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Heaven and Hell (Live) | guitar tab
By The Who, 14 February 1970
>From Live at Leeds (reissue), 1995
Written by John Entwistle ©1970 Gowmonk, Inc. 

#----------------------------------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. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

==============                                                        
transcribed by         1999-07-30          Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com      rev 2000-10-14          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
==============    rev2 2004-12-24                                     

Note: leads are approximate!

G       3t55433 and 3tx0033 and 355xxx (G5)
Eb5     x688xx
C5      x355xx
F       1t33211 and 1tx3211 and 133xxx (F5)
Fadd9   133213
Db5     xx466xx
D       x00232
Dsus4   xx0233
Bb5     x133xx
B5      x244xx


   |G        |Eb        |C           |G       |
---|---------|----------|------------|--------|
---|3---3-3--|----------|------------|3-------|
---|0---0-0--|8----8\-5-|5-----5---0-|0-------|
x--|0---0-0-8|8----8\-5-|5-----5---0-|0-------|
x--|--------6|6-------3-|3-----3-----|--------|
---|3--------|----------|--------3-3-|3-------|

|G           |Eb        |C          |G       |
|------------|----------|-----------|--------|
|3----3-3-3--|----------|-----------|--------|
|0----0-0-0--|8----8-\5-|5-5---5----|--0-0-0-|
|0----0-0-0--|8----8-\5-|5-5---5----|0-0-0-0-|
|-----------6|6-------3-|3-3---3----|--------|
|3-----------|----------|--------3-3|3-3-3-3-|

|G5      F5      |G5     F5      |G5     F5      |
                                              (On)
|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|5--5--x-3--3--/-|5--5--x3-3-3-3/|---5---3--3----|
|5--5--x-3--3--/-|5--5--x3-3-3-3/|5--5---3--3----|
|3--3----1--1----|3--3---1-1-1-1/|3--3---1--1--1-|


  |G5         F5        |G5              F5          |G           |
On top of the sky   is a place where you go if you've done nothing 
  |---------------------|----------------------------|------------|
  |---------------------|----------------------------|------------|
  |---------------------|--------------------------0-|0-----------|
  |---------------------|-5------------------------0-|0-----------|
  |---5--5----3--3--3--3|/5--5--5--------3--3--3-----|------------|
  |1--3--3-0--1--1--1--1|/3--3--3---0----1--1--1-----|3---3--3----|
  [palm mute                                    ]

|G                   |Fadd9           |D   Dsus4 D     |
 wrong      If you've done nothing wrong           (And)
|--------------------|3---------------|2------3--2-----|
|3-------------------|1---------------|3------3--3-----|
|0-------------------|2---------------|2------2--2-----|
|0-------------------|3---------------|0------0--0-----|
|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
|3-----------------1-|1---------------|----------------|

   |G                      |Fadd9                       |
And down in the ground is a place where you go if you've 
   |-----------------------|3---------------------------|
   |3----------------------|1------------------1--------|
   |0----------------------|2------------------2--------|
   |0----------------------|3------------------3--------|
   |-----------------------|----------------------------|
   |3--------------------1-|----------------------------|

|Bb           Bb B  |C            |Bb           Bb B  |C                |
 Been a bad boy          If you've been a bad boy         (Why can't we) 
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|5----------------|
|3----------x-------|5------------|3------------3--4--|5----------------|
|3----------x----4--|5------------|3------------3--4--|5----------------|
|1----------x-1--2--|3------------|1------------1--2-/|3----------------|
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|----------------0|

[chorus]
            |G5               |Fadd9          |Db          |F5             |
Why can't we have e-ter--nal   life        and never die?                   
            |-----------------|---------------|------------|---------------|
            |-----------------|---------------|------------|---------------|
            |-----------------|---------------|/6------6-6-|---------------|
            |-----------------|---------------|/6------6-6-|3----3/3-3-3-3-|
            |5-5-5-5/5-5-5-5--|3-3-3-3/3-3-3--|/4--4-4-4-4-|3----3/3-3-3-3-|
            |3-3-3-3/3-3-3-3-0|1-1-1-1/1-1-1--|------------|1----1/1-1-1-1-|


|Db          |F          |F5   G5  F5         |
 Never die?                            (In the)
|------------|-----------|--------------------|
|------------|-----------|--------------------|
|6-------6-6-|-----------|--------------------|
|6--6----6-6-|3---------3|3/5--5-5\3----------|
|4--4----4-4-|3---------3|3/5--5-5\3---------/|
|------------|1---------1|1/3--3-3\1---------/|


