Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd - Us & Them guitar tab

e: Sun, 31 May 1998 16:19:53 -0500

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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