• Song:

    Success Story

  • Artist:

    The Who

{main riff} 
8 string bass arr for guitar: 
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 |  | -3----3--------- |  |  
 |  | ---2-----4--5--- |  |  
 |  | -0----0--------- |  |  
 |  | ---0-----2--3--- |  |  
 |  | ---------------- |  |  
 
D5  {riff}         G5         F5  F5 
Friday night, I'm on my way home 
     D5  {riff} 
They oughta make work a crime 
                 G5     F5 
I'm home for the weekend 
          D5 {riff} 
I'm gonna make the most of my time 
          G5                    F5               D5 {riff} 
There's a rock-and-roll singer on the television 
       G5                   F5              D5 {riff} 
Giving up his music, gonna take up religion 
 
Deserted rock and roll 

To try to save his soul 
 
Saturday night, gotta gig with the band 

Playing the electric guitar 

Someday I'm gonna make it 

Gonna be a super-duper-star 

Get a flashy car 

And a house for my mum 

The big break better happen soon 

'Cause I'm pushing twenty-one 
 

G5 
Just like Cinderella 
                       Eb5             C5 
When she just couldn't go to the ball 
               G5 
A voice said, "I'm your fairy manager 
         Eb5       C5 
You shall play at Carnegie Hall." 
G5             Eb5      C5 
 Gotta give up my day job 
G5       Eb5        C5 
 To become a heartthrob 
G5   Eb5      C5     G5 Eb5          D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 
 I may go far if I smash my guitar 
 
Away for the weekend 

I've gotta play some one-night stands 

Six for the tax man, and one for the band 

Back in the studio to make our latest number one 

Take two-hundred-and-seventy-six 

You know, this used to be fun 
 
{Bass solo} 
 |  |  A5      Bb5  F5  G5  |    |  |  
 
 |  |  A5      Bb5  F5  C5  |    |  |  
 
 |  |  A5      Bb5  F5  G5  |    |  |  
 
 |  |  A5      Bb5  C5  D5  |    |  |  
 
Monday morning, I just got home 
Six and the birds are singing 
I need a drink and my clothes are wet 
Ooh, and my ears are still ringing 
There's a rock and roll singer boppin' on the TV 
He used to be a preacher, but now he sings in a major key 
 
Amended his decision to the new religion 
 
Deserted   Rock and roll to try to save his soul 
 
{approx. riff arr. for guitar} 
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-11- | -14-11-12-(b9)-11-7-(b9)--5-7--4-5--2--2---- |  
-12- | -16-12-14-10-12-(b9)10--7-(b9)-5-7--4--0---- |  
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