A Quick One While He’s Away (live) – guitar tab
A Quick One While He's Away (live) | guitar tab
By The Who
>Originally from A Quick One/Happy Jack, 1966/1967
(Live version source: The Kids Are Alright sdtrk/Live At Leeds remaster)
Written by Pete Townshend, ©1966 TRO-Essex Music, Inc.
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originally transcribed by phillip@princeton.edu
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updated by 2001-05-13 Whotabs
litgo@aol.com rev1 2003-09-30 www.thewho.net/whotabs
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D xx0232 Fsus4/C 1(3)3311
G/D xx0403 Cadd2 x30010
D7 xx0505 G6sus4 3x2010
G 3x0003 and 3x0033 A7sus4 x02233
C/G 3x2013 D/A x002xx
G7 xx3033 D/C x302xx
A6 x02222 D5 xx0235
Bm7 x24232 and 7x7777 G5 3x00xx
Gadd9/B 3x0233 A5 x022xx
[Her Man's Been Gone]
Her man's been gone for nearly a year
He was due home yesterday but he ain't here
Her man's been gone for nigh on a year
He was due home yesterday but he ain't here
[Crying Town]
[Intro]
D fingering:
xx0232
mpi
x2
||:D G/D |D7 G/D |D G/D |D7 :||
||-----2-----3---|--5----3------|----2----3-----|-5------||
||--------------0|-----0----3---|-----------0---|--------||
||.--2----/4-----|/5----------4-|--2----/4----4/|5------.||
||.0----0-----0--|---0----0--0--|0----0----0----|-------.||
||---------------|--------------|---------------|--------||
||---------------|--------------|---------------|--------||
|D G/D |D7 G/D |D G/D | D7 G/D |
Down your street your crying is a well-known sound
|D G/D |D7 G/D |D G/D | D7 |
Your street is very well-known, throughout your town
|G C/G |G7 C/G |G C/G |G7 C/G |
Your town is very famous for the little girl
|D G/D |D7 G/D |D G/D | D7 G/D |
Whose crying can be heard all around the world
x2
||:D G/D | D7 G/D | D G/D | D7 G/D :||
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
|D D G |Am G/G G |D D G |Am G/G G | D D G |Am G/G G |D (A)|
[We Have A Remedy]
A (Asus2)(Asus4) etc.
||-------------0----|--------0-0---||
||---2-0-2-3-0-2----|--0-3-0-2-2---||
||.--2-2-2-2-2-2----|--2-2-2-2-2--.||
||.--2-2-2-2-2-2----|--2-2-2-2-2--.||
||-0-------------(0)|0-------------||
||------------------|--------------||
|A A|A |
Fa la la la la la Fa la la la la
Fa la la la la la Fa la la la la
|A6 A|A6 |
We have a remedy you'll appreciate,
|A A|A |
No need to be so sad, he's only late
|D D|D |
We'll bring you flowers and things, help pass your time
|D |
We'll give him eagle's wings
|D |A Asus4 |Asus2 A |E Esus4 |E7
Then he can fly to you
|--------------------|----------|---------|---4--5-----|7-----|
|--------------------|-2---3----|0------2-|----5---5---|5-----|
|--------------------|--2---2---|2------2-|-/4-------6-|7-----|
|--------------------|----2--2--|2------2-|------------|------|
|--------------------|0--------0|-------0-|------------|------|
|--------------------|----------|--------0|0-----------|------|
|E EE|E |
Fa la la la la la Fa la la la la
|A AA|A |
Fa la la la la la Fa la la la la
Fa la la la la la Fa la la la la
|E Esus4 |E | D Dsus4 | D |
La
|-4--5-5---|-4--5---4-|---2--3-2---|-3-2--3-2-|
|--5-5-5---|--5-5-5---|---3--3-3---|-3-3--3-3-|
|4---4-4---|4---4-----|-2-2--2-2---|-2-2----2-|
|----------|----------|-0-0--0-0---|-----0----|
|----------|----------|------------|----------|
|----------|----------|------------|----------|
||:A AA|A AA:||4
We have a remedy Fa la la la la la la
[spoken]
A
We have a remedy. We have!
E D
Little girl (guide), why don't you stop your crying?
