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By The Who
>From Tommy, 1969
Written by Pete Townshend ©1969 Fabulous Music Ltd.
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Mike (sef@icbr.ufl.edu) -- original compilation on Nevada
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revised by Whotabs
litgo@aol.com 1998-01-25 www.thewho.net/whotabs
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[note: Townshend has a couple of guitars going. This transcribed for
one (in most parts).]
[INTRO]
x4
||-------7-----7--||
||-----8-----8----||
||.--7-----7-----.||
||.--------------.||
||----------------||
||----------------||
||[gtr 2] ||
||----------------||
||-------3-----3--||
||-----0-----0----||
||---0-----0------||
||----------------||
||---3-----3------||
[MAIN RIFF]
G D G D
||--3----3----2--3--5-|---3--2--0-(2)--||
||--3---------3-------|---3--------3---||
||.-0---------2-------|---0--------2--.||
||.-0---------0-------|---0--------0--.||
||--------------------|----------------||
||--3-----------------|---3------------||
[VERSE]
G D G D [repeat MAIN RIFF]
Come to this house. Be one of the comfortable people.
G D G D [repeat MAIN RIFF]
Lovely bright home. We're drinking all night, never sleeping.
(F#) Em Bm7 Em Bm7
Milkman come in, and you baker.
Em Bm7 Em Bm7
Little old lady welcome, and you, shoemaker.
[CHORUS 1]
G F Bb F C
Come to this house. Into this hou-------se.
|-3--------------------------|------------------------|
|-0--------------------------|---------------------5--|
|-0--------------------------|---------------------5--|
|-0---------------------3-3--|-3-------------------5--|
|-2------------------3--1-0--|-3-------------------3--|
|-3------------------1-------|-1----------------------|
G D G D [repeat MAIN RIFF]
Come to this house. Be one of us.
G D G D [repeat MAIN RIFF]
Make this your house. Be one of us.
(F#) Em Bm7 Em Bm7
You can help collect some more in.
Em Bm7 Em Bm7
Young and old people, let's get them all in.
[CHORUS 2]
A A/G D D/C Bm7 E
Come to this house. Into this hous--se.
|-------------------|--------|--------------|-----|-2-----|-0---|
|-------------------|--------|-3------------|-3---|-3-----|-0---|
|-2-----------------|--------|-2------------|-2---|-2-----|-1---|
|-2-----------------|--------|-0------------|-0---|-------|-2---|
|-0-----------------|----3-2-|--------------|-3---|-2-----|-2---|
|-------------------|-3------|--------------|-----|-------|-0---|
[BRIDGE]
[Play this riff eight times. Actually, after the first time,
Pete plays Em, not E. Listen to the record.]
E D/E E F x8
||---------------------|----------------------||
||--------9x--9--9---7-|-------9x--9--9---10--||
||.-------9x--9--9---7-|-------9x--9--9---10-.||
||.-------9x--9--9---7-|-------9x--9--9---10-.||
||--------7x--7--7---7-|-------7x--7--7---8---||
||--0--0---------------|-0--0-----------------||
D E D
Ask along that man who's wearing a carnation.
E D
Bring every single person from Victoria station.
E D
Go into that hospital and bring the nurses and patients.
E
Everyone go home and fetch their relations.
A E A E A
Come to this house, be one of the comfortable people.
(A) E A E
|-------5----|-0---------|-------5----|-0---------|
|-------5----|-0---------|-------5----|-0---------|
|-------2----|-1---------|-------2----|-1---------|
|---2--------|-2---------|------------|-2---------|
|-0----------|---------0-|-0----------|---------0-|
|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
A E A E
Lovely bright home, drinking all night, never sleeping.
A E
|-------5----|-4------|-----------|
|-------5----|-5------|-------5---|
|-----2------|-4------|-----2-2---|
|------------|-6------|---2-------|
|-0----------|------0-|-0---------|
|------------|--------|-----------|
[INTERLUDE]
D D/C D D/C
(Spoken) "Excuse me sir, there's more at the door."
D Cadd9 [x7]
There's more at the door.
D Cadd9 D E
There's more at the door, there's more.
Em Bm7 Em Bm7
We need more room. Build an extension.
Em B7 Em B7
A colorful palace. Spare no expense now.
G D7 G D7 [repeat MAIN RIFF]
Come to this house, be one of us.
G D7 G D7 [repeat MAIN RIFF]
Come into this house, be one of us.
[SOLO; 12 string]
| Em Bm7 | Em Bm7 | Em Bm7 | Em Bm7 |
|------------|-----------|--------------|----------|
|------------|-----------|--------------|----------|
|------------|-0---------|--------------|----------|
|-2-2-2-2----|-5-2-2-----|--2-2-2/5-2-0-|-2-2-0-2--|
|------------|------2-0--|--------------|----------|
|------------|---------3^|-0------------|----------|
[Repeat CHORUS 2]
A A/G D D/C Bm7
Come to this house. Into this house
| E . . . . . . | . . . . . |
[Piano arr. for guitar; Ab mixolydian scale]
|--------------------------8-11--|
|---------------------8-11-------|
|----------------8-11------------|
|-----------8-10-----------------|
|------9-11----------------------|
|-8-11---------------------------|
| E | |
Welcome.
|--------------------------8-11-14-16-18-20--|
|---------------------8-11-------------------|
|----------------8-11------------------------|
|-----------8-10-----------------------------|
|------9-11----------------------------------|
|-8-11---------------------------------------|
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#----------------------------------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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