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The Punk and the Godfather (The Punk Meets the Godfather) – bass tab

The Punk and the Godfather (The Punk Meets the Godfather) | bass tab
By The Who
>From Quadrophenia, 1973
Written by Pete Townshend, ©1973 Fabulous Music Ltd.

#----------------------------------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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Transcribed by:
Artyom (art98krolik@mail.ru)
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2015-07-17                         Whotabs               www.thewho.net/whotabs/
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|----------|-----------------13/14-14-14-14-|------------------------|
|----x4----|--------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------|--------------------------------|--------12-12-12-12-12\-|
|----------|--------------------------------|------------------------|

|------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------5--|-5h7---------------5h7-----|
|---------0-0-0--5-7-----|--------0-0-0--5h7---------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|


   You declared you would be three inches taller
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------5h7-7-7---------|---<7>---7-----5-------7\-|
|-0--0-----------------0-|-0---------5h7------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|

   You only became what we made you.
|--------------------------|-5----7--7/9--7p5----|
|-------------5--7---5-7---|---7---------------5-|
|-0---0--5h7-------7-------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|

Thought you were chasing a destiny calling
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------------5----7\--|------------5----7\--|
|-0--0--5h7-----------|-0--0--5h7-----------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
   
   You only earned what we gave you.
|---------------------|-5---7---5----------|
|-------------5---7-5-|---7-------7---5----|
|-0--0--5h6h7---7-----|-----------------7--|
|---------------------|--------------------|

  You fell and cried as our people were starving,
|------------7-7--7-7--|-7------------7-7-----|
|-------5h7------------|----------5h7-----5h7-|
|-5--5-----------------|-----0h5--------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|

  Now you know that we blame you.
|--------------7---------|------------7-7------|
|--------5h7--------5h7--|--------5h7------5h7-|
|-5--5-------------------|-5--5----------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
  
   You tried to walk on the trail we were carving,
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------7--7------7-|------------5--5h7---|
|-0---0--------------|-0-----5h7-----------|
|--------------------|---------------------|

  Now you know that we framed you.
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------5--------5--|-7-----7--7--7----|
|-0-0--5h7------5h7-----|----------------0-|
|-----------------------|------------------|

 I'm the guy in the sky  flying high flashing eyes
|--------------7------|----------7-7-7---7------|
|---------5h7-----5h7-|--------------------5h7--|
|-5---5---------------|-5---5-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|

 No surprise I told lies I'm the punk in the gutter
|-------------7-------|-----7---------------|
|--------5h7------5h7-|---------5h7---------|
|-5---5---------------|-5-5----------5----0-|
|---------------------|---------------------|

(gutter)
|--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-|-13-13-13-13--9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7----------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------9-9-9-9-|
|-7-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|

  I'm the new president and I grew and I bent
|------------9------|------9-----------------9-|
|-------------------|-7h9-------7h9------7h9---|
|-7-----------------|--------0-------7-7-------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|

  Don't you know? don't it show? I'm the punk with the stutter.
|--------9----------9--------|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------7h9------9---|---------------------|------------------------|
|----7-----------------7---7-|--0h5---0h5-7---7-7--|-7---7---7----7-7--7--0-|
|----------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|

  My   my   my    my    my    G-g-ge - ne - ra - tion
|-----------7----------7-----|-----------7-------7---7---|
|-----7--------------7---7---|-----7-----------7---7---7-|
|-5------5-----------------5-|-5------5------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|

  My   my   my    my    my    G-g-ge - ne - ra - tion
|-----------7----------7-----|-----------7---------------|
|-----7--------------7---7---|-----7-----------------7-7-|
|-5------5-----------------5-|-5------5------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|

|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------|
|------------------|-7-7-7-7-7\------|------------------5--|-5h7-----------|
|-0----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0---5-7-----|---------------|
|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------|

|------------14-14-14-14-14\--|-------------------12---14\---|
|-----------------------------|------------12h14-------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-------------------|-0-0-0-0-0--------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|

|---------------------|-----------5-------------|
|-------------5-------|-5-x--5h7----7-5---------|
|-0---0--5h7-----5h7--|-------------------7-5-7-|
|---------------------|-------------------------|

