COMFORTABLY NUMB
Artist: Pink Floyd
| Bm |
| Hello? |
| A | |
| Is there anybody | in there ? |
| G | G/F# | Em | |
| Just nod if you can | hear | me |
| Bm | |
| Is there | anyone at home ? |
| Bm |
| Come on now |
| A | |
| I hear your | feeling down |
| G | G/F# | Em |
| I can | ease your | pain |
| Bm | |
| And get you | on your feet again |
| Bm |
| Relax |
| A | |
| I’ll need some infor- | mation first |
| G | G/F# | Em |
| Just the basic | facts |
| Bm | |
| Can you | show me where it hurts? |
| D | A |
| There is no pain you are re- | ceding |
| D | A |
| A distant ship smoke on the ho- | rizon |
| G/B | C | G |
| You are only coming through in | waves |
| G/B | C | G |
| Your lips move but I can’t hear what you' | re saying |
| D | A | |
| When | I was a child I had a | fever |
| D | A | |
| My | hands felt just like two bal- | loons |
| G/B | C | G |
| Now I’ve got that feeling once | again, I can’t explain, |
| G/B | C | G | |
| You would | not understand, This is not how I | am |
| A | G/B | C9 | G | D |
| I | have be- | come comfortably | numb. |
| A | D | A | C | G | C | G | A | |
| Guitar Solo: |
| G/B | C9 | G | D | |
| I | have be- | come comfortably | numb. |
| Bm |
| O.K. |
| A | |
| Just a little | pinprick |
| G | Em | |
| There’ll be no more | aaaaaa- | aah! |
| Bm | |
| But you may | feel a little sick |
| Bm | Bm9 | Bm |
| Can you | stand up? |
| A | |
| I do believe it’s | working, good |
| G | Em | |
| That’ll keep you | going through the | show |
| Bm | |
| Come | on it’s time to go. |
Chorus
| Bm | A | G | Em | Bm | |
| Solo |
About the song
“Comfortably Numb” is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, which first appeared on the 1979 double album The Wall. It was also released as a single in 1980 with “Hey You” as the B-side. It is one of only three songs on the album for which writing credits are shared between guitarist David Gilmour and bassist Roger Waters. The chorus music and guitar solos were written by Gilmour while Waters contributed the lyrics and the music for the verses.
The song is one of Pink Floyd’s most famous, and is renowned especially for its guitar solos in the middle and at the end of the song. In 2004, the song was ranked number 314 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 2005, it became the last song ever to be performed by Waters, Gilmour, keyboardist Richard Wright, and drummer Nick Mason together. In 2011, the song was ranked 5th in the BBC Radio 4’s listeners’ Desert Island Discs choices. The two guitar solos were ranked as the greatest guitar solos of all time by both Planet Rock listeners and WatchMojo.com.
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