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Pink Floyd - The Post War Dream (Waters)
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?
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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josh Average |
#1 by josh stagel at Jun 2, 1971 at 7:23 PM EST |
| The Rising Sun is the japanese flag, and "all their kids committing suicide" is the kamikaze bombers. | |
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calvin Wanna Be |
#2 by calvin maynard at Jun 23, 1971 at 10:28 PM EST |
| Waters doesn't think england is where it wanted to be after WW2. Nips are Japnanese (Great Nippon) | |
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lewi Wanna Be |
#3 by lewi broadway at Sep 11, 1985 at 8:52 PM EST |
| After reading the lyrics, it really helps to see that "what happened to the post-war dream" is in quotation marks, as in that is what the people are shouting and screaming. That really clears things up from a non-logical progression to an insanely good progression. The album as a whole is excellent lyrically, but not so much musically. | |
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Nathan Average |
#4 by Nathan Delvecchio at Feb 13, 1991 at 1:32 PM EST |
| Brilliant, childhood question about hypocratic parents who bring there young ones up to not notice what arround them, for god's sake stop it with the protection crap. Sorry, very good song. | |
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#5 by ` niki * at Oct 13, 2002 at 12:12 AM EST |
| Hey guys, I think you're all wrong. I think that's a song from the Falklands Islands Conflict (Islas Malvinas Argentinas). "the yards would still be open on the clyde and it can't be much fun for them beneath the rising sun with all their kids committing suicide" ... "with all their kids committing suicide" ----> I think these "kids" are the Argentinian soldiers who were only kids of 18 years old when they went to this war between Argentina and England. "Maggie, what have we done?" President Galtieri is also guilty... Regards from Argentina! Adios! Keep listening to PF | |
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LJ Average |
#6 by LJ at Mar 24, 2006 at 1:45 AM EST |
| The whole first side is about Roger Waters' father, Eric Waters, who died in '44 in WW2. Waters is upset because Britain and the rest of the world wasn't upholding "the post-war dream" which was of "A Brave New World" where we would knock down fascists like Hitler. | |
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