• Song:

    Quadrophenia

  • Artist:

    The Who

  • Album:

    Quadrophenia (disc 1)

Quadrophenia Tab by Who


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Quadrophenia
By The Who, 1973
All songs written by Pete Townshend ©1972, 1973 Fabulous Music Ltd. 

==============
transcribed by          orig compilation        Whotabs
litgo@aol.com           10-18-1998              www.thewho.net/whotabs
==============
except where otherwise noted

Second Edition  

NOTE: Everything included herein is approximate and represents the 
contributors' interpretations. This information may be used for private 
study, scholarship or research only. 

Contents:

Song                           Transcription type
-------------------------------------------------
The Real Me                    Crd/Tab & Btab
Quadrophenia                   Tab
Cut My Hair                    Tab
The Punk and the Godfather     Crd
I'm One                        Tab
The Dirty Jobs                 Crd/Tab
Helpless Dancer                Crd/Tab
Is it in my Head?              Tab
I've Had Enough                Tab
5.15                           Tab
Sea and Sand                   Tab
Drowned                        Tab 
Bell Boy                       Crd
Doctor Jimmy                   Crd
The Rock                       Tab
Love Reign O'er Me             Tab

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The Real Me
By The Who, Written by Pete Townshend, 1973 
©1973 Fabulous Music Ltd.

==============
transcribed by
litgo@aol.com                04-03-1999
==============

Capo on 3

Cm   x35588           Fadd9/C  x37563
Bb   xx3366           F/C      x33568
F    xx3565           Cm7      x38888

[intro]
|Cm  Cm  | Bb C Bb C|Cm  Cm |   Bb F |Cm     |   Bb F |Cm     |   Bb F |
|8-------|----------|----8--|---6--5-|8---8--|---6--5-|----8--|---6--5-|
|8-------|----------|----8--|---6--6-|8---8--|---6--6-|----8--|---6--6-|
|5---5---|----5---5-|5---5--|---3--5-|5---5--|---3--5-|5---5--|---3--5-|
|5---5---|----5---5-|5---5--|---3--3-|5---5--|---3--3-|5---5--|---3--3-|
|3---3---|----3---3-|3------|--------|3------|--------|3------|--------|
|--------|--6---6---|-------|--------|-------|--------|-------|--------|

[verse]
|Cm                   |         Bb Cm Bb Cm Bb |
    I went back to the doctor               to
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|5--------------------|--------(3)-5-(3)-5-(3)-|
|5--------------------|--------(3)-5-(3)-5-(3)-|
|3--------------------|------------3-----3-----|
|---------------------|---------6-----6-----6--|

|Cm   Cm    |       Bb Cm Bb Cm Bb |
 Get another shrink      I sit and 
|-----------|----------------------|
|-----8-----|----------------------|
|5----5-----|------(3)-5-(3)-5-(3)-|
|5----5-----|------(3)-5-(3)-5-(3)-|
|3----3-----|----------3-----3-----|
|-----------|-------6-----6-----6--|

|Cm        Cm     |       Bb Cm Bb Cm Bm |
 Tell him 'bout my weekend         but he 
|-----------------|----------------------|
|----------8------|----------------------|
|5---------5------|------(3)-5-(3)-5-(3)-|
|5---------5------|------(3)-5-(3)-5-(3)-|
|3---------3------|----------3-----3-----|
|-----------------|-------6-----6-----6--|

|Cm      Cm           |       Bb F        |
 Never betrays what he thinks
|8-------8------------|-------6--5--------|
|8-------8------------|-------6--6--------|
|5-------5------------|-------3--5-----5/5|
|5-------5------------|-------3--3-----5/5|
|3-------3------------|----------------3/3|
|---------------------|-------------------|

[chorus]
|Cm               |Cm7     |Fadd9/C|F/C        |
   Can you see the real me? Doctor, doctor
|8-------------8/8|8-------|3------|8----------|
|8-------------8/8|8-------|6------|6----------|
|5-------------8/8|8-------|5------|5-------5/5|
|5-------------8/8|8-------|7------|3-------5/5|
|3-------------3/3|3-------|3------|3-------3/3|
|-----------------|--------|-------|-----------|

|Cm               |Cm7      |Fadd9/C|       |
   Can you see the real me?  Doctor, whoa,  
|8-------------8/8|8--------|3------|8------|
|8-------------8/8|8--------|6------|6------|
|5-------------8/8|8--------|5------|5------|
|5-------------8/8|8--------|7------|3------|
|3-------------3/3|3--------|3------|3------|
|-----------------|---------|-------|-------|

[repeat intro]
|Cm  Cm   |   Bb F |Cm     |    Bb F |
 Doctor...
|----8----|---6--5-|-------|----6--5-|
|----8----|---6--6-|-------|----6--6-|
|5---5----|---3--5-|-------|----3--5-|
|5---5----|---3--3-|-------|----3--3-|
|3---3----|-------3|6^/3---|---------|
|---------|--------|-------|---------|

