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Brilliant Blues- Pete Townshend
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Pete Townshend
Brilliant Blues (1985)
(Pete Townshend)
From: "White City"
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Whatever your strumming pattern may be, try to incorporate the riff into
your accompaniment.
Capo 1st fret
RIFF (Intro/Verse)
G (320003@1) D/G (300232@1) G (320003@1) D/G (300232@1) G (320003@1) D/G (300232@1) G (320003@1) D/G (300232@1)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|
G|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|
D|0---0-0-0-0-----|0-0-0-0-0-------|0---0-0-0-0-----|0-0-0-0-0-------|
A|x---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|
Em (022000@1) E7sus4 (020200@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em E7sus4 (020200@1) Em (022000@1) E7sus4 (020200@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em E7sus4 (020200@1) 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|
G|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|
D|2---2-2-2-2-----|2-2-2-2-2-------|2---2-2-2-2-----|2-2-2-2-2-------|
A|2---------------|2---------------|----------------|----------------|
E|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
D/G 3-x-0-2-3-x
E7sus4 0-2-2-2-3-x
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Capo 1st fret
INTRO (RIFF)
G (320003@1) D/G (300232@1) G (320003@1) G/D (4x3121@7)Say goodbye to the brilliant blues
G (320003@1) D/G (300232@1) G (320003@1) G/D (4x3121@7)Say goodbye to the brilliant blues
Em (022000@1) E7sus4 (020200@1) Em (022000@1) E7sus4 (020200@1) Em (022000@1) E7sus4 (020200@1) F (133211@1)Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
Say goodbye ... [It's ...]
VERSE
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)D/G (300232@1) G (320003@1)D/GIt's (300232@1)time
G (320003@1)D/G (300232@1) G (320003@1)D/GTo (300232@1)live
Em (022000@1) E7sus4 (020200@1) Em (022000@1) E7sus4So (020200@1)make me
Em (022000@1) E7sus4 (020200@1) Em (022000@1) E7sus4Take (020200@1)me
VERSE
G (320003@1)D/G (300232@1) G (320003@1)D/GIt's (300232@1)time,
G (320003@1)D/G (300232@1) G (320003@1)D/GTo (300232@1)give
Em (022000@1) E7sus4 (020200@1) Em (022000@1) E7sus4So (020200@1)don't betray me,
Em (022000@1) E7sus4 (020200@1) F (133211@1)Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
Pay me
CHORUS
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DThe (xx0232@1)brilliant blues, don't want to be frozen
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)I'll spend my mornings at the sunshine cafe
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DI've (xx0232@1)read the news and the clique-ridden notions
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)I know that now is the time to say
VERSE
G (320003@1) D/G (300232@1) G (320003@1) D/GIt's (300232@1)time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
G (320003@1) D/G (300232@1) G (320003@1) D/GTo (300232@1)teach (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em (022000@1) E7sus4 (020200@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em E7sus4So (020200@1)tell me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em (022000@1) E7sus4 (020200@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em E7sus4Come (020200@1)on tell me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
VERSE
G (320003@1) D/G (300232@1) G (320003@1) D/GIt's (300232@1)time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
G (320003@1) D/G (300232@1) G (320003@1) D/GTo (300232@1)preach (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em (022000@1) E7sus4 (020200@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em E7sus4So (020200@1)help me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em (022000@1) E7sus4 (020200@1)name="chord_133211@1">F Bb (x1333x@1) CCome (x32010@1)on and help me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
CHORUS
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) [G]
The brilliant blues will never flow this way again
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) The colour of the Mersey's grey
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) [G]
The brilliant blues have faded into sadness and pain
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)D/G (300232@1) G (320003@1) And now is the time to say ... It's time
MIDDLE 8
Em (022000@1) [Em]
You and me are going to finally sail away
Em (022000@1) [Cmaj7]
We'll get far away from the blues and the mist in the rain
Cmaj7 (x32000@1) [Cmaj7]
You and me are going to fight until we win the day
Cmaj7 (x32000@1) F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1) CFor (x32010@1)now is the time that we must say goodbye [to the ...]
CHORUS
[C] G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DTo (xx0232@1)the brilliant blues, I don't want to be frozen
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)I'll spend my mornings at the sunshine cafe
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DI've (xx0232@1)read the news and the clique-ridden notions
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)I know that now is the time to say
VERSE
G (320003@1) D/G (300232@1) G (320003@1) D/GIt's (300232@1)time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
G (320003@1) D/G (300232@1) G (320003@1) D/GTo (300232@1)trust (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em (022000@1) E7sus4 (020200@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em E7sus4So (020200@1)buy me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em (022000@1) E7sus4 (020200@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em E7sus4Come (020200@1)on and try me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
VERSE
G (320003@1) D/G (300232@1) G (320003@1) D/GIt's (300232@1)time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
G (320003@1) D/G (300232@1) G (320003@1) D/GTo (300232@1)thrust (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em (022000@1) E7sus4 (020200@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em E7sus4So (020200@1)guide me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em (022000@1) E7sus4 (020200@1)name="chord_133211@1">F Bb (x1333x@1) CStay (x32010@1)beside me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
CHORUS
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) [G]
The brilliant blues will never flow this way again
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) The colour of the Mersey's grey
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) [G]
The brilliant blues have faded into sadness and pain
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)
And now is the time to say ... It's time
