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It Was You – guitar crd

It Was You | guitar crd
By The Naturals and Chaos & Co., 1964 
Written by Pete Townshend (credited to Townshend/Parker/Grey), 1962

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transcribed by                             Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com          2001-08-29          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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The Naturals version

Aadd#5     577x65
F#madd#5   244232

||:A   D   |A    E7 :||

A       D         |A        D            |A    D  |A   E7 |
I was a guy who no love had passed him by
A          D      |A     D       |A   D   |A   Aadd#5 
Then I met you and now I realize

      |D                  |E7            |A         F#m  
It was you, it was you who set my heart a-beatin'
       |D               |E7                     |C#      |C#    |
I never knew, never knew love would come without meaning, ooh

F#m       B        |F#m         E         |F#m   B   |F#m   E |
Now I can live with love like a man should
F#m        B        |F#m         E      |F#m   B  |F#m   F#madd#5
I love you more than anyone else could
      
      |D                  |E7            |A         F#m  
It was you, it was you who set my heart a-sighin'
       |D               |E7                     |C#      |C#    |
I never knew, never knew love could come without tryin', ooh

[interlude]
|F#m    B   |F#m   E    |F#m   B  |F#m   E  |
|F#m    B   |F#m   E    |F#m   B  |F#m   E7 |


A         D            |A       D            |A    D  |A   E7 |
Now I'm a guy who knows love is here to stay
A          D       |A           D    |A   D   |A   Aadd#5 
I love you more and more, baby, every day

      |D                   |E7                |A         F#m  
It was you, it was you that made my life worth living
       |D               |E7                   |C#      |C#    |
I never knew, never knew love's not takin' but givin'

F#m       B        |F#m         E         |F#m   B   |F#m   E |
Now I can live with love like a man should
F#m        B        |F#m         E      |F#m   B  |F#m   F#madd#5
I love you more than anyone else could
      |D                  |E7            |A         F#m  
It was you, it was you who set my heart a-beatin'
       |D               |C#7          
I never knew, never knew        it was

|F#m   B |F#m   E |F#m   C#7 |F#
 you...


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[Chaos & Co. version]

Cadd9  8 10 8 9 8 10
Bm/F#  2x4432

||:G    C   |G    D7  :||

G       C            |G              C             |G   C   |G   D7  |
I was a guy who could doubt out when love passed me by
G          C      |G        C     |G   C  |G   G7
Then I met you and now I realize
      |C          |Cadd9 C|C      Cadd9 C|G      |G7       
It was you, it was you who set my heart a-beating
       |C          |Cadd9 C  |C          Cadd9   C   |B       |B       
I never knew, never knew that love could come without meaning, ooh

||:G    C   |G    D7  :||

I was a guy who could doubt when love passed me by
Then I met you and now I realize
It was you, it was you who set my heart a-beating
I never knew, never knew that love could come without meaning, ooh

[interlude]
|Em      |A       |Em     |A      |Em     |A     |Em     |A     |
|G G   C |G G  D7 |G G  C |G G  D7|


I was a guy who could doubt when love passed me by
Then I met you and now I realize
It was you it, was you who set my heart a-beating
       |C               |B
I never knew, never knew 

      |B   A  |G   Bm/F#  |G    Bm/F#  |E
It was you...

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litgo@aol.com

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