Speak To Me & Breathe Bass Tab

Dark Side Of The Moon (+4) Tabs:

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Pink Floyd
Speak To Me & Breathe
From 'The Dark Side of the Moon' (1973)

"Speak To Me"


G |----9--------9----|----------------|
D |------------------|----------------|
A |7--------7-7------|0-------4---5-6-|
E  |-------7----------|----------------|
   
G |----9-------9---|------------------|
D |-----------------|--------------7h9|
A |7-------7--------|0-------0-0------|
E |-----------------|------------------|
  
G |----9--------9----|----------------|
D |------------------|----------------|
A |7--------7-7------|0-------4---5-6-|
E  |-------7----------|----------------|
   
G |----9------9------|----------------|
D |-----9---9--9---12|-11-------------|
A |7------7----------|-----0--4---5-6-|
E  |------------------|----------------|

G |----9-7-9--------|------------------|
D |----------9--7---|------------------|
A |7----------------|0-----4-5-6-------|
E  |-----------------|------------------|
           
G |----9------9------|----------------|
D |-----9---9--9---7-|----------------|
A |7------7----------|-----0--4---5-6-|
E  |------------------|----------------|

G |----9------9------|----------------|
D |-----9---9--9---7-|----------------|
A |7------7----------|-----0--4---5-6-|
E |-------------------|----------------|                            
   
G |----9------9------|----------------|
D |-----9---9--9---12|-11------7-----|
A |7------7----------|----------------|
E  |------------------|----------------|          
   
G |----------------|---------------------|
D |----------------|---------------------|
A |---3------3-----|2---2----0--0------2-|
E  |----------------|---------------------|             
   
G |-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-----5------6----|
E |-----------------|

"Breathe"

    Breathe....Breathe in the Air....
G |----9--------9----|----------------|
D |------------------|----------------|
A |7--------7-7------|0-------4---5-6-|
E  |-------7----------|----------------|
   
    Don't be afraid to care...
G |----9-------9---|------------------|
D |-----------------|--------------7h9|
A |7-------7--------|0-------0-0------|
E |-----------------|------------------|
        
    Leave...Don't Leave Me...                                                                                                                         
G |----9--------9----|----------------|
D |------------------|----------------|
A |7--------7-7------|0-------4---5-6-|
E  |-------7----------|----------------|
                  
    Look around...choose your own ground...    
G |----9-------9----|-----------------|
D |--------------9--|12-11-------7----|
A |7-------7--------|-----------------|
E |------7----------|------------------|
     
     For Long You Live and High you Fly...
G |-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-----3------3----|
E |-----------------|

    The smiles you'll give and the tears you'll cry...
G |-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-----2------2----|
E |-----------------|

    And all you touch and all you see...
G |-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-----0------0----|
E |-----------------|

    Is all your life will ever be...
G |-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-2-----5-6--7----|
E |-----------------|

    Run...Rabbit Run....
G |----9-7-9--------|------------------|
D |----------9--7---|------------------|
A |7----------------|0-----4-5-6-------|
E  |-----------------|------------------|
  
    Dig that Hole...Forget the sun....
G |----9------9------|----------------|
D |-----9---9--9---7-|----------------|
A |7------7----------|-----0--4---5-6-|
E  |------------------|----------------|
 
    And when at last your work is done....
G |----9--------9----|----------------|
D |------------------|----------------|
A |7--------7-7------|0-------4---5-6-|
E  |-------7----------|----------------|
            
    Don't sit down it's time to dig another one
G |----9-------9----|-----------------|
D |--------------9--|12-11-------7----|
A |7-------7--------|-----------------|
E |------7----------|------------------|    
  
     For Long You Live and High you Fly...
G |-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-----3------3----|
E |-----------------|
  
    But only if you ride the tide...
G |-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-----2------2----|
E |-----------------|

    Balanced on the biggest wave...
G |-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-----0------0----|
E |-----------------|

  And race towards an early grave...
G |-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-2-----5-6--7----|
E |-----------------|


- This is a great song. Listen to it (The Dark Side of the Moon) while you're 
on a cruise and watching the waves at nighttime. You haven't lived life until 
you've done this ;-)

- Jake Calhoun 3/14/06

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/p/pink_floyd/152185.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture skinny Wanna Be	#1 by skinny mcclaine at Mar 21, 2006 at 11:47 PM EST
	This is mind blowing music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No Picture Richie Professional	#2 by Richie Richards at Apr 11, 2006 at 1:29 AM EST
	Does anyone know what the first guy at the very beginning of the song says? The first thing he says is "I've been mad for fucking years, absolutely years" I can't make out the rest.

