Overture (from Tommy Soundtrack) – guitar tab
Overture (from Tommy Soundtrack) | guitar tab
>From the Tommy Motion Picture Soundtrack
by Pete Townshend
Written by Pete Townshend ©1969 Fabulous Music Ltd.
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Tab by étlépez (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 7é9977
B 7é9877
Rhy Fig 1--Bsus4-B
[Go to the Mirror] - 0:30
E5 é799éé
B5 799ééé
A5 577ééé
Rhy fig 2--E5-B5-A5
Lead fill 1(é2)
|------------------------------------|
|---------9--9--12---9/10/9----------|
|--9---9---------------------------9-|
|----9--------------------------9----|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------8--8-9--9--|
|---------------------7--7--------------|
|---------------8--8--------------------|
|--9--10--10----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
(é2) (é2)
|---------------|------------|---------|
|-10h12h14------|--7h9h10----|---------|
|---------------|------------|---------|
|---------------|------------|--7--9---|
|---------------|------------|---------|
|---------------|------------|---------|
|----------------------|
|-----7h9p7-----7------|
|--9-----------9-------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
[SMFM/Listening to you] - 0:58
Ebmaj7 é11333 A é022éé
F éé3211 B é244éé
G 320033 C é355é
E 0224éé Fsus4 éé3311
Bsus4 éé445é B éé444é
D éé0232
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
é5
|--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 577ééé
G 355ééé
F 133ééé
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 éé0454 D xx0232
Esus4 éé0455 Dsus2 éé0230
E/Dii éé450 D/Eii éé0235
Rhy fig 7-- (E/D-Esus4-E/Dii)é2
Rhy fig 8-- D-D/Eii-Dsus2
(Sparks outro)
D/C éé0988 D éé0232
G/D éé0787 C/D éé0010
D/A éé0655 G/Dii éé0433
D/E éé0454
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 é5777é F5 é3356é
G5 é5578é E5 é7999é
A5 é779 10 C5 é3555é
Rhy fig 11-- D5-F5-G5-E5-G5-A5 é2
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. #
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