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Each chord is strummed in the following pattern:
G
e:--3---3-X---3---3--------------------------------------|
B:--0---0-X---0---0--------------------------------------|
G:--0---0-X---0---0--------------------------------------|
D:--0---0-X---0---0--------------------------------------|
A:--2---2-X---2---2--------------------------------------|
E:--3---3-X---3---3--------------------------------------|
Play this pattern once for each chord that appears.
G G
(do two G patterns before words start)
G D
When the fat old sun in the sky is falling
F C G
Summer evening birds are calling
G D
Summer's thunder time of
F C G G
The sound of music in my ears
G D F C
Distant bells, new mown grass smells so sweet
G D F C G
By the river holding hands, roll me up and lay me down
C (strum once)
And if you sit, don't make a sound.
Pick your feet up off the ground
And if you hear as the warm night falls
The silver sound from a time so strange
Sing to me, Sing to me
G D G (strum once)
G D
When that fat old sun in the sky is falling
F C G
Summer evening birds are calling
G D
Children's laughter in my ears
F C G
The last sunlight disappears
C (strum once)
And if you sit, don't make a sound
Pick your feet up off the ground
And if you hear as the warm night falls
The silver sound from a time so strange,
Sing to me, Sing to me
G D(strum once)
G (Solo)
When that fat old sun...
G D F C
(strum this dyring the solo)
Solo:
e:---------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------------|
G:---------------------------------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------7---7h9-----------------|
A:-------------5--5h7--5---7--7/9-----------8---10--10/12--|
E:--3----5--7----------------------------------------------|
e:---------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------------|
G:------10--10-----10----------10h12--12h14--12h10---------|
D:--10--10--10h12--10---10h12------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------------------------------|
e:---------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------------|
G:---------------------------------------------------------|
D:--12--10-----------------------------12--12--12h14--12---|
A:----------12--10h12--10---12--12/14----------------------|
E:---------------------------------------------------------|
e:---------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------------|
G:------------14--14--14h16--------------------------------|
D:--14--14/16----------------15-14~--10--10h12--10h12--10--|
A:---------------------------------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------------------------------|
e:---------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------------|
G:---------------------------------------------------------|
D:--5/7---5------------------------------------------------|
A:-----------7--5---------------------5--5h7--5h7--5-------|
E:-----------------7---5---3--5--5h7-----------------------|
e:---------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------------|
G:--------------------------------------------10-----10----|
D:-------7h9--9b(10)b9--7-----7--9---10--(10)-10h12--10h12-|
A:--7h9--------------------9-------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------------------------------|
e:---------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------------|
G:--10--------------10--10---10----------------------------|
D:--10h12--12b(13)--10--10---10h12--10-----5---------------|
A:----------------------------------10h12--5h7--5--X3--5---|
E:---------------------------------------------------------|
e:---------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------------|
G:---------------------------------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------------------------------|
A:--53--32--0--0h2--0h2--2b(3)-2--0--2---------5h7-------|
E:----------------------------------------1----------------|
e:---------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------------|
G:--------10-----10---------10--10-----------10------------|
D:-10-----10h12--10h12b(13)-10--10----10h12------12--------|
A:-10h12---------------------------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------------------------------|
overdrive
e:---------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------------|
G:-12b(14)==(14)=(14)==(14)b12-----14b(16)====(16)---------|
D:---------------------------------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------------------------------|
e:---------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------------|
G:-14b(16)b14b(16)b14--12b(14)--14b(16)==14---14b(16)=(16)-|
D:---------------------------------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------------------------------|
e:---------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------------|
G:-14b(16)b14b(16)b14--12b(14)--14b(16)==14---14b(16)=(16)-|
D:---------------------------------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------------------------------|
e:---------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------------|
G:--12b(14)==(14)b12--12--12-------------------------------|
D:-----------------------------10h12h14--14--14h12--12-----|
A:---------------------------------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------------------------------|
e:---------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------------|
G:---------------------------------------------------------|
D:--12h14-12--14--1210/1210------------------------------|
A:-----------------------------12h10-------------10--10h12-|
