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A Quick One While Hes Away

A Quick One While He's Away (studio version)
By The Who
>From A Quick One/Happy Jack, 1966/1967 
Written by Pete Townshend ©1967 TRO-Essex Music, Inc.

originally transcribed by [email protected]
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updated by
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D       xx0232                    Fsus4/C 1(3)3311
G/D     xx0433                    Cadd2   x30010
D7      xx0535                    G6sus4  3x2010
G       3x0003 and 3x0033         A7sus4  x02233
C/G     3x2013                    D/A     x002xx
G7      xx3033                    D/C     x302xx
A6      x02222                    D5      xx0235
Bm7     x24232 and 7x7777         G5      3x00xx
Gadd9/B 3x0233                    A5      x022xx
Am      x02210

Her Man's Been Gone

Her man's been gone for nearly a year
He was due home yesterday but he ain't here
Her man's been gone for nigh on a year
He was due home yesterday but he ain't here

Crying Town

Intro

   D       G/D    D7     G/D     D       G/D     D7       2
||-----2-----3---|--5-----3-----|----2-----3----|5-------||
||------------3--|----3-----3---|------------3--|3-------||
||.--2----/4---4/|5-----5-----4-|--2----/4----4/|5------.||
||.0----0--------|-------0------|0----0---------|0------.||
||---------------|--------------|---------------|--------||
||---------------|--------------|---------------|--------||

|D         G/D        |D7          G/D       |D     G/D | D7  G/D |
 Down your street your crying is a well-known sound
|D              G/D      |D7     G/D            |D    G/D | D7    |
 Your street is very well-known, throughout your town
|G            C/G |G7     C/G           |G    C/G  |G7   C/G |
 Your town is very famous for the little girl
     |D      G/D      |D7      G/D      |D     G/D | D7  G/D |
Whose crying can be heard all around the world

                                                                 2
||:D       G/D    | D7       G/D    | D       G/D   | D7   G/D :||
   Ooh ooh ooh  ooh ooh  ooh ooh ooh  Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

We Have A Remedy
   A (Asus2)(Asus4) etc.
||-------------0----|--------0-0---||
||---2-0-2-3-0-2----|--0-3-0-2-2---||
||.--2-2-2-2-2-2----|--2-2-2-2-2--.||
||.--2-2-2-2-2-2----|--2-2-2-2-2--.||
||-0-------------(0)|0-------------||
||------------------|--------------||

|A                   A|A                |
   Fa la la la la la     Fa la la la la
   Fa la la la la la     Fa la la la la

|A6                A|A6                  |
   We have a remedy    you'll appreciate,
|A                     A|A               |
   No need to be so sad,   he's only late
|D                                    D|D                   |
   We'll bring you flowers and things,    help pass your time
|D                             |
   We'll give him eagle's wings
|D                   |A   Asus4 |Asus2  A |E     Esus4 |E7
   Then he can fly to you
|--------------------|----------|---------|---4--5-----|7-----|
|--------------------|-2---3----|0------2-|----5---5---|5-----|
|--------------------|--2---2---|2------2-|-/4-------6-|7-----|
|--------------------|----2--2--|2------2-|------------|------|
|--------------------|0--------0|-------0-|------------|------|
|--------------------|----------|--------0|0-----------|------|

|E                  EE|E                |
   Fa la la la la la     Fa la la la la
|A                  AA|A                |
   Fa la la la la la     Fa la la la la
   Fa la la la la la     Fa la la la la 

|E   Esus4 |E         | D    Dsus4 | D        |
 La
|-4--5-5---|-4--5---4-|---2--3-2---|-3-2--3-2-|
|--5-5-5---|--5-5-5---|---3--3-3---|-3-3--3-3-|
|4---4-4---|4---4-----|-2-2--2-2---|-2-2----2-|
|----------|----------|-0-0--0-0---|-----0----|
|----------|----------|------------|----------|
|----------|----------|------------|----------|

||:A                  AA|A                      AA:||4
     We have a remedy      Fa la la la la la la

spoken
A
  We have a remedy. We have!
E                     D
  Little girl (guide), why don't you stop your crying?
Asus4                   A
I'm gonna make you feel all right


Ivor The Engine Driver

   E                2
||------------------||
||------------------||
||.----------------.||
||.--2---2---2---2-.||
||-----2-------2----||
||-0-------0--------||

|        E           |B       D              |E                 |
           My name is Ivor,     I'm an engine driver             
|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|--4---4---7--------7---|------------------|
|--2---2---2-------2-|----4------------7-----|---2---2----2---2-|
|----2--------2------|2------/5--------------|-----2--------2---|
|0-------0-----------|-----------------------|0--------0--------|

|E                      |B       D           |E             
              I know him well,     I know why you feel blue 
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------
|-----------------------|--4---4---7------7--|---9--------9-
|--2------2---2------2--|----4-------7-------|--------9-----
|----2----------2-------|2------/5-----------|7-------------
|0----------0-----------|--------------------|--------------

