• Song:

    My Generation

  • Artist:

    The Who

  • Album:

    BBC Sessions

List of songs:

1. Out in the Street
2. I Don't Mind
3. The Goods Gone
4. La La La Lies
5. Much Too Much
6. My Generation
7. The Kids Are Alright
8. Please, Please, Please
9. It's Not True
10. The Ox
11. I'm a Man (UK only)
12. A Legal Matter
13. Instant Party (Circles) (first version)

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Out in the Street

Tune down whole step: DGCFAD

F  (G)  3t55433
Eb (F)  1t33211
Bb (C)  x32010

F7   xx5767
Gm/F xx5555
F    xx5433

Bb7  8 10 8 9 8 8
C7   10 12 12 11 10 10

|F               |         |Eb5             |Bb            |
                                                      Out!  
|----------------|3--------|----------------|--------------|
|--------3---3---|3--------|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|1-------------|
|----4/4-4-4-4/4-|4--------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|0-------------|
|5-5-5/5-5-5-5/5-|5--------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|2-------------|
|5-5-5/5---5-5/5-|5--------|3-------3---3---|3-------------|
|3-3-3/----------|---------|1---------------|--------------|
[amp tremolo on; strum with side of pick]

                                                              [2/4]       
|F             |      |Eb5             |Bb       |F        |      |          |
                                                                  (Out in the)
|--------------|3-----|----------------|---------|3--------|------|----------|
|------3---3---|3-----|1-1-1-1---------|1--------|3--------|------|----------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-----|2-2-2-2---------|0--------|0--------|------|----------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-----|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|2--------|0--------|------|----------|
|--------------|------|--3---3---3---3-|3--------|---------|------|----------|
|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-----|----------------|---------|3--------|------|----------|
                                             [tremolo off;     
                                              pick normally]

[4/4; basic pattern. with variations]
|     F7 Gm/F |F         ||    F7 Gm/F |F         ||
|---5h7---5---|3---------||---5h7--5---|3---------||
|---5h6---5---|3---------||---5h6--5---|3---------||
|---5h7---5---|4---------||---5h7--5---|4---------||
|---5-----5---|5---3-5---||/3-5---(5)--|5---3-5p3h||
|-------------|--5-------||------------|--5-------||
|-------------|----------||------------|----------||

[verse]
          |      F7  Gm/F  |F    |
Out in the street                 

                 |      F7    Gm/F |F     |
I'm talkin' about slowly                   
                       (talk, talk, talk)  

             |      F7 Gm/F|F    |
I'm not goin' there               
                   (no, no, no)   

             |      F7 Gm/F|F    |
Woman, you don't know me          
                   (no, no, no)   

[chorus]
             |  F7 Gm/F|F    |
Yeah, you don't know me, no   
               (no,  no, no)  

|  F7  Gm/F|F    |  F7  Gm/F|F    |
   Know me, no      Know me, no    
  (no, no,  no)    (no, no,  no)   

|Bb7 C7            |
 Yeah,              
|------------------|
|------13/13-13/13-|
|9/-11-11/11-11/11-|
|10/12-12/12-12/12-|
|10/12-12/12-12/12-|
|8/-10-10/10-10/10-|

|C7                      |        F7 Gm/F |F       |
     But I'm a-gonna know you    (no, no,  no...)   
|------------------------|------5h7---5---|3-------|
|------------------------|------5h6---5---|3-------|
|------------------------|------5h7---5---|4-------|
|12----------------------|------5-----5---|5---3-5-|
|12----------------------|----------------|--5-----|
|10----------------------|----------------|--------|

[repeat verse]
Hey, listen woman
You just can't throw me
I won't stand it
If you don't know me

[repeat chorus]
If you don't know me, no
Know me, no
Know me, no

|Bb7 C7            |
 Yeah,              
|------------------|
|11/13-13/13-13/13-|
|9/-11-11/11-11/11-|
|10/12-12/12-12/12-|
|10/12-12/12-12/12-|
|8/-10-10/10-10/10-|

|C7                      |        F7 Gm/F |F        |     F7 Gm/F |F       |
     But I'm a-gonna know you    (no, no,  no...)                           
|------------------------|------5h7---5---|3--------|---5h7---5---|3-------|
|12----------------------|------5h6---5---|3--------|---5h6---5---|3-------|
|11----------------------|------5h7---5---|4--------|0--5h7---5---|4-------|
|12----------------------|------5-----5---|5---3-5-3|0------------|5-------|
|12----------------------|----------------|--5------|-------------|--------|
|10----------------------|----------------|---------|-------------|--------|

 [bridge]
||:Bb  C                :||
||-8/-10-10-10-----------||
||-8/-10-10-10-----------||
||.9/-11-11-11----------.||
||.10/12-12-12----------.||
||-10/12-12-12-----------||
||-8/-10-10-10-----------||

A-listen to me
I'm telling you
You look at me, woman
Yeah, tell the truth

||:Bb  C               Bb7    :||
||-8/-10-10-10-----------------||
||-8/-10-10-10-----------------||
||.9/-11-11-11---------9------.||
||.10/12-12-12---------10-----.||
||-10/12-12-12---------10------||
||-8/-10-10-10---------8-------||


I know your mine
I can see that you're in need
I'll show you woman
Yeah, that you belong to me

[repeat chorus]
You're gonna know me, no
Know me, no
Know me, no
But I'm a-gonna know you

[break]
||:    F7 Gm/F  F        :||
||---5h7---5----3---------||
||---5h6---5----3---------||
||.--5h7---5-5--4--------.||
||.--5-------5--5--------.||
||------------------------||
||------------------------||

[gtr 2: toggle pickup selector; pick scrape, etc.]

[repeat verse]
Give me no reasons
Said you'd go free
That's how it's gonna be now
If you gotta know me

[repeat chorus]
If you're gonna know me now
Know me now
Know me now
Yeah, you're gonna know me

You're gonna know me
Said, you're gonna know me
Said, you're gonna know me



|F              |         |Eb              |Bb5           |F        |      |
                                                    Gonna know me woman     
|---------------|3--------|----------------|--------------|3--------|------|
|--3-------3---3|3--------|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|1-------------|3--------|------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|0--------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|0-------------|0--------|------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|0--------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--------------|0--------|------|
|---------------|---------|3---3---3---3---|3-------------|---------|------|
|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|3--------|1---------------|--------------|3--------|------|
[amp tremolo on; strum with side of pick]

                           [2/4]               [4/4]
|Eb              |         |                   |F7       F7  ||
    'Cause I'm gonna know        I'm gonna know you            
|----------------|---------|-------------------|13-----------||
|1---------------|---------|-------------------|12-------8---||
|2---------------|---------|-------------------|12-------10--||
|3---------------|---------|-------------------|12-------9---||
|3---------------|---------|-------------------|10-------10--||
|1---------------|---------|-------------------|==-----------||
                                                [rasguedo]
                                             [tremolo off]

----------------------------------------------------------------------

I Don't Mind

Note: all leads and chords are approximate -- use at your own risk.

