Don’t Let Go The Coat – guitar tab

Don't Let Go The Coat | guitar tab
By The Who
>From Face Dances, 1981
Written by Pete Townshend ©1981 Towser Tunes Inc./Eel Pie Publishing Ltd.

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transcribed by            1997-09-29       Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com        rev1 2005-01-06       www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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G         3x0033
Gmaj7     3x0032
C         x32010 and x32013
D/F#      2x0232
Bm7       x20232
Gmaj7/B   x20032

[intro; basic pattern]

||:G  Gmaj7 | C      D/F#   :||
||-3--2-----|----------------||
||-3---3----|--1--------3----||
||.0----0---|---0------2----.||
||.---------|------------0--.||
||---------0|-3--------------||
||-3--------|------0-2-----0-||


G Gmaj7            |C             D      |G
  I can't be held responsible for blown behavior

  Gmaj7      |C            D   |G
I lost all contact with my only savior

No one locked me out because I failed to phone up
I can't bear to live forever like a loner

[chorus]
|G Gmaj7   |C         D     |G     Gmaj7...
            Don't let go the coat
Don't let go the coat
Don't let go the coat
Don't let go the coat

It's easy to be sad when you lack a partner
But how would I react to a broken heart now
It ain't really true rock and roll unless I'm
Hanging onto you and when I hold it next time

I won't let go the coat
Don't let go the coat
Don't let go the coat
Don't let go the coat

|  G      Gmaj7  |C D   |G          Gmaj7        |
|----------------|------|------------------------|
|3h5-3-0-3h5-3-5-|7-7---|13--12-----13--12-------|
|4h5-4-0-4h5-4-5-|7-7---|14--12--12-14--12-12----|
|----------------|------|--------12--------12----|
|----------------|------|------------------------|
|----------------|------|------------------------|

|C   D        |G         Gmaj7  |C D      |
|-------------|7----------------|---------|
|10-----------|7h8-0---5-3-0-5--|7--------|
|11--11-11----|--------5-4-0-5--|7--------|
|-------------|----0------------|0--------|
|-------------|-----------------|---------|
|-------------|-----------------|---------|

|G     Gmaj7|C   D                   Em...
|-----------|----------------------|
|8-7-8-10---|5-5-7-7-8---8---10-10-|
|9-7-9-11---|5-5-7-7-9---9---11-11-|
|-----------|----------------------|
|-----------|----------------------|
|-----------|----------------------|

[bridge]
|Em           |D                       |C        |       (D) |
    I try to explain but you never understand it
    I need your body but I can't just demand it

|Bm7           |Gmaj7/B         C |D                      Dsus4 D  Dsus2|
    I won't let go like a stray at heel
                               (Never let him out of your sight)

|Bm7            |Gmaj7/B            C|D             Dsus4  D|
    Every lonely wife knows the way I feel
                                     (Don't let go tonight)

Don't let go the coat
Never let go the coat...

Your friends all pass for life is just a market
But you have to finish everything you started
So I live my life tearing down the runway
Sure to get the hang of hanging in there someday

Don't let go the coat...

Won't get no more chances 
Ooh, forget the war dances
Don't let go...
Never let go the coat
Don't let go
Go blind and hang on 
Don't try the slang, son
Never let go the coat, no, no
Don't let go...

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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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