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Behind Blue Eyes | guitar tab
By The Who
>From Who's Next, 1971
Written by Pete Townshend (c)1971 Fabulous Music Ltd.

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Previously transcribed by
Brad Goldman (muttrox@bellsouth.net)
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update by                                  Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com          1999-05-19          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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Asus2     x02200
Cadd9     x32030  or x30030
Gsus4     320013
Dsus4     x00233
Esus4     022200
D/F#      2x0232
D/A (x00232@1)     x00232
E (022100@1)       022400
G (320003@1)       3x0033


[intro]
|Esus4    |        |         |        |
|---------|0-------|---------|---0----|
|------0--|-0--0-0-|---0-----|----0---|
|---2---2-|--2--2--|--2-2----|--2--2-2|
|--2-2---2|---2---2|-2---2-2-|-2----2-|
|-2-------|--------|2-----2--|2-------|
|0--------|--------|---------|--------|

|Em                    |G             |D         |Dsus4 D (xx0232@1)    |
 No one knows what it's like to be the bad man        To be the 
|-------0--------------|---3----------|----2---2-|3--2---------|
|-------0--------------|--0-0---------|--3------3|-3--3--------|
|-----0------0---------|-0----3----0--|-2----2---|--2----2-----|
|---2-----2--------0---|--------------|0----0-0--|----------0--|
|--------------2-------|--------------|----------|-------------|
|0---------------------|3-------3-----|----------|-------------|


|Cadd9    |        |Asus2           |        |
 sad man          behind blue eyes 
|----0----|---0----|------0---------|---0----|
|--3--3---|--3-3---|----0---0-------|--0-0---|
|-0----0-0|-0---0-0|--2-------2----2|-2---2-2|
|-------0-|------0-|-------------2--|------2-|
|3--------|3-------|0---------------|0-------|
|---------|--------|----------------|--------|


|Em                    |G         |D       |Dsus4 D (xx0232@1)     |
 No one knows what it's like to be hated,           to be
|------0---------------|---3------|---2-2--|2h3---2-------|
|----0-----0-----------|--0-0-----|--------|---3---3------|
|--0------------0------|-0----0-0-|-2-----2|----2---2---2-|
|--------------------2-|----------|0---0-0-|----------0---|
|----------------------|----------|--------|--------------|
|0---------------------|3------3--|--------|--------------|


|Cadd9    |             |Asus2        |           |
 fated        to telling only lies.        (But my)
|---0-----|---0---------|0------------|---0-------|
|--3--3---|--3--0-------|0-----0------|--0-0------|
|-0----0-0|-0-----0---0-|2---2---2---2|-2---------|
|-------0-|---------0---|2-2-------2--|------2--2-|
|3--------|3------------|0------------|0----------|
|---------|-------------|-------------|-----------|


      |Cadd9|D      D/F# (200232@1)   |G   |Gsus4  GBut (320003@1)my dreams, they aren't as empty

     |Cadd9     |D   D/A|E (x00232@1) |E6sus4 E (022100@1)As my conscience seems to be

      |Bm   |     |C     |    
I have hours, only lonely

          |D        |Dsus4         D (xx0232@1)  |Asus2  |    |    |    |
My love is vengeance        that's never free

No one knows what it's like to feel these feelings
Like I do and I blame you
No one bites back as hard on their anger
None of my pain and woe can show through

      |C  |D                 |G    |Gsus4  GBut (320003@1)my dreams, they aren't as empty

     |C         |D       |E       E6sus4|   E (022100@1)As my conscience seems to be
                         |---------0----|-0----0-|
                         |---------0----|-0----0-|
                         |9\---1---2-2--|-1----1-|
                         |9\---2---2-2--|-2----2-|
                         |7\---2---4-4--|-2-2--2-|
                         |---0-0-0---0-0|----0---|

      |Bm   |     |C      |
I have hours, only lonely

          |D       D/A|Dsus4 (x00232@1)    D/A|Asus2  |     |      |       |
My love is vengeance     that's never free                 Mmmm...

   |E    E (022100@1)E (022100@1)    Bm|Bm (x24432@1)   A (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)          E|E        E (022100@1)E (022100@1)       Bm|
---|------------12----|-----------------------|--12--12----------------|
---|-12--12-12-----12-|---12-12---12-12-12----|--12-----12-----12-12-12|
---|-11^----11^----11^|\---9--9----9--9--9----|9-11^\---11^\-------9--9|
---|------------------|-11------11----------11|----------------11------|
---|------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
12\|0-----------------|-----------------------|------------------------|

|Bm          A (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)   E|
|----------------------|
|--12-12-12------------|
|---9--9--9-----9------|
|11----------11-9---9\-|
|----------------------|
|---------------------0|

|E   E (022100@1)E (022100@1)   Bm|Bm       A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1) E|E 
   When my fist clenches crack it open

E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E     |Bm Bm (x24432@1)    G (320003@1)name="chord_320003@1">G    D|D   
Before I use it and lose my cool

D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D    Bm|Bm   A (x02220@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A         D|D
When I   smile tell me some bad news

D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D     Bm|Bm  A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1)       |E    E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E  Bm|Bm    A (x02220@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A    E|E  
Before I laugh and act like a fool

 E (022100@1)  E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E       Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm     A (x02220@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A        
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|----2p0--2-------|---------2-----2-|
|--------------/7-|--7-5\-----------|
|0/0----0---0-----|-------0---0-3---|

E (022100@1)E (022100@1) E (022100@1)  B5|B5   A (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)   E|E
   And if I swallow anything evil

E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E       Bm|Bm   G (320003@1)name="chord_320003@1">G     D|D
  Put your finger down my throat

D (xx0232@1) DBm|Bm (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A      |D 
And if I shiver please give me a blanket

D (xx0232@1)  D (xx0232@1)Bm|Bm      A (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)      E|E
Keep me   warm let me wear your coat

|E     E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E    Bm|Bm    A (x02220@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A    E|E     E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E       Bm|Bm    A (x02220@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A     BB|
(coat)
|---------------|--------------|----12------------|----------------|
|---------------|--------------|------12----------|----------------|
|---------------|----7---9-7---|11^-----11^\--9-11|9~-9--9~-----9\-|
|--2p0---2-2----|7h9---9-------|------------11----|----11-----11---|
|-----------/7-7|--------------|------------------|----------------|
|------3^-------|--------------|------------------|----------------|

[electric]                 3
||:B        A|  G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D  BB:||B      |        |
[acoustic]   |             ||       |
||:B  BBB   A|  G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D  BB:||B      |B/A     |
                                    |--------|
                                    |---4----|
                                    |--4-4---|
                                    |-4---4--|
                                    |0-----0-|
                                    |--------|

|Em                    |G             |D      |Dsus4 D (xx0232@1) No one knows what it's like to be the bad man

         |Cadd9 |   |Asus2       |         
To be the sad man, behind blue eyes

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