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Street In The City | guitar tab
By Pete Townshend
>From Rough Mix, 1977
Written by Pete Townshend (c)1977 Towser Tunes Inc.

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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transcribed by                             Whotabs
litgo@aol.com          2000-05-19          www.thewho.net/whotabs
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Dropped D tuning: DADGBE
Note: all patterns and timing are approximate.

[intro]
|-0--0--0--0---|------------------------------------------|
|/7--5--3--5---|----------------------------------------3-|
|-0--0--0--0---|----------------------------------------2-|
|/7--5--4--5---|-----0-0h3p0--0--------0-------0-----0--0-|
|--------------|--0-3--------5-5-3-0--------------------0-|
|--------------|---------------------3^---3^-0---3^-0-0-0-|

                    [chorus]
                       Street in the city
|---------|---------|----------------|------------|
|---------|---------|---<7>----------|----8-7-8-7-|
|---------|---------|---<7>----7-----|----7-7-7-7-|
|---------|---------|---<7>----7-----|----9-7-9-7-|
|---------|---------|----------------|------------|
|000000000|000000000|00----0---0----0|------------|

 Street in the city on a working day
|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------<7>--|-----8-------7---|
|-------------<7>--|7----7-------7---|
|-------------<7>--|7----9-------7---|
|------------------|-----------------|
|0--0--0---0-------|-0--0---0--0---0-|

  Street in the city          Street in the city on a working day
|---------------|------------|------------------|-----------------10---|
|--<7>----------|----8-7-8-7-|-------------<7>--|-----8-------7---10---|
|--<7>----7-----|----7-7-7-7-|-------------<7>--|7----7-------7---7----|
|--<7>----7-----|----9-7-9-7-|-------------<7>--|7----9-------7---7----|
|---------------|------------|------------------|----------------------|
|0-0--0---0----0|------------|0--0--0---0-------|-0--0----0----0---0--0|

          Fdim             G         Edim             D
There's a man up on that ledge, He's only cleaning windows
         |4---7----10-----|3--------|3----6----3-----|2---------|
         |3---6----9------|3--------|2----5----2-----|3---------|
         |4---7----10-----|4--------|3----6----3-----|2---------|
         |3---6----9------|5--------|2----5----2-----|0---------|
         |----------------|---------|----------------|0---------|
         |-0---0-----0----|0--------|----------------|0---------|

       Bm              Gmaj7
What a shame, who's to blame
      |2---------------|2---------|---------|
      |3---------------|3---------|---------|
      |4---------------|4---------|---------|
      |4---------------|5---------|---------|
      |----------------|----------|---------|
      |----------------|----------|---------|

        Gmaj7
For the pain we're missing?
       |2------------------|---------------------|
       |3------------------|-----<12>------------|
       |4------------------|-----<12>------------|
       |5------------------|-----<12>------------|
       |-------------------|---------------------|
       |-------------------|---------------------|

                                                    D
I'm gonna lean back on my wall, and pray for him to fall
          |------------------------|---------------|2-------|
          |8--------7-----8--7-----|------3-----3--|3-------|
          |7--------7-----7--7-----|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|2-------|
          |------------------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|0-------|
          |------------------------|---------------|--------|
          |------------------------|---------------|0-------|

||:Dadd2     Daddb4  Dadd4      :||
||-------------------------------||
||-3----3----3-------3-----------||
||.2----2----2-------2----------.||
||.0----0----4-------5----------.||
||-------------------------------||
||----0----0-----0------0--------||

See that man going in the bank with a blue suit
He's carrying a bag full of very important paper
There's old Mac trying to busk with his new flute
Did you read about the Cambridge raper?

|D5

Street in the city
Street in the city on a working day
Street in the city
Street in the city on a working day

Those girls pass every day
They seem to think to I'm funny
It's just a game that they're playing
Till they can claim their personal man
Gonna lean back on my wall and pray for her knickers to fall

See that woman with a bun in her hair
Don't she know that's ain't still done anywhere?
See that man going in the Wig and Pen
He was charged with telling lies again

 G/D         G6/D             G               G6/D
   I see the world go by as I lean against my wall
|3----------|3---------------|
|3----------|5---------------|
|4----------|4---------------|
|0----------|0---------------|
|-----------|----------------|
|-----------|----------------|
 D            Dadd2                  D               Dadd2
   I watch as Fleet Street makes new heroes rise and fall
|2-----------|0---------------|
|3-----------|3---------------|
|2-----------|2---------------|
|0-----------|0---------------|
|------------|----------------|
|------------|----------------|

G/D            G6/D           G          G6/D
   The news is written in the eyes of us all
 Edim                 Gdim
 One is a sinner, the next is a saint
|3-------------------|6---------------|
|2-------------------|5---------------|
|3-------------------|6---------------|
|2-------------------|5---------------|
|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|

 Edim                   Gdim
 Most of us worry about showing up late
|3---------------------|6---------------|
|2---------------------|5---------------|
|3---------------------|6---------------|
|2---------------------|5---------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|

|D       |G/D G7/D|C6/D      |G7/D
Oooh
|2-------|3--7----|8----8----|7------3-|
|3-------|3--6----|10---10---|6------2-|
|2-------|4--7----|9----9----|7------3-|
|0-0-0-0-|0--0-0--|0---------|---------|
|--------|--------|----------|---------|
|--------|--------|----------|---------|

|D       |G/D    |C6/D      |C6/D
Oooh
|2-------|7------|8---------|8---8---8-----|
|3-------|8------|10--------|10--10--10----|
|2-------|7------|9---------|9---9---9-----|
|0-0-0-0-|0---0--|0---------|0---0---0-----|
|--------|-------|----------|--------------|
|--------|-------|----------|--------------|

   I'm gonna lean back on my wall and pray for him to fall
|-----------|--------------------7---|---------------|2------|
|<7>--------|8--------7-----8--7-7---|---------------|3------|
|<7>--------|7--------7-----7--7-----|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|2------|
|<7>--------|------------------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|0------|
|-----------|------------------------|---------------|-------|
|-----------|------------------------|---------------|0------|

[interlude]


Street in the city
Street in the city on a working day
Street in the city
Street in the city on a working day

There's a man up on that ledge
He's only cleaning windows
What a shame, who's to blame
For the pain?

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