Pink Floyd – On The Turning Away

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 On the turning away 
 C Em
 From the pale and downtrodden 
 D G C
 And the words they say which we won't understand. 
 
 Em C G
 Don't accept that what's happening, 
 Em G C
 is just a case of others' suffering, 
 G C Em
 or you'll find that you're joining in 
 D G
 the turning away. 
 
 D G
 It's a sin that somehow 
 C Em 
 Light is changing to shadow 
 D G C
 And casting its shroud over all we have known. 
 
 Em C G
 Unaware how the ranks have grown 
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 Driven on by a heart of stone 
 G C Em
 We could find that we're all alone. 
 D G
 In the dream of the proud. 
 
 D G
 On the wings of the night 
 C Em
 As the daytime is stirring 
 D G C
 Where the speechless unite in a silent accord. 
 
 Em C G
 Using words you will find are strange 
 Em G C
 Mesmerized as they light the flame 
 G C Em
 Feel the new wind of change 
 D G
 On the wings of the night. 

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