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The Dirty Jobs – guitar tab

The Dirty Jobs | guitar tab
by The Who
>From Quadrophenia, 1973
written by Pete Townshend ©1973 Fabulous Music Ltd.

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#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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transcribed by                             Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com          1999-04-03          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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Capo on 3 

Chords (voicings with capo)
C (A)             x35588         Bb5            (6)x3366
G/C               xx9787         Bbmaj7         (6)x3365
Fadd9/C (Dadd9/A) x37563         Bb6            (6)x3363
Bb (G)            6x3366         Gm (Em)         366333
F                 xx3565         Eb              x65343
Bb/F              xx3366

Note: all leads are approximate.

[intro]

||:C    G/C      |Fadd9/C G/C :||
[horn arranged for guitar]
||-8-------------|-------------||
||---------------|8------------||
||.-----5-7-9-10-|------------.||
||.--------------|------------.||
||---------------|-------------||
||---------------|-------------||

[verse]
|C C      G/C     G/C  |Fadd9/C   G/C  G/C|
   I am a man who looks after the pigs
|C      C    G/C  G/C  |Fadd9/C  G/C  G/C |
   Usually I get along okay
|C C      G/C G/C  |Fadd9/C      G/C  G/C |
   I am a man who reveals all he digs
|C        C       G/C    G/C     |Fadd9/C Fadd9/C G/C G/C
   Should be more careful, what I say

[chorus]
           |C   F    Bb/F Bb/F F            |C      F     Bb/F Bb/F F |
I'm getting put down             I'm getting pushed 'round

|Dm Dm        C      C    |Bb5 Bbmaj7 Bb6 Bbmaj7 Bb5 |
    I'm being beaten every day
                          |6-6-5-5----3--3-5-3--6-6--|
                          |6-6-6-6----6--6-6-6--6-6--|
                          |3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3--3-3--|
                          |3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3--3-3--|
                          |--------------------------|
                          |--------------------------|

         |C F    Bb/F Bb/F F                |C    F    Bb/F Bb/F F |
My life's fading              but things are changing

|Dm Dm            C       C  ||:Bb5 Bbmaj7 Bb6 Bbmaj7 Bb5 :||2
    I'm not gonna sit and weep again
                             ||-6-6-5-5----3--3-5-3--6-6---||
                             ||-6-6-6-6----6--6-6-6--6-6---||
                             ||.3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3--3-3--.||
                             ||.3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3--3-3--.||
                             ||----------------------------||
                             ||----------------------------||

[repeat verse]
I am a man who drives a local bus
I take miners to work but the pit's all closed today
It's easy to see that you are one of us
Ain't it funny how we all seem to look the same

[repeat chorus]
I'm getting put down
I'm getting pushed 'round
I'm being beaten every day
My life's fading but things are changing
I'm not gonna sit and weep again

[bridge]
|F         F      C     C|Bb Bb          F        F   |
        My Karma tells me    you've been screwed again
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|10/11-11-11/10-/13------|15/16-16-16/15-18-----------|
|10/12-12-12/10-/12------|15/17-17-17/15-17-----------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|

|Gm        Gm       F        F        |Eb      Eb      Bb   Bb  |
    If you let them do it to ya you've got yourself to blame
|-------------------------------------|14--13--11---13-10--6----|
|15/18-18--18/15----13----------------|15--13--11---13-11--6----|
|15/17-17--17/15----14----------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|

|Bb     Bb          Bb      Bb       |
               It's you who feels the 
|10-6-10-6-10-6-----10------6--------|
|11-6-11-6-11-6-----11------6--------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|

|F     F              F       F        |C    [repeat intro]
 pain            It's you who takes the shame
|8--5--8--5-8--13-----8-------5--------|
|10-6--10-6-10-13-----10------6--------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

[repeat verse]
I am a young man, I ain't done very much
You men should remember how you used to fight
Just like a child, I've been seeing only dreams
I'm all mixed up but I know what's right

[repeat chorus]
I'm being put down (I'm being put down)
I'm getting pushed 'round (I'm getting pushed 'round)
I'm being beaten every day
My life's fading but things are changing
I'm not gonna sit and weep again
I'm not gonna weep again

[repeat intro and fade]

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litgo@aol.com

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