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When The Tigers Broke Free by Pink Floyd
When The Tigers Broke Free
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Brass arr. for Gtr.'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Choir arr. for Gtr.'
Intro
E=126
C
6/8
Gtrs I, II (Brass & Choir arr. for Gtr.)
<
H. +H +E E Q. E. S E
|---------|--------------|-------------|
|-1-------|-(1)----(1)---|-1----1--3p1-|
|-0-------|-(0)----(0)-0-|-------------|
|---------|--------------|-------------|
|-3-------|-(3)----(3)---|-3-----------|
|---------|--------------|-------------|
H +E E Q. E E E E Q +Q E
|-3----(3)-1-|-0----0-----|---------------|
|------------|--------3-1-|-3-------------|
|-0----(0)---|-0----------|---0--(0)--0---|
|------------|------------|---------------|
|-3----(3)---|-3----------|-3-------------|
|------------|------------|---------------|
Q. E. S E Q. Q E Q. Q E H. E E E E E E H +E E
|-------------|-3----3--3-|-3----3--5-|-3-------|---3-3-3-5-3-|-0----(0)-0-|
|-1----1--3-1-|-----------|-----------|---------|-------------|------------|
|-0-----------|-0---------|-0---------|-0-------|-0-----------|-0----(0)---|
|-------------|-----------|-----------|---------|-------------|------------|
|-3-----------|-3---------|-3---------|-3-------|-3-----------|-3----(3)---|
|-------------|-----------|-----------|---------|-------------|------------|
Csus2 C
Q. E E E E Q +Q E Q. E. S E
|------------|-0-----------|-------------|
|-3----3-1-3-|-------------|-1----1--3p1-|
|-0----------|---0--(0)--0-|-0-----------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|
Csus2 C
H +E E S S +Q Q E H.
|-3----(3)-1-|-0---------------|-------||
|-3----(3)---|----1--(1)--1--1-|-1-----||
|------------|-----------------|-0-----||
|------------|-----------------|-------||
|-3----(3)---|-3-(3)-(3)-------|-3-----||
|------------|-----------------|-------||
1st & 2nd Verses
C G5 C G5 C G5
H. H E E Q. E E E E Q +Q. H. H.
||--0-------|-3----(3)-1-|-0----0-----|--------------|-0-------|-3-----|
||o-1-------|-3----(3)---|-1----1-3-1-|-3------------|-1-------|-3-----|
||--0-------|-0----(0)---|-0----0-----|----0---(0)---|-0-------|-0-----|
||----------|------------|------------|--------------|---------|-------|
||o-3-------|------------|-3----3-----|--------------|-3-------|-------|
||----------|-3-----3----|------------|-3-(3)--(3)---|---------|-3-----|
C Csus2 C G5 C
H +E E H. H E E H. Q. E. S E Q. Q.