[repeat verse]
      |G5         F5       |G5           F5           |G             |
In the place up a-bove  you grow feather wings and you flap round and 
      |--------------------|--------------------------|--------------|
      |--------------------|--------------------------|3-------------|
      |--------------------|--------------------------|0-------------|
      |--------------------|--------------------------|0-------------|
      |5--5--5----3--3-3-3-|/5--5--5-----3--3--3--3---|--------------|
      |3--3--3--0-1--1-1-1-|/3--3--3--0--1--1--1--1---|3----------3--|
      [palm mute                                   ]


|G                |Fadd9           |D   Dsus4 D     |
 round      With a harp singing hymns           (And)
|3----------------|3---------------|-------3--2-----|
|3----------------|1------------1--|3------3--3-----|
|0----------------|2------------2--|2------2--2-----|
|0----------------|3------------3--|0------0--0-----|
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|3----------------|1---------------|----------------|

   |G                          |Fadd9                   |
And down in the ground you grow horns and a tail and you 
   |---------------------------|3-----------------------|
   |3----------------------3---|1-----------------------|
   |0------------------0---0---|2----------------2------|
   |0------------------0---0---|3----------------3------|
   |---------------------------|------------------------|
   |1/3----------------3-------|1----------------1------|

|Bb           Bb B  |C            |Bb           Bb B  |C                |
 Carry a fork                  and moan and wail            (Why can't we)
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|3------------3-----|5----5/x--x--|3------------3--4--|5--(5)-----------|
|3------------3--4--|5----5/x--x--|3------------3--4--|5--(5)-----------|
|1------------1--2--|3----3/x--x--|1------------1--2--|3---------------/|
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|----------------/|

[repeat chorus]
            |G5             |Fadd9          |Db          |F5             |
Why can't we have e-ter-nal  life        and never die?                   
            |---------------|---------------|------------|---------------|
            |---------------|---------------|------------|---------------|
            |---------------|---------------|6-------6-6-|---------------|
            |---------------|---------------|6-------6-6-|3-------3--3---|
            |5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|4-------4-4-|3-------3--3-3-|
            |3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0|1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|------------|1-------1--1-1-|


|Db          |F          |F5 G5  F5         |
 Never die?                                  
|------------|-----------|------------------|
|---6--------|-----------|------------------|
|/6-6----6-6-|-----------|------------------|
|/6------6-6-|3---------3|3/5--5\3----------|
|/4------4-4-|3---------3|3/5--5\3----------|
|------------|1---------1|1/3--3\1----------|
                                       [fuzz on]

[solo; chords implied by bass]

|(G)              |(Eb)          |(C)           |
|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------8-6---6/|8----6h8-6h8-8|
|-----------------|5^--------7---|--------------|
|-------------3-5-|--------------|--------------|
|-----1-3-3/5-----|--------------|--------------|
|-1/3-------------|--------------|--------------|

|(G)                           |(G)                      |
|10p6--10p6-10p6-10p6-10p6-10p6|-10p6-10p6-10p6-10p6-10p6|
|----8-----8----8----8----8----|8----8----8----8----8----|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|

|(Eb)                   |(C)                          |
|-10p6-10p6-10p6---6----|---15---------------15-------|
|8----8----8----8--6----|-----18-15-18-15-18^---------|
|-----------------------|17^--------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------6-6|-----------------------------|
|--------------------6-6|-----------------------15-15-|

|(G)              |(G)           |(Eb)           |
|-----------------|--------3-----|---------------|
|-----------------|----------6-6/|8----6h8-6h8-6h|
|---------3^------|------5^------|---------------|
|------3-5--5-3-5-|~~~-----------|---------------|
|x-3h5------------|--------------|---------------|
|-----------------|--------------|---------------|

|(C)                 |(G)                   |
|--------------------|----------------------|
|8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h|8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6-8-|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|

|(G)           |(Eb)             |(C)            |
|--------------|---------------10|---------------|
|8^\---8^\(6)-x|x----------------|11~------------|
|-------------x|0-12^-\---10-12--|---12--3^--3---|
|--------------|0----------------|---------5---5-|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|

|(G)       |(G)                      |(Eb)             |(C)                 |
            Never                     Never...                     Never die-
|----------|-------------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|----------|----15----15----15----15-|---8---8---8---8-|/10-----10---8---8--|
|----------|-------------------------|-----------------|-------------------0|
|..-----15-|0h15--0h15--0h15--0h15---|0h8-0h8-0h8-0h8--|/10-0h10--0h8-0h8--0|
|--x-x-----|-------------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|--x-x-----|-------------------------|-----------------|--------------------|

|(G)              |(G)                      |(Eb)          |(C)        |
-ie                                  I say   never              never   
|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|-----------|
|-----8----6------|3--3---3---0-------------|--------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------0--7~~--------|--------------|-----------|
|-8/10---6--6-----|-3--0h3----0-------6-6-6-|6h8-----------|-----------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|-----6--5h6-5-|3----3-3---|
|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|---------5-|

