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Was There Life – guitar crd

Was There Life | guitar crd
By Pete Townshend
>From The Iron Man, 1989
Written by Pete Townshend ©1989 Heavy Metabolic Ltd/Towser Tunes Inc.

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transcribed by                             Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com          2000-05-19          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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Capo on 4
|C#m7  |   |B   |   |Ab   |   |F#m7  Fmaj7 |Emaj7  Ebm7 |Absus4  |Ab  | |

|C#m7  |  |   |  |Ab    |


                          |C#m7    |  
Was there life before this love
                          |B               |Badd2 B
Was there love before this girl I can see
                       |Ab              |
Was there ever love for her before me
        |F#m7      Fmaj7   |Emaj7   Ebm7  |Absus4
And if I look will she look back at me
           |Ab      
Is fantasy enough?

Was there heat before this flame
Were there flames before this fire in my heart
Was I wrong about it from the start
Am I in ecstasy or next to see that fantasy's to blame
Was there life before this love . . . 

If I look up will she look back at me
Is fantasy enough?

                     |C#       |
If this scene is in a dream
                        |Ab/C          |
Then I'm perfect for the part I play
                      |Abm           |
You can count on me to stand and say
|A/Eb          |                |Ebsus4   |Eb    |A/Eb|  |Ebsus4 |Eb  |
"Was there ever life before this wonderful day?"

Was there heat before this flame
Were there flames before this fire in my heart
Was I wrong about it from the start
Am I in ecstasy or next to see that fantasy's to blame

If this dream's within a dream
Then I'll never swoon quite deep enough
No hypnotic trance quite sleep enough . . . 

|A/Eb   |    |Ebsus4  |Eb    |A/Eb   |   |Ebsus4  |   |Eb   | |Eb

If in this sweet dream I'm flying
I will never fly quite high enough
You will hear me crying high above

|A/Eb   |     |Ebsus4   |Eb   

|A/Eb          |                |Ebs4| |Eb|Ab
"Was there ever life before this wonderful love?"

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litgo@aol.com

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