[repeat verse]
I went back to my mother, I said, I'm crazy, ma, help me
She said, I know how it feels, son, 'cause it runs in the family

[repeat chorus]
Can you see the real me? Mother, Mother
Can you see the real me? Mother, whoa, mama

|Cm           |Cm7          |Fadd9/C      |F/C                  |Cm
   Can you see,  can you see,  can you see, can you see the real me?
|8------------|8------------|3------------|8----8---8----8------|
|8------------|8------------|6------------|6----6---6----6------|
|5---x--5-5-5-|8---x--------|5---x--------|5----5---5----5------|
|5-5-x--5-5-5-|8---x-8--8-8-|7---x-7-7-7--|3----3---3----3------|
|3-3----3-3-3-|3-3---3--3-3-|3-3---3-3-3--|3----3---3----3------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------|

       |Cm7         |Fadd9/C        |         |
Can you see, can you see the real me me me me?

|Cm    |Cm7     |Fadd9/C   |F/C    

The cracks between the paving stones look like rivers of flowing veins
Strange people who know me peeping from behind every window pane
The girl I used to love lives in this yellow house
Yesterday she passed me by, she doesn't want to know me now

[repeat chorus]
|Cm               |Cm7     |Fadd9/C |F/C     |
   Can you see the real me? Can you, can you?

Can you see the real me? Can ya, oh, yeah. 

    Cm  Bb Cm  Bb  Cm   Bb Cm Bb  Bb F 
||--------------------|-----------6--5----||
||--------------------|-----------6--6----||
||.-5--(3)-5--(3)--5--|(3)-5--(3)-3--5---.||
||.-5--(3)-5--(3)--5--|(3)-5--(3)-3--3---.||
||--3------3-------3--|----3--------------||
||------6------6------|-6------6----------||

I ended up with the preacher, full of lies and hate
I seemed to scare him a little, so he showed me to the golden gate

[repeat chorus]
|Cm               |Cm7     |Fadd9/C  |F/C      |
   Can you see the real me? Preacher, Preacher?

Can you see the real me? Preacher? 

||:Cm      |Cm7     |Fadd9/C |F/C   :||

Can you see, can you see, can you see, oh 
Can you see the real me? Doctor?

|Cm               |Cm7      |Fadd9/C|F/C   
   Can you see the real me?  Mo......ther 

Can you see the real me..............

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The Real Me (Bass transcription)
Transcribed by scott evans (gse@ocsystems.com)

|17-------------|------17/20--|---------15--15--17--|
|----15h17------|--17---------|--15/17--------------|
|-----------15--|-------------|---------------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------------|

|---------------8------10--|----12--10--15--12--17--15------|
|--------8---------10------|10--------------------------17--|
|--8h10-----10-------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|

   verse                                                                
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------1--3h6--3/8--|------------------------1--3/6/10--|
|---0--1--1--2--2--3---------------|--0--1------1--2--2--3-------------|

                                                                        
|-------------------8------10--8--|--10--12--10------------------------|
|-----------10--10-----10---------|--------------12------10--8---------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------10--8--|
|--8--8--8------------------------|------------------------------------|

   chorus                                                     
|---------------------------|-----------------|-----------5--|
|---------------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|---3--3--3--3-----6--5--3--|--3-----6--5--3--|--3--3--3-----|
|---------------3-----------|-----3-----------|--------------|

                                                         
|-------------------------|-----------------5--5--5--5--|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----3--3-----3--6--5--3--|-----3--6--5--3--------------|
|----------3--------------|--3--------------------------|

   verse feel                                                   
|---------|---------------------------|--15--17---------15-----|
|---------|---------------------------|----------15h17---------|
|---3/15--|---------------------1/3/6/|---------------------15/|
|---------|--0--1--1--2------2--------|------------------------|

   verse                                           
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|--10--10--10-----10--|
|------------------------3--|---------------------|
|---0--1--1--2--2--3--3-----|---------------------|

                                                          
|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------1-----|-----------------------|
|-----------------1-----3-----3--|-----------------------|
|--0--1--2--3--3-----3-----------|--0--1--1--2--2--3--3--|

   chorus                                                         
|------------------------------|-----5--5--5/17--17--17--17--17--|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---3--3--3--3--------6--5--3--|--3------------------------------|
|------------------3-----------|---------------------------------|

                                                                 
|------17------17---------15----------|-17----------15----------|
|----------17------15h17----------17--|-----15--17------17--15--|
|--15---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|

   cool part                                      
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|---3--3--3-----------------------------1--1-----|
|------------0--0--1--1--1--2--2--3--3-----------|

                                 
|-------------------------------|
|1-----3-----5--3--8--3--10--8--|
|---3-----3---------------------|
|-------------------------------|

                                                  
|-------------------------------8------10--8-----|
|-----------10--10--10--10--10-----10------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--8--8--8---------------------------------------|

                                                                       
/12--10-------------------|--15--17-------------|--15--17--20--20\17--|
---------10--12--8--8/10--|----------15h17------|---------------------|
--------------------------|-----------------15--|---------------------|
--------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

                                                        
|--------------15--17--15------------------------------|
|--15-----/17--------------17--16--15------------------|
|--------------------------------------18--15--13--15--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
                                                        

                                                            
|--------------------------|--3----5--3--------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------5--4--3-----------|
|--------------0--1--2--3--|----------------------6-----3--|
|--0--1--1--2--------------|-------------------------6-----|

                                                        
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|--0--0--1--1--2--2--3--3--4--4--1--1--2--2--3--3-----||

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

Quadrophenia
By The Who, Written by Pete Townshend, 1973 
©1973 Fabulous Music Ltd.

