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Pink Floyd : "Us and them" Guitar tabs

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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

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