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Faith in Something Bigger | guitar tab
By The Who, 1968
>From Odds and Sods, 1974
Written by Pete Townshend, 1967; (c)1974 Fabulous Music Ltd.
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Previously transcribed by:
Brad Goldman (muttrox@bellsouth.net)
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transcribed by Whotabs
litgo@aol.com 2001-07-12 www.thewho.net/whotabs
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Gtr 1 Gtr 2
Channel: (left) (right)
pickup: bridge neck
E 022100 022100
F#m 244222 244222
D xx0232 xx0232
B5(m) x244xx x244xx
G5 2x0033 355xxx
A x07655 xx 11 9 10 x
E/A x0645x x 11 99xx
D/A x0777x x x 12 11 10 x
Gmaj7 3x5432 xx5777
[Note: all leads and patterns are approximate.]
[intro]
[gtr 1 (left channel)]
|(E) | | | (F#m)|(E) |
(Oooh...) (ooh ooh)
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2|2/4-4-4-4-4-4-4/5|4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2h4p2|0-0-0-0-0---2-|4---|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|0-0-0-0-0---2-|0---|
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|----|
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|----|
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|----|
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|----|
[gtr 2 (right channel)] |
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|----|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|--------------|----|
|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2|2/4-4-4-4-4-4-4-^|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2h4p2|1---1-1-1-1-2-|1---|
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------4-|2---|
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------4-|2---|
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|----|
[verse]
(E) |E |E |
It may be warm, but the snow is going to
|0----------|------------------|
|0----------|------------------|
|1---------1|1h2----1--------1-|
|2-----4----|----------4-------|
|2----------|------------------|
|0----------|------------------|
|F#m |F#m |D Dsus4|D |
fall enough to cover us all We've got to be
|2-----|----------------|2-----------------|----------------|
|2-----|----------------|3-------------7h8p|7---------------|
|2----2|2h4--2--1-----2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-------|--9-7-----------|
|4-----|----------------|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|------9-7-------|
|4-----|----------------|------------------|----------9-7-5\|
|2-----|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|B5(m) | |G5 | |
strong men and follow a path again We've got to have
(now now now now now) (now now now now )
[chorus]
|A A E/A D/A |D/A A A |A A E/A D/A |D/A A A |
Faith in something bigger, Faith in something bigger,
[gtr 1] |
|------------------|-------0-0-0---|------------------|-------0-0-0---|
|5-----5--5---7----|7---5--5/5/5---|5-----5--5---7----|7---5--5/5/5---|
|6-----6--4---7----|7---6--6/6/6---|6-----6--4---7----|7---6--6/6/6---|
|7-----7--6---7----|7---7--7/7/7---|7-----7--6---7----|7---7--7/7/7---|
|0-----0--0---0----|0---0--0/0/0---|0-----0--0---0----|0---0--0/0/0---|
|------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
[gtr 2] |
|------------------|-------9-/9-/9-|------------------|-------9-/9----|
|10----10-----10---|10--10-10/10/10|10----10-----10---|10--10-10/10---|
|9-----9--9---11---|11--9--9-/9-/9-|9-----9--9---11---|11--9--9-/9----|
|11----11-9---12---|12--11---------|11----11-9---12---|12--11-11/11---|
|0--0--0--11--0-0--|0-0-0-0--------|---------11-------|----------0-0--|
|------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|A A E/A D/A |D/A A E/A A |E |
Faith in something big inside ourselves (It might be)
|------------------|-------------|0---------|--------------
|5-----5--5---7----|7---5-5----2-|0---------|--------------
|6-----6--4---7----|7---6-4----2-|1---------|--------------
|7-----7--6---7----|7---7-6----2-|2---------|--------------
|0-----0--0---0----|0---0-0----0-|2---------|--------------
|------------------|-------------|0---------|--------------
[gtr 2]
|------------------|-------------|0---------|--------------
|10----10-----10---|10-10-9----5\|0---------|--------------
|9-----9--9---11---|11--9-9----6\|1---------|--------------
|11----11-9---12---|12-11-9----7\|2---------|--------------
|---------11-------|-------------|2---------|--------------
|------------------|-------------|0---------|--------------
It might be cold, but the heat of our love will melt
The snow we never felt
We're young and hardy again
We (can) bow to weaker men
We've got to have
Faith in something bigger,
Faith in something bigger,
Faith in something big inside ourselves
[bridge]
|E | |
[gtr 2]
|0------|----------------|
|0------|----------------|
|1------|----------------|
|2-----7|7h9-7-6-7-6-7-9-|
|2------|----------------|
|0------|----------------|
|Gmaj7 |Gmaj7|Gmaj7 |Gmaj7 ||:D Dsus4 |Dsus2 D :||
The more we learn, the less we believe to be true
|Gmaj7 |Gmaj7|Gmaj7 |Gmaj7 ||:A Asus4 |A Asus4 :||
The more we prove, the more remains to be proved
[solo]
|E |E |F#m |F#m |
[gtr 2]
----|----------|---------|------|---------|
----|----------|---------|------|---------|
----|----------|---------|------|---------|
----|6-x6-6---6|6/7-6-4-6|7----7|7/9-7-6-7|
----|----7-----|---------|------|---------|
--7\|----------|---------|------|---------|
|D | |B5(m) | |G5 |
We've got to be strong men and follow a path again
(now now now now now)
|------|-------------------|----------|-----------------|------3-3-3|
|------|-------------------|----------|-----------------|------3-3-3|
|------|-------------------|----------|-----------------|------0-0-0|
|7----7|7/9-7------6-----7-|7/9-------|9p7--------------|-----------|
|------|-------------------|----------|---9p7-----------|-----------|
|------|-------------------|----------|------9p7-7-6-5-4|3----------|
We've got to have
(now now now now)
Faith in something bigger,
Faith in something bigger,
Faith in something big inside ourselves
[outro]
|B5(m) | |
Inside ourselves
||:B7 | :||
||---2p0------0|--2p0------0-||
||------4-5-2--|4----4-5-2---||
||.------------|------------.||
||.------------|------------.||
||-------------|-------------||
||-------------|-------------||
Faith in something bigger
Faith in something bigger
Faith in something bigger
Faith in something bigger
[repeat and fade]
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litgo@aol.com
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