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I Don’t Wanna Get Wise – guitar tab

I Don't Wanna Get Wise | guitar tab
By The Who
>From Who, 06 Dec. 2019
Written by Pete Townshend ©2019 Spirit Music Publishing 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        2019-12-01                     Alex Lopez                 
icoflib@hotmail.com                                  www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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Capo on 3

Chords you'll need:

Opening:                           Chorus:
Eb 3365343                         F    x33565
F  x33565                          C/Eb x33898
                                   Ab   466544                          
                                   Bb   653366
                                   C#   x46664
Verse:                             Eb5  668886 
F     x33565                       Eb   365343
Fsus4 x33656                       
Bb    335553                       
Cmaj 335553                        
                                   Bridge:                            
Pre-chs:                           Eb    365343
C     3355533                      Dm    x57763 
Csus4 335563                       Cmin  335543
Bb    653336                       F     x33565
F     x33565                       C#    x4666x
                                   Ab    466544
                                   Csus4 335553
                                   C     335553



   Eb    F     Eb      F     Eb    F     Eb
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|----5-8-7-5-------0-3/8-7-8---5-8-7-5----0------|
|--6---------8-6-6-----------6---------8-6-------|
|----------------6-------------------------------|


         F               Fsus4
He was drunk, I was blind
          Bb       F  C
Though we tried to be kind
      F            Fsus4
I was sunk, always late
       Bb    F   C
We were quick to rotate

                  Dm             C
Let's be blunt, I was a bluff
        Bb               F
And the surreal life was tough
        Dm            C
I was a runt, we told lies
       Bb
But to our great surprise

          Csus4       C
All the shit that we did
                Csus4    C
Brought us some money, I guess
          Csus4        C
And those snotty young kids
       Csus4       C
Were a standing success

            Bb             F
Helped us conquer and rise
       Bb              C
And we learned in this hell

We don't wanna get wise

F C/Eb          Ab        Bb        
       (I don't wanna get wise
        C#        Eb5    
I don't wanna get wise)
                Eb
Life teaches us well

   Eb      F   Eb
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|------------------3------|
|----5-8-7-5-----3--------|
|--6---------8-6----------|
|-------------------------|

         F            Fsus4
We still pull, we get smug
       Bb       F C
And we all like a drug
     F            Fsus4
Over full, always sated
       Bb  F C
Puffed up, elated

      Dm        C
Let's admit our mistakes
         Bb            F
Are what triggered our breaks
        Dm            C
We were shits, oh, no disguise
       Bb
And it is no surprise

         Csus4        C
That the crap that we did
           Csus4      C
Brought us money, God bless
          Csus4          C
And those s-snotty young kids
       Csus4       C
Were a standing success

          Bb          F
Helped us conquer and rise
        Bb             C
And we learned in this hell

We didn't wanna get wise!

F C/Eb          Ab        Bb        
       (I don't wanna get wise
        C#        Eb5    
I don't wanna get wise)
                Eb
Life teaches us well

Eb              Dm
Experiment, you universe
Cm                F
We'll ask why you choose to curse
C#                 Ab
Why set a fire you plan to douse?
        Csus4            C
Why set a rat to catch a mouse?

       F                           Fsus4
He was drunk (he was drunk), I was blind (he was blind)
          Bb       F  C
Though we tried to be kind
      F                          Fsus4
I was sunk (he was sunk), he was late (always late)
        Bb    F  C
We were quick to rotate

         Csus4        C
We tried hard to stay young
        Bb              F
But the high notes were sung
           Csus4               C
We've been scarred, we've been prized
              Bb
But you could see in our eyes


F C/Eb          Ab        Bb        
       (I don't wanna get wise
        C#        Eb5    
I don't wanna get wise)

We got wise!

F C/Eb          Ab        Bb        
       (I don't wanna get wise
        C#        Eb5    
I don't wanna get wise)

We got wise!

F C/Eb          Ab        Bb        
       (I don't wanna get wise
        C#        Eb5    
I don't wanna get wise)

We got wise!

F C/Eb          Ab         Bb        
       (I don't wanna get wise
        C#        Eb5    
I don't wanna get wise)
       Eb 
We got wise!

    Eb    F     Eb  
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-----5-8-7-5-------------|
|---6---------8-6---------|
|-------------------------|

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