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Athena | guitar tab
By The Who 
>From It's Hard, 1982
Written by Pete Townshend (c)1982 Eel Pie Publishing Ltd.

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transcribed by                             Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com          2000-03-26          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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A5 (x022xx@1)    x02255
E/D     xx0454 or xx0100 (bridge)
G (320003@1)     (3)x0033
D (xx0232@1)     xx0232
E/A     x06454
D/A     x04232
Dmaj9   xx0650 and xx09 10 9
Dmaj7   xx0222 and xx0675 (F#m/D)
D6 (xx04xx@1)    xx0202

[intro]                    2
 A5/|| A5 (x022xx@1)  | (A5)     A5/||

[acoustic]                        x2
    ||:G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D|G (xx0232@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D:||
    ||[electric]       |                ||
 G/||:G (320003@1)              |            G/:|| (320003@1)-3-3||-3---------------|------------3-3-||
-3-3||-3---------------|------------3-3-||
-0-0||.0---------------|~-------0-0.||
-0-0||.0---------------|~-------0-0.||
----||-----------------|----------------||
-3-3||-3---------------|------------3-3-||

[acoustic]
  |A5    E/A (002100@1)  |D/A       E/A (002100@1)         |A5        E/A (002100@1) Athena,        I had no idea how much I need her
[electric; palm mute]
||--------------|------------------------||
||--------------|------------------------||
||.9--9--9-9-9-9|9-----9--9-9-9-9-------.||
||.-------------|-----------------------.||
||-7--7--7-7-7-7|7-----7--7-7-7-7--------||
||--------------|------------------------||

|D/A              E/A (002100@1)               |A5         E/AIn (002100@1)peaceful times I hold her close and I feed her
  |D/A                  E/A (002100@1)               |A               E/AMy (002100@1)heart starts palpitating when I think my guess was wrong
                |D/A        E/ABut (002100@1)I think I'll get along

[acoustic]                        
            |G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D|G (xx0232@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D|
She's just a girl,    she's a bomb
            |[electric]      |               |
         G/G|G               |               |
        -3-3|3---------------|---------------|
        -3-3|3---------------|---------------|
        -0-0|0---------------|~----------|
        -0-0|0---------------|~----------|
        ----|----------------|---------------|
        -3-3|3---------------|---------------|

Athena, all I ever want to do is please her
My life has been so settled and she's the reason
Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone
But I think I'll get along

She's just a girl, she's a bomb
She's just a girl, she's a bomb

[chorus]
|E5  E/D (020100@1) ||A             D (xx0232@1)  |E       E/D (020100@1)   ||
       Just agirl, (x02210@1)just agirl--l (x02210@1)      (Just a)
|0---------||-------------------|----------------||
|0---------||-------------------|----------------||
|9---9-9-9-||.14\----------7-6-7|7/9-9----9--9-9.||
|----------||.------------------|---------------.||
|7---7-7-7-||-12\----------5-4-5|5/7-7----7--7-7-||
|0---------||-------------------|----------------||

|A            D (xx0232@1)  |E 
Just a girl, just a girl
E/D (020100@1) |A            D (xx0232@1)  |E 
Just a girl, just a girl
E/D (020100@1)       |A    D (xx0232@1)|
She's just a girl

Athena, my heart felt like a shattered glass in an acid bath
I felt like one of those flattened ants you find on a crazy path
I'd have topped myself to give her time, she didn't need to ask
Was I a suicidal psychopath?

She's just a girl, she's a bomb
She's just a girl, she's a bomb

Consumed, there was a beautiful white horse I saw on a dream stage
He had a snake the size of a sewer pipe living in his ribcage
And I felt like a pickled priest who was being flambed
You've got me requisitioned, blondie

She's just a girl, she's a bomb
She's just a girl, she's a bomb

Just a girl...

|A/C#  D  |
She's just a girl...

|A5   |G    |D     |E/D  |

[bridge]

[horn solo]
|Dmaj9   D|Dmaj7 (xx0232@1)  D (xx0232@1) |E/D  D6|E/D (xx04xx@1)  D6 (xx04xx@1)|

|Dmaj9         D (xx0232@1)      |Dmaj7   
 Look into the face of a child 
        D (xx0232@1)         |E/D               D (xx0232@1)   |E/D      D (xx0232@1)|
Measure how long you smiled before the memory claimed
|E/D            D (xx0232@1)       |E/D D|E/D            D (xx0232@1)       |E/D    D| (xx0232@1) How long would children remain, how long could children remain?

Athena, you picked me up by my lapel and screamed "leave her."
I felt like waking up in heaven on an empty meter
And now you're stuck with a castrated leader
And I hate the creep

I didn't mean that....

Athena, I had no idea how much I need her
My life has been so settled and she's the reason
Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone
But I think I'll get along

[acoust]                               2
          ||:G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G       |G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G           :||A5
She's just a girl     She's a bomb    (She's just a)
          ||[elec]           |                     ||
        G/||:G-------*       |G-------*           :||A5
            [note: elec. should sustain until *]

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