• Song:

    On The Turning Away

  • Artist:

    Pink Floyd

  • Album:

    Momentary Lapse of Reas...

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		On The Turning Away
		by Pink Floyd
		From A Momentary Lapse of Reason

		jamesb@nevada.edu




N.C.               |  G
It's a sin that ...
          C             Em         D     G5   G                C
Light is changing to shadow, and ...
Em              C           G       Em            G        C
unaware how the ranks have grown....
G                        C    Em          D     G5    G        Em      D 
we could find that we're all alone ....
 G                  C            Em                  D        G         
the night   As the day time is ....
C              Em                    C         G       Em                G
silent accord, using words you will ...
   C         G                    C    Em       D       G           
the flame, Feel the new wind of ....



The bridge is a distorted gutar playing these chords

E5   D   Cadd9   C5    D5    Em     D    A5  (B note on fifth string)

(A note on fifth string) C5 C#5/D5/A5\  A5   Am   C  C#5/D5/A\  E5

/ = Slide up to next chord   \ = slide down to next chord



  Em       D     G5              C            Em
No more turning away,  from ....


         D         G5           C
No more turning away from the ....
---------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------1------------------------------
---------------------0----------0----------------10>(11)>10--5-
---------------------0----------2------------------------------
---------------------X----------3------------------------------
---------------------3-----------------------------------------


Em                     C          G5         Em               G          C
Just a world that we all must ....
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------0------0------------------------------------------
-5---------------------5-2------0------------------------------------------
---7---------------------3------X------------------------------------------
---0----------------------------3------------------------------------------


  G           Em                  C            D      G
Is it only a dream that there'll ....


SOLO;

    G
-------------------
-------------------
-------------------
-------------------
-------------------
--0-2>(3)--2vvvvv--

   E5                                     C
----------------------------------------12-------------------
--15>(17)vvvvvvv---15>12-(13)>15vvvvvv-------12vvvvvvvvvv----
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------


      
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------12-----15-----15>(17)>15-vvvvvvvvv--
-------0-2-2>(3)>2>0-----------------------------------------------------
----\2----------------2-vvvvvvvv-----------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------



                                            D          G
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------15>(17)===========>15--15-15vvvvvvvv--12---------15-vvvvvvvvvv----
--------------------------------------------------14--------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                               E5
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
--2>(4)>2vvvv>0----0-------------------------
-----------------2----2>(0)--2vvvvvvvvv------
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------

                                               B
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------12-------14-------------12--------14>(16)vvvvv------------12---------
----/14-------14--------14vvvvv-------14------------------------14------14vvv-
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                  D         G
-------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------3----------------
----------------------------------------------2---2----------------
-----9\7--5vvvvv--5>7---5vvvvvv---5\4----2>0--0---0----------------
------------------------------------------------------2--0---------
-------------------------------------------------------------3-----


                              E                 C       E5  
------3/5---3---3--0--2----0---------------------------------------------------
------3/5---3---3--0--2----0---------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------0--2-2<(3)=====>2--2--3>2>0--0-------
------------------------------0----0---3-----------------------------3---0vvv-


   D                   E5                                  D         G
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---15>(17)-------------15>12-15vvvvvvvvvv---15--------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------12---11----11------12vvvvvv-
--------------------------------------------------12---12----12--12--12vvvvvv-
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                            E5
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
------15>12----------------------------------------------------------------
--------------12----12---12>11--11----/7----7vvvvvv--9===>(11)>9>7-9vvvvv--
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------



       C                  E5                                      D
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------"7"---8---8>(10)vvvvvvv>8>7--------7--->8------------------------------
-----------------------------------9-"9"---------6>(7)vvvvvvv-----2>(4)>2vvv-
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  E5                     D       G
--------------------------------------3--3---3---3---3---3---3-------
----------------------------------0---3--3---3---3---3---3---3-------
------------0-------2>(4)---------0----------------------------------
----2>0--2-----2-----------0------0----------------------------------
----------------------------------2----------------------------------
----------------------------------3----------------------------------

                                      E5                              C
---------15vvvvv---12---------------12-14-15>(17)--17>(19)====>17>15--17vvvv-
---15>17---------------15>(17)vvv--------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------


                 E5                              D           E5
--15---17---17>(19)===>17--15>12-15>0vvvvvvvv---------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------15>(17)vvvvvvvvv-15>12--15vvvv-
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                  D                G              
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----15>12--12\--------------------------------------15/17\15--15/17--0-8-0-3-0-
----------------14>(16)===>14-14>12>14>12vvvvvvvvv-----------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                             E5
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
------3--------------------2>(4)>2>0--------------------
----------2>0----------2-----------------2vvvvvvvv------
----------------2>0-------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------

      C                     E5
------------------------------------------------------------------------
---10vvvvvvvvvvvv----10/12--12vvvvvvvvvvv---10>(12)====>10>8--10vvvv----
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
 D              E5                                          D       G
-----------10----------------------------------------------------------------
---8---10------10>(12)vvvvvvvvv--10>(12)==>10>8---10>8\7-\/-\/-\/--8-8vvvvvv-
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                              E5
------15>12------14>12--------15>12-------14>12------15>(17)vvvvv--
---0---------12----------12-----------12---------12----------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------


                                              C                   E5
----15>14--14>(15)>14--------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------15------------12------15vvvvv---12>15>12--------------
-----------------------------14vvv-------14----------------------14>12vvvvv--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                   D
-------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------
-------2vvvvvvv----------------------------
------------------0>2>0--------------------
-------------------------------0-----------
--------------------------3---------0\-----


symbols;

pulloff/hammer on  -----2>1>2-----
bend(to not in () )-----2>(4)----
hold bend         -----2>(4)===>2--
vibrato            ------2vvvvvvv-
dive and return
w/ bar            ----2-\/-\/-\/-   (3 times)
slide              --2/4--3\1----
pinch harmonic     -----"8"-------

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