it yet. | |
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Dr. Jack Average |
#8 by Dr. Jack at Jul 29, 1983 at 6:25 AM EST |
| A "PIG ON THE WING" in aviation refers to an enemy pilot who is in your blind spot. Zig Zagging and such are probably dog fight references used as a metaphorical example as oppose to an actual dog fight. | |
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Subhash Average |
#9 by Subhash Shady at Sep 12, 1983 at 1:29 AM EST |
| I reckon it's saying that if there were no brotherly love in this world, we would just dawdle through life, letting the 'pigs' i.e politicians, censors, etc control us, only occasionally stopping to ask ourselves what the fux going on and whose fault it is, and now and again make sure we're not being blind-spotted by a low-flying Prime Minister or something. | |
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Roman Rhythm Player |
#10 by Roman Malik at Jun 17, 1984 at 7:21 PM EST |
| what crawled up his ass and died?... i'm referring to watchyourselfburn incase anyone missed that. | |
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Drake Average |
#11 by Drake Bergman at Jun 21, 1984 at 4:25 AM EST |
| "I've found somewhere safe to bury my bone." brilliant subtelty, ranks alongside squeeze's 'cool for cats' with 'i'm invited in for coffee and I give the dog a bone...'. | |
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TonkpilS Average |
#12 by TonkpilS at Apr 11, 1985 at 9:59 PM EST |
| It's clearly about flying pigs! | |
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Ryan Wanna Be |
#13 by Ryan Carter at Aug 8, 1989 at 6:39 AM EST |
| Part 1 and 2 are both exactly 1 minute and 25 seconds long--one in the begining--one in the ending. I like what Iason said. | |
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michael Wanna Be |
#14 by michael Dittrich at Dec 3, 1989 at 3:14 AM EST |
| he's just upset because BleedingHearArtist proved him wrong | |
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alex Lead Player |
#15 by alex beaulieu at Apr 19, 1991 at 5:15 PM EST |
| *snark* I believe he verrified that fact himself. And Animals IS NOT based on Animal Farm! People, if you've read Animal Farm and listened to Animals, you know that it isn't. The only true line up between the two is "Pigs (Three Different Ones)". The Dogs in Orwell's masterpiece are stupid, mindless killers, more like Sheep then the smart, cunning, back-stabbing people depicted in "Dogs". Also, the Sheep were hardly main characters, and were much more minor then they are in this album. So, one might say Animals is inspired by Animal Farm, but it is CERTAINLY not based upon it. | |
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patrick Wanna Be |
#16 by patrick at Feb 18, 1992 at 4:02 PM EST |
| To what MrY said: if Waters truly were inspired by Animal Farm, I bet he read 1984 too. One part of 1984 is that the main character, Winston, falls in love with a girl named Julia and they are convinced the entire book that no matter what, their oppressive government cannot get "inside" of them and they can abuse them to any extent but their love will always prevail. At the end of the book, Winston and Julia both betray each other and discover that with the proper amount of abuse, your enemies CAN get into your thoughts and corrupt them. Hence, it is interesting that you bring that up, because 1984 is by Orwell just as Animal Farm is so that topic may be relevant to 1984. Huh. | |
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Jonathan Rhythm Player |
#17 by Jonathan Matuszyk at Dec 22, 1992 at 9:04 AM EST |
| this is the anti-thesis to Pigs on the Wing Pt. 1 The singer is NOT the apathetic, broken, problematic, wandering person he described in the first part or any of the other songs, instead he's a balanced individual. He doesn't suffer any of the problems they had, "bury my bone" is just a way to say home sweet home, or joke that he was almost a dog. But he knows what's out there and watches for it. | |
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adrian Average |
#18 by adrian zamora at Sep 7, 1993 at 8:36 AM EST |
| I thinka line was left out of the lyrics; it should correctly read "...occaisonally glancing up through the rain/ and wondering which of the buggers..." | |
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lindsey Average |
#19 by lindsey Rogogo at Jan 7, 1996 at 7:54 AM EST |
| bleedingheartartist is right, of course now its his ex wife. | |
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Toby Musical Thunder |
#20 by Toby at Mar 31, 1996 at 5:22 PM EST |
