• 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--- |  |  
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D  {riff}         G         F  F 
Friday night, I'm on my way home 
     D  {riff} 
They oughta make work a crime 
                 G     F 
I'm home for the weekend 
          D {riff} 
I'm gonna make the most of my time 
          G                    F               D {riff} 
There's a rock-and-roll singer on the television 
       G                   F              D {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 
 

G 
Just like Cinderella 
                       Eb             C 
When she just couldn't go to the ball 
               G 
A voice said, "I'm your fairy manager 
         Eb       C 
You shall play at Carnegie Hall." 
G             Eb      C 
 Gotta give up my day job 
G       Eb        C 
 To become a heartthrob 
G   Eb      C     G Eb          D D D D D D D 
 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} 
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 |  |  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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