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Relax – guitar tab

Relax | guitar tab
By the Who
>From The Who Sell Out, 1967
Written by Pete Townshend ©1967 Fabulous Music Inc./Towser Tunes Ltd.

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#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                             Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com          1997-09-24          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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D         xx0232
E         022100
D5        xx023x
D5/C      x3023x
B9no3rd   x24222 (or stage versions) 7T(0)7677  
A/D       xx0655
G/D       xx0433
C/D       xx0553


||    E7no3  A/E  |E             E7no3  A/E  | E           ||
||-----|----------|---------------|----------|-----0-0-0---||
||-----|2h3----2--|--0--9-9-9-----|2h3----2--|--0--0-0-0---||
||-----|2h4----2--|0h1--9-9-9-----|2h4----2--|0h1--1-1-1---||
||----2|-----2---2|-----9-9-9----2|-----2---2|-----2-2-2---||
||-----|----------|-----7-7-7-----|----------|-----2-2-2---||
||-----|----------|---------------|----------|-----0-0-0--0||

 |E7      A/E   |E                      |
Relax and settle down
-|--------------|-----------------------|
-|--------------|-----------------------|
-|--------------|-----------------------|
-|2-------2-----|2----2h4^p2p0h2--------|
-|--------------|-----------------------|
0|----0-------0-|---------------------0-|

Let your mind go 'round
Lay down on the ground
And listen to the sound
             [2/4]   [4/4]
|D      E    |D5     |D       |       |
 Of the band, hold my hand

[repeat intro pattern]
   |E7   A/E    |E                  |
    Open up your mind
---|------------|------0h2p0----0---|
---|2h3----2----|--0--------3h0-----|
---|2h4----2----|0h1----------------|
--2|-----2---2--|------------------2|
---|------------|-------------------|
---|------------|-------------------|

We'll love right where we lie
I'll know you from inside
You're like a horse I'll ride
|D        E    |D          |E       |        |
 O'er the sand, through the land

|B9no3rd     |B9no3     |B9no3     |B9no3     |

  |B9no3          |B9no3        |
Relax and let your mind roll on
|E E |A   A   |Bm7        |  
 Over all your problems
 |B9no3rd         |B9no3        |
Relax and let your mind roll on
|E    A       |D       A/D |G/D A/D D      ||A/D A/D |G/D A/D D      ||
 Over all your problems
              |2---2---5-5-|3---5---5--5---||5-5-5-5-|3---5---5--5---||
              |3---3---5-5-|3---5---7--7---||5-5-5-5-|3---5---7--7---||
              |2---2---6-6-|4---6---7--7---||6-6-6-6-|4---6---7--7---||
              |0---0---0-0-|0---0---0--0---||0-0-0-0-|0---0---0--0---||
              |------------|---------------||--------|---------------||
              |------------|---------------||--------|---------------||
              |                                                      ||
              |------------|---------3h5p3-||-3------|---------3h5p3-||
              |------------|--------------5||--------|--------------5||
              |------------|---------------||--------|---------------||
              |------------|---------------||--------|---------------||
              |------------|---------------||--------|---------------||
              |------------|---------------||--------|---------------||

      |A/D                         |G/D A/D D   
We try harder and harder, tryin' to get our way
But it's a long, long wait until Judgement Day
So settle your affairs and take your time
                                 [2/4]      [4/4]
      |A/D                       |G/D      |C/D     |G/D
'Cause everything in the world is yours and mine
         |D        |       |         
Yours and mine

[gtr 1; gtr 2 strikes D and feeds back                                ]
|D5 D5 D5 D5/C D5 |D5 D5 D5 D5/C D5 ||D5 D5 D5 /C /B |D5 D5 D5 /C /B ||
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------||
|3--3--3-------3--|3--3--3-------3--||3--3--3--------|3--3--3--------||
|2--2--2-------2--|2--2--2-------2--||2--2--2--------|2--2--2--------||
|0--0--0-------0--|0--0--0-------0--||0--0--0--------|0--0--0--------||
|---------3------0|---------3------0||---------3--2-0|---------3--2-0||
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------||

[solo: gtr 2; gtr 1 with above pattern]
|D5...      |              |            |                    |
|-----------|--------------|------------|--------------------|
|8^----8^-8^|8^-8^\--------|------------|--------------------|
|-----------|--------------|------------|--------------------|
|-----------|--------5^-5^-|5^\---------|-3h5p3-2h3p2---0-0--|
|-----------|--------------|------------|----------------5---|
|-----------|--------------|------------|--------------------|

|          |           |            |               |           |          |
                                                                 Ahhhhh...
|----------|-----------|------------|---------------|-15^15^15^-|
|----------|-----------|------------|---------15-15-|-----------|
|----------|-----------|------------|----14h16------|-----------|
|0--------0|---0---0---|---0----/7--|---------------|-----------|
|--3---3-2-|-5---5---3-|-2----------|---------------|-----------|
|----------|-----------|------------|---------------|-----------|

[repeat intro]

Relax and settle down
Let your mind go 'round
Lay down on the ground
And listen to the sound
Of the band, hold my hand

Relax

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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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