[intro]
                              Ooh...                              2
| C7 C7 C7 C7 C7 C7 (C E G)||:Am         G | C7          (C E G):||
|-8--8--8--8--8--8---------||-------8------|---------------------||
|-8--8--8--8--8--8---------||-5-/10---10-8-|-8---8/10-8----------||
|-9--9--9--9--9--9---------||-5----------9-|-9----------9--------||
|-8--8--8--8--8--8-------5-||-7------------|-10---------------5--||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10--3-7---||-7------------|----------------7----||
|-8--8--8--8--8--8---------||--------------|--------------8------||

Am          G|C         |Am           G|C                        C7 
I don't mind   your love, I don't mind   the one you're thinkin' of
 |F      |D7    |G7 G7 G7 G7 G7 G7 | G7                  |
I know, I know                          You gonna miss me

|C7 C7 C7 C7 C7 C7 (C E G)|

I don't mind your love so sound
I don't mind, it can't go cold
I know, I know
You gonna miss me

 Am          G   C7         (C E G)    Am          G
|---------------|----------8---6--5---|------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|------------------|
|---5-7-7^---7^\|-5-5---/9--/7--/5-3~-|----5-7^----3-3-3-|
|--7------------|---------------------|/7----------------|
|---------------|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|------------------|

 C7   (C    E  G) Am                G    F
|------8---------|---------------------|--------------------------|
|--------10/11-8-|----8/10-8--------10^|-10----/13-15-13-----13---|
|-3------------9-|-9--8/10-8/9-8^---10^|-10--12/14----14----------|
|----------------|-10------------10----|-------------------13--13-|
|----------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|--------------------------|

 D7                   G7 G7 G7 G7 G7 G7   G7 
|-------------------|-------------------|----11/8---8------------|
|----------11-------|-8--8--8--8--8--8--|-8-------11-11^\--------|
|-----8/10----------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10--------------8---8--|
|-12-10/12---12--0--|-9--9--9--9--9--9--|-9-----------------10---|
|-------------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10---------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------------|

                            
| C7 C7 C7 C7 C7 C7 (C E G)|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8---------|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8---------|
|-9--9--9--9--9--9---------|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8-------5-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10--3-7---|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8---------|

I don't mind, it's the end of my song
I don't mind, goodbye, so long
I know, said, baby, I know you gonna miss me

[fade out]
 Am          G        C7             (C E G)    Am               G
|-------------------|-----------8-------------|-----------------------|
|-10----------------|-------8-10------------8-|-8-----------8---------|
|------5-7-7^~-5-5-5|-5--/9-------9/10--8-----|----9--7/7/7^--7^~-5---|
|----7--------------|--------------------10---|---------------------7-|
|-------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|

 C7
|------------------
|-8--5--1--5\3-----
|-9--5--0--5\3-----
|-10-5--2--5\3-----
|------------------
|------------------

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The Good's Gone

B5/Bm7   x244xx [play as B5]

   Bm7                               1st          2nd A5 A5
||-----2-----0-----|-----------------||------------|
||---0---0-------3-|-------0---0---0-||------------|
||-4-------4---4---|-4-2-4---4---2---||-4--2--4----|
||-----------------|-----------------||------------|
||-----------------|-----------------||------------|
||-----------------|-----------------||------------|

Bm7  A5 A5 A5 Bm7
I know when I've had enough
When I think your love is rough

[chorus]
A5  A5     B5
The good's gone
The good's gone
The good's gone
The good's gone
A                   Asus4   B
The good's gone out of your love
    E5        B5
You know it's wrong
    A        Asus4  B5
You should enjoy it but 
A5  A5     Bm7
The good's gone

Once we used to get along
Now, each time we kiss, it's wrong

[repeat chorus]

A                
Now it ain't no fun
    E               
The good's gone now
   A                  
We used to love as one
    B               A        B
But we've forgotten now......

|| Bm7   A/B  ||

The good's gone
The good's gone
The good's gone
The good's gone

I know when I've had enough
When I think your love is rough

--------------------------------------------

La La La Lies

| G  G    | G  G    |

| G  G
          G    G         C     C
If I'm so lost without a friend
         D     D          G     G
Tell me, who's this by my side?
     G    G              C    C
This girl with eyes like gems,
       D D             C G   C G
Cool reactions to your lies, lies
C              D
La-la-la-la-la-lies

You can't repeat what you put 'round
All the things that made me cry
You kicked me when I was down
And they hurt me, all those lies, lies
La-la-la-la-la-lies

| D D    | D D     | D D   | D D    |

D                                   G          G
I've got my girl and together we're strong, so strong
A                             D
To laugh at you and prove you wrong

I don't insist that you feel bad
I just want to see you smile
Don't ever think you made me mad
I didn't listen to your lies, lies
La-la-la-la-la-lies

[modulate to A]

| A A    | A A    | A A    | E E    |

| A A    | A A    | D D    | E E    |

| D A    | D A    | D      | E      |

[Repeat first and third verses in A]

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Much Too Much

D/A  x0023x
A7   x02010
D7   xx0212

(G)              D5
Much too much to bear

G    G       C        G     G G C G
Your love is hard and fast
G    G         C      G     G G C G
Your love will always last
Am                             D7      
If it's you I need I've got to pay the levy
Am7                    C                   D5
Got to pay 'cause your love's too heavy on me

         G        G       D
And it's much too much to bear

C         D5                C 
If I ever leave you darlin'
           D5      C 
I hope you see
              D5            
That I really love you
C                            D7    D5
But your love's too heavy on me

         G        G       D
And it's much too much to bear

When I make love to you
And do all the things you want me to do
You never think of me, always cry a bevy
A bevy of tears 'cause your love's too heavy on me

And it's much too much to bear

C                                   G
There was a time I could give all I had to you
         Am
But my enthusiasm waned and I can't bear the pain
   D/A                        D
Of doing what I don't want to do

Much too much to bear

Your love is hard and fast
Your love will always last
If it's you I need I've got to pay the levy
Got to pay 'cause your love's too heavy on me

And it's much too much to bear

C C C C  G

--------------------------------------------

My Generation

For recorded version, tune both guitars down whole step (DGCFAD)

Chord (shape with tuning down; shape for stage versions in std tuning)
G  (A)                 x022xx
G/F  (A/G)             3x22xx
Gsus4/F  (Asus4/G)     x04230
G7  (A7)               x05250
[solo chords]
G5  (A5)               57xxxx
G6  (A6)               59xxxx
G7  (A7)               5 10xxxx
[first modulation]
A  (B)                 x244xx
A/G  (B/A)             x044xx
[third verse; second modulation]
Bb  (C)                x355xx
Bb/Ab  (C/Bb)          6x55xx
[outro]
C  (D)                 xx0232
Csus4/Bb (Dsus4/C)     x30033
C/Bb  (D/C)            x30230

[note: for stage versions, song is played in key of A (progressing up) 
in standard tuning and without final verse - A, A/G; B, B/A; D, D/C --
using above voicings.]

