#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# I Am Secure By Pete Townshend >From White City, 1985 Written by Pete Townshend ©1985 Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. previously transcribed by Kevin Winn ============== transcribed by Whotabs litgo@aol.com rev 07-17-2000 www.thewho.net/whotabs ============== Open D tuning: DADADE (use caution when tuning up B string to D) [intro] ||-----------------------|----------------------|| ||-----------------------|----------------------|| ||.0---------------------|2--------------------.|| ||.-0-0--0-0--0-0----0-3-|-0-0--0-0--0-0----0-3.|| ||----------------0-3----|---------------0-3----|| ||-0----0----0-----------|0----0----0-----------|| ||[elec gtr; capo 5; pattern 1] || ||-----------------------|----------------------|| ||-----------------------|----------------------|| ||.----------------------|---------------------.|| ||.7---------------------|9--------------------.|| ||-5---------------------|5---------------------|| ||-7---------------------|9---------------------|| ||[synth arr for gtr; enters after 8 measures] || ||-14--9h10-12-14-9h10-12|14--9h10-12-14-9h10-12|| ||-----------------------|----------------------|| ||.----------------------|---------------------.|| ||.----------------------|---------------------.|| ||-----------------------|----------------------|| ||-----------------------|----------------------|| ||[elec gtr; ptrn 2; enters after 30 measures]x7|| ||-----------------------|----------------------|| ||-----------------------|----------------------|| ||.----------------------|---------------------.|| ||.7---------7/7/7/7---7-|9--------------------.|| ||-5---------5-5-5-5---5-|5---------------------|| ||-7---------7/7/7/7---7-|9\--------------------|| ||[elec gtr; ptrn 1 resumes] || ||-----------------------|----------------------|| ||-----------------------|----------------------|| ||.----------------------|---------------------.|| ||.7---------------------|9--------------------.|| ||-5---------------------|5---------------------|| ||-7---------------------|9---------------------|| [approx main pattern] ||D Dsus2/A|D Dsus2/A |D Dsus2/A|D Dsus2/A || ||--2-2-0-----|--2-2-0------|--2-2-0-----|--2-2-0------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-------------|| |D Dsus2/A |D Dsus2/A | My room looks out to the wide open spaces [2/4] [4/4] |D Dsus2/A |D |C6sus2 |C6sus2 | My heart is touched by awakening faces |-----0--0-|-0--0-0-0--| |-----0--0-|-0--0-0-0--| |---3------|-----------| |----------|-----------| |3---------|3--3---3---| |----------|-----------| I see the panic of people in motion |C6sus2 |C6sus2 | I can stand here, look out on an ocean |-0-0---0--0-|-0-0-0----| |-0-0---0--0-|-0-0-0-0--| |------------|----------| |----5-------|--5---5-5-| |3-----------|3---------| |------------|----------| |G F6/D |G F6/D | I am a wall awaiting a catchword |-7-7-7--5--0|-7--7-7----5-------0---| |------------|-----------------------| |-5-5-5--5--0|-7--5-5----5-------0---| |5------0----|5---------0------------| |------------|-----------------------| |5t----------|5t---------------------| |G F6/D |G F6/D | I see the city laid out like a patchwork |D Dsus2/A |D Dsus2/A |D Dsus2/A |D Dsus2/A | [verse 2] Alone I am free from hatred and blindness |C6sus2 | | I hope that this life is frozen and timeless |-0---0--0-|-0---0--0-| |--0---0---|--0---0---| |----------|----------| |----4--5--|---4---5--| |3---------|3---------| |----------|----------| My man is here, we grow old by inches |C6sus2 ||C6sus2 ||x2 | Tomorrow I'll walk among heroes and princes |-0---0--0-||--0---0--0--||-0---0--0-| |--0---0--0||---0---0--0-||--0---0--0| |----------||.--------3-.||3----3----| |---4---5--||.---4---5--.||---5---4--| |3---------||-3----------||----------| |----------||------------||----------| I feed the boys, I hear secrets whispered I know the hearts that are battered and blistered X2 || D Dsus2/A ||D Dsus2/A |D ||---2-2-0-----0-||--2-2-0-0-0-0-|2--- ||----------0----||--------------|---- ||.--0-0-0---0--.||--0---0-0-0-0-|0--- ||.-----------0-.||--------------|---- ||------0--------||-----0--------|---- ||-0-------------||0-------------|0--- |A5add4 |A5 E7 | D Dsus2 I am secure in this world of apartheid --------|--0------|------------------|--------0-|0--- --------|--2------|---------0-----0--|0---0---0-|0--- -------0|--0------|5--------2-----2--|2---0---0-|0--- --------|--2--2-2-|2-2-2----2-----2--|2---0---0-|0--- ------0-|0----0-0-|0-0-0-------------|--------0-|0--- --0-2x--|---------|------------------|--------0-|0--- |A5add4 | |(Db)D | This is my cell, but it's connected to starlight -----------|---0-----|-------------0--0---0-|----2------| -----------|---2-----|2------------2--2---2-|----0------| ----------0|---0--0-0|0------------0--0---0-|----0------| -----------|---2--2-2|2------------2--2---2-|----0------| ---------0-|0-----0-0|0---------------------|4---0------| --0---2----|---------|----------------------|----0------| [outro; repeat to fade] ||----------------------|----------------------|| ||----------------------|----------------------|| ||.---------------------|---------------------.|| ||.-0-0--0-0--0-0-------|-0-0--0-0--0-0-------.|| ||-------------------0-3|------------------0-3-|| ||-0----0----0----0-3---|0----0----0----0-3----|| ============= litgo@aol.com #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. 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