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By The Who
>From Who Are You, 1978
Written by Pete Townshend ©1978 Eel Pie Publishing Ltd.
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transcribed by Whotabs
litgo@aol.com 1997-05-13 www.thewho.net/whotabs
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[note: synth chord names and leads are approximate]
Bm7 (7)x777x or x2423(2) F/G xxx565
E/D (10)x999x or xx0454 G xxx787
F#m7 xx4220 or 2x222(0) F/G(viii) xxx10 10 8
C/Bb 6x555x G(x) xxx12 12 10
C/A 5x555x G7 xxx10 12 10
C/Ab 4x555x Am/G(x) xxx9 10 8
C/G 3x555x G9 xxx10 10 10
C7sus4 xx5566 or x33366 E/B(iv) xx6454
F xx15 14 13 13 B(ii) x2444x
Eb xx 13 12 11 11
Bb xx 12 10 11 10
[intro]
(E A/E D6/E A/E E E6 A/E D6/E A/E)
|-----------|---------|---9----------|----------|
|---9-10--12|/-12-10--|---9-10-----12|/-12-10---|
|---9-9---11|/-11-9---|---9-9------11|/-11-9----|
|---9-11--12|/-12-11--|---9-11-----12|/-12-11---|
|-7---------|---------|-7------------|----------|
|-----------|---------|--------------|----------|
| | |
|-----------|----8----|-------------------------|
|-----------|----11^--|-------------------------|
|-----------|---------|---2^2\------2h4-2h4-2-4-|
|-----------|---------|-------------------------|
|5h7--------|---------|-------------------------|
|--0--------|---------|-------------------------|
(E A/E D6/E A/E E6 A/E D6/E)
|-----------|------------|-------|------0----
|-----------|--7-7-7-7-7-|-9-----|------0----
|-----------|--7-7-7-7-7-|-9-----|------4----
|\2---------|------------|-------|----2------
|--------2--|------------|-------|----2------
|----3p0-0--|------------|-----0-|--0--------
[verse]
|Bm7 E/D |F#m7
You need a new song
|E A/E |D6/E A/E
I'll set the words up so they tear right at your soul
|Bm7 E/D |F#m7
Don't take me too long
|E A/E |D6/E A/E |
But there's a danger that I'll plagiarize something old
|Bm7(vii) |A(v) |
My fingers kill me as I play my guitar 'cuz I've been
|--7----------------------|-----7-----------------------|
|0------------------------|0----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Dmaj7/A A D/A |A
chewing down at my nails.
|---------9---------|-----9-----|
|-0-----------------|---0-------|
|-------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------|
C/Bb Csus4 |C/A Csus4
My hairline ain't exactly superstar, but there's
|-12--------------------13-15|12---------13--15-----|
|----------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------|
C/Ab |C/G Csus4 |C7sus4 |C C
one trick that never fails, this never fails.
|-12-------------13-15|12-----13---15-15-|-15^-12-13-13p12------
|---------------------|------------------|-------------|--13----
|---------------------|------------------|-------------|----12--
|---------------------|------------------|-------------|--------
|---------------------|------------------|-------------|--------
|---------------------|------------------|-------------|--------
[chorus; arpeggiated chords]
|F Eb |Bb
I write the same old song with a few new lines
|--10h11--|
F Eb Bb
And everybody wants to cheer it
|------10---|
|--9h11-----|
F Eb Bb
I write the same old song you heard a good few times
F Eb
Admit you really wanna hear it
(F C Fsus4 F C Fsus4 C C E B Esus4 E B B)
|-13-12-13^--13-|-12-13^(13)12---|-12-11-12--12-|----------|
|---------------|-------------13-|---------12---|-12-------|
|---------------|----------------|--------------|----11----|
|---------------|----------------|--------------|----------|
|---------------|----------------|--------------|----------|
|---------------|----------------|--------------|----------|
| E (D/E) | (A/E) | E F#7 G6 | D6 E |
|(12)-(19)-|-0------|-------------|----------|
|-0--------|-0------|-------------|--------9-|
|-4--------|-4------|-9-11----12--|-14-14--9-|
|-2--------|-2------|-9-11----12--|-14-14--9-|
|-2--------|--------|-7-9-----10--|-12-12--7-|
|-0--------|--------|-------------|----------|
| E C | Dadd9/E D/E|E E E (D6) |
|-----0--|-0---0--0---0--|0--0---0--0------7~---|
|-9---8--|-10--10-10--10/|12-12--10/12-9~--7~---|