  We tried to speak between lines of oration
|------------------|-----------------------|
|--------5h7-------|---------------5-x--7\-|
|-0---0------5-----|-0---0--0--5h7---------|
|------------------|-----------------------|

  You could only repeat what we told you.
|------------------|------5------7-7-5------|
|-----------5------|--5-7-----7--------7-5--|
|-0-0-0-3-5---7--0-|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|

  Your axe belongs to a dying nation,
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-------5h7-------|-------5h7----------|
|-0---0------0----|-0---0------0-----0-|
|-----------------|--------------------|

  They don't know that we own you.
|-------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-5--7-----7-----|
|-0-0-----0----5h7--|--------------0-|
|-----0-3-----------|----------------|

  You're watching movies trying to find the feelers,
|--------7-----------|--------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-------------5h7----|-------------------------|
|-5---5-----5------0-|-5---5-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|

  You only see what we show you.
|----------7----------|----------7-7-----------|
|------------7--------|------5h7-----5h7-------|
|-5---5--------5--5---|-5----------------0-0-5-|
|---------------------|------------------------|

  We're the slaves of the phony leaders
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|-5/7--------7-------|
|-0------------0-0-|-------0-0------0-0-|
|------------------|--------------------|

  Breathe the air we have blown you.
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-<7>-------5/7-----|----5--7----7-7-7---|
|----<7>-0------0---|--7---------------0-|
|-------------------|--------------------|

 I'm the guy in the sky  flying high flashing eyes
|------------7--------|------------7-7----------|
|---------------------|--------5h7--------5-7---|
|-5---x-5-----------0-|p5---5-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|

 No surprise I told lies I'm the punk in the gutter
|--------7-7-7--7-------|-----7---------------|
|-------------------5h7-|---------5h7---------|
|-5---x-----------5-----|-5-------------0---5-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|

(gutter)
|-----------------|-9/13-13-13-13--9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7---------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------9-9-9-9-|
|-7---7---7---7---|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------------------------|

  I'm the new president and I grew and I bent
|------------9------|------9----------------9--|
|-------------------|-7h9-------7--7---7h9-----|
|-7-----------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|

  Don't you know? don't it show?     I'm the punk with the stutter.
|-9/13--9-7-9--7-9-7---------------|----------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------9-7-9--7-9-7-|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-9b10---7---5-------5-|-5/7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--0-|
|----------------------------------|---------------0h7----|-----0----------------------|

  My   my   my    my    my    G-g-ge - ne - ra - tion
|--------------7-7-7-7-----7-|-----------9p7-----------|
|----------------------5h7---|---------------9--7p5----|
|-5--------------------------|-5--------------------7--|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|

  My   my   my    my    my    G-g-ge - ne - ra - tion
|----------------------7-----|-------------------------7-|
|------------------7b8---7---|----------------7--7--7----|
|-5------------------------0-|-5-------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|

  I have to be careful not to preach  I can't pretend that I can teach,
|-------------------------7---------|----------------------7----------|
|-------------------7---------------|----------------7--7-------------|
|-5-----------------------------5p0-|-3------------------------5------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------3---|

  And yet I've lived your future out  By pounding stages like a clown.
|---------------7/9---7---------|------------------------------------|
|-5----------------------8\7--5-|-7---------------------------5--5-7-|
|-------------------------------|-----0---0---0---0---0-5-5h7--------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|

