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In a Hand or Face – guitar tab

In a Hand or Face | guitar tab
By The Who
>From 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 #
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transcribed by                             Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com      rev 2001-12-16          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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[Note: easiest to use trigger capo and shift to 5th fret for modulation 
following interlude; same voicings, two frets higher]

First half              Modulation
Capo on 3               Capo on 5
                      
C5      x35588          D5     x577 10 10 
Bb      6tx3366         C      8tx5588
F       xx3565          G      x55787
Bbii    xx333x          Cii    xx555x
C       x3555x          D      x5777x
Csus4   x3556x          Dsus4  x5778x
Eb/C    x35343          F/D    x57565
F/C     x37563          G/D    x59785
Ab/C    x36544          Bb/D   x58766
Bb/C    x33366          C/D    x55588
Dm/C    x37765          Em/D   x59987

[intro]
|C5  Bb F |C5  Bb F |C5  Bb F |C5  Bb F|


|C5  Bb F |C5  Bb F |C5  Bb F |C5  Bbii C5 C5|

        |Bb                F      |C5
Ain't it funny how they're all Cleopatra
As you gaze into their past
When you find out about their birth sign
You realize there was no need to have asked
All the history of a soul in torment
Ingrained in a hand or face
Ain't it funny how they all fire the pistol
At the wrong end of the race

|C    C Csus4 C |Csus4 C    |

|Eb/C F/C  |Ab/C      Bb/C F/C |
 I am going round and round
 I am going round and round
 I am going round and round
|C    Dm/C |F/C     |
 I am going round...
               |C5  Bb F |C5  Bb F |C5  Bb F |C5  Bbii C5 C5|
Going round and round

There's a man going through your dustbin
Only this time he's looking for food
There's a tear in his eye you don't know him
Oh, but you know what he's going through
Is it weird that you can't seem to help him
Feeling sick as he staggers away
Is it weird that you hate a stranger
Can a detail correct your dismay

|C  C Csus4 C|Csus4 C   |

|Eb/C F/C  |Ab/C      Bb/C  F/C  |
 I am going round and round 
 I am going round and round
 I am going round and round
|C    Dm/C |F/C            |[bass solo]|
 I am going round

[modulation]
|D5  C  G |D5  C G |D5  C G |D5   |

|C    G      |D5     |C    G      |D       |
    Round and rou-nd     Round and round
    Round and rou-nd     Round and round
    Round and rou-nd     Round and round
|C    G      |D5     |C    G      |D       |D Dsus4   D  Dsus4 D
      Round and rou-nd     Round and round

|F/D  G/D  |Bb/D     C/D G/D  |
 I am going round and round
 I am going round and round
 I am going round and round
|D    Em/D |G/D
 I am going round

|F/D  G/D  |Bb/D     C/D G/D  |
 I am going round and round
 I am going round and round
 I am going round and round
|D    Em/D |G/D
 I am going round

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litgo@aol.com

#----------------------------------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. #
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