Wish You Were Here+ Tabs:
- Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)
- Welcome To The Machine »
- Have A Cigar
- Wish You Were Here
- Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts Vi-Ix)
- Welcome To The Machine (Live) »
- Wish You Were Here (Live)
- Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Live)
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WELCOME TO THE MACHINE
by Pink Floyd
Album:"Wish You Were Here"
INTRO:
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[Synthesizers] Em(add9)
e-|--------------||----0-----------------------------------|
B-|--------------||----0-----------------------------------|
G-|--------------||----0-----------------------------------|
D-|--------------||----4-----------------------------------|
A-|--------------||----2-----------------------------------|
E-|--------------||----0-----------------------------------|
^ ^
Cmaj7 Em(add9)
e-|-----0---------------------------|-----0----------------------------|
B-|-----0---------------------------|-----0----------------------------|
G-|-----0---------------------------|-----0----------------------------|
D-|-----2---------------------------|-----4----------------------------|
A-|-----3---------------------------|-----2----------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------|-----0----------------------------|
^
VERSE:
Em
e-|-----0---------------------------|
B-|-----0---------------------------|
G-|-----0---------------------------|
D-|-----2---------------------------|
A-|-----2---------------------------|
E-|-----0---------------------------|
Welcome my son,
(C) (Em)
welcome to the machine
(C)
Where have you been?
(Am) (Em)
It's all right, we know where you've been
(C)
You've been in the pipeline filling in time,
(Em)
Provided with toys and scouting for boys
(C)
You bought a guitar to punish your ma,
(Em)
And you didn't like school,
And you know you're nobody's fool
Em Cmaj7 Em
e-|---0--0--0-----0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0------0---|
B-|---0--0--0-----0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0------0---|
G-|---0--0--0-----0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0------0---|
D-|---2--2--2-----2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2------2---|
A-|---2--2--2-----3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3------2---|
E-|---0--0--0----------------------------------0---|
So welcome to the machine
Strums:
Em Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7
Em Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7
SOLO:
Em Em(add9)
e-|------0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--|
B-|------0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--|
G-|------0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--|
D-|--2-----------2-----------|-2/4---------4---------|-4/5---------5----------|
A-|--------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
e-|--------0-0-0-0-----0-0-0---|
B-|--------0-0-0-0-----0-0-0---|
G-|--------0-0-0-0-----0-0-0---|
D-|--5/7-----------7-----------|
A-|----------------------------|
E-|----------------------------|
Strums:
Cmaj7 Em(add9) Cmaj7 Em(add9)
Cmaj7 Em(add9) Cmaj7 En(add9)
Repeat Solo
VERSE:
^ ^
Em Cmaj7 Em
e-|---0----------------------------|----0-----------------------0---------|
B-|---0----------------------------|----0-----------------------0---------|
G-|---0----------------------------|----0-----------------------0---------|
D-|---2----------------------------|----2-----------------------2---------|
A-|---2----------------------------|----3-----------------------2---------|
E-|---0----------------------------|----------------------------0---------|
Welcome my son, Welcome to the machine ^
Cmaj7 A Em(add9)
e-|---0----------------------------|-0---------------------------------0----|
B-|---0----------------------------|-2---------------------------------0----|
G-|---0----------------------------|-2---------------------------------0----|
D-|---2----------------------------|-2---------------------------------4----|
A-|---3----------------------------|-0---------------------------------2----|
E-|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------0----|
What did you dream? It's all right we told you what to dream
Cmaj7 Em
e-|---0----------------------------|---0-----------------------------------|
B-|---0----------------------------|---0-----------------------------------|
G-|---0----------------------------|---0-----------------------------------|
D-|---2----------------------------|---2-----------------------------------|
A-|---3----------------------------|---2-----------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------|---0-----------------------------------|
You dreamed of a big star He played a mean guitar
Cmaj7 Em(add9)
e-|---0----------------------------|---0-----------------------------------|
B-|---0----------------------------|---0-----------------------------------|
G-|---0----------------------------|---0-----------------------------------|
D-|---2----------------------------|---4-----------------------------------|
A-|---3----------------------------|---2-----------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------|---0-----------------------------------|
He always ate atthe steak bar, He loved to drive in his Jaguar
Cmaj7
e-|---0-----------------------0-----||
B-|---0-----------------------0-----||
G-|---0-----------------------0-----||
D-|---2-----------------------4-----|| FADE OUT
A-|---3-----------------------2-----||
E-|---------------------------0-----||