No Picture [HFC] NICK fuck Average	#3 by [HFC] NICK fuckers at Apr 14, 2006 at 9:13 PM EST
	to me it means even though your work is never done until you are with life its so hard to just keep breathing but at the same time impossible to just stop breathing. but then its so relaxing and flowy and u can listen to it while u r doing anything... so its kindof like the flow of life and how its just the way things go. people die while u r alive and its a flow, but a change in flow, and things happen as another change in flow... and moves on till it all comes crashing down in your last few breaths while it isn't flowy anymore.

No Picture Tim Average	#4 by Tim Zichy-Woinarski at Apr 19, 2006 at 9:25 AM EST
	dom_stapleton is correct, however, so is pinkubus_floyd, who submitted these lyrics. On the original album, the first song is as dom_s says; Speak To Me and Breathe as one track. On some later releases, for example the 30th anniversary realease (my edition of DSotM), this track has been split into two parts, giving a track list of 10 songs.

No Picture josh Average	#5 by josh someone at May 7, 2006 at 8:31 PM EST
	I noticed the same thing crazypinkdiamond did. In this song, one can hear the machine guns of On the Run, the ticking of clocks in Time, the wailing in Great Gig in the Sky, the cash registers in Money, and the laughing in Brain Damage. However, no matter how much I listen to it, I can't seem to hear anything from Us and Them, Any Colour You Like, or Eclipse. Help, no?

No Picture chris Average	#6 by chris markert at May 13, 2006 at 1:13 AM EST
	WRONG The first track on Dark Side Of The Moon is "Speak to Me/Breathe" 1.a) is Speak to Me 1.b) is Breathe together they make up Track 1 check your copy of Dark Side and youl see that im right And one person isnt Pink. Roger Waters David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason together they make up Pink. do some research and youl see that im right.

No Picture Gino Average	#7 by Gino Rivera at May 22, 2006 at 7:56 PM EST
	this is the most terrifying song under the spell of drugs, that heart beat then the fait voices n then that screaming is jus TERRIFYING.

No Picture Jamie Wanna Be	#8 by Jamie Hart at Jun 19, 2006 at 1:29 PM EST
	Fucked those two post's up Royaly. anyway. yeah, some of you are just plain stupid. "Breathe" is the 2nd track on the album. "breathe, breathe in the air" etc. "Speak to me" is the first track. which leads into "Breathe".. and some of you lot call yourselves Pink Floyd fans. Oh yeah, can someone remind me which one's Pink?

No Picture LoKe Wanna Be	#9 by LoKe at Aug 28, 2006 at 5:34 PM EST
	whoa if what bite me said is true, taht is so crazy...it really makes you wonder about life. its totally nuts

No Picture Chase Average	#10 by Chase K at Oct 14, 2006 at 4:36 PM EST
	To Inca and Cheshire Smile: Normally I would avoid being a dick, but this is a matter of objectivity, you are wrong. If you had read further down on the chain of comments you would know why. The first song is "Speak To Me", thats "1.a", "Breathe" is the second song, noted as "1.b". Two songs make up the first track. Concept albums are odd like that sometimes.

No Picture Prometeo Wanna Be	#11 by Prometeo at Oct 15, 2006 at 3:54 AM EST
	crazyinkdiamond i was thinking the same thing tho i thought of it unconciously until u brought it up,it's most definitely there.

No Picture Matt Rhythm Player	#12 by Matt Freeman at Oct 29, 2006 at 7:57 PM EST
	Has anyone else that listened to this song noticed that this song contains themes form most of the songs in the album? Like the wailing from The Great Gig in the Sky, the cash register from Money, the laughing from Brain Damage, the ticking of clocks from Time, and the machine guns or helicopters from Us and Them. Turn the volume up...

No Picture kick azz bass p Rhythm Player	#13 by kick azz bass player at Nov 3, 2006 at 7:45 AM EST
	I love the song Brain Damage of the album, you guys are exactly right, Dark side is the story of life.

