Roger Waters – The Bar (Guitar)
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Chords
[Part I]
[Intro]
Bb Eb F Bb
[Verse 1]
Bb Eb F Does everybody in the bar feel pain? Bb Yeah, sure they do Bb Eb F Does everybody in the bar a little maimed? Bb Yeah, both me and you Eb Bb We traded in the family farm for snake oil Eb Bb Bb Dm Gm Bought into the carpetbagger's lies Gm Now we're hanging on this cross Gm F Eb With these feelings of loss Eb F Bb Just watching the liberty boat sail on by
[Bridge]
Bb Eb F Bb | x2
[Verse 2]
Bb Eb F Does everybody in the bar feel shame? Bb Lord knows, I do Bb Eb I guess we all feel pretty much the same F Bb Kind of wore out by this crazy fucking zoo Eb Bb The smell of napalm, with cornflakes Eb Bb Bb Dm Gm The chafe of killing everything that breathes Gm Gm F Eb Imposing sanctions on the lady down the street Eb F Bb 'Til she takes the hint, and packs her bags, and leaves
[Bridge]
Bb Eb F Bb
[Verse 3]
Bb Eb F Come on in here, sister, and sit a spell Bb You are most welcome in the bar Bb Eb F We may seem few, but we are many Bb Have you been traveling far? Eb Bb The girl who brought you in here is Lakota Eb Bb Bb Dm Gm From Standing Rock, where they made their stand Gm So from Fort Yates, North Dakota Gm F Eb Here's a message for the man Eb F Bb Would you kindly get the fuck off our land?
[Part II]
[Intro]
Bb Eb F Bb
[Verse 4]
Bb Eb You are my sad-eyed lady F Bb Come lay across my big brass bed Bb Eb Maybe it is we who have been chosen, you and me F Bb Eb To point out this don't make no fuckin' sense Bb Bb Eb How many cannonballs must fly, Bob? Bb Bb Dm Gm How long and winding is the road? Gm Gm F Eb How many children pulling on how many mother's sleeves? Eb F Bb Saying, "Look Ma, the man ain't got no fucking clothes"
[Bridge]
Bb Eb F Bb
[Verse 5]
Bb Eb When I was born my brother used to sit F Bb On my daddy's lap when he was home on leave Bb Daddy'd smoke a cigarette Eb And sometimes as a jest F Bb Eb He'd blow smoke rings up my big brother's sleeve Bb "More fire daddy," my big brother would shout Eb Bb Bb Dm Gm At least that's how the story has survived Gm I was mercifully spared Gm F Eb The memories that they shared Eb F Bb 'Cause I was only five months old when Daddy died
[Bridge]
Bb Eb F Bb | x2
Bb Eb Bb Bb Eb Bb Bb Dm Gm
Gm F Eb
Eb F Bb
[Verse 6]
Bb Eb Gonna call up a friend in Australia F Bb And order in some bush tucker snacks Bb Eb And dance here with you to the didgeridoo F Bb Bb Eb And listen while you sing me all the maps Bb Bb Eb Is that a foghorn in the distance? Bb Bb Dm Gm Are we heading for the rocks? Gm Gm F Eb Come sit here by the fireside and hold me in your arms Eb F Bb And tell me, how was life before the cops?