[fuzz pedal off]
|(G)                  |(G)                |(Eb)                 |
 die...   I say yeah                                             
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|-----------5/5/5-----|
|---5/5/5---5/5/5-0-5-|--5/5/5---5/5/5--5-|---5/5/5---5/5/5---5-|
|---------------------|-------------------|/6-------6------5/6--|
|3-3------3-----------|3-------3----------|---------------------|

|(C)                 |(G)                 |(G)                 |
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|------------------5-|
|--5/5/5---5/5/5---5-|--5/5/5---5/5/5---5-|--5/5/5---5/5/5---5-|
|3-------3-------3---|--------x-------3---|--------------------|
|--------------------|3-------------------|3-------3-------3---|

|(Eb)                 |(C)                 |(G)        |(G)       |
                                                        Never      
|---------------------|--------------------|-----------|----------|
|---------------------|--------------------|5^\^\^\^\--|5^\-------|
|---------------------|--5/5/5---5--0------|5^\^\^\^\--|5^\-3-----|
|---5/5/5---5/x/5---5-|--5/5/5---5--0------|-----------|------5---|
|/6-------6-------6---|3-------3-----------|-----------|----------|
|---------------------|---------------3----|---------3-|----------|

|(Eb)                         |(C)                       |
 Never...                                       never     
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----3p0---3p0---3p0--3p0--|
|5-3-5-5/5/5/5-5/5/5-5/5/5/5--|5-5-----5-----5----5----5-|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|

|(G)                         |(G)                              |
 die                                                            
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|3p0--3p0--3p0--3p0--3p0--3p0|---3p0--3p0--3p0--3p0--3p0--3p0--|
|---5----5----5----5----5----|5-----5----5----5----5----5----5-|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|

|(Eb)                     |(C)               |
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|-----0------------|
|3p0--3p0--3p0--3p0--3p0--|3p0--0------------|
|---5----5----5----5----5-|-----0------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|

|(G)                     |(G)                     |
|------------15----------|----------------20-19---|
|----------15---18-15-18-|18^------------------21-|
|0------17^--------------|------------------------|
|0-----------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|

|(Eb)                  |(C)                                 |
|19--19----------------|---^20\-----------------------------|
|--21--21--------------|---^20\--20-18----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------19-18-16-18--18-16----|
|----------------------|---------------------------------18-|
|----------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------------|

|(G)                     |(G)                                  |
|------------------------|15-----------------------------------|
|-----------------/15-18-|---18-15-18-18^(20)-18^(20)--18^(20)-|
|16^-x-------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----x-------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|

|(Eb)                        |(C)                                        |
|-------------------/16-19-16|19^-19^-19^~~-----16\-13x-12x--------------|
|18^(20)~~~~~----------------|-----------------------------14x----13-----|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------13-16-13--|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|

|(G)                              |
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|16-15-12----12---15^-12----12----|
|---------15-------------15-------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
                                [fuzz pedal on]

|(G)                       |(Eb)            |
|--------------------------|----------------|
|--------------------------|----------------|
|10h12----10h12-10h12---10h|12--------------|
|--------------------------|----------------|
|--------------------------|----------------|
|--------------------------|-----------x\x--|

|(C)                    |(G)                         |
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------5^|
|-----------------------|--------------------------5^|
|--------------------x--|----------------------------|
|-----------------1h3---|1^--------------------------|
|1-------------1-3------|----3---------(3)(3)(3)-----|

|(G)                       |(Eb)                        |
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|\-------------------------|----------------------------|
|\------------5^--3^-------|----------------------------|
|----------------------5---|5...........................|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|

|(C)                       |(G)                                |
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|..........................|..........................---------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------(11/12)-|

|(G)                   |(Eb)                        |
|-------------15-------|----------------------------|
|---------------18-15--|18--18--18-16p18-16----x----|
|--17^~----------------|-----------------------x----|
|----------------------|-----------------------x----|
|----------------------|-----------------------x----|
|----------------------|----------------------------|

