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Over The Top | guitar tab
By Pete Townshend
>From The Iron Man, 1989
Written by Pete Townshend (c)1989 Heavy Metabolics Ltd/Towser Tunes Inc.
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transcribed by Whotabs
litgo@aol.com 2000-01-16 www.thewho.net/whotabs
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[note: leads and timing are approximate]
|A Bm |G |A Bm |G |
|--------------|--------------------|---------------|-------------|
|--------------|--6/7h10p7h10p7h10p7|---------------|-------------|
|--------------|--------------------|9^-------------|-7h9-7-9-9^--|
|--------------|--------------------|---------------|-------------|
|--------------|--------------------|---------------|-------------|
|--------------|--------------------|---------------|-------------|
|A Bm |G |A Bm |G | |
|--------------|-----------|-----------|--------|-----|
|--------------|-----------|-----------|--------|-----|
|\-------------|-777777----|-----------|--------|<12>-|
|--------------|-----------|7----------|----<12>|-----|
|--------------|--------7-9|-9---------|--------|-----|
|--------------|-----------|-----------|--------|-----|
[chorus]
|A Bm |G |A Bm |G |
Over the top we go Yey yuh yair yuh ye-uh
|---------------|-------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------|-----------3-|----------------|---------0----3----0-|
|---------------|----2^\-0----|----------------|-------0---0-----0---|
|---------------|-------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------|-------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------|-------------|----------------|---------------------|
|A Bm |G |A Bm |G | |
Over the top we go Yey yey year yuh ye-ah
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|--------|-------10-|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|--------|--10-12---|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|--------|----------|
|---------------|----------0------|---------------|--------|----------|
|---------------|-------0----2-0-2|---------------|--------|----------|
|---------------|-----3---3-------|---------------|--------|----------|
|G A |Bm Bm A/C# |
I've no idea where my life be-gan
[2/4][4/4]
|G D |A Bm |G D |A |G |
But I am a fearless Iron Man
(I am a fearless Iron Man, I am a fearless Iron Man)
|G F#|G | |
|----------10\--|-------|-----------------|
|---------------|--0-3--|-----------------|
|----------12\--|-------|2-2--4-----------|
|---------------|-------|-----------------|
|---------------|-------|-----------------|
|---------------|-------|-----------------|
[verse]
|D |G
I lost my arm, I lost my eyes
|D |G |
I broke my feet, I bruised my thighs
|----------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------|---------------------10-10---|
|----------------|------------------12^---12^--|
|----------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------------|
|D |G |
My head's on a cliff, a-hanging from a tree
|--------------------|-------------------------10-12-14---|
|--------------------|----------------------12------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------|
|D |G | |
My neck's on the beach with my elbow and my knee
[chorus]
|A Bm |G |A Bm |G |
Over the top we go Yey yuh yair yuh ye-uh
|---------------|-------15\-|---------------|--------------------------|
|---------------|-------15\-|---------------|--------0-4-0-7-0-4-0-----|
|---------------|-----------|---------------|--------0-----------------|
|---------------|-----------|---------------|--------------------------|
|---------------|-----------|---------------|--------------------------|
|---------------|-----------|---------------|--------------------------|
|A Bm |G |A Bm |G |
Over the top we go Yey yey year yuh ye-ah
|----------------|----7\----|----------------|----------3--------|
|----------------|----8\----|----------------|----------3--------|
|----------------|----------|----------------|----------0--------|
|----------------|----------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------|----------------|-------------------|
[verse]
|D |G |
My eye looked around discovered my hand
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------7h10p7h10p7h10p7--|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
|D |G |
Together they uncovered my arm in the sand
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------7h10p7h10p7h10p710----------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------9--7-----|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|D |G
All the pieces of me come together as one
|D |G | |
And we all dance forever in the morning sun
------|------------------------|------------------7-10-7----|----------|
------|------------------------|-------------7-10-------10-7|----------|
------|------------------------|----------------------------|-9-7-7-2-4|
------|------------------------|----------------------------|----9-----|
------|------------------------|----------------------------|----------|
------|------------------------|----------------------------|----------|
[chorus]
|A Bm |G |A Bm |G |
Over the top we go Yey yuh yair yuh ye-uh
|---------------|-------------------|----------------|---------|
|---------------|----0-0-0-15\-15---|----------------|---------|
|---------------|----0-0-0-16\-0----|----------------|---------|
