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Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 16:19:53 -0500
Subject: p/pink_floyd/us_and_them.tab
From: topworm@juno.com (Ryan Scholz)
originally From: jonathan@cora.com (Jonathan)
PINK FLOYD
"Us and Them"
A song from "Dark Side of the Moon"
from Capitol Records, Released March 1973
Written by Roger Waters and Richard Wright
Sung by David Gilmour
saxophone by Dick Parry
Verse (Guitar 1)
tabbed by Jonathan
E|---------5-------|---------5-------|---------7-------|---------7-------|
B|-----5-----5---5-|-----5-----5---5-|-----7-----7---7-|-----7-----7---7-|
G|---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7---|---9---9-----9---|---9---9-----9---|
D|-0-----0---------|-0-----0---------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|---------9-------|--------9--------|---------7-------|---------7-------|
B|-----10----10--10|-----10-10-10--10|-----8-----8---8-|-----8-----8---8-|
G|---10--------10--|---10---10---10--|---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7---|
D|-0-----0---------|-0------0--------|-0-----0---------|-0-----0---------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |---------5-------|---------5-------|
B |-----5-----5---5-|-----5-----5---5-|
G |---7---7-----7---|---7---7-----7---|
D |-0---------------|-0-----0---------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|
Pre-Chorus (Guitar 2)
(Everything from here on is tabbed by Ryan)
e|--5-------5--4-----------------------------------|
B|--5-------5--4-----------------------------------|
G|--7-------7--6-----------------------------------|
D|--7-------7--6-----------------------------------|
A|--5-------5--4-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
Chorus (Guitar 1)
"...Forward..." "...Died..."
e|--2-2-0-2-----------------2-2-2(h)-3-(p)-2--0----|
B|--3-3-0-3-----------------3-3-3----3-----3--0----|
G|--4-4-4-4-----------------0-0-0----0-----0--0----|
D|--4-4-4-4-----------------0-0-0----0-----0--0----|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
|strum as needed..................................|
The saxophone part transcribed to guitar...
(Guitar 2 The entire time)
? The notes beneath the tab are the notes for saxophone players, or if
you're sick of reading
tabs and want to learn some music theory!
? Play along w/cd or you'll have no clue what's going on!
? Also,if something doesn't sound right, try playing on a different
string. I accidentally tabbed parts of it on the wrong string. I think I
corrected all of them, but I can't be certain. Please notify me of this
if you find it.
First part (Sax intro)
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|---7-7---3/7---9-7------9---5/9------------------|
A|-5-----------------7/12----------9-7-9-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
D A A F A B A E A B G B F# E F#
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------/5b~--2---------------------|
G|----------------2------------2-------------------|
D|--------------2----------------------------------|
A|-7b~--------4------------------------------------|
E|----9--------------------------------------------|
E~ F# C# E A E~ C# A
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------10------------------------|
G|---4-7-----4-7-9b^9-7-----------9-7--------------|
D|-5-------5---------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
G B D G B D E E D A E D
Various fills (Sax)
"...and after all, were only ordinary men..."
e|--------10-7-------------------------------------|
B|-/8-8---------8-8-7------------------------------|
G|--------------------/7---------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
G G D B G G f# D
"...it's not what we would choose to do..."
e|-----------||------------------------------------|
B|-----------||---------------------10--14-10------|
G|-----------||--------11-9-------------------(12)-|
D|-9(h)12----||-9(h)12------12-9-------------------|
A|-----------||------------------12----------------|
E|-----------||------------------------------------|
|"choose..."||"to do..."|
E G E G f# E D B A A C# A (G)
"...Forward, he cried, from the rear..."
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|/15~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
|let ring|
D~~~
"...died..." "...general sat..."
e|---------/12b------------------------------------|
B|-15(p)12----------/15----------------------------|
G|----------------------16-14-16-------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
D B E D B A B
"...side to side..."
e|-----------/12b----------------------------------|
B|-15b~~~------------------------------------------|
G|--------16---------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
D B E
"...who is who..."
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------10----------|
G|----------------------9b^9-7-------7-------------|
D|--9--12--9----7/9-12----------7-7----------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B D B A B D E E D A A D A
e|-------------9b~---------------------------------|
B|----------7-------10--7--10--7-------------------|
G|-------7-----------------------------------------|
D|--5/7--------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
G A D F# C# A F# A F#
"...haven't you heard..."
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-/15b~15------/15b~15-------/15--17--15--13--12~-|
G|-----------16------------16----------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
D D B D D B D E D C B
"...listen, son, said the man with the gun..."