E:------------------------------------12--10/12------------|
e:---------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------------|
G:---------------------------------------------------------|
D:--------12h14---16-14-12------7~-6--7~-6--7-6-7-6--------|
A:-12/14---------------------------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------------------------------|
e:---------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------------|
G:---------------------------------------------------------|
D:--3h5--5--32------------------------(10)b9--7-----------|
A:---------------5--3--3h5--3h5--5~---------------12-------|
E:----------------------------------------------------12---|
e:---------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------------|
G:---------------------------------------------------------|
D:------------------------------12h14---(15)b14--12--------|
A:----------------------12h14------------------------------|
E:-10h12--10h12--12/14-------------------------------------|
e:---------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------------|
G:---------------------------------------------------------|
D:-12h14--14b(15)==(15)--(15)b14--(15)b14--14---12---------|
A:--------------------------------------------------12-----|
E:---------------------------------------------------------|
e:---------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------------|
G:---------------------------------------------------------|
D:--------10------10h12--12---1210------------------------|
A:-10/12------12---------------------12--12--10/12--12-----|
E:---------------------------------------------------------|
e:---------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------------|
G:--------------------------------10-----10-----10---------|
D:--7--5--------------------------10h12--10h12--10---------|
A:--------75-5--5--5h7b(8)-/-12---------------------------|
E:---------------------------------------------------------|
slowly fade out...
e:---------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------16h13-16b(18)-|
G:--10-----10-----10---------------------------------------|
D:--10h12--10h12--10-----10b(12)====(12)b10----------------|
A:---------------------------------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------------------------------|
e:--X16/18--15---------------------------------------------|
B:--X16/18--15---------------------------------------------|
G:----------------------------------10--10---9--10--9------|
D:---------------------------10h12--10--10--10---------8---|
A:--------------------10/12--------------------------------|
E:----------------12---------------------------------------|
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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randy Professional |
#1 by randy taylor at Sep 29, 2007 at 4:55 AM EST |
| An excellent, underrated song. But If and Atom Heart Mother Suite both take this song down on Atom Heart Mother (the album). Perhaps it is about pot. It's definitely more of a drug song than Comfortably Numb. | |
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edwin Wanna Be |
#2 by edwin henrriquez at Sep 29, 2007 at 8:05 PM EST |
| I think it's about pot on a summer's evening... | |
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kenzie Professional Badass |
#3 by kenzie at Oct 2, 2007 at 7:57 PM EST |
| The lyrics are actually summer sunday and a year and a time so strange should be a tongue so strange And if this is about any drug Aminals, I think it should be Marijuana. The lines roll me up and lay me down, and lift your feet up off the ground ( a feeling of floating), plus the relaxed tone of the song, make me think that if it's referring to any drug its got to be that. | |
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btotherizzad Average |
#4 by btotherizzad moriznad at Oct 8, 2007 at 12:11 AM EST |
| It is also "a silver sound from a tongue so strange". I usually don't say this about PF songs, but the only thing I can guess about the meaning is weed... "New mow grass smells so sweet", "roll me up an lay me down", "pick your feet up off the ground"... Now it could just be describing a lazy summer day, but theres my guess. | |
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Ben Rhythm Player |
#5 by Ben at Oct 18, 2007 at 2:41 AM EST |
| Gilmour describes the transition from the carefree days of youth (growing up in Cambridge) to the burden of responsibilities that comes on in adulthood. This was especially poignant as a band member committed to heavy touring schedules that they all were committed to as this time. That sense of longing for childhood innocence had been a favorite Roger Waters recurring theme (Grandchester Meadows, and Embryo, which represents the ultimate regression of innocent reflection.) Consider the parallels in the lines of the two lyricists that touch on daydreaming about those idylic magic days of innocent youth: RW: "...bringing sounds of yesterday into my city room" DG: "The silver sound from a time so strange... Sing to me...Sing to me..." To escape the drudgery and burden of adult life, if only for a momentary daydream. Raising children of your own allows reliving this experience from a different perspective, the words perhaps conjuring up different feelings, but just as relevant to the changes one experiences in life's journey. | |
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devon Average |
#6 by devon patterson at Oct 18, 2007 at 7:46 PM EST |
| I would agree completely | |
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