|---------------|-------------------|----------------|---------|
|---------------|-------------------|----------------|---------|
|---------------|-------------------|----------------|---------|
|A Bm |G |A Bm |G | |
Over the top we go Yey yey year yuh ye-ah
|---------------|-----------|----------------|------3--------|---------|
|---------------|---5p3-3-5-|5---------------|-------3/8-----|<12>-----|
|---------------|------4----|----------------|-----------<12>|---------|
|---------------|-----------|----------------|---------------|---------|
|---------------|-----------|----------------|---------------|---------|
|---------------|-----------|----------------|---------------|---------|
|G A |Bm Bm A/C# |
I've no idea where my maker ran
|G D |A Bm |G D |A G |
But I am a fearless Iron Man
(I am a fearless Iron Man, I am a fearless Iron Man)
[2/4][4/4]
|G D |A Bm |G D |A |G | F# G|
(I am a fearless Iron Man, I am a fearless Iron Man)
|G |D |G |D |
|------------------|--------------------|---------------|--------12---|
|0h3p0h3p0h3p0-3---|---10-12-10/--10-10-|8-7----8-7-----|---10--------|
|------------------|11-----------11-----|----7----------|/11---11---9^|
|------------------|--------------------|---------------|-------------|
|------------------|--------------------|---------------|-------------|
|------------------|--------------------|---------------|-------------|
|G |A Bm C |C F F |
|-------------------------------|------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------|----5-7--8--|8--------------|
|--9^^7-----7---------9^^-7---7-|5-7---------|---------------|
|--------9------------------9---|------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------|------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------|------------|---------------|
|C G |C F F |C G |
|-------------------|-----13-15-17--------|15-13------15--------|
|---5-8p5--/8-------|13-15----------------|-----15-13----13-----|
|5-7------5---------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|C# C# C# F# F# |C# C# F# |C# C# F# F#|C# C# F# |
|----------------|----------|-----------|----------------------------|
|--------9-7-6---|--------9-|7-6h7p6----|--------------------------9p|
|-----6-8------8-|---8^\6---|-----------|---------8-8-10p8-10-8-10---|
|--6-8-----------|-6--------|-----------|-----8-10-------------------|
|----------------|----------|-----------|-8-10-----------------------|
|----------------|----------|---------6-|8---------------------------|
|C# C# C# F# F#|C# C# F# |C# C# C# F# F# |Ab Ab Ab |
|---------------|----8-9-11p8----|---------------|8--8--8\-|
|7------------7h|9-9---------11-9|9--------------|9--9--9\-|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------|
[chorus; modulate]
|Bb Cm |Ab |Bb Cm |Ab |
Over the top we go Yey yuh yair yuh ye-uh
|---------------|---------|----------------|------11-11-11----11-11-|
|---------------|---------|----------------|------13-13-13-13-------|
|---------------|---------|----------------|------------------------|
|---------------|---------|----------------|------------------------|
|---------------|---------|----------------|------------------------|
|---------------|---------|----------------|------------------------|
|Bb Cm |Ab |Bb Cm |Ab |
Over the top we go Yey yuh yair yuh ye-uh
|---------------|---------11----|----------------|--------|
|---------------|---13-13---13--|----------------|--------|
|---------------|---13-13-------|----------------|--------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|--------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|--------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|--------|
|Bb Cm |Ab |
Over the top we go
|---------------|---18-18-18-16-16-16--|
|---------------|---18-18-18-18-18-16--|
|---------------|----------------------|
|---------------|----------------------|
|---------------|----------------------|
|---------------|----------------------|
|Bb Cm |Ab |
Yey yuh yair yuh ye-uh
|----------------|-----8-8---8-8----6-|
|----------------|9----9-9-9-9-9-9--6-|
|----------------|8--------8-----8--7-|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
|Bb Cm |Ab |Bb Cm |Ab |
Over the top we go Yey yuh yair yuh ye-uh
|---------------|------18\--18\--|----------------|--------|
|---------------|------20\--20\--|----------------|--------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
|Bb Cm |Ab |Bb Cm |Ab |
Over the top we go Yey yuh yair yuh ye-uh
|---------------|-----4---4---4-----|----------------|--------|
|---------------|-----4---4---4-----|----------------|--------|
|---------------|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|----------------|--------|
|---------------|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|---------------|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|---------------|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|Bb Cm |Ab Ab9
Over the top we go
|---------------|4-------6--------------
|---------------|4-------4--------------
|---------------|5-------5--------------
|---------------|-----------------------
|---------------|-----------------------
|---------------|-----------------------
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litgo@aol.com
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#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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