| Here is my interpretation of this entire song set (POW- fun acronym, parts 1+2), as well as a rather lengthy rant of how this album is inspired, but not based on, George Orwell's Animal Farm: Pigs on the Wing are enemy fighters in a persons blindspot. So think about it. If you care about someone, what do you do, you hug them. If you do this, you see in one direction and the other person sees in the other direction. You have no blind spot, and so are therefore not vulnerable to pigs on the wing. However, if you don't care about anyone, you have to cover all directions at once, which can't be done efficiently, so you always have to look out for pigs on the wing. Not to start an argument, but there are multiple similarities between Animal Farm (my favorite book) and Animals (one of my top 4 albums, each of which I like the same for different reasons). The dogs in Animal Farm are not stupid, mindless killers. Orwell makes a note of the smarter animals on the farm, in which he directly mentions dogs and pigs. The sheep also draw a similarity between the two mediums. In both, they are the lower classes, underneath the thumb of the pigs. That said, Animals is not based on Animal Farm, it is inspired by it. They do not tell the same story, but they use the same metaphors for the same types of people. Pigs are corrupt leaders. In Animal Farm, they represented Stalin and his pawns, and were also generic totalitarians. In Animals, they are the capitalists, Margaret Thatcher (a far right winger), and Mary Whitehouse (of the Clean Up TV act). Dogs are those who look out only for themselves. In the book, the dogs are the secret police of Stalin (Napoleon). In animals, I've always seen them as the Big Oil CEO types under the thumb of the President and Vice president. Sheep are the masses, generally uneducated, though in Animals they have the sense to rise up, and in Animal Farm they truly are devout followers of Napoleon. Just as a side note, Mary Whitehouse was so unpopular that TV shows that got her seal of approval were worried that their ratings would take a hit, and deliberately tried to offend her. So Roger Waters was not alone in hating her. | |
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Curtis Rhythm Player |
#21 by Curtis Lee at Sep 7, 1997 at 5:15 AM EST |
| No, it's not about a woman. Just because you have an estimation doesn't mean it's undoubtfully and definately true. the whole album: Animals, is based from a book | |
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edwin Wanna Be |
#22 by edwin henrriquez at Feb 27, 1998 at 1:06 PM EST |
| This is along with the second part of Pigs On The Wing, a love song for Roger Waters' wife. | |
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Jesus Average |
#23 by Jesus Christ at Oct 1, 1998 at 2:04 AM EST |
| I like what Oggy has to say and I agree with it but I think this whole album also has a very personal side to it. The feeling of this album and the personal meanings in it remind me of another wonderful collection of songs which is Tool's Lateralus. Both seem to me to be about not letting go of or giving up on the foundation people, in your life. They might be band mates, a lover, an old friend, whoever they are you have a deep connection with them. How does that old saying go? "You always hurt the ones you love" Sometimes on our way to the top or just on our way to what we want to be, we step on the people that are most important to us, we take for granted that they will always be there. Then communication breaks down, resentment starts to set in, jealousy lurks around every corner and you start to feel like maybe you'd be better off all by yourself, doing your own thing. And then there are always the people that love to see something good fall apart and they'll whisper into your brain all the reasons it's not working and encourage you to be lonely like them, misery loves company. But then you have to decided, is getting to the top and having everything exactly the way you want it really worth disconnecting from the people that care about you the most? Yes, sometimes it's hard to play well with others but it's better then being all alone in the end. Long term relationships leave scars but those scars are on your heart and they're not always so easy to forget. At least that's the feeling I get from it. | |
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jessie Wanna Be |
#24 by jessie sinanan at Jan 30, 2003 at 6:53 AM EST |
| It should come as no surprise that this album is lossely based on Gerorge Orwells Animal Farm. In Orwells Animal Farm the orginal(oppressors) humans who ran the farm represented capitalism and animals after a revolution take over the farm and thinks look good but evenutally the pigs become the new oppressors. What Roger Waters has does is to changed the Orwellian pessimism for a optimistic ending. Part 1 represents the society before the revolution - not caring etc. to a post revolutionary society (Part 2) - a caring society. The songs in between define the characters and events which lead to the change in society. The revolultion itself takes place in Sheeps | |
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IvZ Average |
#25 by IvZ at May 21, 2006 at 6:39 PM EST |
| Both of the Pigs On The Wing songs were love songs for Roger Waters' wife. The line about the dog needing a home refers to the fact he thinks of himself as a bit of a dog. | |