A
Here comes Ivor the Engine Driver to make you feel alright
[Ivor The Engine Driver]
E 2
||------------------||
||------------------||
||.----------------.||
||.--2---2---2---2-.||
||-----2-------2----||
||-0-------0--------||
| E |B D |E |
My name is Ivor, I'm an engine driver
|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|--4---4---7--------7---|------------------|
|--2---2---2-------2-|----4------------7-----|---2---2----2---2-|
|----2--------2------|2------/5--------------|-----2--------2---|
|0-------0-----------|-----------------------|0--------0--------|
|E |B D |E
I know him well, I know why you feel blue
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------
|-----------------------|--4---4---7------7--|---9--------9-
|--2------2---2------2--|----4-------7-------|--------9-----
|----2----------2-------|2------/5-----------|7-------------
|0----------0-----------|--------------------|--------------
E |B D |E
Just 'cause he's late don't mean he'll never get through
------------------|--------------------------|------0-----------0-0-
------------------|--------------------------|------0-----------0-0-
--9-----------9---|--4---4---7----------7----|------1-----------2-1-
-------9----------|----4-----------7---------|------2-----------2-2-
7-----------------|2------/5-----------------|------2-----------2-2-
------------------|--------------------------|0---------------------
|A |E
He told me he loves you, he ain't no liar, I ain't either
|B |D E E Esus4 |E |E
So let's have a smile for an old engine driver
|B |D E E Esus4 |E |E
So let's have a smile for an old engine driver
[Soon Be Home]
A Bm7
||------------------||------------------||
||------------------||------------------||
||.----------------.||.----------------.||
||.--2-4-2---2-4-2-.||.--2-4-2---2-4-2-.||
||-0-------0--------||-2-------2--------||
||------------------||------------------||
||:A | | |
We'll soon be home, we'll soon be home
|Bm7 | |A |Asus4 A :||3
We'll soon, we'll soon, soon, soon be home We'll
Come on, old horse
Soon be home, soon be home
We'll soon, soon, soon be home
We'll soon, we'll soon, soon, soon be home
[You Are Forgiven]
|D |A |C |Gadd9/B|F |Fsus4/C|Esus4|A
Dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang
|D |Asus4 |D |Asus4 A |
||:D |Asus4 A :||4
Cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello
|D DDD|Asus4 A |D DDD|Asus4
I can't believe it Do my eyes deceive me?
A |D DDD|Asus4 A |D D D Dsus4 |D |
Am I back in your arms? Away from all harm?
|Cadd2 | |D D D/A D/C D D/C| D D
It's like a dream to be with you again
|-----------|---------|2--2---------------|-2-2------
|1-111-1111-|1111-1111|3--3----------3----|-3-3------
|0-000-0000-|0000-0000|2--2----------2-2--|-2-2------
|0-000-0000-|0000-0000|0--0--0---0---0-0--|-0-0------
|3-333-3333-|3333-3333|------0---3-----3--|----------
|-----------|---------|-------------------|----------
[palm mute]
|Cadd2 | |D D D/A D/C D D/C| D D
Can't believe that I'm with you again
|D D D/A D/C D D/C |D D |
Mow mow ma--mow-ma-mow mow mow
|D5 [palm mute]| Dsus4 [palm mute] |
|D |Asus4 A |D |Asus4 A
I missed you and I must admit I kissed a few and once did sit
|Cadd2 |G6sus4 |Cadd2 |G |D DD|
On Ivor the Engine Driver's lap and later with him, had a nap
||:G A7sus4 |D DD:||4
[repeat w/ below fills]
|G5 A5 |D ||:G5 A5 |D :||
You are forgiven You are forgiven
(you are for-giv----en) (you are for-)
[fills]
| G A | D || G A |D ||
...baby
|----------------|----------||--------------|---------||
|---12------14---|---15~----||--------------|3---*----||
|-----12------14-|----------||.-------------|2-------.||
|/12-----/14-----|-0--------||.-----------2-|0-------.||
|----------------|----------||---2-5--0-4---|---------||
|----------------|----------||/3------------|---------||
[*toggle pickup selector]
|G Asus4 A |D D DCDC|G G A A |
[pause] You are for-
(You are forgiv------e........n)
||:D |G G A A :||
-given You are for-
(You are forgiv---e...n)
|D ||:G5 A5 |D D :||
-given forgiven Forgiven Forgiven Forgiven Forgiven For-
(you are forgiv------en) (you are forgiv-
[end] [spoken]
|G G A A |D |A D
Know you're forgiven
You're all forgiven
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