Black Widow's Eyes
By The Who
>From Endless Wire, 2006
Written by Pete Townshend ©2006 Eel Pie Publishing

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transcribed by                             Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com          01-12-2007          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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Electric: standard tuning
Acoustic: E G D A D E

          Acoustic               Electric     
Esus4     099777 and 099(7)7(0)  022200 and x799 10 x
E         09976x and 099(7)6(0)  022100 and 022400 and x799xx
Dsus4     07755(5)               xx0233 and xx0033
D         07754x                 xx0232
Bm        x4450x                 x24432
G         x002xx                 3x0033
A         x224xx                 x022xx

Interlude
Dmaj7/G   x(0)0405   
G         x(0)0507   
Gii       x(0)0203   

[Note: acoustic chord changes only; finger-picking not shown]

|Esus4     |E         |Esus4      |E         |
[acoustic; very approx finger-picking pattern]
|----------|----------|-----------|----------|
|--7-------|--6-------|--7--------|--6-------|
|---7-7--7-|---7-7--7-|---7--7--7-|---7-7--7-|
|----9--9-9|----9--9-9|----9---9-9|----9--9-9|
|9-----9---|9-----9---|9-----9----|9-----9---|
|----------|----------|-----------|----------|
|[electric]                                  |
|0---------|----------|-----------|0---------|
|0---------|----------|-----------|0---------|
|4---------|----------|-----------|4---------|
|2---------|----------|-----------|2---------|
|2---------|----------|-----------|2---------|
|0---------|--------3^|0--------3^|0---------|

[verse; first]
|Esus4         E        |Dsus4  D         |
    You jumped out of an alley    with sur-
|[acoustic; very approx finger-picking pattern]
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|--7-----------6--------|--5-----4--------|
|---7--------------7----|---5--------5----|
|----9-----------9---9--|----7-----7---7--|
|9---------9------------|7------7---------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|[electric]                               |
|-----------------------|0----------------|
|-----------------------|3----------------|
|-----------------------|2----------------|
|-----------------------|0----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|0----------------------|-----------------|

|Esus4         E            |Dsus4  D     |
-prise in your black widow's eyes          
|[electric]                               |
|---------------------------|-------------|
|---------------------------|3------------|
|---------------------------|2------------|
|---------------------------|0------------|
|---------------------------|-------------|
|0--------------------------|----------3^-|


|Esus4         E       |Dsus4  D         |
      I was prepared to be unprepared     
|[electric]                              |
|----------------------|0----------------|
|----------------------|3----------------|
|----------------------|2----------------|
|----------------------|0----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|0---------------------|-----------------|

|Esus4         E       |Dsus4  D         |
     Been preparing for lies              
|[electric]                              |
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|3----------------|
|----------------------|2----------------|
|----------------------|0----------------|
|2---------------------|-----------------|
|0---------------------|-----------------|

[chorus]
|Bm            |G         A           |
         I fell right in love with you 
|------0-------|----------------------|
|---0------0---|----------------------|
|--5-5-------4-|--2---------4---------|
|-4---4--------|-0---------2----------|
|4-------------|0---------2-----------|
|--------------|----------------------|

|B               |G        A      |Bm   |
           Into a thousand parts I blew  
|-------2-0------|----------------|-----|
|---0-------0----|----------------|-----|
|--5-5-------5---|2---------4-----|-----|
|-4---4-------4--|0---------2-----|-----|
|4---------------|0---------2-----|-----|
|----------------|----------------|-----|

      |G        A           |
I fell right in love with you

|[acoustic fast strum; changes shown here only]               |
[note: acoustic pattern is very similar to main Pinball Wizard]
[accent every 3rd 16th -- on '+':                             ]
[           | + / / + / / + / / + + |                         ]
[             e s s e s e s e e s s                           ]
|Esus4          |E             |Esus4          |E             |
(you)                                                          
(7)-------------|--------------(7)-------------|--------------|
|7--------------|6-------------|7--------------|6-------------|
|7--------------|7-------------|7--------------|7-------------|
|9--------------|9-------------|9--------------|9-------------|
|9--------------|9-------------|9--------------|9-------------|
|0--------------|0-------------|0--------------|0-------------|
|[electric]                                                    
|0--------------|0---0---------|---------------|0------0------|
|0--------------|0---0---------|-----12--------|12-----12\----|
|9-----------x-x|4---4---------|9----14--------|13h14--13h14--|
|9-----------x-x|2---2---------|9----14--------|14-----14\----|
|7-----------x-x|2---2---------|7--------------|--------------|
|0--------------|3^--0---0--0--|0----0---------|12-----12---0-|