  And on the dance floor broken glass, and bloody faces slowly pass,
|-------------------7----7------7--|---------------7------7-------7-|
|-----------------7----7---7-------|--------------------7---7---7---|
|-5--------------------------5-----|-5------------------------5-----|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  The numbered seats in empty rows, It all belongs to me you know.
|-------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-5------------------5-----5-5--|-7----------7-7---------|-5h7------------7-------|
|--------------5---5-----5--5-5-|----------0--------0--0-|---------0--0-----------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

|------------------------|--14-14-14-14-14----------12--------12-------|
|-------------7-7-7-7-7--|--------------------12h14-----12h14------14\-|
|--0-0-0-0-0-------------|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
                                                                                 
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|-5-------------|
|----------7-7-7-7-7\--|-----------7-7-7-7-7-|-------------------5--5h7--|----7p5--------|
|--0-------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-----------|--0-0-0---0-3-5-7----------|----------7p5--|
|----------------------|---------------------|--------3------------------|---------------|
                                                            
   You declared you would be three inches taller
|------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------5h7--|----------5-----7\---|
|-0--0----------5h7------|-0---5h7-------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|

   You only became what we made you.
|----------------------5-|---7--5--7/9--7--5------|
|-------------5----7-5---|-7-------------------7--|
|-0---0--5h7-----7-------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|

Thought you were chasing a destiny calling
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------------5----5h7-|------------5----7\--|
|-0--0--5h7-----------|-0--0--5h7-----5-----|
|---------------------|---------------------|
   
   You only earned what we gave you.
|---------------------|-5---7/9-8--5-------|
|-------------5---7-5-|---7----------7-----|
|-0--0--5/7-----7-----|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|

  You fell and cried as our people were starving,
|------------7-7--7-7--|-7-7--7-7---7---------------|
|-------5h7------------|-----------7----------------|
|-5--5-----------------|--------------5-5-5-5-5-0-3-|
|----------------------|----------------------------|

  Now you know that we blame you.
|--------------7---------|---------7-7--------------|
|--------5h7--------5h7--|-----5h7------5h7---------|
|-5--5-------------------|-5-----------------0-3-5\-|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
  
   You tried to walk on the trail we were carving,
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|------5h7-----------|----------5h7--7-------|
|-0----------0---0---|-0---0------------0--0-|
|--------------------|-----------------------|

  Now you know that we framed you.
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------5--------5--|-7--------7--7----|
|-0-0--5h7------0h7-----|----------------0-|
|-----------------------|------------------|

 I'm the guy in the sky  flying high flashing eyes
|------------7-7-7--7-7-|----------7-7-7-7-----7---|
|--------5h7------------|--------------------7---7-|
|-5---5-----------------|-5---5------------5-------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|

 No surprise I told lies I'm the punk in the gutter
|---------7-----------|----------7----------|
|---------------------|-----5-7-------------|
|-5---5---------------|-5-5-------------0-5-|
|---------------------|---------------------|

(gutter)
|---------------------|-9/13-13-13-13--9-9-9-9--7--7------9--|
|---------------------|-------------------------------7h9----|
|-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------|

  I'm the new president and I grew and I bent
|------------9------|------9----------------------|
|-------------------|-7h9------7h9----------------|
|-7-----------------|----------------7-7--5-5-5-6-|
|-------------------|-----------------------------|

  Don't you know? don't it show? I'm the punk with the stutter.
|--------9-------------------|-9/13--9-7-------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------7------------|-------------9--6------|-------------------------------|
|-7--7-----------------------|--------------------9--|-5---5h7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|

  My   my   my    my    my    G-g-ge - ne - ra - tion
|----------------------------|-7-------------------7-----|
|----------------------------|-------------------7---7---|
|-5----------------------5-0-|-------------------------5-|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|

  My   my   my    my    my    G-g-ge - ne - ra - tion
|----------------------7-----|------------------------------12-13-|
|------------------------7---|------------------------12-14-------|
|-5------------------5-----5-|-5----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------|

  My   my   my   my   my    G  -  g  -  ge - ne - ra - tion
|-15---13---11------------------12-13-|-15---13---11------------------12-13-|
|----------------14---12--12-14-------|----------------14---12--12-14-------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| [repeat and fade]
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

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#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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