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Is It Me? (demo) – guitar tab

Is It Me? (demo) | guitar tab
By Pete Townshend, 1973
>From Quadrophenia (The Director's Cut/Super Deluxe Edition), 2011
Written by Pete Townshend ©1973/2011 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         2012-01-17             Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com                                 www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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Fsus4                xx3321
F                    xx3211
Cm7                  x35343
Am                   x02210
Ab                   466544
Abmaj7               xx6543
Gsus4                xx5533
G                    xx5433
Cm                   xx5543
Cm/Bb                (6)x5543 (Bb implied by bass)
Eb                   x6888x
Cm7                  x35343
Abmaj9               4645(46)
Fmaj7                xx3555
Cmaj7                x3545x
D                    xx0232

[intro]
B    Am   G
B    Am   G

Fsus4    F     Fsus4     F    

[verse]
B                              F#
I guess by now you're feeling sorry for me
Well that's the way this story's meant to be
Take a look around, you won't see much that's right
Your kid might be in the Boy Scouts, but he's kicking queers at night

[chorus]
D                            G
Tell me a single thing life teaches you
Tell me a single death that reaches you
You deny you've got a soul to preach to
Try and save him, I beseech you

B                             G
I've done all I can, he never cut his hair
  B                      Am      G
I washed my hands of the whole affair
D                    Cm         Bb      
Twenty years in jail seems a little harsh
      D              Cm      Bb     Fsus4     F     Fsus4    F
But I bow to the law and the chosen path

[bridge]
Abmaj7             Gsus4/C G/D 
   Is it me, for a moment      
Cm    Cm/Bb     Abmaj7   
  The stars are falling 
Eb          Cm7 Abmaj9     Eb         Cm7 Abmaj9 
    The heat is rising,       the past is calling

E        Ab

[repeat]
I guess by now you're feeling sorry for him
Well that's OK, 'cause they put him in the bin
Take a look around, take a walk out in the park
You can still see all the old ladies scared stiff of the dark

Tell me etc.

Fmaj7                  Cmaj7         D
    Some nights I still sleep on the beach
Fmaj7             Cmaj7         D
    Remember when stars were in reach



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

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