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From: ANDREY.JIANSKY@EY.COM
 Subject: CRD: w/waters_roger/pros_and_cons_album.crd
 Album:   Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
 Author:  By Roger Waters
 Songs: All songs
 Format: Text
 Transcribed and submitted by Andrey Jiansky
 I have attached a text file with all the transcribed songs from that album.
 
 Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
 
 Author: Roger Waters
 
 Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad
 ---------------------------------------
 
 4.30 AM (Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad)
         
    The chords over the spoken words:
   C    F     C    F    C    Dm    Em    G   G+    Am
 
         Apparently they were travelling abroad
         And they picked up some hitchhikers...drill
         Wake up you're dreaming...what...you're dreaming
         We were moving away from the border
         Uh what border?
 
         Have a nice day...uh...have a nice day
 
 G        C                    Am
 We were moving away from the border
  C                         Am
 Looking for somewhere to sleep
 G    C                      Am
 The two of us sharing the driving
 G    C                          Am
 Two hitchhikers slumped in the back seat
         Hello
 G    C                         Am  
 I sneaked a quick look in the mirror
 She gave me a smile
 G   C                  Am
     I said "Is anyone hungry?
 G C                              Am   
     Should we stop for a while?"
 C      Am                     Am
 So we pulled off into a layby
 G     C                     Am
 Her dress blew up over her head
 C                          Am
 I said "Would you like to come with me?"
       G  C                                    Am
 She said   something foreign under her breath
          F                     C
 And the sun shone down on her lovely young limbs
     F                           C
 I thought to myself she's much too good for him
    F                        C
 I lay down beside her with tears in my eyes
             G F C Am   G F C
 She said
 
 4.33 AM Running Shoes
 
 
 Am
    So I stood by the roadside
                  F
 The soles of my running shoes gripping the tarmac
                Am            F
 Like gunmetal magnets
  Am
 Fixed on the front of her Fassbinder face
          F
 Was the kind of a smile
                          Am
 That only a rather dull child could have drawn
                                      F
 While attempting a graveyard in the moonlight
  Am
 But she was impressed
                                          F
 You could see that she thought I looked fine
      Am
 And when she turned sweeter
                              F
 The reason (between you and me) was
                                 Am       F
 She'd just seen my green Lamborghini
 
        C                      Am
 So we went for a spin in the country
     C                    Am
 To feel the wind in our hair
     C                   Am
 To feel the power of my engine
     C                    Am     C  Am  C...
 To feel the thrill of desire
       F                  C
 And then in the trees I heard a twig snap
  F                            C
 Warning lights flashed on my map
   F                   C         F
 I opened my eyes and to my surprise
 
 Arabs with Knives and West German Skies
 ----------------------------------------
 
            G            A
 There were Arabs with Knives
         F           Am
 At the foot of the bed
  G            Am          C
 Right at the foot of the bed
        C                   Am
 Oh my God how did they get in here?
      C                         Am
 I thought we were safe home in England
            F                        C             F
 She said "Come on now kid, it was wrong what you did
         G        F           C             F
 You've got to admit it was wrong what you did
      G        F           C
 You got to admit it was wrong"
         Oh god....Jesus
    C
 Sleep Sleep
                       Gsus4   G
 I know that I'm only dreaming
 Leave her alone..get out..out..get out of my house
    C
 Through closed eyes
                                Gsus4      G
 I see West German skies on the ceiling
        F
 And I want to get back
 
 To the girl with the rucksack
      C
 To feel her flaxen hair
                G
 I want to be there
          F
 See the sun going down
          F
 Behind Krupps steelworks
 C                      G
   On the outskirts of some German town
  C
 Guten Abend meiner Damen und Herren Ha Ha Ha Ha
 G7
 Willkommen in Konnigsburg Ha Ha Ha Ha
 C                                                      
   Wollen zie danzen mit mir oder drinken Bier Ha Ha Ha Ha
 G7     
      Thank you but......
  Gb         F
 This young lady and I
                                  C        G
 Will just finish this bottle of wine
         F
 It was kind of you...but
                             Em
 I think we'll just say goodnight
         Leave us alone
 
 Goodnight
         Leave us alone
      C
         Could I have the key to one four three please?
      F
         There you are
         Thank you, goodnight  
      
      C          F         C               
      
          Dm
         Hello yes I'd like to order breakfast please
                   Em
         I'd like coffee for two, and toast with marmalade
    G                     G+
         No...marmalade.
 
