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The bodhrán has an important part in this song and in fact the song can be done accapella with just the drum. Nate usually doesn't play open chords on this, but just plays the notes on two strings up on the 5th fret. Chords are given to match the sheet music for the melody.
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
by Pink Floyd
[Am] Little by little the [G] night turns [Am] around
[Am] [G] [Am]
[Am] Counting the leaves which [G] tremble at [Am] dawn
[Am] [G] [Am]
[Dm] Novices lean on each [C] other in yearning
[Dm] [C]
[Am] Under the leaves the [G] swallow is [Am] resting
[Am] [G] [Am]
[Am] Ah ah ah [F] aah [Am] ah
[Am] Ah ah ah [F] aah [Am] ah
[Am] Set the controls for the [G] heart of the [Am] sun
Over the mountain watching the watcher
Breaking the darkness waking the grapevine
One inch of love is one inch of shadow
Love is the shadow that ripen's the wine
Set the controls for the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun
The heart of the sun
Witness the man who raves at the wall
Making the shape of his question to heaven
Whether the sun will fall in the evening
Will he remember the lesson of giving
Set the controls for the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun
The heart of the sun
[Am] [G] [Am]
[Am] Counting the leaves which [G] tremble at [Am] dawn
[Am] [G] [Am]
[Dm] Novices lean on each [C] other in yearning
[Dm] [C]
[Am] Under the leaves the [G] swallow is [Am] resting
[Am] [G] [Am]
[Am] Ah ah ah [F] aah [Am] ah
[Am] Ah ah ah [F] aah [Am] ah
[Am] Set the controls for the [G] heart of the [Am] sun
Over the mountain watching the watcher
Breaking the darkness waking the grapevine
One inch of love is one inch of shadow
Love is the shadow that ripen's the wine
Set the controls for the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun
The heart of the sun
Witness the man who raves at the wall
Making the shape of his question to heaven
Whether the sun will fall in the evening
Will he remember the lesson of giving
Set the controls for the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun
The heart of the sun