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The Who

Album:The Who By Numbers

Year:1976

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Intro: 
G-----------5--|-----------5--|-----------5--|--7\r--------| 
D-----7---7----|-----7---7----|-----7---7----|-------------| 
A---5---5------|---5---5------|---5---5------|-------------| 
E--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------| 
 
Verses 
(This is an outline; listen for timing. There's more notes, 
so play around with it.) 
 
This part's played twice: 
 
G--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------| 
D--------------|-5-5-5-3p0h3-|--------------|--------------| 
A--5--0--3---3-|-------------|--5--0--3---3-|--5--0--3---3-| 
E--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------| 
 
And this twice: 
G--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------| 
D-5-5--5-5-5---|-3-3-3-3--3--|--------------|--------------| 
A--------------|-------------|--5---0---3---|-3-5--0--3--3-| 
E--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------| 
 
Second time, end the verse on: 
 
G-------| 
D-------| 
A---5---| 
E-------| 
 
Bass tacet during "Deserted rock'n'roll/To try and save his soul" part, 
then repeat verses. 
 
 
Middle ('just like Cinderella...'), twice: 
 
G-------------|-------------|-----------| 
D-------------|-------------|-----------| 
A-------------|-------------|6--6---3r--| 
E-3--3-3--3-3-|-3-3--3-3--3-|-----------| 
 
On the shorter verses, it's 
 
G-------------|------| 
D-------------|------| 
A-------6---6-|--3r--| 
E--3---3------|------| 
 
 
Solo - it sounds like there's two basses, so it gets a bit murky here. 
It's not perfect, but it's something 
G-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------| 
D-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------| 
A-0--00-0---0-|-01---1------|---------------|---------------| 
E-------------|--------1--1-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|-3r-h5\r0------| 
 
 
G-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------| 
D-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------| 
A-0--00-0-0-0-|-01---1------|---------------|--3/r0---------| 
E-------------|--------1--1-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|---------------| 
						(slow slide)	 
 
G-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------| 
D-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------| 
A-0--00-0---0-|-01---1------|---------------|---------------| 
E-------------|--------1--1-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|-3r-h5\r0------| 
 
 
G-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------| 
D-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------| 
A-0--00-0---0-|-01---1----1-|-3--3-3--3--3--|---3/5r--------| 
E-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------| 
 
Repeat the verse part, hold during the "amended his decision/ 
to the new religion" part, and end on: 
 
G-------| 
D-------| 
A---5---| 
E-------| 
 
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