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Uneasy Street | guitar crd
By Pete Townshend, 1993
>From Coolwalkingsmoothtalkingstraightsmokingfirestoking
Written by Pete Townshend, Jim Lind & Billy Nicholls (c)1993
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transcribed by Whotabs
litgo@aol.com 1998-10-28 www.thewho.net/whotabs
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[Lyrics by consensus on Odds & Sods: The Who's Internet Fan Club]
Capo on 1
Db/F# Ab9
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C|---2-------4-------||-<13>---
Ab|-----1-------1-----||--------
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harm
On Easy St last night the devil offered me a deal
He said, "Come on, take what you'd like,
E B Db
and later tell me how you feel"
So I looked up all around on this uneasy street
I'd have been happy if I had found something simple to eat
Ab Db Eb
But just as he asked me
Ab
Maureen walked past
Ab Db F#
I said, "Mr. Devil, she is so refined."
B(no3)+#7
He said, "I tricked you little brother.
F#
I tricked you little brother
Eb Ab Db F#
"That particular little mother is mine."
Ab Eb Eb/Db Eb
I wish I was as good as I look
Ab F# Db
I wish I was that good
Db F# Db F#
I wish I was as good as I look
B F# Db
Wish I could be that good
It was too late for me
I'd just set eyes on my heart's ideal
I was in ecstacy
I was up and ready to steal
So I looked up all around
on this uneasy street
I kept on looking until I found
the prints of my beloved's feet
I kept up the chase
'til I looked right in her face
I said, "My darling, you have angel's eyes"
She said to this little brother
"You knew little brother--this is just his still mother's disguise"
Ab F# Db F#
Bb F# F#/Eb F# Bb Ab Eb
I wish I was as good as I look, I wish I was that good
Eb Ab Eb Ab Db Ab Eb
I wish I was as good as I look, wish I could be that good
[instr break based on intro pattern]
I just could not believe
someone so beautiful could not be pure
I prayed for some reprieve
I had to save her from the Devil's lure
But I guess the Devil was bound to win
on this uneasy street
I had to know what was beneath her skin
I had to face up to the Devil's heat
But I didn't have to ask
she just took off her mask
In a second it was clear to see
He said, "I tricked you little brother, I tricked you little brother
"This particular little mother is ... me ... is me ... is me"
Ab F# Bb
Ab Db F#
Ab F# ==>
B F# E B D A E
I wish I was as good as I look, I wish I was that good
E A E A D A E
I wish I was as good as I look, I wish I could be that good
B F# E B
I wish I was I was as good as I look
D
I tricked you little brother
E A E A D A E
I wish I was as good as I look, I wish I was that good, oh, yeah
E D E Esus4/D
I tricked you little brother
I wish I was as good as I look, wish I could be that ...
I tricked you little brother
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litgo@aol.com
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