==============
transcribed by
litgo@aol.com                rev 06-10-2001
==============

Lead guitar 1: capo 1    (clean)
Lead guitar 2: standard tuning  (clean)
Lead guitar 3: tune down 1/2 step to Eb (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)  (overdriven)
Lead guitar 4: tune down 1/2 step to Eb (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)  (clean)
Lead guitar 5: tune down 1/2 step to Eb (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)  (overdriven)

Rhythm guitar 1: capo 1  (overdriven)
Rhythm guitar 2: standard tuning  (overdriven)
Rhythm guitar 3: tune down 1/2 step to Eb (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)  (overdriven)
Rhythm guitar 4: tune down 1/2 step to Eb (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)  (clean, reverb)

Acoustic guitar 1: capo 3
Acoustic guitar 2: capo 1

Acoustic and keyboard-arr-for-guitar chords
F5          x3356x
Eb5         x65346
Abmaj9      4tx6546

F           133211 and 133511
Dm          xx7765
Eb          xx1343
Ab         4tx1144
Bb          x1333x
C           x3555x
Db          x4666x

Abmaj7     (4t)x6543
Gaug        xx5443
G          (3)x5433
Cm          xx5433
Cm/Bb      (6)x5433
Cm7         x31313 or x35343 or x35346 (acoustic)
Abmaj9      464546  4x6546 (acoustic)

E           x7999x
E7          x7675x
Am         5tx7555
Am6        5tx7575

Ebmsus4     xx1344
Ebmsus4/Db  x41344
Ebm7        xx1342
Ebm7sus2    xx1341
Cbmaj7      xx4342
Cbmaj7b5    xx4341
Abm7        4tx1144



||[keyboard]                                 ||
||:F   Dm Eb|     Ab Bb|   C Db|        Eb F:||
||[acoustic 1]                               ||
||:F5.......|F5........|F5.....|F5..........:||
||[ld gtr 1]                                 ||
||----------|----------|-------|----20-18-16-||
||----------|----------|-------|-------------||
||----------|----------|-------|-------------||
||----------|----------|-------|-------------||
||----------|----------|-------|-------------||
||----------|----------|-------|-------------||

|            Dm Eb |                       Ab Bb|    
|[acoustic 1]                                   |
|F5.....           |F5....                      |
|[ld gtr 1]                                     |
|-18^(20)-16^(17)--|^(19)18-16-18-16------------|
|----------------18|----------------18-16--18-18|
|------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------|

|                                                 C  Bb      |          Eb F|
|[acoustic 1]                                                               |
|F5...                                                       |F5...         |
|[ld gtr 1]                                                                 |
|16h20p16--16h20p16--16h20p16--16h20p16--16h20p16--16h20p16--|16--16h18--21-|
|--------18--------18--------18--------18--------18--------18|--18-----18---|
|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|[rhythm gtr 1]                                                             |
|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|---------10-10|
|------------------------------------------------------------|---------10-10|
|------------------------------------------------------------|---------10-10|
|------------------------------------------------------------|---------8--8-|
|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|


|                   Dm  Eb|                 Ab Bb|                     C Db|
|[acoustic 1]                                                              |
|F5..........             |          %           |             %           |
|[ld gtr 1]                                                                |
|18^-16--16---18^-16-18-16|18^-16---16-------13--|-------------------------|
|------18------------18-16|----16-18--18---16--16|16^(18)---^(18)16-16-13--|
|-------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------15|
|-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|[rhyth gtr 1]                                                             |
|---------------------5--3|-------------------4-6|-------------------------|
|10-------------------6--4|-------------------4-6|-------------------------|
|10-------------------7--3|-------------------1-3|---------------------5-6-|
|10-------------------7--1|-------------------1-3|---------------------5-6-|
|8------------------------|---------------------1|---------------------7-8-|
|-------------------------|-------------------4--|-------------------------|

|                    Eb  F|                  Dm Eb|                   Ab Bb|
|[acoustic 1]                                                              |
|          %              |            %          |             %          |
|[ld gtr 1]                                                                |
|------------------13-----|-----------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------16-13|16^(18)--^(18)16\p14-16|16^(18)---^(18)16\p14-16|
|--------13-15/17-1-------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|15-13-15-----------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|[rhyth gtr 1]                                                             |
|-------------------------|-------------------5--3|---------------------4-6|
|--------------------10-10|-------------------6--4|---------------------4-6|
|------------------8-10-10|-------------------7--3|---------------------1-3|
|------------------8-10-10|-------------------7--1|---------------------1-3|
|------------------6-8--8-|-----------------------|-----------------------1|
|-------------------------|---------------------1-|---------------------4--|