[intro]

|G  G  G  G  |G/F G/F G/F G/F |G  G  G  G  |G/F G/F G/F G/F |
[gtr 1]      |                |            |                |
|------------|----------------|------------|----------------|
|------------|----------------|------------|----------------|
|2--2--2--2--|2---2---2---2---|2--2--2--2--|2---2---2---2---|
|2--2--2--2--|2---2---2---2---|2--2--2--2--|2---2---2---2---|
|0--0--0--0--|----------------|0--0--0--0--|----------------|
|------------|3---3---3---3---|------------|3---3---3---3---|

[first verse]
||:G            |              |G  G     G    G |G/F G/F G/F G/F  :||
   People try to put us d-down                                       
                               (Talkin' 'bout my gen-er--a---tion)   
||---------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------||
||---------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------||
||.--------------|--------------|2--2-----2----2-|2---2---2---2---.||
||.--------------|--------------|2--2-----2----2-|2---2---2---2---.||
||---------------|--------------|0--0-----0----0-|-----------------||
||---------------|--------------|----------------|3---3---3---3----||


Just because we get around (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I hope I die before I get old (Talkin' 'bout my generation)

[chorus]
               |G   Gsus4|G7/F   Gsus4/F   |G   Gsus4|G7/F Gsus4/F|
This is my generation       this is my generation, baby            
               |---------|-----------------|---------|------------|
               |--2---3--|--5-5-5-3--------|---2--3/3|5-5---3/3-3-|
               |--2---2--|--2-2-2----------|---2--2/2|2-2---2/2-2-|
               |------4--|--5------4-------|2--2--4/4|5-5---4/4-4-|
               |0--------|0----------------|0--------|------------|
               |---------|-----------------|---------|------------|

[second verse]
||:G             |      |G  G     G    G |G/F G/F G/F G/F :||
     Why don't you all   f-fade away                         
                        (Talkin' 'bout my gen-er--a---tion)  
||---------------|------|----------------|-----------------||
||---------------|------|----------------|-----------------||
||.2-------------|------|2--2-----2----2-|2---2---2---2---.||
||.2-------------|------|2--2-----2----2-|2---2---2---2---.||
||-0-------------|------|0--0-----0----0-|-----------------||
||---------------|------|----------------|3---3---3---3----||

Yeah, and don't try and dig what we all s-s-say 
                                          (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm not trying to cause a big s-s-sensation 
                                 (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-g-generation 
                               (Talkin' 'bout my generation)

[repeat chorus]
       |G   Gsus4|G7/F      Gsus4/F|G   Gsus4|G7/F  Gsus4/F|
My generation       this is my generation, baby             
       |---------|----0------------|---------|---0---------|
       |--2--3/3-|-/5-5--5-5--5--3-|---2---3-|/5-5----3-3--|
       |--2--2/2-|--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-|2--2---2-|-2-2----2-2--|
       |--2--4/4-|-/5------------4-|2------4-|/5-5----4-4--|
       |0--------|-----------------|0--------|---0---------|
       |---------|-----------------|---------|-------------|


[bass solo]          (F bass     )                      (F bass       )
|G5 |   |G5 G5 G6 G6 |G7 G7 G6 G6 |G5  |   |G5 G5 G6 G6 |G7 G7 G6   G6 |
[gtr 1] |            |            |    |   |            |              |
|---|---|------------|------------|----|---|------------|--------------|
|---|---|------------|------------|----|---|------------|--------------|
|2--|---|------------|------------|----|---|------------|--------------|
|2--|---|------------|------------|----|---|------------|--------------|
|0--|---|7--7-----9--|10-10-9--9--|7---|---|---7-----9--|10-10-9-10\9--|
|---|---|5--5-----5--|5--5--5--5--|5---|---|5--5-----5--|5--5--5----5--|
[gtr 2 in]           |            |    |   |            |              |
|---|---|------------|------------|----|---|0--0--0--0--|0--0----------|
|---|---|------------|------------|----|---|5--5--x--7--|8--8-----7-7--|
|---|---|5^----------|------------|----|---|6--6--x--7--|9--9-----7-7--|
|---|---|------7--7--|7--7--7-----|2---|---|------------|--------------|
|---|---|------------|------------|0---|---|------------|--------------|
|---|---|------------|------------|----|---|------------|--------------|


                       (F bass     )                      (F bass     )  
|G5  |   |G5 G5  G6 G6 |G7 G7  G6 G6 |G5 |   |G5 G5 G6 G6 |G7 G7  G6 G6 |
[gtr 1]  |             |             |   |   |            |             |
|----|---|-------------|-------------|---|---|------------|-------------|
|----|---|-------------|-------------|---|---|------------|-------------|
|----|---|-------------|-------------|---|---|------------|-------------|
|----|---|-------------|-------------|---|---|------------|-------------|
|7---|---|7--7------9--|10-10--9--9--|7--|---|7--7-----9--|10-10--9--9--|
|5---|---|5--5---5--5--|5--5---5--5--|5--|---|5--5-----5--|5--5---5--5--|
[gtr 2]  |             |             |   |   |            |             |
|0---|---|-------------|-------------|---|---|------8-----|-------------|
|5---|---|---7^-\7-5---|---7^-\7-5---|---|---|--8/10------|5------------|
|6---|---|---7^-\7-5~--|---7^-\7-5~--|---|---|------------|5-7^-\7p5----|
|----|---|-------------|-------------|---|---|------------|----------7-5|
|----|---|0------------|0------------|0--|---|0--------0--|-------------|
|----|---|-------------|-------------|---|---|------------|-------------|


                  (F bass           )                 (F bass          )
|G5 G5 Gsus4 Gsus4|G7 G7 Gsus4 Gsus4|G5 G5 Gsus4 Gsus4|G7 G7 Gsus4 Gsus4
[gtr 1]           |                 |                 |                |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|0---------------|
|---5-------------|--8-8-8--7-------|---5-------------|---8------------|
|---6--7----------|--9-9-9--7-------|6--6---7---------|---9------------|
|---7--7----------|--7-7-7--7-------|7--7---7---------|---7------------|
|0----------------|0----------------|0----------------|0-----------2---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
[gtr 2]           |                 |                 |      [gtr 2 out]
|-----------------|0--------0-------|--------------5--|----------------|
|-----------------|---8--------8----|---5-------------|---5------------|
|------5---5-5-7^-|-----^7\---------|---7^------7-----|7^----5^--------|
|7-------7--------|-----------------|-----------------|------------7---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
                   [let ring.....]

