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Dreaming From The Waist – guitar tab

Dreaming From The Waist | guitar tab
By The Who
>From The Who By Numbers, 1975
Written by Pete Townshend ©1975 Towser Tunes Inc.

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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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transcribed by                             Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com      rev 1999-07-12          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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[intro; pedal A throughout; all intro chords have A root] 

|F#m E    |        |Asus4 Dmadd2|        |Asus4 Dadd2|D       |
|---------|--------|0-----0-----|--------|0-----0----|5-------|
|10--9----|--------|5-----6-----|--------|5-----7----|7-------|
|11--9----|--------|7-----7-----|--------|7-----7----|7-------|
|11--9----|--------|7-----7-----|--------|7-----7----|7-------|
|0-0-00000|00000000|0--0--00000-|00000000|0--0--00000|00000000|
|---------|--------|------------|--------|-----------|--------|

|Dadd2   |D  Dadd2*|Fmaj7* F6maj7|        |Esus4 |E     |
|0-------|5--0-----|0------0-----|--------|------|------|
|7-------|7--7-----|1------3-----|--------|------|------|
|7-------|7--7-----|2------2-----|--------|2-----|1-----|
|7-------|7--7-----|3------3-----|--------|2-----|2-----|
|00000000|0-0-0000-|0--0---00000-|00000000|2-----|2-----|
|--------|---------|-------------|--------|0-----|0-----|
         *stage         *stage versions
         versions only   use xx3555

||:A      G/A  |Dadd9/A A       |A       G/A   |D6/A   A     :||x2
||-9--9---7-7--|12-12---9-------|9--9----7-7---|7--7---5------||
||-10-10--8-8--|10-10---10------|10-10---8-8---|7--7---5------||
||.9--9---7-7--|11-11---9-------|9--9----7-7---|7--7---6-----.||
||.11-11--9-9--|12-12---11------|11-11---9-9---|7--7---7-----.||
||-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--||
||-------------|----------------|--------------|--------------||

[main pattern, use for verses]
||:A A  G G  |D D  A         | A A  G G  |   D *  A   :||
||-----------|---------------|-----------|3------------||
||-----------|--3------------|-----------|3--3-3-------||
||.--2--0-0--|2-2--2---------|-2-2--0-0--|0--2----2---.||
||.--2--0-0--|0-0--2---------|-2-2--0-0--|---0-0--2---.||
||-0-0--x----|-----0---------|-0-0--x----|-----x--0----||
||------3----|---------------|------3-3--|-----3^------||
                              *occasionally the low g only

 |A           G            |D          A     |
I feel like I want to break out of the house
  |A          G             |D          A     |
My heart is a-pumping, I got sand in my mouth
I feel like I'm heading up to a cardiac arrest
I want to scream in the night, I want a manifest

            ||E5    F#m(5)           |G(5)      Bm(5)       |
I've got that wide awake, give-and-take, five o'clock-in-the
            ||-----------------------|----------------------|
            ||-----------------------|---------(3)----------|
            ||-----------------------|----------4-----------|
            ||2-----4----------------|5---------4-----------|
            ||2-----4----------------|5---------2-----------|
            ||0-----2----------------|3---------------------|

|A      D/A A   |A  D A D A    ||
-Morning feeling
|---------------|--------------||
|-------3---2-3-|---3p2-3p2----||
|2------2---2-2-|2--2/2-2/2----||
|2------4---2-4-|2--4p2-4p2----||
|0------0---0-0-|0-------------||
|---------------|-----------3^-||

I've got the hots for the sluts in the 
Well-thumbed pages of a magazine
I want to drive, want to fly like I do in the 
Dreams I've never really been in
I want to hump, want to jump, want to 
Heat up and cool down in a dream machine

[chorus; pedal A; all chords have A root]
    |F#m  E             |                    |
(I'm dreaming)  from the waist on down   (I'm)
----|-------------------|--------------------|
----|10---9-------------|--------------------|
----|11---9-------------|--------------------|
----|11---9-------------|--------------------|
-0--|0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0--|
----|-------------------|--------------------|

    |Asus4 Dmadd2        |                     |
(I'm dreaming) but I feel tired and bound  (I'm)
----|0---0---------------|---------------------|
----|5---6---------------|---------------------|
----|7---7---------------|---------------------|
----|7---7---------------|---------------------|
----|0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-|0--0--0---0-0-0-0-0--|
----|--------------------|---------------------|

    |Asus4 Dadd2     |D                     |Dadd2            |D       |
(I'm dreaming) of the day that a cold shower helps my health
----|-----0----------|5---------------------|0----------------|5-------|
----|5----7----------|7---------------------|7----------------|7-------|
----|7----7----------|7---------------------|7----------------|7-------|
----|7----7----------|7---------------------|7----------------|7-------|
----|0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0|0-0-0----0-0--0-0---0-|0--0---0-0--0-0-0|00000000|
----|----------------|----------------------|-----------------|--------|

    |Fmaj7 F6ma7|        |Es4 |E5                     |
(I'm dreaming)            Dreaming of the day I can con-
----|0----0-----|--------|----|-----------------------|
----|1----3-----|--------|----|-----------------------|
----|2----2-----|--------|2---|1----------------------|
----|3----3-----|--------|2---|2----------------------|
----|0--0-0-0-0-|00000000|2---|2----------------------|
----|-----------|--------|0---|0----------------------|


|A      G/A  |Dadd9/A A                 |A      G/A   |D6/A   A     |
-trol myself            The day I can control myself           yeah
|9--9---7-7--|12-12---9-----------------|9--9---7-7---|7--7---5-----|
|10-10--8-8--|10-10---10----------------|10-10--8-8---|7--7---5-----|
|9--9---7-7--|11-11---9-----------------|9--9---7-7---|7--7---6-----|
|11-11--9-9--|12-12---11----------------|11-11--9-9---|7--7---7-----|
|0--0-0-0-000|0--0--0-0-0-0-------------|0--0-0-0-0-0-|0--0-0-0-0-0-|
|------------|--------------------------|-------------|-------------|

[repeat main pattern]

I drive like a priest and then I'm shooting lights
I'm burning tyres with some guy whose hair is turning white
I know the girls that I pass, they just ain't impressed
I'm too old to give up, but too young to rest

I've got that run-to-a-club, over-dubbed 
Feeling social when the world is sleeping
The plot starts to thicken, then I sicken and 
I feel like I'm cemented down
I'm so juiced that the whorey lady's 
Sad sad story has me quietly weeping
But here comes the dawning, 
Here comes the yawning demented clown

(I'm dreaming) but I know it's all hot air
(I'm dreaming) I'll get back to that rocking chair
(I'm dreaming) of the day when I can share the wealth
(I'm dreaming) dreaming of the day I can control myself
The day I can control myself
Hey, hey... the day I can control myself

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litgo@aol.com

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