|                    C Db|                    Eb  F|                Dm  Eb|
|[acoustic 1]                                                             |
|         %              |            %            |F5...........         |
|[ld gtr 1]                                                               |
|------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|16^(18)---^(18)16\p14-16|16^(18)---^(18)16\-------|----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------15p13--|--13~--15^-15-13---15^|
|------------------------|-----------------------15|15---15---------15----|
|------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|[rhyth gtr 1]                                                            |
|------------------------|------------------3-3---1|------------------5--3|
|------------------------|------------------4-4---1|------------------6--4|
|---------------------5-6|------------------3-3---2|------------------7--3|
|---------------------5-6|------------------1-1---3|------------------7--1|
|---------------------7-8|------------------------3|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------1-1|----------------------|

|                     Ab  Bb|                       C  Db |
|[acoustic 1]                                             |
|           %               |              %              |
|[ld gtr 1]                                               |
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------13|--13--------13-----13-16^(18)|
|15-13--15^-15-13---13--13--|13--13-13-15--13-15----------|
|-----15---------15---------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|[rhyth gtr 1]                                            |
|------------------------4--|--------------------------8-9|
|------------------------4--|--------------------------8-9|
|------------------------1-3|--------------------------5-6|
|------------------------1-3|--------------------------5-6|
|--------------------------1|-----------------------------|
|------------------------4--|-----------------------------|

|                    Eb  |Eb         |     |    |    |
|[acoustic 1]                                        |
|F5........              |Eb         | ....|..  |    |
|[ld gtr 1]                                          |
|------------------------|-----------|-----|----|----|
|---^(18)16\-------------|-----------|-----|----|----|
|------------15-13---13--|-----------|-----|----|----|
|------------------15--15|13h15------|-----|----|----|
|------------------------|-----------|-----|----|----|
|------------------------|-----------|-----|----|----|
|[rhyth gtr 1]                        [out]          |
|--------------------11--|11---------|-----|----|----|
|--------------------11--|11---------|-----|----|----|
|--------------------8---|8----------|-----|----|----|
|--------------------8---|8----------|-----|----|----|
|------------------------|-----------|-----|----|----|
|------------------------|-----------|-----|----|----|

|Abmaj7   |               |Gaug    |G           |Cm           |Cm/Bb     |
|[acoustic 1]                                                            |
|         |               |        |            |             |          |
|[ld gtr 1]                                                              |
|----16-15|16---15h16p15--|--15----|----15-16-15|-----15-16-15|----18^-18|
|---------|-------------16|18------|------------|--16---------|16--------|
|---------|---------------|--------|------------|-------------|----------|
|---------|---------------|--------|------------|-------------|----------|
|---------|---------------|--------|------------|-------------|----------|
|---------|---------------|--------|------------|-------------|----------|

|Abmaj7              |                     Eb Eb|
|[acoustic 1]                                   |
|                    |                          |
|[ld gtr 1]                                     |
|18-18p16--18^(20)---|18^(20)-18^(20)-----------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|                               [rhyth gtr 1 in]|
|--------------------|----------------------3-3-|
|--------------------|----------------------4-4-|
|--------------------|----------------------3-3-|
|--------------------|----------------------1-1-|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|


|Eb    Cm7|Abmaj9  |Eb   Cm7 |Abmaj9  |
|[acoustic 1]                         |
|Eb5...Cm7|Abmaj9  |Eb5   Cm7|Abmaj9  |
|[ld gtr 1 tacit]                     |
|[rhyth gtr 1]                   [out]|
|3------3-|4----3-3|3-~----3-|4--~----|
|4------1-|4----4-4|4-~----1-|4--~----|
|3------3-|1----3-3|3-~----3-|1--~----|
|1------1-|1----1-1|1-~----1-|1--~----|
|-------3-|--------|-------3-|--------|
|---------|4-------|---------|4--~----|


|Abmaj7   |            |Gaug     |G             |
|[acoustic 1]                                   |
|Abmaj7   |            |Gaug     |G             |
|[ld gtr 1]                                     |
|---------|------------|---------|--------------|
|--9-8-9p8|------------|---------|15-15----16-18|
|---------|8---8/10-12-|/16-16h17|--------------|
|---------|------------|---------|--------------|
|---------|------------|---------|--------------|
|---------|------------|---------|--------------|