|-9---9--|-11--11-11--11/|13-13--11/13-9~--7~---|
|-9---10-|-12--12-12--12/|12-12--12/12-9~--7~---|
|-7------|---------------|----------------------|
|--------|-----------0---|----------------------|
Whenever I see you
You always treat me like I'm some kind of perfect man
Just 'cause I please you
You explain, but you don't think I can understand
| Bm(vii) |A(v) |
My head is spinning as I scrawl with my pen, 'cause I've been
|-----7---------------------|-------7---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-4/6-----------------------|4/6--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Dmaj7/A D/A|A |C/Bb Csus4|C/A Csus4 |
pouring vodka in my soul Nothing really ever changes, my friend
|---------9----------|----9-/|12--------------13-15|12----------------|
|--------------------|-------|---------------------|------------------|
|-4/6----------------|4/6----|---------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|-------|---------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|-------|---------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|-------|---------------------|------------------|
| C/Ab Csus4| C/G Csus4 C7sus4 | C C
New lamps for old, new lamps for old
|/12-12-----13-15-15^|-13-12--------|18-18-17-18-|-20-20-----|
|--------------------|------13------|------------|-----------|
|--------------------|--------12----|------------|-----------|
|--------------------|--------------|------------|-----------|
|--------------------|--------------|------------|-----------|
|--------------------|--------------|------------|-----------|
We sing the same old song, just like a vintage car
You can look, but you won't ever drive it
We drink the same old wine from a brand new jar
We get hung over but we always survive it
|(F C Fsus4 | F C Fsus4 C C | E B Esus4 | E B B) |
|-13-12-13^--|-13-12-13^(13)12---|-12-11-12---|-12----------|
|------------|----------------13-|---------12-|----12-------|
|------------|-------------------|------------|-------11----|
|------------|-------------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------------|------------|-------------|
|(As2 E As2| As2 E Asus2 E E | Bs4 B Bs4 | Bs4 B B) |
|-12-11-14-|-12-11-12^-11----|-12-11-14p11-|-11--------------|
|----------|--------------12-|-------------|-----12----12----|
|----------|-----------------|-------------|--------11-------|
|----------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
[bridge]
|F/G | G |F/G | G |F/G | G (sus4)|F/G (add9)|G (sus4) |
F/G |G |F/G |G
Turn on the radio, love is proclaimed again and again and again
F/G |G
Join in and sing, now, don't be ashamed,
|F/G(x) |G(xii)
Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain.
|F/G(x) |G |Am/G(x) |G7
Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain
|Am/G(x) |G |F/G |F /G |Bsus4 |B [pick sld]
Let it rain....
(E A/E D6/E A/E E E6 A/E D6/E A/E)
|---------|-0---------|---------|----------|
|---------|-0---------|---------|-3---2--x-|
|---------|-4---------|---------|-2---2--x-|
|---------|-2---------|--2------|-4---2--x-|
|-2-------|-----------|-x0------|-----0----|
|-0-----0-|-----------|-3--0----|----------|
(C F/C Bb/C F/C C F/C Bb/C F/C)
|--------|---------|---------|---------------|
|-5------|-6----10^|\10^-----|-------10^\10^-|
|-5------|-5----10^|\10^-----|-------10^\10^-|
|-5------|-5-------|---------|---------------|
|-3------|---------|---------|---------------|
|--------|---------|---------|-----8T--------|
F Eb Bb
We hum the same old line to a different crowd
F Eb Bb
And everybody wants to cheer it
F Eb Bb
We run on endless time to reach a higher cloud
F Eb Bb
But never ever seem to get near it
F Eb Bb F
We sing the.. same old song
Eb Bb
Same old song
We sing the same old song, just like a vintage car
You can look, but you won't ever drive it
We drink the same old wine from a brand new jar
We get hung over but we always survive it
We sing the... same old song
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litgo@aol.com
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