|(C)                                 |(G)                |
|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-17-15------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------17-15-17-15-----------15-----|-------------------|
|--------------------15h17-17-----15-|13-------------1-3/|
|------------------------------------|---15\---0-1-3-----|

|(G)                    |(Eb)              |
|-----------------------|------------------|
|----------------8--6---|8------8^\---8--8/|
|------3^---3/5--7------|7---x--x----------|
|--3-5----5-------------|----x-------------|
|5----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|

|(C)                |(G)                    |
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|8--6h8-8/8--8-8/8--|8-8/8--6h8-8/8---6h8-8-|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|

|(G)                          |(Eb)                      |
|10p6-10p6-10p6-10p6-10p6-10p6|-10p6-10p6-10p6-10p6-10p6-|
|----8----8----8----8----8----|8----8----8----8----8----8|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|

|(C)                     |(G)                    |G                |
|10p6-10p6-10p6-10p6-----|-----------------------|3----------------|
|----8----8----8----8----|-----------------------|3----------------|
|------------------------|-----x--0------------0-|0----------------|
|----------------------6-|8h9--x----3--5-------0-|0----------------|
|------------------------|-----x---------------0-|--------------x--|
|------------------------|-----------------------|3---------------1|
                                           [pedal off]

|Fadd9                      |
|3--------------------------|----------------------------|
|1-------------------1------|1---------------------------|
|2-------------------2------|0-------------/5--5--5------|
|3-------------------3------|2-------------/5--5--5------|
|----------------------0h3-3|3-------------/3--3--3------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------0|

|G5      F5      |
              (On)
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----5---3-------|
|5-5-5---3-3-3-3-|
|3-3-3-0-1-1-1-1-|


[repeat first verse]
  |G5         F5        |G5              F5          |G           |
On top of the sky   is a place where you go if you've done nothing 
  |---------------------|----------------------------|3-----------|
  |---------------------|----------------------------|3-----------|
  |---------------------|--------------------------x-|0-----------|
  |---------------------|--------------------------x-|0-----------|
  |5--5--5----3--3--3--3|5---5--5---5----3-----------|------------|
  |3--3--3-0--1--1--1--1|3---3--3---3----1-----------|3---3--3----|
  [palm mute                         ]

|G                   |Fadd9           |D   Dsus4 D     |
 wrong      If you've done nothing wrong           (And)
|--------------------|3---------------|2------3--2-----|
|3-------------------|1-------------x-|3------3--3-----|
|0-------------------|2-------------x-|2------2--2-----|
|0-------------------|3-------------x-|0------0--0-----|
|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
|3-------------------|1---------------|----------------|

   |G                      |Fadd9                       |
And down in the ground is a place where you go if you've 
   |-----------------------|3---------------------------|
   |3----------------------|1---------------------------|
   |0------------------0---|2---------------------------|
   |0------------------0---|3------------------3--------|
   |-----------------------|-----------------------1----|
   |3--------------------1-|----------------------------|

|Bb           Bb B  |C            |Bb           Bb B  |C                |
 Been a bad boy          If you've been a bad boy           Why can't we 
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------3-----|-------------|-------------------|5----------------|
|3------------3--4--|5------------|3------------3--4--|5----------------|
|3------------3--4--|5------------|3------------3--4--|5----------------|
|1------------1--2--|3------------|1------------1--2--|3----------------|
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|

[chorus]
|G5             |Fadd9          |Db               |F5              |
 Have e-ter-nal  life        and never die?                         
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|6----------6--6--|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|6-6-6-6-6--6--6--|3-(3)-3--3--3---|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-/|4-4-4-4-4--4--4--|3-(3)-3--3--3---|
|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0|1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|-----------------|1--1--1--1--1---|

|Db               |F5               |Db          |F5           |
 Never die?                          Never die?                 
|-----------------|-----------------|------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------|-------------|
|6----------6--6--|-----------------|6-------6-6-|----------x/-|
|6-6-6-6-6--6--6--|3--3--3--3--3----|6--6----6-6-|3---------x/-|
|4-4-4-4-4--4--4--|3--3--3--3--3----|4--4----4-4-|3---------x/-|
|-----------------|1--1--1--1--1--0-|------------|1------------|

[outro]

|Db     |Bb      |F      |F         ||
|-------|--------|-------|----------||
|-------|--------|-------|----------||
|6------|3-------|-------|----------||
|6------|3-------|3------|3---------||
|4------|1-------|3------|3---------||
|-------|--------|1------|1---------||


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