|Cm            |Cm/Bb   |Abmaj7   |         |
|[acoustic 1]                               |
|Cm            |Cm/Bb   |Abmaj7   |         |
|[ld gtr 1]                                 |
|--------------|--22-20-|---------|--22-20--|
|18-18^(20)----|--------|20-------|-------20|
|--------------|--------|---------|---------|
|--------------|--------|---------|---------|
|--------------|--------|---------|---------|
|--------------|--------|---------|---------|
|                           [rhyth gtr 1 in]|
|--------------|-------|----------|------3-3|
|--------------|-------|----------|------4-4|
|--------------|-------|----------|------3-3|
|--------------|-------|----------|------1-1|
|--------------|-------|----------|---------|
|--------------|-------|----------|---------|

|Eb      Cm7 |Abmaj9                         |
|[acoustic 1]                                |
|Eb5.....Cm7 |Abma9................          |
|[ld gtr 1]                                  |
|--18--------|18^(20)-18^(20)-18^(20)-18-16--|
|18^--18^----|-----------------------------18|
|------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|-------------------------------|
|[rhyth gtr 1]                               |
|3---------3-|4---------------------------3-3|
|4---------1-|4---------------------------4-4|
|3---------3-|1---------------------------3-3|
|1---------1-|1---------------------------1-1|
|----------3-|-------------------------------|
|------------|4------------------------------|


|Eb               Cm7 |Abmaj9             |
|[acoustic 1]                             |[out]
|Eb5..............Cm7 |Abmaj9..........   |
|[ld gtr 1]                               |
|---------------------|-----18^-18^-18-16-|
|(18)^-18^---18^\-16--|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|[rhyth gtr 1]                       [out]|
|3------------------3-|4------------------|
|4------------------1-|4------------------|
|3------------------3-|1------------------|
|1------------------1-|1------------------|
|-------------------3-|-------------------|
|---------------------|4------------------|
|[rhyth gtr 2 in]                         |
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|------------------0|

[guitar change to no capo, standard tuning; acoustic out]
|E          |           |E        |         |E         |
|[ld gtr 1]                                       [out]|
|14---12----|11---9-----|7---5----|4---2----|----------|
|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|5----4----|
|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|----------|
|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|----------|
|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|----------|
|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|----------|
|[rhtyh gtr 2]                                         |
|0----------|-----------|0-----0--|---------|0---------|
|0----------|-----------|0------0-|---------|0---------|
|1----------|--1-2/4-2-1|1-------1|---------|1---------|
|2----------|--2-4/6-4-2|2--------|2--------|2---------|
|2----------|-----------|2--------|---------|2---------|
|-----------|-----------|0--------|---------|0---------|
|                       |[horn arr for gtr] |     
|                      e|---------|---------|     
|                      b|---------|---------|     
|                      g|---------|---------|     
|                      d|---------|---------|     
|                      a|---------|---------|     
|                      e|0--2--4--|4--2--0--|     

|                |E      |      |E      |        |D       |             |
|[rhtyh gtr 2]                                                          |
|---0------------|---0---|------|0------|-----0-0|-----0-0|0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
|--/12-10--9-10-9|10---9-|------|0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0|0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
|--/13-11--9-11-9|11---9-|------|1-1-1-1|/2-2-2-2|/4-4-4-2|2---1-1-2-2/4|
|----------------|-------|------|2-2-2-2|/4-4-4-4|/6-6-6-4|4---2-2-4-4/6|
|----------------|-------|------|2-2-2-2|--------|--------|-------------|
|----------------|-------|------|0------|--------|--------|-------------|
|                |[horn]        |
|               e|-------|------|
|               b|-------|------|
|               g|-------|------|
|               d|-------|------|
|               a|-------|------|
|               e|0--2--4|4-2-0-|

|E       |         |E/D      |       |E        |     |     |     |
|[rhtyh gtr 2]                                                   |
|0-------|------0-0|0---0--0-|----0--|---------|-----|-----|-----|
|0---0---|-----/5-5|5-5-7--7/|9--10-/|12~------|-----|-----|-----|
|4\2-2/4-|---------|---------|-------|---------|-----|-----|-----|
|6\4-4/6-|---------|---------|-------|---------|-----|-----|-----|
|--------|---------|---------|-------|---------|-----|-----|-----|
|--------|---------|---------|-------|---------|-----|-----|-----|
|                                    |[piano low E]  |     |     |
|                                   E|0---0----|0--0-|-0-0-|-0-0-|
|                                    |[horn]   |     |           |
|                                   e|4---4--5-|7----|-----|-----|
|                                   b|--7------|-----|-----|-----|
|                                   g|---------|-----|-----|-----|
|                                   d|---------|-----|-----|-----|
|                                   a|---------|-----|-----|-----|
|                                   e|---------|-----|-----|-----|

  [violin arr for guitar]  [implied chords]           x2
 ||:E     /       E7     /  |Am    /     Am6   /    :||
e||-------------------------|------------------------||
b||----------10---12-10-12--|13-12-13-12-------------||
g||.13-11-13---------------9|------------14-13-14-10.||
d||.------------------------|-----------------------.||
a||-------------------------|------------------------||
e||-------------------------|------------------------||
 ||[piano arr for guitar]                            ||
e||-0--------------0--------|-0-----------0----------||
b||-------------------------|------------------------||
g||.------------------------|-----------------------.||
d||.------------------------|-----------------------.||
a||-------------------------|------------------------||
e||-------------------------|------------------------||

