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Sorrow
by Pink Floyd
from
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
intro
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chords:
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Em D/E C/E Em2
---15--- ---14--- ----12--- -----12----
---17--- ---15--- ----13--- -----12----
---16--- ---14--- ----12--- -----12----
-------- -------- --------- -----------
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Em
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guitar 2; --------------------
-------------------- <--- play over the D5 chord, it's
---("0")>"3">("-4")- a harmonic at the third fret,
-------------------- but depress the bar first, so
-------------------- it sounds like your going up to
-------------------- it, than dive w/bar to fret -4.
D/E C/E EM2
---------"12">("10)------------------------------------------
---------------/3>(1)----"12"\"7"/"12"----------------------- <- this is 2
---------------/2>(0)----"12"\"7"/"12"----------------------- guitars. You
---------------/0>(-2)--------------------------------------- can probably
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one bar between chord changes.
v
D/E Em2
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--------15--15>(17)======>15------- <-- 2 guitars, same as above. The bend
-------------7--------------------- is gradually released.
-------------7---------------------
-------------5---------------------
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Verse(use chords mapped above);
Em
Sweet smell of great sorrow lies over the land,
D/E
Plumes of smoke rise, and merge into the leaden sky,
C/E
A man lies and dreams, of green fields and river,
Em
But awakes to the morning, with no reason for waking.
fill;
D/E
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----0-------7------ <-- sustain into the D/E chord.
------------7------
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Em
He's haunted by the memory of a lost paradise, <- At "paradise" play
fill A (below)
D/E
In his youthful dream, he can't be precise,
C/E
He's chained forever, to a world thats departed, <- At "chained", play
fill B
Em
It's not enough, it's not enough.
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solo 1;
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--12----12------------------------------------------------------------
---------------12vvvvvvv\--------------------------------0--0-----7---<- dive
----12-----12------------------2>(4)>2(4)>2--------------0--0--9--7--- two
----------------------------------------------2vvvvv-----------9--7--- times
---------------------------------------------------------------7------ w/ bar
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unspecified pitch
verse;
Em
His blood os frozen, and curdled with fright,
D/E
His knees have trembled, and given way in the night. <-- at "night", play
fill C
C/E
His hand is weakend with the moment of truth,
Em
His step has faltered.
fill
D/E Em D/E
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---15>(17)>15----------------------0-----7\---
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bridge;
One word, one soul.
Time pass, river roll.
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--5------5--7------5--------5------4--
--5------5--7------5--------5------2--
--3------3--5------3--------7---------
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-------5---------------------3----- <- swell in w/ volume control on
-------6---------------------4----- all simile.
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---5------------------------------3--------------- <- two guitars again!
---6------------------------------4---------------
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------5-----------------------3---------------- <- three guitars!
------6-----------------------4----------------
-------------"7">("5")>"7"-------\/-\/-\/------ <- slight feedback
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--("7")-------\("5")/"7"vvvvvvv---------------------
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verse:
(hold low E till "dedication", than dive out w/bar)
Em
And he talks to the river, of lost love and dedication,
D/E
Slient replies, that swirl invitation,
C/E
Flow dark and troubled, to an oily sea,
Em D/E Em D/E
A grim intmation, of what is to be.
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Em
There's an unceasing wind, that blows through this night,
D/E
There's dust in my eyes, it blinds my sight, <- At "sight" and
"words" play fill
C/E D.
And silence that speaks so much louder than words,
Em
Of promises broken.
SOLO;
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------12-------12--------12--------11-------12vvvvvvvv--
--15>(17)--15>(17)---15>(17)---14>(16)--15>(17)vvvvvvv-- <-- unison
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-----12vvvvv-------12vvvv-------14vvv---------------------------------------
-15>(17)vvvv---15>(17)vvv---17>(19)vv--19>(20)vvvvv--19>(20)vvvv---19>(20)--
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--20>(22)vvv---20>(22)vvvvv--20>(22)-20>(22)-20>(22)-20>(22)-20>(22)-20>(22)---
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fills;
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A
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B
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C
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D
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Legend;
legato -----7>9>7----
bend and release ------7>(9)>7-
harmonic (open) -----"12"-----
harmonic (pinched) -----'12'-----
dive and return w/ bar ---12-\/------
vibrato ----12vvvvvv--
transcribed by Kenn Chipkin and Alex Houton
for Pink Floyd Music Publishers
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