Poles Apart
Music by David Gilmour
Lyrics by David Gilmour/Polly Samson/Nick Laird-Clowes

Pink Floyd
The Division Bell
1994

Poles Apart is the only acoustic song off the Division Bell,
but it is a great song and I just wanted to do it.  And it's
pretty easy to play so I was happy.  Have fun, and don't expect
me to tell you how to recreate the funky effects in the middle.

Lyrics
Chords

Capo 2nd

Here's the intro (repeat this 8 times):

   C             C/B           Am            C/B
   +     +       +     +       +     +       +     +
e:-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|
B:-----1---1---|-----1---1---|-----1---1---|-----1---1---|
G:---0-------0-|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|---0-------0-|
D:-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A:-3-----------|-2-----------|-0-----------|-2-----------|
E:-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
   6/8 time


The intro then goes into the RHYTHM FIGURE (play twice for intro):

   C/G
   +       +       +       +         +       +       +       +
e:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G:-------------0-------------------|-------------0-------------------|
D:---------2---------------3-------|---------2---------------3-------|
A:-------3---3-----------2-------2-|-------3---3-----------2-------2-|
E:-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|

Move into the verse (this is played twice during the verse):

you know                               
   FaddG
   +       +       +       +         +       +       +       +
e:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G:-------------0-------------------|-------------0-------------------|
D:---------3---------------3-------|---------3---------------3-------|
A:-------3---3-----------3-------3-|-------3---3-----------3-------3-|
E:-1-------------------------------|-1-------------------------------|

       it was all           going to go
   FaddG
   +       +       +       +         +       +       +       +
e:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G:-------------0-------------------|-------------0-------------------|
D:---------3---------------3-------|---------3---------------3-------|
A:-------3---3-----------3-------3-|-------3---3-----------3-------3-|
E:-1-------------------------------|-1-------------------------------|


so wrong for you
   C/G
   +       +       +       +         +       +       +       +
e:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G:-------------0-------------------|-------------0-------------------|
D:---------2---------------3-------|---------2---------------3-------|
A:-------3---3-----------2-------2-|-------3---3-----------2-------2-|
E:-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|


                                                               and did you see...
   C/G
   +       +       +       +         +       +       +       +
e:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G:-------------0-------------------|-------------0-------------------|
D:---------2---------------3-------|---------2---------------3-------|
A:-------3---3-----------2-------2-|-------3---3-----------2-------2-|
E:-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|

I'm calling this the chorus:

   Why   did   we    tell  you   then    you were always the golden  boy   then
   Em    D     C     Bm    Am    C/G     Em Fm Em D  C   Bm          Am    C/G
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +       +   +
e:-0---------------|-----------------|---0--1--0-------|---------------------|
B:-0-----3-----1---|-3-----1-----1---|---0--1--0--3--1-|-3-3---------1-----1-|
G:-0-----2-----0---|-4-----2-----0---|---0--1--0--2--0-|-4-4---------2-----0-|
D:-2-----0-----2---|-4-----2-----2---|---2--3--2--0--2-|-4-4---------2-----2-|
A:-------------3---|-2-----0-----3---|---------------3-|-2-2-----0---0-----3-|
E:-----------------|-------------3---|-----------------|-----------3-------3-|


and  that you never lose that    light in your eyes
     Em Fm Em D  C   Bm          Am    C/G
   +   +   +   +     +   +       +   +
e:---0--1--0-------|---------------------|
B:---0--1--0--3--1-|-3-3---------1-1---1-|
G:---0--1--0--2--0-|-4-4---------2-2---0-|
D:---2--3--2--0--2-|-4-4---------2-2---2-|
A:---------------3-|-2-2-----0---0-0---3-|
E:-----------------|-----------3-------3-|

now play the RHYTHM FIGURE and go into another verse.


LYRICS:

Did you know...
It was all going to go so wrong for you
And did you see...
It was all going to be so right for me

CHORUS
Why did we tell you then
You were always the golden boy then
And that you'd never lose that light in your eyes

Hey you...
Did you ever realize what you'd become
And did you see...
That it wasn't only me you were running from

CHORUS
Did you know all the time
But it never bothered you anyway
Leading the blind while I stared out the steel in your eyes


GUITAR SOLO

D	C	D	D/A
Bm	Am	C	D

RHYTHM FIGURE

STRANGE EFFECTS...
Play RHYTHM FIGURE, verse, and chorus

The rain fell slow
Down on all the roofs of uncertainty
I thought of you
And the years and all the sadness fell away from me
And did you know...

GUITAR SOLO over verse chords

CHORDS:

C/B	x2x010
C/G	332010
FaddG	1330xx
Em	xx2000
Fm	xx3111

To learn why these chords are named this way, check out Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory.