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I Am An Animal – guitar tab

I Am An Animal | guitar tab
By Pete Townshend
>From Empty Glass, 1980
Written by Pete Townshend ©1980 Eel Pie Publishing Ltd/Towser Tunes Inc.

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transcribed by                             Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com          1998-07-22          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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Tune to DADADE, then capo on 2 (EBEBEF#)
[note: chord names and finger-picking are approximate]

E       222224
B       999xxx
A       777xxx
F#      444xxx
Bmsus4  x2452x
A6      7x272x
Esus2   222242
Esus2/4 222245 (Esus2/4)
Emaj7   22262x
Emaj9   222622
E6      22242x

[intro]
  E
|---------------|----------|
|-2-------------|----------|
|-2-------------|----------|
|-7-------------|----%-----|
|-7-------------|----------|
|-2-/-/-/-/-/-/-|----------|

[bridge]
  B     A      B           E           F#    B     E          A
  I was always here in the silence but I was never under your eye
|------------|-----------------------|-----------|----------------|
|------------|-----------------------|-----------|----------------|
|------------|-----------------------|-----------|----------------|
|-9-9---7-7--|-9----9------2-2-------|-4-4---9-9-|-2--2-------7-7-|
|-9-9---7-7--|-9----9------2-2-------|-4-4---9-9-|-2--2-------7-7-|
|-9-9---7-7--|-9----9------2-2-------|-4-4---9-9-|-2--2-------7-7-|

  B      A       B            E
  Gather up your love in some wiseness for
|--------------|--------------------------|
|--------------|--------------------------|
|--------------|--------------------------|
|-9--9---7--7--|-9----9-------2---2-------|
|-9--9---7--7--|-9----9-------2---2-------|
|-9--9---7--7--|-9----9-------2---2-------|

  F#    B            E         A    (F#m Abm A    C#m  B)
  Every memory shall always survive, and you will see  me  
|------------------|---------------|-----------------|------2-|-------|
|------------------|---------------|-7---9---11---14-|-13---13|-13----|
|------------------|---------------|-9---11--12---16-|-14---14|-14----|
|-4--4--9---9------|-2-2-------7---|---2---2---2----2|------2-|-------|
|-4--4--9---9------|-2-2-------7---|-9---11--12---16-|-14---14|-14----|
|-4--4--9---9------|-2-2-------7---|-----------------|--------|-------|

  Esus2/4 E         Emaj7  E    
   I      am   an   an--i--mal. (My)
 |(5)----(4)------|----------------|
m|-4------2-------|--------2-------|
m|---2-2----2-2---|-6-6-6----2-2---|
i|--2---2--2---2--|--2---2--2---2--|
t|----------------|----------------|
t|-2--2---2--2----|-2--2---2--2----|

  Esus4      E            Emaj7    E
My teeth are sharp and my mouth is full,  and the
 |----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-4---------2----------|----------2------------|
 |----2-2--------2-2----|-6--6-6-------2-2------|
 |--2-----2----2-----2--|---2---2----2-----2----|
 |----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-2---2-----2----2-----|-2---2----2----2-------|

  Bmsus4                         A5                   
  passion is so strong when I'm alone, lonliness will 
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|---2----------2---------------|---2---------2-----2-|
|----5-----5-----5------4/5/4-2|---7-----7---7----7--|
|------4-----4-----4-----------|-----2----2----2---2-|
|-2-------2----2--------2------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|/7-----7---7-----7---|

  E        Esus2       Emaj7    E
  change me
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-2--------4---------|----------2------------|
|----2-2-------2-2---|-6--6-6-------2-2------|
|--2-----2---2-----2-|---2---2----2-----2----|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-2---2----2----2----|-2---2----2----2-------|

I am a vegetable
I get my body badly pulled
And I'm rooted to the spot
Nothing will rearrange me

 B                      A             B       E     Emaj7  E6   E
 I'm looking back and I can't see the past anymore  so     ha---zy
|---------------------|---------------------|------------|-----------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-2----------|-----------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-------6----|-4----2----|
|9---9-------9----9---|-7-----7-------9---9-|---2-2---2-2|--2-2---2-2|
|9---9-------9----9---|-7-----7-------9---9-|----2-----2-|---2-----2-|
|9---9-------9----9---|-7-----7-------9---9-|-2-----2----|-2----2----|

  B                      A             B
  I'm on a track and I'm travelling so fast. Oh, for 
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|-9---9----9-----9-----|-7-----7-------9------------|
|-9---9----9-----9-----|-7-----7-------9------------|
|-9---9----9-----9-----|-7-----7-------9------------|

  E     E2      E     Emaj7  (E F#m Abm A     B)
  sure  I'm     cra---zy
|-4-----------|-------------|---------------|-------|
|-6-----4-----|-2-----------|-6--7--9---11--|-13----|
|-------------|-------6-4-2-|---------------|-------|
|---2-2---2-2-|---2-2-------|--2--2---2---2-|-------|
|----2-----2--|----2--------|-7--9--11--12--|-14----|
|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-2---|---------------|-------|

I am a human being
And I don't believe all the things I'm seeing
I got nowhere to hide anymore
I'm losing my way

I am an angel 
I booked in here, I came straight from hell
And I don't know how to lie anymore
I'm boozing to pray

[repeat chorus]
I'm looking back and I can't see the past anymore so hazy
I'm on a track and I'm travelling so fast. Oh, for sure I'm crazy

[repeat bridge]
I was always here in the silence
But I was never under your eye
Gather up your love in some wiseness
For every memory shall always survive
And you will see me

Es2 E   Ema9  E      Esus2         E     Emaj9 E
  I will be immersed, Queen of the fucking uni-verse, and I 
|-2-4----2--4-4-----|-2------------4-------2-4-4-----------|
|-2-2----2--2-2-----|-2------------2-------2-2-2-----------|
|-2-2----6--2-2-----|-2------------2-------6-2-2-----------|
|-2-2----2--2-2-----|-2------------2-------2-2-2-----------|
|-2-2----2--2-2-----|-2------------2-------2-2-2-----------|
|-2-2----2--2-2-----|-2------------2-------2-2-2-----------|

  Bmsus4                         A5                    
  don't know what I have anymore     anymore than you (do)
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|---2----------2---------------|---2---------2-----2-|
|----5-----5-----5------4/5/4-2|---7-----7---7----7--|
|------4-----4-----4-----------|-----2----2----2---2-|
|-2-------2----2--------2------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|/7-----7---7-----7---|

  E        Esus2       Emaj7    E
  do
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-2--------4---------|----------2---------|
|----2-2-------2-2---|-6--6-6-------2-2---|
|--2-----2---2-----2-|---2---2----2-----2-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-2---2----2----2----|-2---2----2----2----|

I am a nothing king, been right around on a golden ring
And I don't where you are anymore
I've got no clue

[repeat chorus]
I'm looking back and I can't see the past anymore so hazy
I'm on a track and I'm travelling so fast. Oh, for sure I'm crazy

 (E F#m Abm A     B)               Es2 E   Ema9  E
                                     I am an ani--mal
|---------------|-----------|------|-2-4-----2-5-|2/4----|
|-6--7--9---11--|-13---13/14|-13---|-2-2-----2-4-|2------|
|---------------|-----------|------|-2-2-----6-2-|2------|
|--2--2---2---2-|-----------|------|-2-2-----2-2-|2------|
|-7--9--11--12--|-14---14---|-14---|-------------|2------|
|---------------|-----------|------|-------------|2------|

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litgo@aol.com

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