[third verse; modulate to A]

|A                    |A    A    A    A |A/G A/G A/G A/G  |
   Why don't you all f-fade away                           
                      (Talk-in' 'bout my gen--e--ra--tion) 
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|4\-------------------|4----4----4------|-----------------|
|4\-------------------|4----4----4------|7---7---6---6----|
|2\-------------------|2----2----2----2-|0---0---0---0----|
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[gtr 2]               |                 |                 |
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|5/7------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|6/8------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|7/9------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|5/7------------------|-----------------|-----------------|


       ||:A                                |A    A    A    A |A/G A/G A/G A/G:||
Yeah, and don't try and d-dig what we all s-s-say                               
                                           (Talk-in' 'bout my gen--e--ra--tion) 
       ||----------------------------------|-----------------|----------------||
       ||----------------------------------|-----------------|----------------||
       ||.---------------------------------|-----4-----------|4---4---4---4--.||
       ||.4--------------------------------|4----4----4----4-|4---4---4---4--.||
       ||-2--------------------------------|2----2----2----2-|0---0---0---0---||
       ||----------------------------------|-----------------|----------------||


 ||:A                                  |A    A    A    A |A/G A/G A/G A/G:||
I'm not trying to cause a b-big s-s-sensation                               
                                       (Talk-in' 'bout my gen--e--ra--tion) 
 ||------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------||
 ||------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------||
 ||.4----------------------------------|4----4----4----4-|4---4---4---4--.||
 ||.4----------------------------------|4----4----4----4-|4---4---4---4--.||
 ||-2----------------------------------|2----2----2----2-|0---0---0---0---||
 ||------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------||


      ||:A                 |A    A    A    A |A/G A/G A/G A/G:||
I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-generation         (This is my gener-
                           (Talk-in' 'bout my gen--e--ra--tion) 
      ||-------------------|-----------------|----------------||
      ||-------------------|-----------------|----------------||
      ||.4-----------------|-----------------|---------------.||
      ||.4-----------------|4----4----4----4-|4---4---4---4--.||
      ||-2-----------------|2----2----2----2-|0---0---0---0---||
      ||-------------------|-----------------|----------------||


[third chorus]
               |A      |Asus4/G         |A        |Asus4/G         |
This is my generation,   this is my generation,   baby              
               |-------|----------------|---------|----------------|
               |-7---7-|---7---7---7-7--|-7-----7-|7---7---7---7-7-|
               |-8---9-|---9-9-9-9-9-9--|-8---8-8-|8h9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
               |-9---9-|---9-9-9-9-9-9--|-9---9-9-|9---9-9-9-9-9-9-|
               |-------|----------------|---------|----------------|
               |7------|----------------|7--------|----------------|


|A         |Asus4/G            |A         |Asus4/G       |
My  my my             generation    my my my              
|----------|-------------------|----------|--------------|
|-7---7-7--|7-7---7---7---7-7--|7-7-7-7/7-|7--7--7-------|
|-8---8-8h9|8-8h9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|8-8-8-9/8-|9--9--9-------|
|-9---9-9--|9-9---9-9-9-9-9-9--|9-9-9-9/9-|9--9--9-------|
|----------|-------------------|----------|--------------|
|7---------|-------------------|----------|--------------|

[fourth verse; modulate to Bb (note: omitted in stage versions)]  
|Bb Bb Bb Bb|Bb/Ab Bb/Ab Bb/Ab Bb/Ab |
 My       my my                 gener-
|-----------|------------------------|
|-----------|------------------------|
|5--5--5--5-|5-----5-----5-----5-----|
|5--5--5--5-|5-----5-----5-----5-----|
|3--3--3--3-|------------------------|
|-----------|6-----6-----6-----6-----|


|Bb Bb Bb Bb|Bb/Ab Bb/Ab Bb/Ab Bb/Ab |
-ation                                
|-----------|------------------------|
|-----------|------------------------|
|5--5--5--5-|5-----5-----5-----5-----|
|5--5--5--5-|5-----5-----5-----5-----|
|3--3--3--3-|------------------------|
|-----------|6-----6-----6-----6-----|


                                           (Ab bass)                 
|Bb           |           |Bb Bb5   Bb6 Bb6|Bb7-- Bb7-- Bb6-- Bb6---|
 People try to put us d-down                                         
                          (Talkin' 'bout my gen---er----a-----tion)  
|-------------|-----------|----------------|------------------------|
|-------------|-----------|----------------|------------------------|
|5------------|-----------|----------------|------------------------|
|5------------|-----------|----------------|------------------------|
|3------------|-----------|10-10----10---12|13----13----12----12----|
|-------------|-----------|8--8-----8----8-|8-----8-----8-----8-----|


|Bb           |           |Bb Bb    Bb   Bb|Bb/Ab Bb/Ab Bb/Ab Bb/Ab |
 Just because we g-g-get around                                      
                          (Talkin' 'bout my gen---er----a-----tion)  
|-------------|-----------|----------------|------------------------|
|-------------|-----------|----------------|------------------------|
|-------------|-----------|---5----------5-|5-----5-----5-----5-----|
|-------------|-----------|5--5----------5-|5-----5-----5-----5-----|
|10-----------|-----------|3--3-----3----3-|------------------------|
|8------------|-----------|----------------|6-----6-----6-----6-----|


|Bb                |         |Bb Bb    Bbsus4 |Bb7/Ab Bbsus4/Ab |
Things they do look awful c-c-cold                               
                             (Talkin' 'bout my gener--ation)     
|------------------|---------|----------------|---8-------------|
|------------------|---------|8--8-------8--8-|11-8-----8--8----|
|------------------|---------|9--9-------10-10|9--9-----10-10---|
|------------------|---------|10-10------10-10|10-10----10-10---|
|3-----------------|---------|----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|---------|---------8------|-----------------|


|Bb                |              |Bb Bb    Bbsus4 |Bb7/Ab Bbsus4/Ab    |
Yeah, I hope I die before I get old                    (This is my gener-
                                  (Talkin' 'bout my gener--ation)        
|------------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------|
|8-----------------|--------------|8--8---8--8-/8--|8---8---8--8--8--8--|
|10p9--------------|--------------|9--9---9--9-/9--|10--10--10-10-10-10-|
|10----------------|--------------|10-10--10-10/10-|10--10--10-10-10-10-|
|------------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------|

[fourth chorus]
               |Bb          |Bbsus4/Ab               |Bb      |Bbsus4/Ab |
This is my generation,                this is my generation, baby         
               |---8--------|------------------------|--------|----------|
               |8--8----8/8-|8----8--8--8--8--8--8---|--------|----------|
               |9--9----9/9-|9h10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|--------%----------|
               |10-10---1010|10---10-10-10-10-10-10--|--------|----------|
               |------------|------------------------|--------|----------|
               |8--8--------|------------------------|--------|----------|


|Bb          |Bbsus4/Ab     |Bb          |Bbsus4/Ab     |
 My  my my m-my generation                               
|------------|-----------8--|------------|--------------|
|8--8--------|8----8-----8--|8--8--8--8--|8----8--8-----|
|9--9--9--9--|9h10-10-10-10-|9--9--9--9--|9h10-10-10----|
|10-10-10--10|10---10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-|10---10-10--0-|
|------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|------------|--------------|