  [violin 1]                                           x2
 ||:E            E7        |Am          Am6        :||
e||------------------------|------------------------||
b||----------10--12-10-12--|13-12-13-12-------------||
g||.13-11-13--------------9|------------14-13-14-10.||
d||.-----------------------|-----------------------.||
a||------------------------|------------------------||
e||------------------------|------------------------||
 ||[violin 2]                                       ||
e||------------------------|------------------------||
b||-----------7---7--9--7--|10-9--10-9--------------||
g||.9--8--9----------------|------------11-9--11-8-.||
d||.----------------------9|-----------------------.||
a||------------------------|------------------------||
e||------------------------|------------------------||

[violins 1 & 2]
|E                       |E                       |
|12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-|------------------------|
|------------------------|15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-|
|13-11-13-13-13-11-13-13-|13-11-13-13-13-11-13-13-|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|

|E                       |E                       |
|------------------------|------------12-12-12-12-|
|13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12-|10-10-10-10-------------|
|13-11-13-13-13-11-13-13-|13-11-13-13-13-11-13-13-|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|

  [Guitar - no capo]                   x4              x3
||:E      E7        |Am        Am6    :||:E     |     :||      |      |
||[ld gtr 2]                           ||              ||             |
||------------------|------------------||-------|------||------|------|
||----------3---3---|3h5-3-5-3---------||-------|------||------|------|
||.4-2-4--5---5---4-|----------5-4-5-2.||.4---2-|4---2.||4-----|------|
||.-----------------|-----------------.||.------|-----.||------|------|
||------------------|------------------||-------|------||------|------|
||------------------|------------------||-------|------||------|------|

   |E      E7     |Am     Am6     |E        E7    |Am       A6      |
   |[ld gtr 2]                                                      |
---|--------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
---|--------------|---------------|---------------|--------------19^|
---|--------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
---|--------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
---|--------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
---|--------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
   |[rhyth gtr 2]                                                   |
---|--------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
---|12-~----------|13-----10---x-x|12--~-------x-x|13-------10---x-x|
---|9--~----------|9------9----x-x|9---~-------x-x|9--------9----x-x|
---|9--~----------|------------x-x|9---~-------x-x|--------------x-x|
---|--------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
0-0|--------------|------------0-0|--------------0|--------------0-0|

|E    E7     |Am   Am6     |E    E7   |Am    Am6     |E   E7 |Am  Am6    |
|[ld gtr 2]                                                        [out] |
|19----------|-----19^\-17-|19--------|-----19^19^17-|19~----|-----------|
|------------|-----19^\----|----------|--------------|-------|-----------|
|------------|-------------|----------|--------------|-------|-----------|
|------------|-------------|----------|--------------|-------|-----------|
|------------|-------------|----------|--------------|-------|-----------|
|------------|-------------|----------|--------------|-------|-----------|
|[rhyth gtr 2]                                                           |
|------------|-------------|----------|--------------|-------|-----0--0--|
|12-~-----x-x|13---10---x-x|12--~--x-x|13----10------|-------|-----12-12-|
|9--~-----x-x|9----9----x-x|9---~--x-x|9-----9-------|-------|-----------|
|9--~-----x-x|----------x-x|9---~--x-x|--------------|-------|-----------|
|------------|-------------|----------|--------------|-------|-----------|
|------------|----------0-0|---------0|--------------|-------|-----------|

|E              |E                 |             |              |
|[rhtyh gtr 2]                                                  |
|0--0-----0--0--|0--0--0--0--0--0--|0--0--0--0---|-------0-0-0--|
|12-10/12-12----|12-13-17-15-13-12-|12-10-9---0--|-------0-0-0--|
|---------------|------------------|-----------4-|-----2/4-4-4--|
|---------------|------------------|------------2|-----4/6-6-6--|
|---------------|------------------|-------------|2-------------|
|---------------|------------------|-------------|-0------------|

                                                         [horn in]
|E           |          |               |              |      |        |
|[rhyth gtr 2]                           [tremelo pick]                |
|---------0--|------0---|---------------|--------------|------|--------|
|0---0----0--|------0---|------------0--|--------------|------|--------|
|4-(4)^\^\-4^|\--4^\-4^\|------------1--|-1/2/4/6/4/2/1|------|--------|
|------------|----------|/7--6h7p6-4-2--|-2/4/6/7/6/4/2|2/2/2-|--------|
|------------|----------|----------0----|--------------|------|--------|
|------------|----------|---------------|--------------|------|--------|
                                                       |[horn]|        |
                                                       |--4---|5-7-----|
                                                       |------|----7--5|
                                                       |------|--------|
                                                       |------|--------|
                                                       |------|--------|
                                                       |------|--------|

