Pink Floyd - A Great Day for Freedom (Gilmour, Samson)
Album: The Division Bell
Released: March 30, 1994
Standard Tuning: E A D G B E
Tabbed by: Lee - From Malta
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b - bend
r - release
p - pulloff
h - hammeron
* - pinch harmonic
/ - slide up/ down
~ - vibrato
(7) - ghost note
7b| - stopping the bend
^ - Bend but not picking the note
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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:
Cm Cm(add b5)
Now life devalues day by day
Cm Cm(add b5)
As friends and neighbours turn away
Fm/Ab Gsus4 G
And there's a change that even with regret can not be undone
Cm Cm(add b5)
Now frontiers shift like desert sands,
Cm Cm(add b5)
while nations wash their bloodied hands
Fm/Ab Gsus4 G
Of loyalty, of history, in shades of grey
Chorus:
F G/F F
I woke to the sound of drums
G/F F F/C C
The music played, the morning sun streamed in
F/C F G/F F
I turned and I looked at you,
G/F F F/C C
and all but the bitter residue slipped away,
C G/C G/B
slipped away
Outro Solo:
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------8b(10)8--10bb--8---/-------|
G|-----5-(7)-5--7bb-(7)-5-----------------------------|
D|-5/7------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
B|----8-------------------5--h6p5h6p5-------------------|
G|-/7---7b-7b--^r--5---/7------------7br7-5-7-5~--(/7)--|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------12-----------------------------------------|
B|----8--(10p8)--10p8--13b----13br-13--12br(12)(12br12)---------------|
G|-/7--------------------------------------------------12-------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------(12)/14-----|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------8/10--10--10---|
G|-5*-7*p5--7b*7b*-5~---/-------5-7b|5-------------------|
D|--------------------------/(7)-------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-13b--13-12br(12)--------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------(14)-(12)---(7p5)--5~--7p5-5-----5-7p5-7p5-5-7b--|
D|--------------------------------------------7-7p5-7---------7------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------8~8~--7---------|
B|--6----------------------------------6--(6)/-8b---8b~------8--8b---|
G|----7b-r-5-5*-7*-7b*-7b*p-5-----5~~----5---------------------7-----|
D|----------------------------7--------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------15--------15b-15b-15----|
B|-10-~--/12brbr--13p12h13-h15-/17--~-15r-13----------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-17h20p17--17--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------19---19b-19rp17--17-19b-17~----16h17p1617brp16/14-14h16-16b-16b-17r-14--|
D|------------------------19-------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------15b-~--15--------------------------|
B|-13h15-15b-15rp13-----------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------5-7-7b--7-5-7-7b-5---|
D|--------------------------(3)/5---------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-7p5------------------------------------------------|
A|------7p6p5--5------5----2------------3p2-3-3/5-----|
E|------------8--8-5-8--8~~--3-3/5~-------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------6---6--8b~-r--b-r-b-10--|
G|-----------------------------------------5--7r*-5-7-7b*-5-----5---------------------|
D|-------------------------------------5-7--------------------------------------------|
A|-3-p2---2--------------------3--5/-7------------------------------------------------|
E|------5---5--5/7-5/7--3~~--5--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-8h10p8-6h8p6-5h6p5------------------|
G|-------------------7h9p7-5h7p5-5-----| . . . (*) (FADES OUT)
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Any problems, comments, suggestions, e-mail them to me at slash_590@hotmail.com , but I
no one has tabbed this out yet ;-), Cheers, Lee.