[modulate to C for finale]
||C    |Csus4/Bb |C       |Csus4/Bb  |C       |Csus4/Bb |C     |Csus4/Bb   |
[gtr 1]|         |        |          |        |         |      |           |
||2----|3--------|2-------|3---------|--2-----|--3------|--2---|---3-------|
||3----|3--------|3-------|3---------|--3-----|--3------|--3---|---3-------|
||2----|2--------|2-------|2---------|2-------|--2----2-|--2---|---2-------|
||0----|0--------|0-------|0---------|0-------|--0----0-|0---0-|---0-------|
||-----|3--------|--------|3---------|--------|3----3---|------|3----------|
||-----|---------|--------|----------|--------|---------|------|-----------|
[gtr 2]|         |        |          |        |         |      |           |
||-----|---------|2-------|----------|--------|---------|------|-----------|
||-----|---------|3-------|----------|--------|---------|------|-----------|
||-----|---------|2-----feedback>>>>>|--------|---------|------|-----------|
||-----|---------|0-------|----------|--------|---------|------|-----------|
||-----|---------|--------|----------|--------|---------|------|--xxxxx----|
||-----|---------|--------|----------|--------|---------|------|------xxxxx|


|C    |    Bb/C|C    |   Bb/C|C   |Bb/C   |Bb/C   |Bb/C   |
[gtr 1]        |     |       |    |       |       |       |
|--2--|--0-----|-----|-------|----|0---0--|0---0--|0---0--|
|--3--|--3-----|--3--|-------|3---|3-3-3--|3---3--|3---3--|
|--2--|--2-----|--2--|-------|2---|2---2--|2---2--|2---2--|
|0----|--------|0--0-|-------|0---|0---0--|0---0--|0---0--|
|-----|3-------|-----|3------|----|3---3--|3---3--|3---3--|
|-----|--------|-----|-------|----|-------|-------|-------|
[gtr 2]        |     |       |    |       |       |       |
|2----|-----0--|2----|-----0-|2---|-------|-------|-------|
|3----|-----3--|3----|-----3-|3---|-------|-------|-------|
|2----|-----2--|2----|-----2-|2---|-------|-------|-------|
|0----|-----0--|0----|-----0-|0---|-------|-------|-------|
|-----|-----3--|-----|-----3-|----|-------|-------|-------|
|-----|--------|-----|-------|----|-------|-------|-------|


|C    |  Bb/C|C     |   Bb/C|
[gtr 1]      |      |       |
|2----|------|------|-------|
|3----|------|------|-------|
|2---feedback>>>>>>>>---****|
|0----|------|------|-------|
|-----|------|------|-------|
|-----|------|------|-------|
[gtr 2]      |      |       |
|2----|------|------|-------|
|3----|------|------|-------|
|2----|------|------|-------|
|0-***|*-----|--****|*------|
|-----|------|------|-------|
|-----|------|------|-------|
*Toggle pickup selector back and forth


|C               |(Bb/C)          |C               |(Bb/C)       |
    Talkin' about                    This is my generation        
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)     (Talkin' 'bout my generation)   
[gtr 1]          |                |                |             |
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|----------------|3---------------|-------------|
|0--h2-----------|0---------------|2---------------|0------------|
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|-------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
[gtr 2]          |                |                |             |
|2---------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|2---------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|3---------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|0---------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|


|C               |(Bb/C)      |C               |(Bb/C)       |
          My generation          This is my generation, baby  
(Talkin' 'bout my generation) (Talkin' 'bout my generation)   
[gtr 1]          |            |                |             |
|----------------|------------|2---------------|-------------|
|----------------|------------|3---------------|-------------|
|0h2-------------|0-----------|2---------------|0------------|
|----------------|------------|0---------------|-------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|-------------|
[gtr 2]          |            |                |             |
|----------------|------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|--------->>>Feedback>>>>-----|-------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|-------------|


|C               |(Bb/C)      |C               |(Bb/C)             |
                    This is my generation         This is my gener- 
(Talkin' 'bout my generation) (Talkin' 'bout my generation)         
[gtr 1]          |            |                |                   |
|2---------------|0-----------|2---------------|0------------------|
|3---------------|3-----------|3---------------|3------------------|
|2---------------|2-----------|2---------------|2------------------|
|0---------------|0-----------|0---------------|0------------------|
|----------------|3-----------|----------------|3------------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|-------------------|
[gtr 2]          |            |                |                   |
|----------------|------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|-------------------|


|C               |Bb/C        |C               |Bb/C            |C         
-ation             This is my generation         This is my generation     
(Talkin' 'bout my generation) (Talkin' 'bout my generation)                
|2---------------|0-----------|----------------|0---------------|2---------
|3---------------|3-----------|3---------------|3---------------|3---------
|2---------------|2-----------|2---------------|2---------------|2---------
|0---------------|0-----------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------
|----------------|3-----------|----------------|3---------xxx---|----------
|----------------|------------|----------------|----------xxx---|----------
[gtr 2]          |            |                |                |          
|----------------|------------|----------------|----------------|----------
|----------------|------------|----------------|----------------|----------
|----------------|------------|----------------|----------------|----------
|----------------|------------|----------------|----------------|----------
|----------------|------------|----------------|----------------|----------
|----------------|------------|----------------|----------------|----------

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Kids Are Alright

12-string electric, arr for 6-string
D5     xx023x and xx0235
G     (3)x0033
A5     x022xx and x02255
D      xx0232
A      x02220
Em     0220xx
G/A    x00033

[intro]
|D5      |    

       |          |G            A5        |D       |G   A   |
I don't mind other guys dancing with my girl
      |D       |G             A5      |D5         |D   
That's fine,  I know them all pretty well

     |Em            |A5        |G         |D5
But I know sometimes I must get out in the light
      |Em         |A5                       |D          |A5
Better leave her behind where the kids are alright...
              |D        G    |A5
The kids are alright

   |D5     |G            A   |D5       |G   A  |
Sometimes I feel I gotta get away
     |D5      |G            A  |D     |D
Bells chime, I know I gotta get away

     |Em            |A5        |G         |D5
And I know if I don't I'll go out of my mind
      |Em         |A5                       |D          |A5
Better leave her behind where the kids are alright
              |D        G    |A5
The kids are alright

|A5 A5    |A A   | 

|A5 A5          |A5  A5              |G/A        G/A  |G/A  G/A    |
   I know if I'd go things'd be a lot better for her
|A5  A5          |A5    A5                   |G/A  G/A  |G/A (A)(A)(A)(A)
   I had things planned, but her folks wouldn't let her

I don't mind other guys dancing with my girl
That's fine, I know them all pretty well
But I know sometimes I must get out in the light
Better leave her behind where the kids are alright
The kids are alright

[interlude]
|A5      |A5      |A5      |A5      |A5      |A5     |A5 A5 |A5 A5 |
|G   G   |G   G   |A5  A5  |A5  A5  |GGGGGGGG|G      |
                                    [muted]

Sometimes I feel I gotta get away
Bells chime, I know I gotta get away
And I know if I don't, I'll go out of my mind
Better leave her behind where 

              |D        Dsus4 |A5
The kids are alright...
              |D        Dsus4 |A5
The kids are alright...
              |D        Dsus4/G |A5
The kids are alright...
              |D        
The kids are alright