[verse]
[acoustic strum; changes shown here only]
|Esus4    E             |Dsus4  D         |
    I was caught in a corner        in re- 
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|7--------6-------------|5------4---------|
|7--------7-------------|5--------5-------|
|9--------9-------------|7----------7-----|
|9--------9-------------|7----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|[electric]                               |
|-----------------------|3------2---------|
|-----------------------|3------3---------|
|9--------9-------------|0------2---------|
|9--------9-------------|0------0---------|
|7--------7-------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|

    |Esus4       E       |Dsus4  D         |
In recoil from a broken romance             
    |[electric]                            |
    |--------------------|3------2---------|
    |--------------------|3------3---------|
    |9-----------9-------|0------2---------|
    |9-----------9-------|0------0---------|
    |7-----------7-------|-----------------|
    |--------------------|-----------------|

|Esus4     E           |Dsus4      D           |
    Taking breath after one sudden death        
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|10--------9-----------|8----------7---9--7----|
|9---------9-----------|7----------7---9--7----|
|9---------9-----------|7----------7---9--7----|
|7---------7-----------|5----------5-----------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|


 |Esus4      E         |Dsus4    D         |
I had a firm grip on my pants               
 |---------------------|---------2---------|
 |10---------9---------|10\------3---------|
 |9----------9---------|11p10\---2---------|
 |9----------9---------|12\------0---------|
 |7----x-----7---------|-------------------|
 |---------------0-----|-------------------|

I fell right in love with you
Through a hundred hearts you flew
I fell right in love with you

|Esus4          |E             |Esus4          |E             |
(you)                                                          
|[electric]                                                    
|----0----------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|----0----------|--------------|0--------------|--------------|
|----4----------|-----------x/x|4--------------|--------------|
|---------------|-----------x/x|2--------------|--------------|
|2--------------|2----------2/2|----2----------|--------------|
|0----------3^--|0----------0/0|----0-------3^-|0-------------|

[verse]
|Esus4        E         |Dsus4  D         |
 Strange that when infatuation calls       
|[electric]                               |
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|9------------9---------|7------7---------|
|9------------9---------|7------7---------|
|7------------7---------|5------5---------|
|0-0----------0----0----|-----0--------0--|

  |Esus4                E          |Dsus4  D         |
We think we've got real love in our life              
  |[electric]                                        |
  |--------------------------------|-----------------|
  |--------------------------------|-----------------|
  |9--------------------9----------|7------7---------|
  |9--------------------9----------|7------7---------|
  |7--------------------7----------|5------5---------|
  |0-----------0--------0----0-----|----0------------|

  |Esus4          E              |Dsus4    D         |
It pumps like the pressure in the station hall        
  |[electric]                                        |
  |------------------------------|-------------------|
  |------------------------------|-------------------|
  |9--------------9--------------|7--------7---------|
  |9--------------9--------------|7--------7---------|
  |7--------------7--------------|5--------5---0-----|
  |0--0-----------0-------0------|---0---------0-----|

      |Esus4         E          |Dsus4    D         |
As the express train thunders on by                  
      |[electric]                                   |
      |-------------------------|-------------------|
      |-------------------------|-------------------|
      |9-------------9----------|7--------7---------|
      |9-------------9----------|7--------7---------|
      |7-------------7----------|5--------5---5p0---|
      |0-----0-------------0----|-------------------|

[chorus]
|Bm            |G         A           |
         I fell right in love with you 
[electric]                             
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|2-------------|
|--------------|

As the blood came blowing through
                         |G
I fell right in love with you

