• Song:

    My Wife

  • Artist:

    The Who

  • Album:

    Who's Greatest Hits

All the credit for this goes to the guys at Whotabs.

My Wife | guitar crd
By the Who
>From Who's Next, 1971
Written by John Entwistle (c)1971 Whistle Rhymes Ltd.

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#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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Original transcription by Andy Dennis
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transcribed by                             Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com          1998-03-26          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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B    x2444x
A/B  x2222x
C#m  x4665x
G    3x0033
F#   244(3)xx
F#7  044xxx
Bb/C#m x4444x

[intro]

||: B (x2444x@1)  | B (x2444x@1)name="chord_002520@1">A/B  :||

B (x2444x@1)          GMy (320003@1)life's in jeopardy
G (320003@1)                                EMurdered (022100@1)in cold blood is what I'm gonna be
  D (xx0232@1)                   Dsus4 (xx0233@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D          E (022100@1)                   BI (x2444x@1)ain't been home since Friday night and now my wife is comin' after me

C#m (x13321@4)                      
Give me police protection, 
      G (320003@1)                           E (022100@1)     Esus4 (022200@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
Gonna buy a gun so I can look after number one
D (xx0232@1)              Dsus4 (xx0233@1) D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)         
Give me a bodyguard, a black belt Judo expert 
       F# (244322@1)        (F#7 F (133211@1)name="chord_242352@1">F#7 F)
With a machine gun.

[repeat intro]

B (x2444x@1)                     GGonna (320003@1)buy a tank and an aeroplane
         G (320003@1)                            E (022100@1)    Esus4 (022200@1) EWhen (022100@1)she catches up with me won't be no time to explain
    D (xx0232@1)            Dsus4 (xx0233@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D                  E (022100@1)          
She thinks I've been with another woman and that's enough
                 B (x2444x@1)     B (x2444x@1)name="chord_002520@1">A/B BTo (x2444x@1)send her half insane

C#m (x13321@4)                     G (320003@1)                         E (022100@1)       Esus4 (022200@1)EGonna (022100@1)buy a fast car, put on my lead boots and take a long, long drive
  D (xx0232@1)          Dsus4 (xx0233@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D       G (320003@1)                   F#....
I may end up spending all my money, but I'll still be alive.

E (022100@1)                  F#All (244322@1)I did was have a bit too much to drink
      B (x2444x@1)              C#m (x13321@4)    C#mB/C#m (x13321@4)And I picked the wrong precinct
    E (022100@1)                      F# (244322@1)                    BGot (x2444x@1)picked up by the law and now I ain't got time to think.

||: B (x2444x@1) | B (x2444x@1)name="chord_002520@1">A/B  :||

[horn for guitar]
b|---12--10---|
g|---11--9----|

[repeat second verse]

And I'm oh, so tired of running
Gonna lay down on the floor
I gotta rest sometime
So I can get to run some more, yeah!

She's comin'
She's comin'

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litgo@aol.com

#----------------------------------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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