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Song: Goodbye Cruel World
Artist: Pink Floyd
Album: The Wall
Tabbed By: Kenny Borders (kennyborders@hotmail.com)
Intro/Verse "I'm Leaving you today"
G------7--| |--------------------|
D---------|(16x) |-------5--------5---|
A--5------| |--------------------|
E---------| |---3--------3-------|
"Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye" (4x)
G------7----------------7-------7--| |------7--|
D--------------7-------------------| |---------|
A--5----------------5-------5------| |--5------|
E----------5-----------------------| |---------|
"There's nothing.." "To make me.."
G-----------------| |------7----------|
D------5-------5--| |--------------7--| (Silent on "Goodbye")
A-----------------| |--5--------------|
E--3-------3------| |----------5------|
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
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#1 by Katharina Tief at Feb 5, 1973 at 10:25 AM EST |
| Kurt Vonnegut said it first. The second to last sentence of his 1961 book Mother Night is "goodbye cruel world." The last sentence is "until we meet again," though in German. Does anyone know if Waters was inspired by this quote? And yeah, The Final Cut was supposed to be on the Wall. Have you listened to the background behind "and if you negotiate the minefields...", you hear remnants of Comfortably Numb. | |
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Bill Lead Player |
#2 by Bill at Oct 4, 1980 at 9:28 PM EST |
| I'm blown away by the clarity of thought on this song. Not a single extra word. | |
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jozef Average |
#3 by jozef verboven at Jan 10, 1987 at 4:52 PM EST |
| It may not be a suicide song, but surely the title and the lyrics convey sharp overtones of suicide. It may not be a literal suicide but it's as if he's killing off an aspect of himself. | |
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Dany Average |
#4 by Dany Meyerink at May 10, 1995 at 12:07 AM EST |
| wow, I came to this song to correct people, but only true floyd fans here i see. nice | |
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Nikki Sixx Badass |
#5 by Nikki Sixx Is The Flippin God. at Aug 12, 1998 at 12:09 PM EST |
| You guys are right, its the wall he is enclosing himself in... if you guys never seen the movie "The Wall" Check it out. Go rent it out, you will understand the song more. | |
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micheal Lead Player |
#6 by micheal mceachern at Nov 28, 1998 at 3:51 PM EST |
| Hm... Here's an idea. Without a DOUBT, this is metaphorical suicide. All interpretations in that regard have been right on the money, really... However, here's another idea, for those pointing out that it could be a suicide note that was never fulfilled. If you dig around, you'll find that the song "The Final Cut" was originally going to be in the "Wall" album. The song describes a man's overwhelming depression up to a point where he "held the blade in trembling hands", ready to commit suicide. Just then, "the phone rang, [he] never had the nerve to make the final cut." Another interesting thing is that you never find WHERE on the album "The Final Cut" was supposed to be. So here's an idea; what if it WAS a suicide note? If "The Final Cut" fit right after "Goodbye Cruel World", then this song could be about both suicides, literal and metaphorical. It's just a thought. | |
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Adam Average |
#7 by Adam at Feb 10, 2006 at 9:38 PM EST |
| Yeah, it is annoying when it's considered a suicide song. It even made the list of top 100 songs to kill yourself to. | |
