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Man And Machines – guitar tab

Man And Machines | guitar tab
By Pete Townshend, 1989
>From Scoop 3, 2001
Written by Pete Townshend ©2001 Eel Pie Publishing Ltd.

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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
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transcribed by                             Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com          2002-01-07          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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Capo on 1

Bb   Bbsus4   Bb    Bbsus4

Cm
Man makes machines to man the machines
Ab                           Cm            Ab
That make the machines, that make the machines

Cm
Make a machine to make a machine
    Ab                   Bb
And man and machine will make a machine
   Cm               Bb     Eb   
To break the machines that make the machines

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|7--|6--|6--|4---|4--|4--|3--|---|
|6--|6--|4--|3---|2--|4--|4--|3--|
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Bb
I am a war machine forged in the past
Eb/Bb 
Jointly and several, the sum of my parts
     Bb
Is a war machine
     Eb/Bb 
I am your machine

I am a war machine hungry to gorge
On the steel and the chrome that the war-mongers forge
I'm a war machine
I am your machine

I'll destroy robots that take a man's share
I will eat factories that poison in the air
I'm a war machine
I am your machine

||:Eb  Bb  Eb  Fm7  Ab :||

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|7--|6--|6--|4---|4--|4--|3--|---|
|6--|6--|4--|3---|2--|4--|4--|3--|
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C               F                     C   F
I'll bring down fences to tear at the skin
Gm7    Bb                          Bb Gm7
I will dissolve those preparing to win
      C     F   
I'm a war machine
F C  Gm7  Bb
I am your machine

I am an edge to break your blade
I'll destroy weapons you have made
I'm a war machine
I am your machine

C
I consume more machines, swallow them hole
F/C     
If I am broken I still have a soul
      C
I'm a war machine
     F/C   
I am your machine

[drum interlude]

Cm
Make a machine to make a machine
    Ab                   Bb
And man and machine will make a machine
   Cm                 Bb   Eb   Eb  Bb/D Eb
To break the machines that make the ma---chines

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litgo@aol.com

#----------------------------------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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