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#26 by at May 25, 2006 at 7:46 AM EST |
| You may be right, but I don't care. I just shut the fuck up and listen to it, like all these whining little bitches barking at one another on these messageboards should do. | |
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phoen Average |
#27 by phoen bay at Sep 11, 2006 at 4:37 PM EST |
| maybe the song has something to do about the way people act against eachother. maybe are Pigs On The Wing part 1 & 2 one of the most beautiful lovesongs ever written. | |
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Chris Rhythm Player |
#28 by Chris Pray at Oct 3, 2006 at 7:30 AM EST |
| Yes, indeed. Kind of sad really. Pros and Cons is dedicated to the lady, and her names is listed under "special thanks" on the back of the The Wall: Live In Berlin. | |
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phil Average |
#29 by phil gdfgr at Oct 15, 2006 at 1:56 PM EST |
| A little more info on the bridged version, the solo is played by an english blues guitarist named Snowy White. He toured with Floyd after this album and played in the 'Surrogate Band' for the live shows of The Wall. That solo is one of my favorite, not technically difficult but played with a lot of soul. | |
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Chad Wanna Be |
#30 by Chad Barri at Oct 30, 2006 at 1:28 AM EST |
| Good song, good album, its so deep and so awesome, i believe it to be the darkest CD Floyd has made, its got a good rift. | |
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Braxton Lead Player |
#31 by Braxton Overby at Nov 17, 2006 at 1:09 AM EST |
| Well, this might explain something. Somebody copied somebody else here for one thing, and also, I was trying to figure out what pigs on the wing meant. I think it refers to when pigs fly.... when something that shouldn't ever happen happens http://www.netpoets.com/poems/sadlove/0727001.htm#poem | |
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Matt Lead Player |
#32 by Matt Spencer at Feb 7, 2007 at 4:17 PM EST |
| Roger Waters wrote Pigs on the Wing (1 and 2) for his wife. | |
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nick Average |
#33 by nick caldwell at Mar 5, 2007 at 1:19 AM EST |
| I guess it's If you want to go on not caring for other people thats fine but that means you'll go thru all the pains of life alone and constantly watching your back. | |
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batman Average |
#34 by batman chum at Mar 9, 2007 at 12:49 PM EST |
| If only all love songs these days were heartfelt like this set of two. | |
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justin Average |
#35 by justin tompkins at Mar 12, 2007 at 6:28 PM EST |
| You say "based from", I say "inspired". Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto, let's call the whole thing off! | |
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Tom Average |
#36 by Tom Gregory at Apr 16, 2007 at 10:57 PM EST |
| the lyrics are If you didn't care What happened to me And I didn't care For you We would zig-zag our way through the boredom and pain Occasionally glancing up through the rain Wondering which of the buggars to blame And watching for pigs on the wing i have no idea wtf it means, but I'll take a stab at it. People can go through life completely careless and apathetic. If they wanted to do this, the only things they would have to worry about are who to accuse as the source of their problems (buggers to blame), and worrying about threats to their lifestyle(pigs off of their wing, approaching or riding with them during their life) | |
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Average |
#37 by vix at Apr 28, 2007 at 10:32 AM EST |
| yeah im im with iason here lol its cloudy waht exactly there trying to say, but basically hes saying you cant go through life without emotions and to care for the people you love, otherwise there is no "you". yourself is made up of memories and feelings about people you love, and how u interact with them | |
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Frank Wanna Be |
#38 by Frank at May 24, 2007 at 11:10 AM EST |
| Roger Waters wrote Pigs on the Wing (1 and 2) for his wife. | |
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Dunnie Average |
#39 by Dunnie at Jun 19, 2007 at 10:12 AM EST |
| the three pigs songs are amazing. if you look on a downloading software, you can find a rare version where the songs are linked together with a really kick-ass guitar solo. its sweet. | |
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Braxton Lead Player |
#40 by Braxton Overby at Jun 29, 2007 at 3:25 PM EST |
| What exactly does this Cd come across as? I believe industry and communism?? Not sure, any ideas? | |
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black Rhythm Player |
#41 by black rose at Sep 29, 2007 at 9:20 PM EST |
| Don't try to start stuff. | |
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