E                 |B       D                 |E                     
  Just 'cause he's late      don't mean he'll never get through     
------------------|--------------------------|------0-----------0-0-
------------------|--------------------------|------0-----------0-0-
--9-----------9---|--4---4---7----------7----|------1-----------2-1-
-------9----------|----4-----------7---------|------2-----------2-2-
7-----------------|2------/5-----------------|------2-----------2-2-
------------------|--------------------------|0---------------------

  |A                                |E                   
He told me he loves you, he ain't no liar, I ain't either
  |B                        |D          E       E Esus4 |E     |E
So let's have a smile for an old engine driver
  |B                        |D          E       E Esus4 |E     |E 
So let's have a smile for an old engine driver

Please take a sweet (take a sweet)
Come take a walk with me (take a walk with me)
We'll sort it out (sort it out)
Back at my place (back at my place, maybe)

It'll come right, you ain't no fool, I ain't either
So why not be nice to an old engine driver?
Better be nice to an old engine driver
Better be nice to an old engine driver


Soon Be Home

   C                   Dm7
||------------------||------------------||
||------------------||------------------||
||.--0-2-0---0-2-0-.||.--0-2-0---0-2-0-.||
||.----------------.||.0-------0-------.||
||-3-------3--------||------------------||
||------------------||------------------||

   ||:C      |           |       |     
We'll soon be home, we'll soon be home
     |Dm7        |                   |C      |        :||
We'll soon, we'll soon, soon, soon be home        We'll

Come on, old horse

Soon be home, soon be home
We'll soon, soon, soon be home

We'll soon, we'll soon, soon, soon be home


You Are Forgiven

|D    |A    |C    |Gadd9/B|F    |Fsus4/C|Esus4|A
 Dang, dang, dang, dang,   dang, dang,   dang, dang

|D    |Asus4   |D    |Asus4  A |

||:D                          |Asus4         A           :||4
   Cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello

         |D       DDD|Asus4 A           |D         DDD|Asus4  
I can't believe it          Do my eyes deceive me?
A           |D         DDD|Asus4 A            |D        D D Dsus4 |D |
Am I back in your arms?          Away from all harm?

           |Cadd2      |         |D  D  D/A D/C D D/C| D D  
It's like a dream to be with you again
           |-----------|---------|2--2---------------|-2-2------
           |1-111-1111-|1111-1111|3--3---------------|-3-3------
           |0-000-0000-|0000-0000|2--2----------2----|-2-2------
           |0-000-0000-|0000-0000|0--0--0---0---0-0--|-0-0------
           |3-333-3333-|3333-3333|------0---3-----3--|----------
           |-----------|---------|-------------------|----------
            palm mute           

       |Cadd2         |         |D  D   D/A D/C D D/C| D D    
Can't believe that I'm with you again

|D   D       D/A D/C D  D/C |D   D        |
 Mow mow     ma--mow-ma-mow  mow mow

|D5 palm mute| Dsus4 palm mute |

 |D               |Asus4  A    |D               |Asus4    A
I missed you and I must admit I kissed a few and once did sit
  |Cadd2          |G6sus4          |Cadd2         |G       |D       DD|
On Ivor the Engine Driver's lap and later with him,   had a nap

||:G  A7sus4 |D     DD:||4

                                         repeat w/ below fills
|G5      A5    |D           ||:G5     A5    |D             :||
     You are forgiven             You are forgiven            
                  (you are for-giv----en)        (you are for-)

fills
| G       A      | D        || G      A     |D        ||
                                          ...baby
|----------------|----------||--------------|---------||
|---12------14---|---15~----||--------------|3---*----||
|-----12------14-|----------||.-------------|2-------.||
|/12-----/14-----|-0--------||.-------------|0-------.||
|----------------|----------||---2-5----4-7-|---------||
|----------------|----------||/3-----/5-----|---------||
                                               *toggle pickup selector

|G             Asus4 A |D D DCDC|G G   A   A |
                 pause           You are for-
   (You are forgiv------e........n)          

||:D             |G G   A   A  :||
  -given            You are for-
      (You are forgiv---e...n)  

|D              ||:G5       A5      |D        D         :||
-given forgiven Forgiven Forgiven Forgiven Forgiven For-
       (you are forgiv------en)            (you are forgiv-

end                    spoken 
|G G A    A        |D                         |A  D
     Know you're forgiven
                          You're all forgiven

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