Learning To Fly Bass Tab

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LEARNING TO FLY
Pink Floyd
(Gilmour, Moore, Ezrin, Carin)


    0:00                                                                   
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                                 1st Guitar Solo                         
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E--------------------------------|--3-----3--3-----|--3--3--3-----3-----3----

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                                                 2nd Guitar Solo        
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                                        Fade Out                          
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Updated:  April 7/98


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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


Jesse Average	#1 by Jesse Neafsey at Sep 15, 1979 at 10:34 PM EST
	there are a couple mistakes and/or ify parts of the lyrics of this amazing song.. this line: "standing alone my sense reeled" i thought was supposed to be "standing alone, my senses real." and whether it is "soul in tension" or "soul's intention"... idk tho, no matter what the exact meaning of the song, all i know is that it is a beautifully written song.

Simon Rhythm Player	#2 by Simon Pardins at Nov 2, 1991 at 3:46 PM EST
	http://www.pink-floyd.org/barrett/ianintw.htm

chris Average	#3 by chris thomas at Oct 7, 2001 at 5:49 AM EST
	It is about Gilmour learning how to fly a plane... he's said so himself. He was scared shitless about doing it at first... but eventually he worked up the courage to give it a shot... and once he'd actually done it he thought it was one of the most amazing experiences he's ever felt. So it's about flying, but it's more about having the strength to go out and do the things you really want to do... even if you think you're doomed to failure. Just get out there and try. An incredibly uplifting, optimistic song, despite the tacky 80s production. And I think it might have also partially been written as a reference to Gilmour's newly inherited position as leader of Pink Floyd - about how he wanted to keep Pink Floyd going but he had no idea about how he was actually going to do it... the lyrics could be a metaphor for so many things...

Robo Badass	#4 by Robo the Hobo at May 6, 2005 at 4:51 AM EST
	I love this song and the reason David Gilmour wrote this song is because he got his airplane license.