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Song: Goodbye Blue Sky
Artist: Pink Floyd
Album: The Wall
Tabbed By: Kenny Borders (kennyborders@hotmail.com)
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G-------------| |-------------| |*-------------|
D-------------|x4|-------------|x6|*-------------|x4
A-5--5--5--5--| |-------------| |*-5--5--5--5--|
E-------------| |-5--5--5--5--| |*------------5|
1:17
G---------------------*| |-------------|
D---------------------*|*x3|-------------|x8
A-2----2----2----2---3*| |-------------|
E---------------------*| |-5--5--5--5--|
G---------------------| |-------------| |---------------------|
D---------------------| |-------------|x4|---------------------|
A-2----2----2----2---3| |-5--5--5--5--| |-2----2----2----2---3|
E---------------------| |-------------| |---------------------|
G-------------| |---------------------|
D-------------|x2|---------------------|
A-5--5--5--5--| |-2----2----2----2----|
E-------------| |---------------------|
2:01 End Solo
G-------------| |-------------| |-------5p3p2-----|
D-------------|x6|-------------|x9|------------3/5--|
A-------------| |-5--5--5--5--| |-5--5----------5-|
E-5--5--5--5--| |-------------| |-----------------|
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
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Howwhywyz Howwh Professional Badass |
#1 by Howwhywyz Howwhyam at Dec 19, 1977 at 5:20 AM EST |
| I have heard and seen in interviews that "The Wall" is not directly about WWII. It is my understanding that the album and movie are about the walls we build up around ourselves. It is analagous to actual war, like WWII, in that the war we fight within ourselves can be very harsh and sometmies is as bad as an actual "real" war. Look at Pink in the movie.... He grew up in a time of war, lost his dad to the war and felt isolated and alone...became a rock star, lost his wife, had a constant battle with drugs...almost killed himself to ease the pain.... On a smaller scale, this guy has basically been fighting a war within himself ever since he was young. I think Goodbye Blue Sky addresses the misconception of what we think life is. We each grow up and are taught that the world is this great place and there are nice loving people out there... this song is about how those expectations and dreams can be shattered when we go out and learn how the "real" world actually is. This life we live can seem all wonderful and great then something can happen and it all comes crashing down like "falling bombs." And then you wonder why these things are happening to you when you were always promised all these great things...you start to wonder "why you had to run for shelter when the promise of the brave new world unfurled beneath the clear blue sky..." And long after the "flames" are gone, "the pain lingers on." | |
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Ben Wanna Be |
#2 by Ben Shaw at Jul 24, 1978 at 5:29 AM EST |
| yes, the wall is not specifically about WWII, but that is the central theme of this song. it's about the war in a broad general way, but is about the war as it relates to Pink and his life, and his experiences with the war and what it took from him. | |
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Jon Average |
#3 by Jon Turner at Nov 17, 1978 at 6:20 AM EST |
| Yeah I was thinking that myself, expecially this part: Did you see the frightened ones Did you hear the falling bombs The flames are all long gone But the pain lingers on | |
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Craigy Average |
#4 by Craigy t at Feb 1, 1981 at 7:06 PM EST |
| It's "Look mommy, there's airplanes up in the sky" Which is very strange because it would be insane to attack in daylight. Nazis always did it at night. Also the saying "Though the flames are long gone, the pain lingers on" means that though the war has stopped, the fact that their loved ones had perished either fighting for their country or murdered by the bombings still hurt them. Directly linking this song to the fact that Pink lost his dad in WWII | |
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Al Average |
#5 by Al Turner at Feb 27, 1983 at 8:26 PM EST |
| poignant and harrowing. | |
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Derrik Professional |
#6 by Derrik at Aug 18, 1985 at 4:31 AM EST |
| The little girl says "look mummy, there's an aeroplane up in the sky." She's British. | |
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I SUCK!!!!! Average |
#7 by I SUCK!!!!! No I Really Do!!!! at Mar 23, 1987 at 5:31 PM EST |
| The Wall is about psychological walls, using world war two as a metaphor. as such, this song is about world war two, but also about isolation -- similar to how comfortably numb is about drugs (yes, i know the "pin prick" is not heroin.. that wouldn't make sense), but is also NOT about drugs. | |
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Brenton Average |
#8 by Brenton Giordano at Dec 22, 1990 at 6:06 AM EST |
| i think this song was originally written about WW2! through any war or battle...whenever lives are lost and there is massive destruction...the same feelings are conveyed...so i can see how ppl can relate this to Sept 11 | |
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Dan Average |
#9 by Dan Johnson at Jan 7, 1992 at 6:11 AM EST |
| Although Pink Floyd obviously wrote this song many years before Sept. 11, 2001... it is kind of applicable... and creepy. | |
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Chris Wanna Be |
#10 by Chris Simmons at Apr 25, 1994 at 9:33 AM EST |
| Interesting views to say the least. It is about WWII and the constant bombing of London. It was a nightmare for children, in which the writers (Roger Waters, et.el) was at the time of the war. Go watch the movie (Pink Floyd: The Wall) and you'll understand. Pink Floyd is also a British Band, by the way. | |
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vintage Average |
#11 by vintage rocker at Jul 21, 2001 at 8:55 AM EST |
| yeah, it's about the Blitz on London by the Germans. It's on The Wall too. No way near anything about sept. 11. | |
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Adam Rhythm Player |
#12 by Adam Vaughan at Mar 10, 2004 at 12:11 AM EST |
| The song is about the loss of innocence as a result of war, the blue sky being innocence, and the battle that you could say it is about is the Battle of Britain. | |