[interlude]
|Dmaj7/G          G                  |Dmaj7/G          G                  |
 (you)                                                                 (A-)
|5----------------7------------------|5----------------3------------------|
|0----------------0------------------|0----------------0------------------|
|4----------------5------------------|4----------------2------------------|
|0----------------0------------------|0----------------0------------------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|[electric]                                                               |
|3~----------------------------------|3~----------------------------------|
|-3~---------------------------------|-3~---------------------------------|
|--0~--------------------------------|--0~--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---0~-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----3~------------------------------|
[~=downward arpeggiated]

|Dmaj7/G          G                   |Dmaj7/G          G                   |
-cross the room I saw your eyes   Black-windowed looking back at me      You 
|5----------------7-------------------|5----------------3-------------------|
|0----------------0-------------------|0----------------0-------------------|
|4----------------5-------------------|4----------------2-------------------|
|0----------------0-------------------|0----------------0-------------------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|[electric]                                                                 |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|0------------------------------------|0------------------------------------|
|0------------------------------------|0------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|3------------------------------------|3-----------------------------3------|

|Dmaj7/G          G                   |Dmaj7/G               G              |
 Held a gun as children cried,    You touched some wires and shattered me    
|5----------------7-------------------|5---------------------3--------------|
|0----------------0-------------------|0---------------------0--------------|
|4----------------5-------------------|4---------------------2--------------|
|0----------------0-------------------|0---------------------0--------------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0--------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|[electric]                                                                 |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------3-------------------|----------------------3--------------|
|0----------------0-------------------|0---------------------0--------------|
|0----------------0-------------------|0---------------------0--------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|3---------------------3--------------|

[chorus]
I was blown into the blue
There'd been nothing I could do
I fell right in love with you

|Esus4          |E             |Esus4          |E             |
(you)                                                          
|[electric]                                                   |
|0------------0~|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|0------------0~|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|9-------------4|~-------------|---------------|-------------4|
|9-------------2|~-------------|---------------|2------------2|
|7--------------|2~------------|---------------|------------2~|
|0--------------|0~--------3^--|0-----------3^-|------------0~|
                                               [upward arpeg.]

[verse]
|Esus4         E      |Dsus4  D         |
     I rose up to the station            
|[acoustic; finger-picking pattern from verse 1]
|[electric]                             |
|---------------------|-----------------|
|0--------------------|3--------3-------|
|~--------------------|2----------------|
|~--------------------|0----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|

|Esus4           E           |Dsus4  D         |
      Smelt your scent by the door              
|----------------------------|-------------0---|
|0~--------------------------|3----------------|
|4~--------------------------|2----------------|
|2~-------------------------0|-----------------|
|2~--------------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------|

|Esus4        E         |Dsus4     D      |
    You stood waiting so patient           
|-----------------------|0----------------|
|-----------------------|3----------------|
|-----------------------|2----------------|
|2----------------------|0----------------|
|2----------------------|-----------------|
|0----------------------|-----------------|

        |Esus4   E        |Dsus4   D    |
Just one wave,     then no more          
        |0----------------|5------------|
        |0----------------|3------------|
        |1----------------|2------------|
        |2----------------|0------------|
        |2----------------|-------------|
        |0----------------|-------------|

[chorus]
I fell right in love with you
There'd been nothing I could do
I fell right in love with you

[interlude]
|Dmaj7/G          G                   |Dmaj7/G          G                   |
(you)                                                                        
Across the room I saw your eyes   Black-windowed looking back at me      You 
|5----------------7-------------------|5----------------3-------------------|
|0----------------0-------------------|0----------------0-------------------|
|4----------------5-------------------|4----------------2-------------------|
|0----------------0-------------------|0----------------0-------------------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|[electric]                                                                 |
|-----------------3-------------------|-----------------3-------------------|
|-----------------3-------------------|-----------------3-------------------|
|0----------------0-------------------|0----------------0-------------------|
|0------------------------------------|0----------------0-------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|3----------------------------------3-|3---------------------------------3--|

|Dmaj7/G          G                   |Dmaj7/G               G              |
 Held a gun as children cried,    You touched some wires and shattered me    
|5----------------7-------------------|5---------------------3--------------|
|0----------------0-------------------|0---------------------0--------------|
|4----------------5-------------------|4---------------------2--------------|
|0----------------0-------------------|0---------------------0--------------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0---------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|[electric]                                                                 |
|-----------------3-------------------|----------------------3--------------|
|-----------------3-------------------|----------------------3--------------|
|0----------------0-------------------|0---------------------0--------------|
|0------------------------------------|0---------------------0--------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|3----------------------------------3-|3---------------------3--------------|


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litgo@aol.com

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