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Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 03:10:23 -0500
From: Jonathan 
Subject: TAB: 4.30 AM (Apparently They Were Traveling Abroad) (Roger

                               Roger Waters
                               ------------
             4:30AM (Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad)
                             by Roger Waters
          from the 1984 release, The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking

                         transcribed by Jonathan

Notes:

X = muted  / = slide up   = slide down or dive  B = bend  (n)B = pre-bend
R = release  H = hammer-on  P = pull-off  ~~ = vibrate  PM = palm mute


                             [thunder]
                             gtr. 1        organ
 [fade in clock]           |--------------|-----------|-----------------|
 "Apparently they were     |-15B(17)R(16)-|-----------|-----------------|
 travelling abroad and     |--------------|-----------|-----------------|
 they picked up some       |--------------|-----------|-----------------|
 hitchhikers." "Drill."    |--------------|-----------|-----------------|
 [fade in drill and organ] |--------------|-----------|-----------------|
                                           "Oh, God!"           "Wake up,

  gtr. 1
|-------------13~~~~~~~~~~|-------------------------------------------|
|-----^-------------------|-15B(17)------R(15)B(17)---R(15)B(16)R(15)-|
|-(12)/14~~~~~------------|-------------------------------------------|
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| bass (w/delay)
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|-1-----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
 you're dreaming." "What?" "You're dreaming"


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|-13~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-------------------------------------|
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|-3-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
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    "We were moving away from the border." "Hmm? What border?"


|-------------13~~~~~~~~~~|-------------------------------------------|
|^------------------------|-15B(17)------R(15)B(17)---R(15)B(16)R(15)-|
|/14~~~~~~~~~~------------|-------------------------------------------|
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|-1-----------------------|-------------------------------------------|



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|-13~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-----------------13--13--|
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|-3-----------------------|-------------------------|
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|^------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|/15~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----------15B(17)R(15)|
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|-0-----------------------|---------------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|B(17)------~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------15B(17)|
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|-2-----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
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                  "Have a           nice day."                   "Hmm?"


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|R(15)~~~~~~~~~~~~--------|-15B(16)---------(16)------~~~~~~~~~~||
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|-5-----------------------|-------------------------------------||
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    "Have a    nice day."

  gtr. 1
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|~~~~B(17)----------------|-------------------------|
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| gtr. 2 (acous.)
|Rhy. Fig. 1-------------] w/Rhy. Fig. 1 (2x)
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------1-----------1---|-------------------------|
|-----2-----------2-------|-------------------------|
|-------------0H2---------|-------------------------|
|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  (w/dist. & delay)
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|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
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|
|                          Rhy. Fig. 2-------------]
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------1---------------|
|-------------------------|-----2--------------P0---|
|-------------------------|-------------0H2---------|
|-------------------------|-0---------------0---2---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
                                              We were


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|-------------------------|-------------7----B---(9)|
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|Rhy. Fig. 3-------------]
|-------------------------|-----------0-------------|
|---------1-----------1---|---------1-----------1---|
|-----0-----------0-------|-----2-----------2-------|
|-------------0H2---------|-------------0H2---------|
|-3-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  moving    away  from the  border


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|----R----(7)-------------|-------------------------|
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|w/Rhy. Fig. 2
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------1---------------|
|-------------------------|-----0-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------0H2---------|
|-------------------------|-3-------------------3---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
                            Looking for somewhere to

  gtr. 2
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------1---------------|-----------1-------------|
|---------2---------------|---------2----------P0---|
|-------------0H2---------|-------------0H2---------|
|-0-----------------------|-0---------------0---2---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  sleep                                         The

 w/Rhy. Fig. 3                  w/Rhy. Fig. 1
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
  two of us sharing the driving

 w/Rhy. Fig. 2             w/Rhy. Fig. 3
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
                       Two hitchhikers slumped in the
  gtr. 1
 w/Rhy. Fig. 1 (3x)
|-------------------------|----------------^--------|
|-10---------/13----------|-12----------12-10--8---|
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| bass (no delay)
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|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
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  back   -    seat      "Hello."