So welcome to the machine
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Maggot Man Wanna Be |
#1 by Maggot Man at Nov 26, 1973 at 10:24 AM EST |
| I love the rhymic machine like sounds on this track. Gives me an image of 1970s industrial britain. | |
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Kyle Wanna Be |
#2 by Kyle Kom at Sep 18, 1983 at 9:40 PM EST |
| It's talking about the musical machine and how basically the record companies control their musicians. | |
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aleXeXeX Rhythm Player |
#3 by aleXeXeX at Dec 20, 1985 at 7:02 PM EST |
| I totally agree with HOFspeedwolf. In my view songs mean different things to different people and this song for me means like: life is so typical and repetitive, and it's like were all robots, views are instilled into our head, etc. And it's like he's welcoming his son to adult life. You have to work, have to do this, etc. | |
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Chris Rhythm Player |
#4 by Chris Pray at Feb 7, 1989 at 5:03 AM EST |
| This song is kinda creepy in that this could actually happen. What if one day machines told us exactly what to do and watched our every move. That's pretty creepy. I think we're pretty close to that right now. | |
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chris Average |
#5 by chris nagel at Feb 27, 1994 at 12:08 AM EST |
| I think dmbgirl is right! right on. "Where have you been? It's alright, we know where you've been. You've been in the pipeline, filling in time, provided with toys and 'Scouting for Boys'." right there it tells you that the gov.t and major companies are trying to bribe them by giving them "toys" and that they always know what is goin on and the reason they made this song sound so creppy and dreadfull is because the idea they are trying to prove is creepy | |
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robert Average |
#6 by robert liedberg at Dec 21, 1995 at 6:04 PM EST |
| SNOCORE YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. It talks about how the business takes in ones dreams and then just makes them seem almost like a nightmare and its almost as if Pink Floyd was saying, "Sorry for giving you such dreams, because its not all fun like we make it seem". | |
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*evan* Average |
#7 by *evan* at Oct 28, 1999 at 2:34 PM EST |
| I always had two kind of thoughts on this song. Number one was how record companies control the musicians. My number 2 thought was that when syd barrett came into the rock scene that he never knew that people wanted to control him so much, hense the name welcome to the machine. | |
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Rob Average |
#8 by Rob Jones at May 11, 2001 at 10:18 AM EST |
| My view of the song is a little different from most of these. To me it seems like its just talking about how when you're a young, you think you have everything figured out and you want to grow up to be rich and famout. "you bought a guitar to punish your ma...you didnt like school, and you know youre nobody's fool". And in the end you have no choice because it is not up to you whether someone picks you to be a big rich and famous rockstar and you must grow up and do exactly what you thought would never have to. "Welcome to the machine" is basically saying, "youre not a kid anymore, welcome to the real world you can either get a job you hate or be poor and homeless and not be able to do anything you want...your choice" | |
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Eric Average |
#9 by Eric Phillips at Feb 28, 2005 at 7:56 PM EST |
| Ive lost my mind literally. Ever since then, i started to understand pink floyd songs! LOL | |
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Luke Professional |
#10 by Luke Goudreault at Jul 20, 2005 at 10:08 AM EST |
| but the reference he does make to the controlling machine over other bands and that "formula" band like new found glory or simple plan is in the song "gravy train" which i think is placed on that cd right after this song. "oh by the way which one's pink?" is in that song, and thats basically saying that the record companies will try to make you into a formula band (some of which i alredy named, but others were boy bands and singers like brittany spears and jessica simpson for a while) so that u can sell even more to make their money. | |
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Tye Musical Genius |
#11 by Tye williston at Jun 18, 2006 at 9:17 AM EST |
| I always got the impression that all of "Wish You Were Here" was about Syd Barret, I think you could probably make that connection with this song. | |
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James Average |
#12 by James Davison at Mar 13, 2007 at 5:47 PM EST |
| I think everyone has said some really good stuff about this song. I definitely think it has to do with the music industry and there control over the musicians but i also think it is talking about the world as a whole. People are controlled by the way society wants them to act. The song is saying "we know where youve been" and "we know what you've dreamed" because thats where they told them to go and thats what they told them to dream. Its a great song with alot of meaning to it. People should take this song to heart and realize that we need to not let our lives be ruined. Be yourself. And i really dont think this song is about machines in reality, that was all a metaphor. | |
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