On The Turning Away Uke tab by Pink Floyd

4 Chords used in the song: Em, D, G, C

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Artist: 
Year:  1987
Difficulty: 
3.25
(Beginner)
Key: G, EmChords
Em chordEm     D chordD        G chordG
On the turning away
C chordC Em chordEm
From the pale and downtrodden
D chordD G chordG
And the words they say
C chordC
Which we won't understand
Em chordEm C chordC G chordG
Don't accept that what's happening
Em chordEm G chordG C chordC
Is just a case of others' suffering
G chordG C chordC Em chordEm
Or you'll find that you're joining in
D chordD G chordG
The turning away


Em chordEm D chordD G chordG
It's a sin that somehow
C chordC Em chordEm
Light is changing to shadow
D chordD G chordG
And casting its shroud
C chordC
Over all we have known
Em chordEm C chordC G chordG
Unaware how the ranks have grown
Em chordEm G chordG C chordC
Driven on by a heart of stone
G chordG C chordC Em chordEm
We could find that we're all alone
D chordD G chordG
In the dream of the proud


Em chordEm D chordD G chordG
On the wings of the night
C chordC Em chordEm
As the daytime is stirring
D chordD G chordG
Where the speechless unite
C chordC
In a silent accord
G chordG C chordC Em chordEm
Using words you will find are strange
G chordG Em chordEm C chordC
And mesmerized as they light the flame
G chordG C chordC
Feel the new wind of change
Em chordEm D chordD G chordG
On the wings of the night



Em chordEm D chordD G chordG
No more turning away
C chordC Em chordEm
From the weak and the weary
D chordD G chordG
No more turning away
C chordC
From the coldness inside
G chordG C chordC Em chordEm
Just a world that we all must share
G chordG Em chordEm C chordC
It's not enough just to stand and stare
G chordG C chordC Em chordEm
Is it only a dream that there'll be
D chordD G chordG
No more turning away?

Uke tab by , 18 Mar 2015

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Powerful song... perhaps more relevant today than when it was written.
10 Aug 2020
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About this song: On The Turning Away

The song references issues of poverty and oppression, lamenting on the tendency of people to turn away from those afflicted with such conditions. It ends on a hopeful note, with the last stanza beginning, "no more turning away

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