Late Home Tonight, Part I (Roger Waters - Amused to Death)

[The Piper]

Late Home Tonight, Part I
Roger Waters
Amused to Death
Tabbed by Dramatic Name (tylenoljunkie@hotmail.com)
(feel free to e-mail questions, comments, praise, flames, etc.)

Notation is h=hammer-on, p=pulloff, ^=rolled (not strummed)
chord

This is straight from the piano score. There's all sorts of
technicalities on the guitar, but this is pretty close to the real
thing. Apologies for mangling lyrics with tab and chords. Waters'
diction here doesn't lend itself to tablature. Sounds great,
though. Chord shapes may be a bit unorthodox, but they do work.


Figure 1:
D Gmaj7(no 5th)
E-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G----7-------7------|----7-------7------|----4-------4------|
D--------7-------7--|--------7-------7--|--------4-------4--|
A-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E--7-----7----------|--7-----7----------|--3-----3----------|
D5 D
E-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G----4-------4------|-----7------7------|----7-------7------|
D--------4-------4--|--------7-------7--|--------7-------7--|
A-------------------|--5-----5----------|-------------------|
E--3-----3----------|-------------------|--7-----7----------|

Gmaj7(no 5th) Gm6^
E-----------------0--|
B-----------------3--|
G------4----------3--|
D----------4------0--|
A-----------------x--|
E--3-------2---2--3--|
(Hold)

(Fig. 1, with lyrics:)
Standing at the window,
a farmer's wife in Oxfordshire
Glances at the clock, it's nearly time for tea,
she doesn't see
The phantom in the hedgerow it its wings;
Doesn't hear the engine sing...


Em7 A7
E--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G------7-------7-----|------7-------7-----|------6-------6-----|
D----------9-------9-|----------9-------9-|----------5-------5-|
A--------------------|--------------------|--0-------0---------|
E--0-------0---------|--0-------0---------|--------------------|
but in the techno-glo behind the Ray-Ban® shine

Bdim Gmaj7
E--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B--------------------|------0---0------|------0---0------|-----------------|
G------6-------6-----|--1-----------3--|--1-----------3--|-----4---4-------|
D----------5-------5-|--0--------------|--0--------------|-------------3---|
A--0-------0---------|--2--------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|
E--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--3--------------|
|The kid from |Comfort of |dials and smiles.|
|Cleveland in the |routine scans his

Bdim Gmaj7
E----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
E----------------|------0---0------|------0---0------|----------------|
E-----4---4------|--1-----------3--|--1-----------3--|-----4---4------|
E-------------3--|--0--------------|--0--------------|-------------3--|
E--2-------------|--2--------------|--2--------------|--2-------------|
E--3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|--3-------------|
|Secure in the | military life. |
| beauty of |

Em7
E----------------|---------------------|------------------------|
B----------------|---------------------|------------------------|
G-----4---4------|------7-------7------|------7-------7---------|
D-------------3--|----------9-------9--|----------9-------9-----|
A--2-------------|---------------------|------------------------|
E--3-------------|--0-------0----------|--0-------0*---------0--|
| There is no right, no wrong, only

(*In the sheet music, the left-hand piano part drops an octave to
make up for orchestral parts. If playing with a group, the bassist
enters here, following the part on the guitar's low E-string.)

D/A
E----------------------|--------------------|-----------------
B----------------------|------3-------3-----|-----------------
G------7--------7------|----------4------4--|-----7-----7-----
D----------9--------9--|--------------------|--------5-----5--
A----------------------|--------------------|--0-----0--0-----
E--0-------0--0--------|--0-------3---------|-----------------
Tin cans and cordite and white cliffs and | flight...
blue skies and |
A7 D/A
e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G-----7-----7-----|-----6-----6-----|-----6-----6-----|-----7-----7-----|
D--------5-----5--|--------5-----5--|--------5-----5--|--------5-----5--|
A--0-----0--0-----|--0-----0--0-----|--0-----0--0-----|--0-----0--0-----|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
flight, flight... |The beauty of

A7(/E)
e-----------------|-----------------|--0-----------------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|--2-----------------------|
G-----7-----7-----|-----6-----6-----|--0-----------------------|
D--------5-----5--|--------5-----5--|--2-----------------------|
A--0-----0--0-----|--0-----0--0-----|--0-----------------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-(0)----------------------|
military life, no |questions, only |flight...only flight...
orders, and

The next few verses are simply strummed:

A7 x02020
A7aug5 x03021 (A7th with raised 5th. Technically, when before the A7s, it's) A7b6 x02021
Bm7 x24432
D x57775 (or x5777x, if you don't want to barre)
D6 x50432 (or xx0432)
Em7 020000 (or 079787, if you barre)
Gmaj7 354433
Gm6 055330 (or 3x0330)
With an occasional fill: G--(7p)6h7p6--

D| Em7
What a beautiful sight in his wild blue dream
A7aug5 A7
The eternal child leafs through his war magazine, and his kind Uncle Sam
D
feeds ten trillion in change, into the total entertainment combat video game.
(Fill)| Em7 A7aug5
And up here in the stands, the fans are goin' wild, the
A7
cheerleaders flip when you wiggle your hip, and we all like the bit when you
D
take the jeans from the refrigerator and then the bad guy gets hit.
Em7
And were you struck by the satisfying way the swimsuit sticks to her skin,
A7aug5 A7
like B.B. gun days, when knives pierced autumn leaves, but that's okay,
A7aug5 D6
see the children bleed, it'll look great on the T.V.

Bm7 Gmaj7 Gm6 //



D Gmaj7
E-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G----7-------7------|----7-------7------|----4-------4------|
D--------7-------7--|--------7-------7--|--------4-------4--|
A-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E--7-----7----------|--7-----7----------|--3-----3----------|
And in Tripoli, Another ordinary housewife

Em7
E-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G----4-------4------|------7-------7-----|------7-------7-----|
D-------4-------4---|----------9-------9-|----------9-------9-|
A-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E--3-----3----------|--0-------0---------|--0-------0---------|
stares_ at the dripping tap her old man hadn't

A7 D6 ^ (hold)
E--------------------|--------------------|---2-----------|
B--------------------|--------------------|---3-----------|
G------6-------6-----|------6-------6-----|---4-----------|
D----------5-------5-|----------5-------5-|---0-----------|
A--------------------|--------------------|---5-----------|
E--0-------0---------|--0-------0---------|---------------|
time to fix, too busy mixing politics and | streets below.
rhythm in the|