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We're Not Gonna Take It! (Tommy Soundtrack) | guitar tab
By The Who
>From Tommy (Soundtrack), 1974
Written by Pete Townshend
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Transcribed by:
stlopez@webtv.net (§tløpez)
2001-06-05 Whotabs www.thewho.net/whotabs/
This is a bit different than the original album track. There's a nifty
little intro, and there are a few tricky key changes. Nothing all you
Who fans can't handle though.
Here's the chords you'll need for the intro (they're all triads on the
highest 3 strings):
E ×××454 Esus4 ×××455
C ×××010 A ×××220
D ×××232 Eii ×××100
F ×××565 Fsus4 ×××566
C# ×××121 Bb ×××331
Eb ×××343 Fii ×××211
Here's how the progression goes:
E - C - D - E - Esus4 - E - D - A - Eii
then 1 step higher:
F - C# - Eb - F - Fsus4 - F - Eb - Bb - Fii
w/lyrics:
E
C D E
These pricey deals don't teach us
C D E
Your freedom dosen't reach us
C D E
Enlightment escapes us
C D
Awareness dosen't shape us
Esus4 E
How can all this trivia
D A Eii
Take us to the goal you've reached?
Esus4 E
We came here to be like you
D A Eii
Find the world you preached
Repeat again, only take it up 1 step.
1:00 into the song:
F×5
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F Fsus4
Welcome to the camp
F
I guess you all know why we're here
Eb5
My name is Tommy
D5
and I became aware this year
C#5
If you want to follow me
C5
you've got to play pinball
Bb5 F5
And put in your earplugs
Bb5 F5
put on your eyeshades
Bb5 F5
you know where to put the cork
F5×3 Eb5 F5
The music then goes up 1 step to match the original album cut. (see
Litgo's original tab). The next 2 verses carry on in that key.
For the final verse, the progression starts out like this:
A - F - G - A
w/lyrics:
A F G
We're not gonna take it ×4
D A
We're not gonna take it!
G D A
Never did and never will
D A
We don't have to take it
G D
Gonna break it Gonna shake it
C C D
Let's forget it better still
G
We're not gonna take it ×4
C G
We're not gonna take it
F C G
Never did and never will
C G
We don't want no religion
F C D
as far as we can tell
C G
We ain't gonna take you
F C D
Never did and never will
C G
We're not gonna take you
F C
We forsake you Gonna rape you
Bb A
Let's forget you better still
(segue into see me, feel me)
stlopez@webtv.net
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