---------------------------------------------

Please, Please, Please

(E D B)|E7   |A7    |E7

                              |E        |A      |E      |
Please, please, please, please me oh, yeah    
                              (You don't have to go)
B7                              |E        |A      |E    |
Baby please, baby please, please me     oh, yeah
                                (You don't have to go)
B7                            |E        |C#m       |
Baby please, baby please don't go, don't go, I said,
                              (whoa               
A           |B7              |E        |A      |E  
Baby, y'know baby, I love you so 
             ohh    )        (You don't have to go)

Baby, you know you broke my heart when you went away 
                                                (You don't have to go)
I said, I said, I said, I'll see you some other day 
                                               (You don't have to go)
I said, baby, baby, please, don't go 
                                 (whoa)
Don't go, no baby, no baby, I love you so
                                      (You don't have to go)

Take this pain from my heart

Baby, let me take you by the hand 
                                  (You don't have to go)
Baby, baby let me be, let me be your lover man 
                                          (You don't have to go)
Baby please, baby please, don't go 
                               (whoa)
Don't go, I said baby, y'know baby, I love you so 
                                              (You don't have to go)

Please, please, please, please me  oh, yeah...
                              (You don't have to go)
Baby, baby, baby please, please me    oh, yeah.. I said, I said...
                              (You don't have to go)
Baby please, please don't go, I said, don't go girl
                         (whoa)
                                                    B7      A7     E
Y'know baby, no baby, I love you so                 Please, please me
                                 (You don't have to go)

------------------------------------------------------------------------

It's Not True

C/E x75558
C   8 10 xxxx
C6  8 12 xxxx
C7  8 13 xxxx
Bb  68xxxx
Bb6 6 10 xxx


          F     C/E   F  G   C C C6 C6  C C C6 C6
It's not true

    C   C6           C       C6
You say I've been in prison
    Bb       Bb6   C      C6
You say I've got a wife
    C        C6         C      C6
You say I've had help doing
     Bb           Bb6    C      C6
Everything throughout my life

         F              C     
It's not true, it's not true
F           C
I'm telling you
       Bb                               F
'Cause I'm up here and you're nowhere
                  C  C  C6 C6   C C C6 C6
It's not true, so there

C C C6 C6 C7 C7 C6 C6

I haven't got eleven kids
I weren't born in Baghdad
I'm not half Chinese either
And I didn't kill my dad

[repeat chorus]

Am        
If you hear more rumors
        F       G         C
You can just forget them, too
Am       
Fools start rumors
F                G      Gsus4 G
None of them are true

[repeat chorus]

F   Bb  F  Bb
    F                Bb
You say I've been in prison
        F              Bb
And you say I've got a wife
    F                 Bb
You say I've had help doing
     F                   Bb
Everything throughout my life

||F   Bb      ||
||     |--3^\-||

  F            Bb
I haven't got eleven kids
  F                   Bb
I weren't born in Baghdad
    F                Bb
I'm not half-Chinese either
      F              Bb    G Gsus4 G
And I didn't kill my dad

[repeat chorus]

         F              C     
It's not true, it's not true
F           C
I'm telling you
       Bb                               F
'Cause I'm up here and you're nowhere
             Bb              C
It's not true,    so there

--------------------------------------------------

The Ox

Tune down whole step: DGCFAD (bass: DGCF)
Note: Chord names imply tonality only. All included is approximate.

[drum intro][bass]
|--|--|--|---------|----|--------|-----|-----------|-----|
|--|--|--|---------|----|--------|-----|-----------|-----|
|--|--|--|----5--5/|7---|---5--5/|7----|------5--5/|7----|
|--|--|--|---------|----|--------|-----|-----------|-----|

|-------------|--------|------------|----------|------------|------
|-------------|--------|------------|----------|------------|------
|-------5---5/|7\5-5-5/|7-7-7/5-5-5/|7-7\5-5-5/|2-----------|--5/7-
|-------------|--------|------------|----------|--3-3/5-5-5/|7-----

 (C)    D                                G                            
-------|---------------|-----|----------|----|-------------|---------|
-------|---------------|-----|----------|----|-------------|---------|
--7--7/|9------------7/|9----|----------|14--|---------7-7/|9--------|
--7--7/|9------------7/|9----|----------|14--|-7-5---5-7-7/|9--------|
--5--5/|7---5/7-5--5-5/|7----|-5/7-5--5-|12--|-----7---5-5/|7--5-7-5-|
-------|---------7-----|-----|------7---|----|-------------|---------|
  A            G            D
|-------------|------------|----------|-----------|
|-------------|------------|0---------|-----------|
|-------7-9---|------5-7---|9---------|-----------|
|-9-9-9-7-9---|7-7-7-5-7---|9---------|--------9-7|
|-9-9-9-------|7-7-7-------|7---------|------5/7/5|
|-7-----------|------------|0---------|------0----|
 D
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|--7/5----5/7-|--7/5----5/7-|--7/5----5/7-|--7/5----5/7-|
|0-----0------|0-----0------|0-----0------|0-----0------|
 G                           D
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|--7/5---5/7--|--7/5---5/7--|-------------|-------------|
|------0------|0-----0------|--7/5----5/7-|--7/5----5/7-|
|0------------|0-----0------|0-----0------|0-----0------|
 A              G            D
|-------------|-------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|----------------|
|---9-----7---|---7-----5---|--------------|----------------|
|-7---7/9-----|-7---5/7-----|--7/5----5/7--|----------------|
|0------------|-------------|0-----0-------|0---------------|
 D
|-------------|-------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|----------------|
|4------------|-------------|4-------------|----------------|
|2------------|-------------|2-------------|----------------|
|2------------|-------------|2-------------|----------------|
|0------------|-------------|0-------------|----------------|
 G                           D
|-------------|-------------|--------------|----------------|
|-7/8~--------|-------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|--2^\--------|--------------|--------------3-|
|-------------|-----------0/|2-------------|------------2^--|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|----------------|
 A           G               D
|-----------|---------------|---------|----------------|
|----------3|-------3/5-5-3/|5-5-3/5--|5-5-5-----------|
|2^\----2^--|2^\------------|---------|------------9-7/|
|-----------|---------------|---------|------------9-7/|
|-----------|---------------|---------|------------7-5/|
|-----------|---------------|---------|----------------|

 D                            
|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|9---9-7---7-7/|9--9-7---7-7/|9--9-7---7-7/|9--9-7---7-12/|
|9---9-7-9-7-7/|9--9-7-9-7-7/|9--9-7-9-7-7/|9--9-7-9-7-12/|
|7---7---9-----|---7---9-----|---7---9-----|---7---9------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
 G                                D
|----------------|---------------|-------------|-----------|
|----------------|---------------|-------------|-----------|
|14--12----12-12/|14--12----12-7/|9--9-7---7-7/|9--9-7---7-|
|14--12-14-12-12/|14--12-14-12-7/|9--9-7-9-7-7/|9--9-7-9-7-|
|-------14-------|-------14------|---7---9-----|---7---9---|
|----------------|---------------|-------------|-----------|

