Pink Floyd - Have A Cigar
Added to UG By Mikhailo (mikhailo_@mail.ru)
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Em D/F# G C C G D/F# Em D/F# G C D G Em
Em
Come in here dear boy have a cigar you're gonna go far,
C
You're gonna fly high, you're never gonna die,
D Em
You're gonna make it if you try, they're gonna love you.
Em
Well I've always had a deep respect and I mean that most sincerely,
C
The band is just fantastic that is really what I think,
D Em
Oh by the way, which one's Pink?
C D Em C
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy,
D G C G
We call it "Riding the gravy train".
G F# F# F Em
Em
We're just knocked out, we heard about the sell out,
C
You've gotta get an album out, you owe it to the people,
D Em
We're so happy we can hardly count.
Em
Everybody else is just green, have you seen the chart?
C
It's a helluva start, it could be made into a monster,
D Em
If we all pull together as a team.
C D Em C
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy,
D G C G
We call it "Riding the gravy train".
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Colleen Average |
#1 by Colleen Shmeltin at Mar 8, 1970 at 11:50 AM EST |
| Gravy Train = income obtained with a minimum of effort. It is equivalent to the saying "the easy life". | |
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Travis Wanna Be |
#2 by Travis Alford at Mar 8, 1971 at 12:39 AM EST |
| "Money So they say Is the root of all evil to-day" FTI | |
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TonkpilS Average |
#3 by TonkpilS at Jan 4, 1994 at 9:59 PM EST |
| the record company and money hungry industry people are shmozing the artist.,, doesn't even know them, "oh by the way, which one's pink?" | |
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John Wanna Be |
#4 by John Agopian at Feb 10, 1995 at 9:59 AM EST |
| heh heh, sorry for the multiple comments, but one more thing, sipayi, they meant "monster" as in a good thing, a big successful money making pop band. not that that is good, but from the point of A&R and those stupid fuckers at the record companies, it is the best thing. >:O | |
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nick Professional |
#5 by nick Sutliff at Oct 2, 2003 at 1:19 PM EST |
| It's about being signed by the record company, them telling Pink FLoyd everything was gonna be perfect. Then in the 2nd verse it tells about the pressures of being a signed artist | |