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|--15------17^~^~^~^~------15b~15--12------17-----|
G|------16--------------16---------------14------15|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
D B E B D D B A E A#
Sax Solo (Skipping Piano and talking)
e|--------------------------------|----------------|
B|-10-------7-10-12-10----10------|/12-121415-15-12|
G|----11--7------------11----11-11|----|_(3)_|-----|
D|--------------------------------|----------------|
A|--------------------------------|----------------|
E|--------------------------------|----------------|
A F# D F# A B B F# A F# F# B B C# D D B
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------12-10-------------------------------------|
G|-11-14-------12-/11-------11-9-------------------|
D|--------------------12-14------12-11-9-----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
F# A E A G C# D E F# E D C# B
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------10----------------|
G|-----------------10------9/10--------------------|
D|--7/9/11--11--11-----7/9-------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
A B C# C# C# F A B E F A
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-14----------------------------------------------|
G|----14-12/14\11-9/10\9----------------9------11--|
D|-----------------------11----(9)-9-12---9-12-----|
A|--------------------------12---------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
C# A G A F# E F E C# A B B D E B D F#
e|---------------------9-10------------------------|
B|-------------10-7-10-----------------------------|
G|------9/11-7-----------------7-------------------|
D|-9-12---------------------------0----------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B D E F# D A F# A C# D D D
(All instruments come in)
e|--------0/10~------------------------------------|
B|----0123------12-10-12-10---------9/10--10/12----|
G|-234----------------------11---------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
AA#BBCC#DE D B A B A F# G#A A B
e|---10\9/10\9~-10---------------------------------|
B|-------------------12-10-12----------------------|
G|----------------------------11^9~~~~~~~~~--------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
D C# D C# D B A B F# E
e|-7~---7-10-9-7-----7-10~-12-10-------------------|
B|-7~-7----------7-8-------------12-11-14-12-11-9--|
G|-9~----------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B~ F# B D C# BF#G B D E D B A# C# B A# G#
End Solo
"...without..." "...fighting's all about..."
e|------------------|---------------------9-9------|
B|-----7-----7-5----|------------10----10----------|
G|-7-9---7-9-----7-6|-----7/9-11----11-------------|
D|------------------|-7-8--------------------------|
A|------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------|------------------------------|
D E F# D EF#E DD# A A#D E F# A F# A C# C#
"...out of the way..."
e|-/14-14-12-14-121212-----------------------------|
B|--------------| (3) |--13b-12-12-12-15-----------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
F# F# E F# EEE C B B B D
Here are the lyrics in full, taken from CD booklet:
? Capitol records, 1973
Us, and them
And after all we're only ordinary men
Me, and you
God only knows it's not what we would choose to do
"Forward!" he cried, from the rear
And the front rank died
And the general sat, and the lines on the map
Moved from side to side
Black, and blue
And who knows which is which and who is who
Up and Down
And in the end it's only round and round and round
"Haven't you heard it's a battle of words"
The poster bearer cried
"Listen, son," said the man with the gun,
"There's room for you inside"
Down and out
It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about
With, without
And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about
Out of the way, it's a busy day
I've got things on my mind
For want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
marvin Lead Player |
#1 by marvin at Sep 28, 2007 at 9:11 PM EST |
| This song is about war. More specifically The Vietnam war. "with without, and who'll deny its what the fightings all about" that is the communist ideals of haves against the havenots. "afterall were only ordinary men" (draftees) "generals sat, and the lines on the map moved from side to side." the wars "lines" were undefined and moved all the time. This is the best song pink floyd ever made... by far... | |
Joshua Wanna Be |
#2 by Joshua graham at Oct 2, 2007 at 12:17 AM EST |
| This song is not only about warfare -- it's about the cause of it, ie class struggles (it's rather marxist): "with, without, and who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about?" It's about the tendency of people to cause suffering for the sake of their own greed and personal advancement, and how this gets humanity nowhere. | |
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No Picture
Vinny Average |
#3 by Vinny Spano at Oct 2, 2007 at 11:51 AM EST |
| Umm. none of u know anything about this song its not about war it was when Richard Wright made the perfect song that a scene of police brutality would be sung to... yes the song is about cops beating innocent people up, actually look up the facts by the band members themself then guess. Geez | |
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No Picture
a Average |
#4 by a a at Oct 3, 2007 at 7:42 PM EST |
| i believe its about war... some other songs are about war too | |
adam Average |
#5 by adam humphreys at Oct 3, 2007 at 8:04 PM EST |
| God, this song is so poetic. I particularly like the line "Up and down, and in the end it's only round and round and round...". Probably because the vocal is just so glorious. Fantastic stuff! | |
The Great South Lead Player |
#6 by The Great Southern Trendkill at Oct 4, 2007 at 7:34 AM EST |
| This song is about war. More specifically The Vietnam war. "with without, and who'll deny its what the fightings all about" that is the communist ideals of haves against the havenots. "afterall were only ordinary men" (draftees) "generals sat, and the lines on the map moved from side to side." the wars "lines" were undefined and moved all the time. This is the best song pink floyd ever made... by far... | |
amy Average |
#7 by amy at Oct 8, 2007 at 10:09 AM EST |
| something about war....ill analyze it later maybe... | |
tim Lead Player |
#8 by tim sears at Oct 8, 2007 at 6:37 PM EST |
| The song is definitly about war. haven't you heard it's a battle of words the poster bearer cried listen, son, said the man with the gun there's room for you inside This verse is about a protester being arrested. | |
brock Average |
#9 by brock someone at Oct 9, 2007 at 4:54 AM EST |
| Definitely war... and for me the pointlessness of it all... fat old men sitting back in their cushy chairs deciding the fates of others so that some lines on a map can move this way or that... and that in the end, friend or foe, the people doing the fighting and dying are really not all that dissimilar to one another, and given an option, they wouldn't be there to begin with.... I never caught the reference to the protestor being arrested or the relevance of the whisperings that Mtter ref'd (thanks for pointing them out), but they just make it much more saliently about the Vietnam war era for me, and just war in general... parts of the song also remind me of the movie Gallipoli (WWI)... this is definitely one of the more powerful Floyd songs in my opinion | |
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