  A            G            D
|-------------|------------|----------|----------|
|-------------|------------|0---------|----------|
|-------7-9---|------5-7---|9---------|----------|
|-9-9-9-7-9---|7-7-7-5-7---|9---------|----------|
|-9-9-9-------|7-7-7-------|7---------|----------|
|-7-----------|------------|0---------|----------|

 D                          
|-------------|------------|----------|----------|
|-------------|------------|----------|----------|
|-------------|------------|----------|----------|
|-------------|------------|----------|----------|
|-------------|------------|----------|----------|
|-------------|------------|----------|----------|
 [piano break]
|-------------|------------|----------|--------3/|
|-------------|------------|----------|----------|
|-------------|------------|----------|----------|
|-------------|------------|----------|----------|
|(7)--(7)-----|(7)--(7)----|(7)--(7)--|(7)--(7)--|
|-------------|------------|----------|----------|

 G                     D
|5--------|-----------|----------|----------|
|-----3---|/5---------|----------|----------|
|---------|-----2^-\--|----------|----------|
|---------|-----------|----------|------0-/2|
|---------|-----------|--7/5---5/|7---2-----|
|---------|-----------|0-----0---|--0-------|

 D                                                         
|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------2^\|-----------2^\|
|-----0-0\2--2|-----0-0\2--2|-----0-0\2----|-----0-0\2----|
|---2---------|---2---------|---2----------|---2----------|
|0------------|0------------|0-------------|0-------------|
                                        D                       
|--------------|-----------|-----------|----------|------------|
|--------------|-----------|-----------|----------|------------|
|-----------2^\|-----------|-----------|----------|------------|
|-----0-0\2----|------5-7--|------5-7--|----------|------------|
|---2----------|--5-7------|--5-7------|----------|------------|
|0-------------|0----------|0----------|0-3/0-3-5~|0-3/0-3-0---|
 G                  D  
|----------|-------|------------|-----------|
|----------|-------|------------|-----------|
|----5-----|-------|------------|-----------|
|------5-5-|7------|------------|-----------|
|----------|------0|0---7/5---5/|7-0--7/5---|
|5---------|-------|0-------5---|--0------0-|

 A            G            D
|------------|------------|----------|------0-|
|------------|------------|----------|------0-|
|------7-----|------5-7---|----------|------4-|
|9-9-9-7-9---|7-7-7-5-7---|----------|------2-|
|9-9-9---9---|7-7-7-------|----------|------2-|
|7-----------|------------|0---------|------0*|
                                             *bend neck forward
 D           
[amp tremelo on; amp feedback]
|(0)-----------|------------|----------|----------|
|(0)-----------|------------|----------|----------|
|(4)-----------|------------|----------|----------|
|(2)-----------|------------|----------|----------|
|(2)-----------|------------|----------|----------|
|(0)-----------|------------|----------|----------|
 G                          D
|-------------|------------|----------|----------|
|-------------|------------|----------|----------|
|2------------|2---------2-|4---------|---------4|
|2------------|2---------2-|2---------|---------4|
|0------------|0-----------|2---------|---------2|
|-------------|------------|0---------|----------|
 A             G            D
|-------------|------------|---------|-----------|
|-------------|------------|---------|-----------|
|4------------|2-----------|4---4----|4----4-----|
|4------------|2-----------|2---2----|2----2-----|
|2------------|0-----------|2---2----|2----2-----|
|-------------|------------|0---0----|0----0-----|
 D
|-------------|------------|----------|----------|
|-------------|------------|----------|----------|
|-------------|-----------4|----------|----------|
|2------------|-----------2|2---------|----------|
|2------------|------------|2---------|----------|
|0------------|------------|0---------|----------|
 G                          D
|-------------|------------|----------|----------|
|-------------|------------|----------|----------|
|2------------|2-----------|----------|----------|
|2------------|2-----------|----------|----------|
|0------------|0----------0|----------|----------|
|-------------|------------|0---xxx---|---xxx----|
 A             G            D
|-------------|------------|----------|-------------|
|-------------|------------|----------|-------------|
|-------------|------------|----------|-------(4)---|
|-------------|------------|----------|-------(2)---|
|-------------|------------|----------|-------(2)---|
|-------------|------------|----------|-------------|

 D
|-----------|------------|----------|----------|
|-----------|------------|----------|----------|
|-----------|------------|----------|----------|
|-----------|------------|(2)-------|----------|
|-----------|------------|----------|----------|
|-----------|------------|----------|xxxxxxxxxx|
 G                          D
|-------------|------------|----------|-------------|
|-------------|------------|----------|-------------|
|-------------|------------|----------|-------2^-2^-|
|-------------|------------|----------|-------------|
|-------------|------------|----------|-------------|
|xxxxx--------|-xxxx-------|0---------|0------------|
 (scrape strings against amp cabinet)
 A            G            D
|------------|------------|------------|---------------|
|-----------3|-----------3|-----------3|---------------|
|2^-2^-2^-2^-|2^-2^-2^-2^-|2^-2^-2^-2^-|2^-2^-2^-------|
|------------|------------|------------|---------2/0---|
|------------|------------|------------|---------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------0\|
                                                  (bend neck forward)
 D
|----------|---------|-----------|-------|-----|
|----------|---------|-----------|-------|-----|
|----------|---------|-----------|-------|-----|
|----------|---------|-----------|-------|-----|
|----------|---------|-----------|-------|-----|
|0---------|---------|-----------|-------|-----|
|          |         |           |       |     |
|----------|---------|-----------|-------|-----|
|----------|---------|-----------|-------|-----|
|----------|-----5-5/|7----------|---5-5/|7----|
|0---------|---------|-----------|-------|-----|

|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|---5-5/|7-7\5-5/|7-7\5-5/|7-7\5-5/|7-7\5-5/|7-7\5-5/|
|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

----------------------------------------------------------

I'm a Man

A6    x04230
A7    x05050
Am7   xxx988
A/G   3x222x

      A5  /D5 C5|A5
|---------------|-------
|---------------|-------
|-----2---/7--5-|-2-----
|-----2---/7--5-|-2-----
|-----0---/5--3-|-0-----
|---------------|-------

                             A5 /D5 C5|A5
When I was a little boy
At the age of five
I had something in my pocket
Keep a lot of folks alive
But I'm a man now
I'm age twenty-one
Gonna tell all you women, you know, we gonna have a lotta fun
I'm a man now
I spell M A N

A5                            A5                           A5 A6 A7
  Gonna make love all the time,      'Cause I'm a man now

I tell ya baby, you don't do me no wrong
                  A/G    A5 A/G
'Cause I tease ya bad,      I'll love ya long

[interlude]

A5...

|A5    |(G)(G#)(A)(G)(G#)(A)|A5    |(G)(G#)(A)(G)(G#)(A)|

|A5   |A/G   |A5   |A/G  |

|A5 A6 |A7   A6 |A5  A6 |A7 A6 |A5    |D7   |E7   |A5   |

|D   |     |    |    |A5    |      |     |      |

|E             |      
   Tell all you women
|D                          |                          |A5
  Don't do me no wrong, now, 'cause you know I'm a man

|D D D A |Am6 |A5  G  |D  E  |A5 

-------------------------------------------------------------

A Legal Matter

||-5---3----5/5---3----||
||---5---5------5---5--||
||.-------------------.||
||.-------------------.||
||---------------------||
||---------------------||

| A      | A       | A      | A       |

A                D          E       A      A
I told you why I changed my mind
I got bored by playing with time
I know you thought you had me nailed
Well I've freed my head from your garden rails