 
 For the First Time Today-Part 2
 --------------------------------
 
          Am
 For the first time today
    F              G            C
 I held her naked body next to mine
            F       Am           Dm
 In this hotel overlooking the Rhine
 G             G+
   I made her mine
 Am           G          C C C C F Am Dm Dm
  Ooh babe...ooh babe
  G                 G+           Am
 Come with me and stay with me
   F      Em
 Please stay with me
         Uh...what is it?
 F
  Stay with me
  Em               F
 Stay with me
   Em                F
 Stay with me
         No...
 Am                 F          Am
    Stay with me
         Forget it
 
 
 Sexual Revolution
 ------------------
 
 Em
    Hey...girl
 Take out the dagger
                               C     D      Em
 And let's have a stab at the sexual   revolution
 Hey girl
 Let freedom for all be our rallying call
    C                      D       Em
 Tomorrow lets make...our new resolution
              C          D
 Yeah, but tonight lie still
           G      D           Em
 While I plunder your sweet grave
        C
 And remember
 D                     Em
 Only the poor can be saved
 
 Hey girl
 As I've always said I prefer your lips red
 Not what the good Lord made
 But what he intended
 Hey girl
 Don't point the finger at me
 I am only a rat in a maze like you
 And only the dead go free
 So...please hold my hand
 As we blunder through the maze
 And remember
 Nothing can grow without rain
         (Thunder)
 
 C
 Don't point
                   D        Em
 Don't point your finger at me
 G   G/F#       Em
  I awoke in a fever
      G             G/F#             Em
 The bedclothes were all soaked in sweat
      G                G/F#      Em
 She said "You've been having a nightmare
 G          G/F#     Em
   And it's not over yet"
           C                          G
 Then she picked up the doggy in the window
      G            G/F#    Em
 (The one with the waggly tail)
          C             D                   Em
 And she put him to bed  between two bits of  bread
 
 The Remains of Our Love
 ------------------------
 
 G                       Em
  I just cowered in the corner
       G                 Em
 My pyjama coat over my head
           G                         Em
 And she smiled as she finished her sandwich
 
 G               Em
 
          F                        C         F
 And her cold eyes fixed me to my dark history
          G
 As she brushed the remains
         F             C
 Of our love from the bed
       C                           Am
 And when she had turned back the covers
      C                            Am
 When all of the prayers had been read
            F
 She said "Come on over here you silly boy
             F
 Before you catch your death of cold
             C
 I was only joking
        F
 Let's leave behind the city grime
               F
 Let's not compete
                          C
 It could be fine in the country
  G                        F
 Couldn't it though...come on lets go
         C          F       C        F...
 I said "OK"
 
         Are we going to go now?
         Where would you like to go darling?
         Mmm...Vermont...Wyoming (yes)
         Wyoming...huh huh
         Children...(what) we're going to Wyoming
         Darling...Which way is Wyoming?
         Hook a right here
         You're going the wrong way
         I know that
         I know children...
         Let's see how many...Volvos we pass
         On the way to our new life in the country
         ...One
         Jade don't do that, that's really negative
 
 Go Fishing
 -----------
 
 
 As cars go by I cast my mind's eye
 
 Over back packs on roof racks
 
 Beyond the horizon
 
 Where dream makers
 
 Working white plastic processors
 
 Invite the unwary
     G
 To reach for the pie in the sky
                           Cm      
 Go fishing my boy!
 
    Bsus4  B  Cdim  Bsus4  B  Em  C  D
 
       Bsus4
 We set out in the spring
                                  D
 With a trunk full of books about everything
       Bsus4
 About solar devices
                        D
 And how nice natural childbirth is
    Cdim
 We cut down some trees
 
 And we trailed our ideals
             Bsus4          B
 Through the forest glade
    Cdim
 We dammed up the stream
 
 And the kids cooled their heels
        Bsus4                     B
 In the fishing pool we'd made
 Em                    Em/D
   We held hands and we  exchanged bands
          C                        D
 And we practically lived off the land
      Bsus4
 You adopted a fox cub
                              D
 Whose mother was somebody's coat
    Bsus4
 You fed him by hand
 