[piano only and horn only]
|Ab             |          |         |            |


[Guitar change: tune down to Eb (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)]
|Ab             |Ab       |Ab           |     |Ab        |     |     |
|[rhyth gtr 3]                                                       |
|---------------|---------|-------------|-----|----------|-----|-----|
|-------2h3---2h|3--2h3---|-------------|-----|----------|-----|-----|
|-------2--4--2h|4--2h4---|2----2-----2-|--2-2|----------|-----|-----|
|---------------|---------|2h4--2h4---2h|4-2-4|p2--------|-----|-----|
|---------------|---------|-------------|-----|----2h4-2-|0----|-----|
|---------------|---------|-------------|-----|----------|-----|-----|
|[rhyth gtr 4]                                                       |
|---------------|---------|-------------|-----|----------|-----|-----|
|---------3-----|3---3----|--3----3--3--|-3-3-|--3--3--3-|-----|-----|
|---------2-----|2---2----|--2----2--2--|-2-2-|--2--2--2-|-----|-----|
|---------------|---------|-------------|-----|----------|-----|-----|
|---------------|---------|-------------|-----|----------|-----|-----|
|---------------|---------|-------------|-----|----------|-----|-----|

 [6/8]
[piano arr for guitar]
 ||:Ab    :||
e||--------||
b||-9--9---||
g||.-8--8-.||
d||.--6--6.||
a||--------||
e||--------||

[6/8]
    |[acoustic 2 in]                                         |
(Db)|Ebmsus4  |. |. |...       |Ebmsus4/Db  |.....     |...  |
    |[ld gtr 3]                                              |
----|---------|--|--|----------|------------|----------|-----|
----|---------|--|--|----------|------------|----------|-----|
----|---------|--|--|----------|------------|----7--9-9|-----|
----|7/9------|--|--|----9\---5|5h7---------|7/9-------|-----|
----|---------|--|--|------5h7-|------------|----------|-----|
----|---------|--|--|----------|------------|----------|-----|

[6/8]
|[acoustic 2]                                                            |
|......            |Ebmsus4 |.......            |.........               |
|[ld gtr 3]                                                              |
|------------------|7-------|---^(10)9\-7-------|------------------------|
|------------------|--------|-------------8-----|----^(12)10\-(8)h10p8p10|
|-----^(11)9\-9-7/9|--------|--------------9--7h|9-----------------------|
|------------------|--------|-------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|--------|-------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|--------|-------------------|------------------------|

[6/8]
|[acoustic 2]             |
|........     |Emsus4/Db  |
|[ld gtr 3]               |
|-------------|------12-12|
|--------12-12|12---------|
|12~----------|-----------|
|---14--------|-----------|
|-------------|-----------|
|-------------|-----------|

[6/8]
|[acoustic 2]                                                            |
|.......          |........          |.....                              |
||[ld gtr 3]                                                             |
|12-12-12-12-12-12|12-12-12-/17-17-17|15h17-15h17-15h17-15h17-15h17-15h17|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------------------------|

[6/8]
|Ebm7*  |       |       |       |Cbmaj7 |       |Abm7       |            |
|[acoustic 2]                                                            |
|2-2-1-1|2-2-1-1|2-2-1-1|2-2-1-1|2-2-1-1|2-2-1-1|4-4-4--4---|4--4--4--4--|
|4-4-4-4|4-4-4-4|4-4-4-4|4-4-4-4|4-4-4-4|4-4-4-4|4-4-4--4---|4--4--4--4--|
|3-3-3-3|3-3-3-3|3-3-3-3|3-3-3-3|3-3-3-3|3-3-3-3|1-1-1--1---|1--1--1--1--|
|1-1-1-1|1-1-1-1|1-1-1-1|1-1-1-1|4-4-4-4|4-4-4-4|1-1-1--1---|1--1--1--1--|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-----------|------------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|4-4-4--4---|4--4--4--4--|
|[ld gtr 3]                                                              |
|15-14--|12--10-|-------|-------|-------|-------|-----------|------------|
|-------|-------|12--10-|8---7--|5------|-------|-----------|------------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|----7--|5---4--|2-----0h2--|------------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|----5------|2h4----2p0h2|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-----------|------------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-----------|------------|
|[ld gtr 4]                                                              |
|12-10--|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-----------|------------|
|-------|12--10-|8---7--|-------|-------|-------|-----------|------------|
|-------|-------|-------|9---7--|5---4--|2------|-----------|------------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|----5--|4---2------|--0---0h2---|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-----------|------------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-----------|------------|
|[ld gtr 5]                                                        [out] |
|19-17--|15--14-|12--10-|-------|-------|-------|-----------|------------|
|-------|-------|-------|12-10--|8--7---|5------|-----------|------------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|----7--|5---4------|------------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-----------|------------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-----------|------------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-----------|-----------\|
 [*Ebm7 for acoustic alternates between Ebm7sus2]

