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Instant Party Mixture (aka Parties and Lies) – guitar crd

Instant Party Mixture (aka Parties and Lies) | guitar crd
By The Who, 1966
>From My Generation Deluxe Edition, 2002
Written by Pete Townshend ©2002 TRO-Devon Music, Inc.

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litgo@aol.com          2000-02-12          www.thewho.net/whotabs             
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Everybody, clap your hands . . .
Gather round for Townshend party time
Yes, folks, it's party time and you're invited

Shoo shoo, doo doo wada wada
Shoo shoo, doo doo wada wada
Shoo shoo, doo doo wada wada
Shoo shoo, doo doo wada wada

     C#         Bbm        F#         G#
Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody, 

F#
   You can see what makes the party go
If you can't, we better let you know
The reason why the place is really hot
G#                                           C#   Bbm
   Yeah, man, it's all because of thing called . . .
         F#                               G#
Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody, come on, come on, come on

Mister B, will you tell 'em why the party swings
It's only really due to one big thing
But then you better do the monster mash
But he tried on some tea leaves and discovered his, he discovered . . .
Hey, let me tell ya

Bb        Gm         Eb         F
     Everybody, everybody, everybody

Eb     
  [indecipherable]
[indecipherable]
Why does Eric Burdon try to hide his cigarette ash?
F                   
   Maybe because he's smokin' hash

Bb        Gm    Eb     F . . .
Shoo shoo . . . 
Bb        Gm    Eb     F     F
Everybody . . . 
                C#    Bbm   F#    G# . . . 
Back down again . . . 

[repeat . . . ]

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litgo@aol.com

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