 And then snuggled him down
          D
 In the grandfather bed while I wrote
    Cdim
 We grew our own maize
                         Bsus4
 And I only occasionally went into town
     Cdim
 To stock up on antibiotics
                     Bsus4                B
 And shells for the shotgun that I kept around
    Em                        Em/D
 I told the kids stories while you worked your loom
          C                         D
 And the sun went down sooner each day.
      G  
        *Chapter six in which Eeyore has a birthday
          C
         And gets two presents
               D   G
         Daddy...come on dad
 
         Eeyore the old grey donkey stood by the side
                   C
         Of the stream and he looked at himself in the water
                                D
         "Pathetic" he said, "That's what it is"
 Bsus4 B    D        
         "Good morning Eeyore" said Pooh
 Cdim    Bsus4                                      B
         "Oh" said Pooh, He thought for a long time
          
          Bsus4
 Then the leaves all fell down
 
 Our crops all turned brown
        D
 It was over
        Bsus4
 As the first snowflakes fell
                         D
 I realized all was not well in the camp
     Cdim
 The kids caught bronchitis
                             Bsus4   B
 The space heater ran out of diesel
      Cdim
 One weekend a friend from the East,
                          Bsus4  B
 Rot his soul, stole your heart
        Em
 I said   "Fuck it then
          Em/D
 Take the kids back to town
  C                   D
 Maybe I'll see you around"
 
   G     C   D G  Am7 G C  G/B
 
 Am7           G
    And so...leaving all our hopes and dreams
         C           Am7      D
 To the wind and the rain
        G
 Taking only our stash
          Am7          G
 Left our litter and trash
      C
 And set out on the road again
 G/B        Am7    G
     On the road again
                           C
     On the road again
             D G    Em
     On the road 
 
         Bye Bye Daddy, Bye Daddy
         Em
         You can bring Pearl she's a darn nice girl
         
         But don't bring Liza
 
 For the First Time Today-Part 1
 --------------------------------
 
          Am
 For the first time today
    F               G        C
 I feel it's really over
             F           Dm
 You were my everyday excuse
             G                 G+
 For playing   deaf, dumb and blind
 Am
   Who'd have ever thought
   F                   G                C
 This was how it would end for you and me
             F         Dm
 To carry my own millstone
              G         G+
 Out of the trees
 Am
    And I have to admit
 
 I don't like it a bit
                  F           Am
 Being left here beside this lonesome road.
 D/F#
     Lonesome road
                   E7-10
 Lonesome road
 
 Dunroamin, Duncarin, Dunlivin
 ------------------------------
 
         Hey kid, you looking for a lift?...Get on up here
         How's it going good buddy?
 C                       Am
   I nailed ducks to the wall
 G C                       Am
    Kept my heart in dark ruins
    G     C                      Am
 I built bungalows all over the hills
  G  C                   Am
 Dunroamin, duncarin, dunlivin
 G C                     Am
    Took my girl to the country
 G     C                 Am
 To sleep out under the moon
  C                      Am
 Next thing she's going crazy
          C
         Women are like that kid
                   Am
         What the hell can you do?
 G    C                     Am
 She waits for the real Mr. Right to come
 G   C                   Am
    Gently removing her heart
            F                        G
 With his promises of real communication
         
         I saw a program about that on TV........
 F#    F
 Who's always picking up the tab
                                       C
 Who built a bungalow for his mum and dad
 
 Me.....
      F
 Who took you out to all the shows
                                C
 Who worked his fingers to the bone
 
 Me....
                   G
 While you were asleep
         
         It was me...I did
                       F#   F
 I kept you in buttons and bows
         
         Christ all those clothes
                               C
 So you could encourage this creep
  F#      F
 With his   neat feet
            C
 And his clean fingernails
  F#       F                 C
 With his wise but twinkling eyes
         F                      C
 He's a rock standing out in an ocean of doubt
                                  F
         Get movin', get off the road ya Goddam faggot
               G
 And compromise
 F#   F                       C
 I'd like to go on with this bit of a song
 F                     C
   Describing this schmuck
      F            G                        C
 I'd like to go on,  but I'm going to throw up
                                                         Am
 [Not in my rig you don't boy...get the hell out of here]
 
 The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
 ---------------------------------
 
