Guitar and pen chords by The Who
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Intro 1
(G major) (F major) (G major) (A major) (E minor)
(B flat major) (D major) (B flat major) (G major) (B flat major) (G major)
(D flat major) (E flatsus4) (A flat major)
(E flat major)
Verse 1
(A flat major) You're alone above (E flat major) the street (A flat major) somewhere (E flat major)
(A flat major) Wondering how you'll (E flat major) ever
coun (A flat major) t out there (E flat major)
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Verse 2
(G major) You can walk, you can (D major) talk,
you can (G major) fight
But inside you've got
(D major) something to (G major) write
In your hand you hold (D major) your only (G major) friend
Never spend your gui
(D major) tar or your (G major) pen
Your gui (D major) tar or your (G major) pen
Your gui (D major) tar or your (G major) pen
(C major) Your gui (D major) tar or your (G major) pen
Your guitar (D major) or your pen
Verse 3
When you (G major) take up a pencil
and sharpen (Asus4) it up
When you're kick (G major) ing the fence
and still (C major) nothing will budge
When the (Dsus4) words (D major) are immobile
until (E minor) you sit down
Never (F major) feel they're worth keeping,
they're not (Gsus4) easily found (C major)
(A minor) Then you know in some strange,
unexplain (G major) able way
You must (C major) really have something
(D major) Jumping, thumping, fighting,
hiding away
Important to (G major) say (C major) (D major)
Interlude 1
(G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (C major)
(D major)
Verse 4
When you (G major) sing through the verse
and you (Asus4) en d in a scream
And you (G major) swear and you curse 'cause
the (C major) rhyming ain't clean
But it (D major) suddenly comes after
(E minor) years of delay
You pick (F major) up your guitar,
you can (G major) suddenly play
When your (A minor) fingers are bleeding
and the (G major) knuckles are white
Then you (C major) can be sure,
you can (D major) open the door
Get off of the floor tonight
You have something to (G major) write (D major)
Interlude 2
(G minor) (C major) (D major) (G major) (C major)
(G major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (D major) (G minor) (C major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (D major)
Verse 5
When you want to complain, (D major)
there's (G major) no (D major) one can stop you
(G major) But when your music pro (D major) claim
(G major) s, there's (D major) no one can (G major) top you (E flat major)
(E flatsus4) You are wearing you heart
on (E flat major) your (E flatsus4) jump ing (A flat major) feet
(F sharp major) You've got a head start away from
the (C sharp major) street (E flatsus4)
(E flat major) (E flatsus4) (E flat major)
Verse 6
(F minor) But is that what you want,
to be rich and be gone?
(B flat major) Could be (G minor) there's just (E flat major) one thing
(C minor) left in (Asus4) the en d (D major)
Your guitar and your (G major) pen (C major) (D major)
Interlude 3
(G major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (C major)
(D major)
Verse 7
When you (G major) sing to your mum,
and you hum (Asus4) and you croon
And she (G major) says that she'd like
it "with (C major) more of a tune"
And you (D major) smash your guitar at the
(E minor) en d of the bed
Then you (F major) stick it together and
start (Gsus4) writing (G major) again
(Gsus4) And you (A minor) know that it won't be
too long 'til (E minor) your back (C major)
To bring her some money,
(D major) she's calling you "honey"
Stashed in a bloody great sack
In your Cadillac
(G major) (D major)
Interlude 4
(G major) (D major) (G major) (C major)
(D major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (C major)
(D major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (F minor)
(C major) (G major) (C sharpdim)
(A major) (D major) (G minor) (B flat major)
(E flat major) (C sharp major) (A flat major) (C sharp major)
(E flatsus4) (E flat major)
Verse 8
(A flat major) You're alone (E flatsus4) (A flat major)
You're alone (E flatsus4) (E flat major)
(A flat major) (E flatsus4) (E flat major)
Verse 9
(A flat major) You're alone above (E flat major) the street
(A flat major) somewhere (E flatsus4) (E flat major)
(A flat major) Wondering how you'll (E flat major) ever
coun (A flat major) t out there (E flat major)
Verse 10
(G major) You can walk, (C major) you can (D major) talk,
you can (G major) fight
But inside (C major) you've got
(D major) something to (G major) write
In your hand you hold (D major) your only (G major) friend
Never spend your gui
(D major) tar or your (G major) pen
(C major) Your gui (D major) tar or your pen (G major)
Your gui (D major) tar or your pen (G major)
Your gui (D major) tar or your (G major) pen
Your gui (D major) tar or your (G major) pen
Your guitar (C major) or your pen
(G major) Your guitar or your (C major) pen
Your gui (D major) tar or your (G major) pen
(C major) Your gui (D major) tar or your (G major) pen
Never spend your gui (D major) tar or your
Verse 11
pen (G major)
Outro 1
(D major)
(G major) (D major) (D major)
(E flat major)
(D major)
Guitar and pen
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