           D     E       A
Now it's a legal matter, baby
    D      E      A
You got me on the run
       D     E       A
It's a legal matter, baby
  D                     E           
A legal matter from now on

 | A         | A     | A   | A    |
||-5---------||
||-5-5---/5--||
||.--4^\-/6-.||
||.------/7-.||
||-----------||
||-----------||

My mind's lost in a household fog
Wedding gowns and catalogs
Kitchen furnishings and houses
Maternity clothes and baby's trousers

It's a legal matter, baby
Marryin's no fun
It's a legal matter, baby
A legal matter from now on

[repeat intro riff]

||:A    | A   | A   | G/D  D :||

I told you why I changed my mind
I got bored by playing with time
I know you thought you had me nailed
Well, I've freed my head from your garden rails

Now it's a legal matter, baby
You got me on the run
It's a legal matter, baby
A legal matter from now on

|A    |A   |A    |A   |

   A                        D         E 
You ain't the first and you ain't the last
  A                D     E
I gain and lose my women fast
  A             D         E
I never want to make them cry
  A                     D      E
I just get bored, don't ask me why

D                           
I just wanna keep doing all the dirty little things I do
E
And not work all day in an office just to bring my money back to you
A
Sorry, baby

[repeat intro pattern]

--------------------------------------

Instant Party (Circles)

A     x022xx
A/G   3x22xx
A/F#  2(t)x22xx
Bb/Ab 4(p)1333x


[main pattern]
||:A    A/G A   A/G|A/G    A/F# A/G :||
||-----------------|-----------------||
||-----------------|-----------------||
||.2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---.||
||.2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---.||
||-0---0---0---0---|-----------------||
||-------3-------3-|3-------2---3----||
||[horn arr for gtr; enters on 4th measure]
||-----------------|-------/7--------||
||-----10----------|8-----------8----||
||.----------------|----------------.||
||.----------------|----------------.||
||-----------------|-----------------||
||-----------------|-----------------||
||[bass; enters on 4th measure]      ||
||-----------------|-----------------||
||.----------------|----------------.||
||.----------------|----------------.||
||-5---5-3-5---5-3-|3---5-3-2---3----||

[with above pattern]
 |A    A/G A |A/G...        A/F# A/G|A  A/G A  A/G
  Circles, my head is going round in circles
[horn arr for gtr]
||-----------|----------------------||
||-----5-----|3------------/7----3--||
||.----------|---------------------.||
||.----------|---------------------.||
||-----------|----------------------||
||-----------|----------------------||

  |A/G...            A/F# A/G|A  A/G A  |A/G                 
My mind is caught up in   a   whirlpool, draggin' me down

|G   D/G|G   D/G|
|3---2--|3---2--|
|3---3--|3---3--|
|0---2--|0---2--|
|0---0--|0---0--|
|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|

|A  A/G A |A/G...       A/F# A/G|A  A/G   A  A/G |
 Time will tell if I'll take the homeward track
|A/G...         A/F# A/G|A    A/G  A    |A/G               |A/G 
 Dizziness will make my  feet walk back, walk right back to you

|Bm                |Bm/F#            
 Everything I do, I think of you
  |Bm                 |              |        
No matter how I try, I can't get by
     |A  A/G A|A/G...     A/F# A/G|A  A/G A  A/G|A/G...     A/F# A/G|
These circles, leading me back to  you

Round and around and around and around and around and 
Around and around and around and around

Round and round like a fool I go
Down and down in the pool I go
Draggin' me down

Everything I do, I think of you
No matter how I try, I can't get by
Circles, leading me back to you

|Bm   C#m D    |E     F#m  D  |E      |
 Just one thing could kill the pain of losin' you

      |Bm         C#m   D       |E             F#m  D |E  
But it gets me so dizzy that I'm walkin' right back again
|             |
 Back to you

|E        |         |          |         |         |         |       |
|---------|---------|4---------|---------|4-2-5-4--|2-2-4----|4-2-5-4|
|9--------|---------|5---------|---------|5-3-6-5--|3-3-5----|5-3-6-5|
|9----4/2-|2/4-4----|4-2/4-4/2-|2/4-4----|4-2-5-4--|2-2-4----|4-2-5-4|
|9--------|---------|----------|---------|---------|---------|-------|
|---------|---------|----------|---------|---------|---------|-------|
|---------|---------|----------|---------|---------|---------|-------|

|       |       |      |        |   |                |                |
|2-2-4--|-7-7-7-|------|--------|---|----------------|----------------|
|3-3-5--|-8-8-8-|------|--------|---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
|2-2-4--|-7-7-7-|-7-7--|--------|-%-|----2-------2-1-|----2-1-----2-1-|
|-------|-------|-7-7--|--------|---|----2-------2-2-|----2-2-----2-2-|
|-------|-------|------|--------|---|--------------2-|------2-------2-|
|-------|0-0-0--|--0-0-|0-0-3-0-|---|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

|   |         |         |         |               |  |    |
|---|---------|---------|---------|---------------|--|----|
|---|---------|------3--|---------|---------------|--|----|
|-%-|----%----|---1/2---|---------|---------------|%-|%---|
|---|---------|-xx------|-----2-2-|---------------|--|----|
|---|---------|-xx------|---------|---------------|--|----|
|---|---------|0--------|0-0------|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|--|----|

|         |       |         |
|---------|-------|---------|
|---------|-------|---------|
|--%------|--%----|----%----|
|---------|-------|---------|
|---------|-------|---------|
|---------|-------|---------|


||:Bb             |Bb/Ab         Eb      :||Bb       
         Time will tell if these dreams are near his plan
||----------------|-----------------------||
||-3-3---3----3---|3----3-----------------||
||.3-3---3----3---|3----3----------------.||
||.3-3---3----3---|3----3-----------1----.||
||-1-1---1----1---|1----1--------1/3--1---||
||-----4--------4-|4-------4------------4-||

|Bb/Ab    Eb      |Bb     F(no 3) |
 Though I left I'm comin' back
|Bb/Ab     Eb     |Bb    
 Comin' on back to you

|Ab      |Bb     |Ab      |Bb     |Ab      |Bb     |Ab      |Bb     
|--------|-------|--------|-------|--------|-------|--------|-------
|--------|-------|--------|-------|--------|-------|--------|-------
|--------|3------|--------|3-----1|--------|3------|--------|3------
|1---1---|3------|1---1---|3--1/3-|1---1---|3------|1---1---|3------
|-1---1--|1------|-1---1--|1-1----|-1---1--|1------|-1---1--|1------
|--4---4-|-------|--4---4-|-------|--4---4-|-------|--4---4-|-------



There you have it! The Who's entire first album in tabs! Have fun!
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