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From: Litgo@aol.com
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 16:43:31 -0400


Rough Boys
By Pete Townshend
>From Empty Glass, 1980

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transcribed by
litgo@aol.com
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Cadd9 x32033
G/B   x20033


[intro - let open D ring throughout]
  A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) B (x2444x@1) G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)B (x2444x@1) Gx2 (320003@1) D[pedal] (xx0232@1)|-------------------||---------------||---------------------|
|-10--8---12--8-----||--7--8--12--8--||-7-------------------|
|-9---7---11--7-----||--7--7--11--7--||-7-------------------|
|-0-----------------||--0------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-------------------||---------------||---------------------|
|-------------------||---------------||---------------------|

D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)   DRough (xx0232@1)Boys

G (320003@1)         DRunning (xx0232@1)the streets

Cadd9 (x32030@1)       G/BCome (143121@7)a little closer

Rough toys
Under the sheets
Nobody knows her
Rough boys
Don't walk away
I very nearly missed you
Tough boys
Come over here
I want to bite and kiss you

A (x02220@1)name="chord_133211@1">F C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A D/A (x00232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A

I wanna see what I can find

Tough kid
Take a bottle of wine
when your deal is broken
Ten quid
She's so easy to blind
Not a word is spoken
Rough boys
Don't walk away
I feel pretty blissed here
Tough boy
I wanna carry you home
You got pretty pissed dear

A (x02220@1)F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1) G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1)
DGonna (xx0232@1)get inside you
DGonna (xx0232@1)get inside....your bitter mind

A (x02220@1)I wanna see what I can find
Rough boys
Don't walk away
I wanna buy your leather
Make noise
Try and talk me away
We can't be seen together
Tough kids
What can I do?
I'm so pale and weedy
Rough fits
In my hush puppy shoes
But I'm still pleadin'; bleedin',
 needin', fightin', winin', chimin'

D (xx0232@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1)G/B (143121@7) A (x02220@1)Asus (x02230@1)A (x02220@1)I wanna see what I can find
Tough boys
Running the streets
Come a little closer
Rough toys
Under the sheets
Nobody knows her
Rough boys
Don't you walk away
I very nearly missed you
Tough boys
Come over here
I want to bite and kiss you

A (x02220@1)F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)G/B (143121@7)D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)[these chords are ascending triads with open D bass]

| F# (244322@1)Bb (x1333x@1)E (022100@1) Ab (xx1114@1)|  Eb (x43121@3)G (320003@1)F (133211@1)Bb| (x1333x@1)| D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) Eb (x43121@3)F (133211@1) |  G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)C (x32010@1)|
| C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) |  G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)|

     I wanna see what I can find!
| D (xx0232@1)                       D (xx0232@1)|


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