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"Overture" 
>From the Tommy Motion Picture Soundtrack 
by Pete Townshend

Tab by §tløpez (stlopez@webtv.net)
 
2002-01-28                 Whotabs               www.thewho.net/whotabs/
 
Like many other overtures, this song is built upon different sections of
songs in the opera. To try and make this transcription as simple as
possible, I'll list the base song, chords, and rhythym figures in the
order they're placed in the song also. I'll include a timestamp also.
   
   
[Pinball Wizard] - 0:00
Bsus4 7×9977
B     7×9877
Rhy Fig 1--Bsus4-B
   
   
[Go to the Mirror] - 0:30
E5  ×799××
B5  799×××
A5  577×××
Rhy fig 2--E5-B5-A5
   
Lead fill 1(×2)
|------------------------------------|
|---------9--9--12---9/10/9----------|
|--9---9---------------------------9-|
|----9--------------------------9----|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
   
   
|----------------------------8--8-9--9--|
|---------------------7--7--------------|
|---------------8--8--------------------|
|--9--10--10----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
   
             (×2)         (×2)
|---------------|------------|---------|
|-10h12h14------|--7h9h10----|---------|
|---------------|------------|---------|
|---------------|------------|--7--9---|
|---------------|------------|---------|
|---------------|------------|---------|
   
   
|----------------------|
|-----7h9p7-----7------|
|--9-----------9-------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
   
   
[SMFM/Listening to you] - 0:58
Ebmaj7 ×11333     A     ×022××
F      ××3211     B     ×244××
G      320033     C     ×355×
E      0224××     Fsus4 ××3311
Bsus4  ××445×     B     ××444×
D      ××0232
   
Rhy fig 3-- Ebmaj7-Fsus4-F-Fsus4-F-G
Ebmaj7-Fsus4-F-Fsus4-F-Bsus4-B
Rhy fig 4-- A-B-A-B-C-A-B-A-B-D
Rhy fig 5-- A-B-C-A-B-E-A-B-C-G-D-Bsus4-B (repeat)
   
   
[We're not gonna take it] 2:14
  ×5
|--3-----------------------------|
|--3-----------------------------|
|--0-----------------------------|
|--0---------2-2--0h2h3-2--------|
|--0---3-3-----------------------|
|--3-----------------------------|
 (repeat)
   
   
[Interlude]-- 2:27
  trills 
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|---11/12---9/11-------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
   
   
[Uncle Ernie]-- 2:43 
A 577×××
G 355×××
F 133×××
   
Rhy fig 6-- A-G-F-G-A-G-F- (A-G repeat)

Lead fill 2
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|---------4--7--5--7--3--------4--7----|
|--5--7-------------------5--7---------|
   
   
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|---------5------------|
|--5--7-----7----------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
   
   
[Sparks]-- 3:29
E/D   ××0454     D      xx0232
Esus4 ××0455     Dsus2  ××0230
E/Dii ××450      D/Eii  ××0235
Rhy fig 7-- (E/D-Esus4-E/Dii)×2
Rhy fig 8-- D-D/Eii-Dsus2
   
(Sparks outro)
D/C ××0988     D     ××0232
G/D ××0787     C/D   ××0010
D/A ××0655     G/Dii ××0433
D/E ××0454
Rhy fig 9-- D/C-G/D-D/A-D/E-D-C/D-G/Dii-D
Rhy fig 10-- D/C-G/D-D/A-D/E-D-(D-D/C repeat)
   
   
[Outro-I'm free] 4:45
D5 ×5777×       F5 ×3356×
G5 ×5578×       E5 ×7999×
A5 ×779 10      C5 ×3555×
Rhy fig 11-- D5-F5-G5-E5-G5-A5 ×2
C5-D5
 
#----------------------------------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. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#