heliocentric@breathe.com
4th March 2001, 15.44pm

DISGUISES by THE JAM

Written by Pete Townshend

B-side to 'Funeral Pyre' (Polydor, 1981)

E (w/echo effect - play once every bar)

on the fifth time E is played
this little riff comes in:

Riff 1:

 E (022100@1)-0-0-0-0--------------------|
------------4--2--0---------|
----------------------------| (x4)
----------------------------|
----------------------------|

E (022100@1)I used to know everything about you

But today when I tried to point you out
   F#To (244322@1)one of my friends
               BI'd (x2444x@1)picked the wrong girl again
                     F#Don't (244322@1)see you in the crowd anymore
                       BI (x2444x@1)think it's you but I can't be sure
                  E(w/riff (022100@1)1 x2)
You're wearing disguises
                       F#Occasionally (244322@1)a girl surprises me
         B (x2444x@1)             DWhen (xx0232@1)she turns out to be you.
           E(w/riff (022100@1)1 x4)
Wearing disguises.

E (022100@1)I don't think you want me to see you ever again
                                  F#Just (244322@1)today I saw you dressed as a flower-bed
                    BLast (x2444x@1)week you had a wig on your head
                      F#Mis-directing (244322@1)traffic in the street
                        BAnd (x2444x@1)your shoes were too big for your feet
                  E(w/riff (022100@1)1 x2)
You're wearing disguises
                       F#Occasionally (244322@1)a girl surprises me
         B (x2444x@1)             DWhen (xx0232@1)she turns out to be you.
           E(w/riff (022100@1)1 x4)
Wearing disguises.

F# (tacet) (instrumental)

E (w/riff 1 x4)

F# (244322@1)I used to know everything about you

But today when I tried to point you out
   G#To (xx1114@1)one of my friends
               C#I'd (x43121@1)picked the wrong girl again
                     G#Don't (xx1114@1)see you in the crowd anymore
                       C#I (x43121@1)think it's you but I can't be sure
                  F#You're (244322@1)wearing disguises
                       G#Occasionally (xx1114@1)a girl surprises me
         C# (x43121@1)            EWhen (022100@1)she turns out to be you.
           F# (244322@1)     EWearing (022100@1)disguises.

                  F# (244322@1)    EYou're (022100@1)wearing disguises
           F# (244322@1)    EWearing (022100@1)disguises
           F# (244322@1)    EWearing (022100@1)disguises
                  F# (244322@1)    EYou're (022100@1)wearing disguises
           F# (244322@1)    EWearing (022100@1)disguises
           F# (244322@1)    EWearing (022100@1)disguises
           F# (244322@1)    EWearing (022100@1)disguises

F# E (x3)

F# (244322@1)(drums til fade)