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COMFORTABLY NUMB Pink Floyd WORDS AND MUSIC BY David Gil mour and Roger Waters TRANSCRIBED BY Jimmy Brown

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COMFORTABLY NUMB Pink Floyd (1.) was a child (2.) was a child

had a fever caught a fleeting glimpse

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