[6/8]
|Ebm7      |             |                   |       |
|[acoustic 2]                                        |
|2--2--1-1-|2--2--1---1--|2---2---1---1------|2-2-1-1|
|4--4--4-4-|4--4--4---4--|4---4---4---4------|4-4-4-4|
|3--3--3-3-|3--3--3---3--|3---3---3---3------|3-3-3-3|
|1--1--1-1-|1--1--1---1--|4---4---4---4------|4-4-4-4|
|----------|-------------|-------------------|-------|
|----------|-------------|-------------------|-------|
|[ld gtr 3]                                          |
|15--12h14-|12---10------|-------------------|-------|
|----------|-------------|12------10---------|8--7---|
|----------|-------------|-------------------|-------|
|----------|-------------|-------------------|-------|
|----------|-------------|-------------------|-------|
|----------|-------------|-------------------|-------|
|[ld gtr 4]                                          |
|12---10---|-------------|-------------------|--12---|
|----------|12---14^(15)\|14^(15)-14^(15)\---|-------|
|----------|-----14^(16)\|14^(16)-14^(16)\-12|-------|
|----------|-------------|-------------------|14-----|
|----------|-------------|-------------------|-------|
|----------|-------------|-------------------|-------|

[6/8]
|Cbmaj7               |                 |Abm7        |               |
|[acoustic 2]                                                        |
|2------2----1----1---|2----2----1---1--|4--4--4--4--|4---4---4---4--|
|4------4----4----4---|4----4----4---4--|4--4--4--4--|4---4---4---4--|
|3------3----3----3---|3----3----3---3--|1--1--1--1--|1---1---1---1--|
|4------4----4----4---|4----4----4---4--|1--1--1--1--|1---1---1---1--|
|---------------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|4--4--4--4--|4---4---4---4--|
|[ld gtr 3]                                                          |
|---------------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
|5--------------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
|------------7--------|5---------4------|------------|------------2-2|
|---------------------|-----------------|5/7---5-----|4-----2-----2-2|
|---------------------|-----------------|------------|------------0-0|
|---------------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
|[ld gtr 4]                                                     [out]|
|---------------17^-15|----17^-17-15-17^|15----15--17|---17--17------|
|--15h17-17-17--------|17---------------|--17--------|---------17\---|
|---------------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|

[loose time]
|Abm7                   |                     |                      |
|[lead gtr 3]                                                        |
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------12-12-15-15|
|-----------------------|---------------------|---------12-----------|
|2--------------------7-|----12-14-14^(16)\/\/|^(14)12\--------------|
|2------------5---7/9---|9/14-----------------|----------------------|
|0-----0---5/7----------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
                                        [vibrato bar]

|[lead gtr 3]                              |
|15h17-15h17-15/17-17/19-19/19/19/19/19/19-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

|[lead gtr 3]                              
|                                       |
|17h19-17h19-17h19-17h19-17h19-17h19-19-|------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------|xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx---|
                                        [pick slide]

|Ebm                                        |
|[ld gtr 3]
|0----------------------0-0-0---------------|
|0----------------------0-0-0---------------|
|4-----------0h1-0h1-0h1--------------------|
|2-2-2-2-----2---2---2----------------------|
|2-2-2-2-----2---2---2----------------------|
|0-0-0-0-----0---0---0----------------------|
|                                           |
|[horn synth]                               |
|-------------------------------------------|
|-17----15----------------------------------|
|--------------14-----11-----------------9--|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|


================================================================================
#----------------------------------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. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

Cut My Hair 
By The Who, Written by Pete Townshend, 1973 
©1973 Fabulous Music Ltd.

==============
transcribed by
litgo@aol.com               rev 06-21-2001
==============

Capo on 3rd fret for piano arr as gtr (and stage versions)
No capo for electric leads as on record
Note: all leads are approximate.

Chords (shape with capo)
Fmaj7/G            3 8 10 9 x x 
G7                 3 8 9 7 3 3 
Em/G               3 7 9 7 3 3
Am/G               3 7 7 5 3 3
G11                3 5 7 5 3 3
C                  x 3 5 5 5 x

G (E5)             355xxx or 3557xx
G6 (E6)            375xxx
F (D)              xx356x or xx3565
C (A)              x3555x or x35557
Eb (C)             365343
Bb (G)             6x3366
Gm7                353363 or 3x3333
Am7                575585 or 5x5555
E7                 x7675x


[intro]

|Fmaj7  G7                |Em/G       Am/G                |
|---------7-8-10---7h8-10-|7h8p7--------------------------|
|8------------------------|------8------5-6-8-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------5-7^-7^\----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|

|G11     G         |C                   |
|------------------|--------------------|
|-----------8-10^\8|10-8---8------------|
|(7)---------------|-----9--------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|

|Fmaj7             G7               |Em/G      |Am/G   
      Why should I care if I have to     cut my hair?

        |G11           G            |C             |
I got to move with the fashion or be outcast.

|Fmaj7                G7              |Em/G              Am/G   
      I know I should fight but my old man, he's really alright,
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------
|
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