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Waiting For The Worms

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[Intro]
G C
[Verse]
GOoooh you cannot reach me Cnow
GOoooh no matter how you Ctry
DGoodbye cruel world it's Cover
Walk on Gby
GSitting in a bunker here behind G/Bmy wCall C  C/B  Am  
AmWaiting for the wGorms to cCome
GIn perfect isolation here behind G/Bmy wCall C  C/B  Am  
Waiting for the Gworms to cCome
AmWaiting to cut out the deadwood
AmWaiting to clean up the city
AmWaiting to Gfollow the Amworms
AmWaiting to put on a black shirt
AmWaiting to weed out the weaklings
AmWaiting to smash in their windows
AmAnd kick in their doors
AmWaiting for the final solution
AmTo strengthen the strain
AmWaiting to Gfollow the Amworms
AmWaiting to turn on the showers and fire the ovens
AmWaiting for the queens and the coons
AmAnd the reds and the Jews
AmWaiting to Gfollow the Amworms
GWould you like to see Britannia
GG/BC C   C  C/B  
Rule again my friend
AmAll you have to do is fGollow the worms
[Instrumental]
Em (x2)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-----4----5-----4-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2-----4----5-----4-------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-----2----3-----2-------------------------------------------------------|
[Bridge]
GWould you like to send our coloured cousins
GHome G/BagaiCn Cmy friendC  C/B  Am  
AmAll you need to do is fGollow the worms.
[Outro]
Em (play until fades)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-----4----5-----4-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2-----4----5-----4-------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-----2----3-----2------------------------------------------------------|
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The story behind the song

This song plunges into the darkest depths of the protagonist Pink's mind, a point where he has lost all hope and his thoughts have decayed. He hallucinates himself as a fascist dictator, spewing racist hatred and violence, continuing the aggressive turn from the previous track. The music itself is a slow, leaden march, with alternating calm and strident voices, punctuated by forceful, megaphone-barked invectives. It captures the terrifying descent into a mind consumed by destructive ideology.

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About Waiting For The Worms Chords by Pink Floyd

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