                           w/Rhy. Fig. 2
|--^----------------------|-------------------------|
|-8/10--------------------|------------------------|
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|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
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                                                   I

  gtr. 2
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------1---------------|---------1------------P0-|
|-----0--------------P0---|-----2--------------P0---|
|-------------0H2---------|-------------0H2---------|
|-3-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
sneaked a quick look in the mirror

 w/Rhy. Fig. 3             w/Rhy. Fig. 2
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          She gave me a smile
  gtr. 1
 w/Rhy. Fig. 3             w/Rhy. Fig. 1
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|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|
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  I   said, "Is anyone      hungry?

 w/Rhy. Fig. 2             w/Rhy. Fig. 3
|-------------------------|------------------------------------------|
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                                       Should we stop for a while?"
  gtr. 1
 w/Rhy. Fig. 1 (3x)
|-------------------------|----------------^--------|
|/10---------/13----------|-12----------12-10--8---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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|
| bass
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------3---|


                           w/Rhy. Fig. 2
|--^----------------------|-------------------------|
|-8/10--------------------|-------------------------|
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|-0-----------------------|-----------------0---2---|
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                                                So we

  gtr. 2                   w/Rhy. Fig. 1
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------1---------------|-------------------------|
|-----0-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------0H2---------|-------------------------|
|-3-----------------------|-------------------------|
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|
| bass
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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|-3----------------------|-0-----------------------|
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 pulled off  into a layby
  bass
 w/Rhy. Fig. 2             w/Rhy. Fig. 3
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------0---2---|-3----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
                       Her  dress blew up over  her

 w/Rhy. Fig. 2             w/Rhy. Fig. 3
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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|-0---------------0---2---|-3-----------------------|
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 head                      I said, "Would you like to

  gtr. 1
 w/Rhy. Fig. 1             w/Rhy. Fig. 2
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|-2-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
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| bass
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|-0-----------------------|-----------------0---2---|
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  come with me?"                            She said
  bass
 w/Rhy. Fig. 3                          w/Rhy. Fig. 1
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------|
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|-3------------------------------------|-0-----------------------|
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     something foreign under her breath

  gtr. 1 (clean tone)
|-------------------------||- | -1-----------------------|
|-------------------------||- | -1-----------------------|
|-------------------------||- | -2-----------------------|
|-------------------------||-|/-3-----------------------|
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| gtr. 2
|-------------------------||-/|-1-----------------------|
|---------1-1-----1-------||- | -1---1---1---1---1---1---|
|---------2-2-----2---2---||- | -2---2---2---2---2---2---|
|-------------0H2---------||- | -3---3---3---3---3---3---|
|-0-----------------------||- | -3---3---3---3---3---3---|
|-------------------------||- | -1-----------------------|
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| bass
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|-------------------------||-----1-----------------------|
                      And the    sun shone down   on her


|-------------------------|-/|-1-----------------------|
|-------------------------|- | -1-----------------------|
|-------------------------|- | -2-----------------------|
|-------------------------|- | -3-----------------------|
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|-1---1---1---1---1---1---|- | -1---1---1---1---1---1---|
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---|- | -2---2---2---2---2---2---|
|-2---2---2---2---2---2---|- | -3---3---3---3---3---3---|
|-3---3---3---3---3---3---|- | -3---3---3---3---3---3---|
|-------------------------|- | -1-----------------------|
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|-3-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----1-----------------------|
  lovely young limbs     I   thought to myself she's much


|-------------------------|-/|-1-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|- | -1-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|- | -2-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|- | -3-----------------------------------|
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|-1---1---1---1---1---1---|- | -1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----|
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---|- | -2-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----|
|-2---2---2---2---2---2---|- | -3-----3-----3-----2-----2-----2-----|
|-3---3---3---3---3---3---|- | -3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----|
|-------------------------|- | -1-----------------------------------|
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|-3-----------------------|-----------------------3-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----1-----------------------------------|
  too good for him       I lay down beside her with tears in my eyes


|-/|-1----------------------|-------------------------||
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|-----1----------------------|-------------------------||
      eyes                      She said
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