|-3----(3)-5-|-3-------|-3----5-3-|-0-------|-------------|-0----1----|
|-1----(1)---|-1-------|-3--------|-1-------|-3----3--1-3-|-1---------|
|-0----(0)---|-0-------|-0--------|-0-------|-0-----------|-0---------|
|------------|---------|----------|---------|-0-----------|-----------|
|-3----(3)---|-3-------|-3--------|-3-------|-------------|-3---------|
|------------|---------|----------|---------|-3-----------|-----------|
G5 C
Q. +E. S E H +E E E Q Q E
|--------------|-3----(3)-1-|-0-(0)--(0)----|
|-1----(1)-3-1-|-3----(3)---|-1--1----1---1-|
|-0----(0)-----|-0----(0)---|-0-(0)--(0)----|
|--------------|------------|---------------|
|-3----(3)-----|------------|-3-(3)--(3)----|
|--------------|-3----(3)---|---------------|
3rd Verse
C G5
H. S S +Q +E. S E H +E E
|----------||-3--3--(3)--(3)-----|-3----(3)-1---|
|-1-------o||-1-(1)-(1)--(1)-3-1-|-3----(3)-----|
|-0--------||-0-(0)-(0)--(0)-----|-0----(0)-----|
|----------||--------------------|-0----(0)-----|
|-3-------o||-3-(3)-(3)--(3)-----|--------------|
|----------||--------------------|-3----(3)-----|
C G5 C G7sus4 C
Q. E E E Q. S S Q H +S S E H. H +E E
|-0----0-----|------3-3-3--|-0----(0)-----|-1-------|-3----(3)-5--|
|-1----1-3-1-|-3----3-3-3--|-1----(1)-3-1-|-1-------|-1----(1)----|
|-0----0-----|------0-0-0--|-0----(0)-----|-0-------|-0----(0)----|
|------------|-0-----------|--------------|-0-------|-------------|
|-3----3-----|-------------|-3----(3)-----|---------|-3----(3)----|
|------------|-3-----------|--------------|-3-------|-------------|
Csus2 C G5 C
Q. E E E H E E H +E E E Q E E E Q. Q.
|-3--------0-|-3----5-3-|-0----(0)-5-|------------|-0----3-----|
|-1----1-3---|-3--------|-1----(1)---|-5p3--3-1-3-|-1----1-----|
|-0----------|-0--------|-0----(0)---|-0----0-----|-0----0-----|
|------------|----------|------------|-0----0-----|------------|
|-3----------|-3--------|-3----(3)---|------------|-3----3-----|
|------------|----------|------------|-3----3-----|------------|
G5 C/G Csus2
< <
Q. E. S E Q. +Q E S S +Q Q. E Q Q.
|-3----3------|-3----(3)--1-|-0----------3----|-3---------*|
|-1----1--3-1-|-3----(3)----|----1--(1)--3----|-3---------*|
|-0----0------|-0----(0)----|-0-(0)-(0)--0----|-0---------*|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------*|
|-3----3------|-------------|------------3----|-3---------*|
|-------------|-3----(3)----|-3-(3)-(3)-------|-----------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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version 2
Tuning:
C A D G B E
4/4
It was...
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|----------------|3-----------1---|0---------0-----|----------------|
|1-----------3-1-|1---------------|1-----------3-1-|3---------------|
|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|--0-0-------0---|
|----------------|------------3---|2---------------|----------------|
|3---3---3---3---|3---3---3---3---|3---3---3---3---|2---2---2---2---|
|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|----------------|
...forward...
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|----------------|3-----------3---|3-----------5---|3---------------|
|1-----------3-1-|1---------------|1---------------|1---------------|
|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------3---|2---------------|
|3---3---3---3---|3---3---3---3---|3---3---3---3---|3---3---3---3---|
|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
...be withdrawn....
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|3-----------5-3-|0-----------0---|----------------|0---------------|
|1---------------|1---------------|3---------3-1-3-|1---------------|
|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|0-0-0-------0---|
|------------3---|2---------------|----------------|----------------|
|3---3---3---3---|3---3---3---3---|2---2---2---2---|3---3---3---2---|
|0---------------|0---------------|----------------|0---0-----------|
...Anzio... ...few hundred ordinary lives.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|----------------|3-----------1---|0---------------|----------------|
|1-----------3-1-|1---------------|1---1-------1---|1---------------|
|0---------------|0---------------|0---0-------0---|0---------------|
|----------------|------------3---|2-----------3---|2---------------|
|3---3---3---3---|3---3---3---3---|3---3---3---3---|3---------------|
|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
(play 4x, Intro/Verse1/Verse2/Verse3)
(It was just before dawn
One miserable morning in black 'forty four.
When the forward commander
Was told to sit tight
When he asked that his men be withdrawn.
And the Generals gave thanks
As the other ranks held back
The enemy tanks for a while.
And the Anzio bridgehead
Was held for the price
Of a few hundred ordinary lives.)
And kind-old King George
Sent Mother a note
When he heard that father was gone.
It was a recall
In the form of a scroll,
With gold leaf and all.
And I found it one day
In a drawer of old photographs, hidden away.
And my eyes still grow damp to remember
His Majesty signed
With his own rubber stamp.
It was dark all around.
There was frost in the ground
When the tigers broke free.
And no one survived
From the Royal Fusiliers Company C.
They were all left behind,
Most of them dead,
The rest of them dying.
And that's how the High Command
Took my daddy from me.
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version 3
C Gsus C
It was just before dawn one miserable morning in black forty-four
C
When the foreward commander was told to sit tight,
F/C C
When they asked that his men be withdrawn
C
And the generals gave thanks, as the other ranks
Gsus C
Held back the enemy tanks for a while
C Gsus
And the Anzio Bridgehead was held for the price
C
Of a few hundred ordinary lives
C G C G
And kind old King George sent Mother a note when he heard that Father was gone
C G C
It was, I recall, in the form of a scroll with gold leaf and all
C
And I found it one day in a drawer of old photographs hidden away
C Gsus
And my eyes still grow damp to remember
C
His Majesty signed with his own rubber stamp
C G C
It was dark all around, there was frost on the ground
G
When the Tigers broke free
C
And no-one survived from the Royal Fusiliers, Company "C"
G C G C
They were all left behind, most of them dead - the rest of them dying
C G C
And that's how the high command took my daddy from me
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version 4
C G
It was just before dawn
C
One miserable morning in black 'forty four.
When the forward commander
G
Was told to sit tight
C F C
When he asked that his men be withdrawn.
C G
And the Generals gave thanks
C
As the other ranks held back
The enemy tanks for a while.
And the Anzio bridgehead
G
Was held for the price
C
Of a few hundred ordinary lives.
C G
And kind old King George
C
Sent Mother a note
When he heard that father was gone.
C G
It was, I recall,
C
In the form of a scroll,
F C
With gold leaf and all.
C G
And I found it one day
C
In a drawer of old photographs, hidden away.
C G
And my eyes still grow damp to remember
C
His Majesty signed
With his own rubber stamp.
C
It was dark all around.
G
There was frost in the ground
C
When the tigers broke free.
C G
And no one survived
C F C
From the Royal Fusiliers Company C.
C G
They were all left behind,
C
Most of them dead,
The rest of them dying.
C G
And that's how the High Command
C
Took my daddy from me.
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