 Intro: A A G G C Am D D G G 
 
    Dm
 An angel on a Harley
                                          Am
 Pulls across to greet a fellow rolling stone
          Dm
 Puts his bike up on it's stand
 
 Leans back and then extends
                      Am
 A scarred and greasy hand...he said
 G                                               C      Am
   How ya doin bro?...where ya been?...where ya goin'?
          D
 Then he takes your hand
 
 In some strange Californian handshake
                 G
 And breaks the bone
         
         Have a nice day
    Dm
 A housewife from Encino
 
 Whose husband's on the golf course
           Am
 With his book of rules
   Dm
 Breaks and makes a 'U' and idles back
                           Am
 To take a second look at you
 G
 You flex your rod
                 C          Am
 Fish takes the hook
        D
 Sweet vodka and tobacco in her breath
 G
   Another number in your little black book
 
 C                                Em
   These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
 C                                 Em
   These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
 D                      G
   Oh babe, I must be dreaming
       Dm
 I'm standing on the leading edge
                                       Am
 The Eastern seaboard spread before my eyes
   Dm
 "Jump" says Yoko Ono
                                           Am
 "I'm too scared and too good looking" I cried
  G
 "Go on", she says
                           C        Am
 "Why don't you give it a try?
  D                                  G
 Why prolong the agony all men must die"
 Dm
   Do you remember Dick Tracy?
                  Am
 Do you remember Shane?
         
 And mother wants you
            Dm
 Could you see him selling tickets
                                  Am
 Where the buzzard circles over [Shane]
 
 The body on the plain
         G
 Did you understand the music Yoko
                   C             Am
 Or was it all in vain?  [Shane]
      D
 The bitch said something mystical "Herro"
        G
 So I stepped back on the kerb again
 C                                 Em
   These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
 C                                 Em
   These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
 D                      G
   Oh babe, I must be dreaming again
 C                                 Em  (repeat and fade)
   These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
 
 
 Every Strangers Eyes
 ---------------------
 
    C
   Hello...you wanna cup of coffee?
        Dm 
   I'm sorry, would you like a cup of coffee?
                 G
   Ok you take cream and sugar?
      C
 In truck stops and hamburger joints
 
 In Cadillac limousines
                    Dm
 In the company of has-beens
                G
 And bent-backs   and sleeping forms
 
 On pavement steps
     C
 In libraries and railway stations
 
 In books and banks
 Dm
   In the pages of history
     G
 In suicidal cavalry attacks
                C   G/B Am
 I recognise...
 F           G                 C
   Myself in every stranger's eyes
 
          C
 And in wheelchairs by monuments
 
 Under tube trains and commuter accidents
 Dm
    In council care and county courts
 G
   At Easter fairs and sea-side resorts
      C
 In drawing rooms and city morgues
 
 In award winning photographs
 
 Of life rafts in the China seas
      Dm
 In transit camps, under arc lamps
 
 On unloading ramps
 G
  In faces blurred by rubber stamps
               C  G/B Am
 I recognise...
 F           G                C
   Myself in every stranger's eyes
 
      C                C
 And now from where I stand
           Dm                         G
 Upon this hill I plundered from the pool
          C                    C/E
 I look around, I search the skies
             Dm               G
 I shade my eyes, so nearly blind
            C              C/B       Am
 And I see signs of half remembered days
               G     F  C/E       Dm               G
 I hear bells that chime    in strange familiar ways
         C    C/B   Am
 I recogn-a-a-a-a-a-ise...
 F               G               C
   The hope you kindle in your eyes
 
 It's oh so easy now
        F               G
 As we lie here in the dark
         Em
 Nothing interferes it's obvious
         Am
 How to beat the tears
         Dm
 That threaten to snuff out
       G           C
 The spark of our love
 
 
 The Moment of Clarity
 ----------------------
 
          C
 And the moment of clarity
                     Am
 Faded like charity does
 
 Sometimes
 
 I open one eye
        F                       C
 And I put out my hand just to touch your soft hair
          F                         C
 To make sure in the darkness that you were still there
        F
 And I have to admit
    C          Am       G    F        C
 I was just a little afraid,      oh yeah
      Am
 But then...
    F
 I had a little bit of luck
 
 You were awake
                                  C
 I couldn't take another moment alone.
 

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