No Picture Andrew Average	#14 by Andrew Metcalfe at Nov 27, 2006 at 6:23 PM EST
	When i tripped out , i thought he was kind of speaking to me. Breathe, relax, don't be scared and enjoy well you can. But it defenetlyy makes sence that this album is about life and the things in life thhat drive you to insanity. Key evedence to this suggestion is the the song Money

No Picture Jordan Rhythm Player	#15 by Jordan at Dec 22, 2006 at 6:21 PM EST
	No offence to some of you, but you're retarded... >>BREATHE

No Picture Michele Rhythm Player	#16 by Michele at Dec 31, 2006 at 1:40 PM EST
	.....are these the right lyrics? Speak to Me? The first track on the Dark Side album? Dark Side starts out with the lyric "Breathe, breathe in the air". There is nothing on that track about madness (well, the word madness)

No Picture Dylan Average	#17 by Dylan at Jan 2, 2007 at 12:32 PM EST
	But you knew that already, didnt you?

No Picture Felix Average	#18 by Felix at Jan 14, 2007 at 6:29 PM EST
	Am I the only one who thinks that the whole cd is an interpretive version of a conversation with a psychiatrist? i mean seriously, these are the things that worry people the most, you know, time and money and thinking that you're going to snap...

No Picture Dale Average	#19 by Dale Steele at Jan 22, 2007 at 10:24 AM EST
	this is the most terrifying song under the spell of drugs, that heart beat then the fait voices n then that screaming is jus TERRIFYING.

No Picture nick Professional	#20 by nick Sutliff at Jan 27, 2007 at 10:50 AM EST
	I agree. this song trips you out if your high. It's the perfect song to just sit back and take it all in. and unravel you senses

No Picture brandon Wanna Be	#21 by brandon christ at Feb 14, 2007 at 4:49 AM EST
	The first song on Dark Side of the Moon is actually split into two different songs: Speak To Me and Breathe. Speak To Me is the part at the beginning when you hear the heart beat and people talking. Breathe is the one with the lyrics and music.

No Picture Brent has spazz Wanna Be	#22 by Brent has spazz nuts at Feb 28, 2007 at 4:34 AM EST
	WIZARD OF OZ CONNECTION TO DARK SIDE OF THE MOON IS TRUE!!! ARHHHH! If you play the 2 at the same time.... at the start "balanced on the biggest wave" dorothy is walking along the fence of the pig pen... "you race towards an early grave" She falls in. "home, home again" is when she returns home after running away with the mutt. As the bells and chimes ring in one of the songs..... she first walks out into the colourfulworld of munchkin land!!!! its really really wierd... i found all of the munchkins to be dancing to the wierd beat of money!!! NO WAY! i dont think thats where it came from .. but SHIT! "the lunatic is on the grass" is where scarecrow gets freed from the stake and is lying on the grass. And at the end THIS IS THE REALLY WIERD BIT.... THe famous ending Heartbeat is when Tinman first gets found ... HEARTLESS!! i was stunned i thought pinkfloyd had reasons for everything... THEY STILL ROCK! YEAaAAA!

No Picture qaz1 Average	#23 by qaz1 qaz1 at Mar 15, 2007 at 10:48 PM EST
	This is one of my favourite Pink Floyd songs. I love the lyrics.. but im not sure if i get the right meaning. ... Does the lyrics tell to live your live and dare?

No Picture Brandon Average	#24 by Brandon Dunzer at Jun 1, 2007 at 6:20 AM EST
	I've always been mad too.

No Picture mark Badass	#25 by mark at Jul 11, 2007 at 6:53 AM EST
	THIS JUST IN: Turn up Eclipse at the end and you hear a heartbeat, just as in the beginning of this song! Hence the only songs not present are Us and Them and Any Colour You Like.

No Picture albrecht Wanna Be	#26 by albrecht cherlet at Jul 17, 2007 at 9:15 AM EST
	No offence to some of you, but you're retarded... >>BREATHE

No Picture Thorsten Average	#27 by Thorsten Budelmann at Aug 3, 2007 at 8:18 PM EST
	Agree with Soma, the song ends with a feeling of "whatever you do, you are getting closer to death" Each song of the album tries to analyse and depict different aspects of life.

No Picture drw Average	#28 by drw drw at Aug 21, 2007 at 11:58 AM EST
	People that think the lyrics start at Breathe dont listen to their music loud enough. Gotta have it nice and loud to hear the voices. (haha, "the voices", guess im mad too)

No Picture Chris Rhythm Player	#29 by Chris Marcoux at Sep 16, 2007 at 12:41 PM EST
	This is all the sound effects from the album, shared with Breathe, which is the is the actual lyrical verse. It does not have anything from Us and Them and Any Color You Like