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Abe Lead Player |
#1 by Abe Watson at Sep 29, 2007 at 5:02 PM EST |
| when i first heard this song i also thought it was abt the berlin wall coming down. but as the song progresses, it takes on a very bitter tone which i could never figure out. but it totally makes sense if the song is abt waters and how much freedom that the band had after waters left. either, wonderful song and gilmour is undoubtedly one of the greatest song-writers ever!! | |
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Alex Lead Player |
#2 by Alex at Oct 4, 2007 at 9:01 AM EST |
| PEOPLE we must understand this song is about the MAN who sold the world the third anti christ that discovers music in the third person is HIS life and the government has written music for HIM HE will discover he cant be killed by walking around a park and making prank sexual phone calls to a city thats why when you are face to face with Him you cant kill Him although music is HIS life you can see the trends in such bands as the eagles the police and especially david bowie thats why there is jesus doesnt want me for a sunbeam before it on nirvanas unplugged thats why its the man who sold the world he sells out all the bands especially pink floyd with THE WALL ten years before the berlin wall ironic no govt we are all bricks in the wall not to mention the flesh and bone by the phone also found in personal jesus by johnny cash you can see it in discographies as well in radiohead nirvana and audioslave as well as the stones let it bleed and the beatles let it be if you are a music buff you can understand and see HAIL TO THE THIEF THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD | |
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żJosh Rhythm Player |
#3 by żJosh Kirkpatrick? at Oct 5, 2007 at 9:07 AM EST |
| It probably is about the berlin wall. That was the first thing that came to my mind. Except I always thought the fourth word in the second sentence (hmm, 42 again) was rock, not lock. It makes more sense to me that they're throwing their rocks down. | |
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Brett Professional |
#4 by Brett Czap at Oct 7, 2007 at 2:31 AM EST |
| This is about the fall of the Berlin Wall. A nice sentiment but a rotten song. One of the worst things david gilmour ever wrote | |
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Sara Average |
#5 by Sara Sunshine at Oct 7, 2007 at 9:13 PM EST |
| It's part of the Publius enigma. I wouldn't say it's about the band. "On the day the wall came down We threw the locks onto the ground" For comparison: "Big bang making the walls come down For the children of the light" Ana Johnsson, Life | |
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kyle Badass |
#6 by kyle .,., at Oct 8, 2007 at 1:57 AM EST |
| This is Bollocks! THESE LYRICS ARE SO BADLY WRITTEN! (How do we modify them?) BTW, according to Storm Thorgerson, The Final Cut was meant to be thier last album, in honor of Water's father, and then they'd kick the bucket as a band. The whole CD WAS about their problems, about loved ones, the band's troubles, exes, and poor Sid. I think the song is them trying to ask for real forgiveness, that they don't want to just say it's okay, they want to KNOW it's okay, and that there will be no hard feelings in the end. That's wot it says to me. | |
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phil Average |
#7 by phil gdfgr at Oct 8, 2007 at 1:12 PM EST |
| The Division Bell is roughly a concept album about levels of comunication, so this is a tad more obvious if you go in knowing that. Eh...But I'll let you all figure it out yourselves. | |
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Curtis Rhythm Player |
#8 by Curtis Lee at Oct 9, 2007 at 12:54 PM EST |
| Umm... I think you guys are looking a little too deep. Not every song on this album is about the band. It fits with the theme of isolation and seperation ("division", gasp). I'm pretty sure that it has more to do with the Berlin Wall falling, and how everyone celebrated the event. However, the line "And there's a change that, even with regret, cannot be undone" shows how there are permanent damages that we can't just apologize away. I think there's probably more to this song than just this. The Berlin Wall is the main focus, but there are probably other inspirations that went into this song. | |
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James Average |
#9 by James Davison at Oct 9, 2007 at 2:32 PM EST |
| Gilmour is just not that good at writing lyrics. That was Waters' strength, and it shows considering how bad the two Gilmour led PF albums were. On a scale from 1 to 10, I'd give AMLOR a 4 and Division Bell a 3-4. | |
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Trey Average |
#10 by Trey Davis at Oct 9, 2007 at 3:41 PM EST |
| ^ get off the hallucinogens this is about the Berlin Wall. Stop trying to think too deep. If you notice, Gilmour doesn't really have that many "deep" meanings, like Waters did. He thinks on a differen level. It was in '94, so the Berlin Wall wasn't too far off. Also, Waters did a concert on the former Berlin Wall after it came down, so it just might be about that. | |
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kewl Wanna Be |
#11 by kewl dude at Oct 10, 2007 at 6:41 AM EST |
| The Wall was written almost purely by Waters and is about his total lack of being able to communicate with people around him. His "Wall" was a way of hiding from the world. It is that Wall that comes down in this song and the rest of it is Gilmour's dispair of how Waters just rejected him and the whole band and hid off behind his Wall. The Division Bell is all about this hopelessness of the way Pink Floyd disintergrated around Waters and the way Gilmour, Wright and Mason felt about the contempt Waters held for them. It is a truely sad story. | |
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Ace Average |
#12 by Ace Of Spades at Oct 15, 2007 at 2:07 PM EST |
| i disagree, high hopes' lyrics are profound, so are these ones | |
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Rhythm Player |
#13 by riotsk8team001 (jason) at Oct 18, 2007 at 6:10 PM EST |
| The album is about communication and as knerr19 pointed out the wall is the Berlin Wall. The wall stopped the two halves of Germany from 'communicating' as it were. It couldn't be more obvious, I mean just look at the page the lyrics are on in the CD booklet. | |
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