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Tommy’s Holiday Camp – guitar tab

Tommy's Holiday Camp | guitar tab
By The Who
>From Tommy, 1969
Written by Keith Moon and Pete Townshend ©1969 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. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

Previous transcription by:
Pete Palmer (ppalmer@mahogany.cray.com)
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revised by                                 Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com          1998-01-25          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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[NOTE: Stage versions played whole step higher: F# (x8 10 10 10 x), 
 G (x 10 12 12 12 x), C#7 (x4666x); OUTRO is same.]
[banjo and calliope/organ arranged for guitar]


  (B)                       x2
||--------------------------||------------------------|
||--------------4-----------||------------4-----------|
||.4/4-5-6---7-----7-6---5p.||-4-5-6---7-----7-6---5--|
||.------------------------.||------------------------|
||--------------------------||------------------------|
||--------------------------||------------------------|

Good morning, campers!

  E
 I'm your Uncle Ernie and I  welcome you to Tommy's Holiday 
|----4------4-----4-------4|----4----4---4-----4--------4--|
|----5------5-----5-------5|----5----5---5-----5--------5--|
|----4----4-4-----4---4---4|----4----4---4-----4----4---4--|
|----6------------6--------|----6--------------6-----------|
|-7-------------7----------|-7--------------7--------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|

  F
  Camp-ah!
|----5----5-----5-----5--|-5-----5-----5--------|
|----6----6-----6-----6--|----6-----6-----6-----|
|----5-5--5-----5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--5--5-----|
|----7----------7-----7--|----7-----7-----7-----|
|-8----------8-----------|-------------------8--|
|------------------------|----------------------|

    B7 
The camp with the difference,    never mind the weather 
  |---11------11-------11---11-|---11-------11------11---11-|
  |---10------10-------10---10-|---10-------10------10---10-|
  |---11------11-------11---11-|---11-------11------11---11-|
  |-9----9--------9--------9---|-9-----9--------9-------9---|
  |----------------------------|----------------------------|
  |----------------------------|----------------------------|

  B7
  When you come to Tommy's, the holiday's forever!
|------11-------11----11---11-|---11------11-------|--|
|------10-------10----10---10-|---10------10-------|--|
|------11-------11----11---11-|---11------11-------|--|
|-9--------9-------9------9---|-9---9--------9-----|--|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|--|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|--|

   E                      x2                        
||------------------------||-----------------------|
||------------4-----------||------------4----------|
||.4-5-6---7-----7-6---5p.||-4-5-6---7-----7-6---5-|
||.----------------------.||-----------------------|
||------------------------||-----------------------|
||------------------------||-----------------------|
                           |[organ variation]      |
                           |-----------------------|
                           |------------4--5-6---7-|-10-
                           |-4-5-6---7-------------|
                           |-----------------------|
                           |-----------------------|
                           |-----------------------|

| F         | F       |

    B7
The camp with the difference, never mind the weather 
When you come to Tommy's, the holiday's forever

   E                      x2                         D*
||------------------------||-----------------------|---5\4-
||-----------4/4----------||------------4----------|--7-----
||.4-5-6---7-----7-6---5p.||-4-5-6---7-----7---5p0-|-7------
||.----------------------.||-----------------------|--------
||------------------------||-----------------------|--------
||------------------------||-----------------------|--------
                                   [*slide A to Ab quickly to 
                                    achieve banjo tonality]
[OUTRO; organ arr for guitar]
 (E)
                             Welcome....
|--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--0--|
|-10--9--7--5--|-0--0--0--0--0--|
|--------------|-7--6--4--2--1--|
|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|

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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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