Guitar and pen chords by
The Who

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

G

G

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F

F

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G

G

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A

A

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Em

Em

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Bb

Bb

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D

D

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Bb

Bb

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G

G

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Bb

Bb

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G

G

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Db

Db

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Ebsus4

Ebsus4

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Ab

Ab

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Eb

Eb

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Verse 1

Ab

Ab

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Eb

Eb

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Ab

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Eb

Eb

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You're alone above the street somewhere

Ab

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Eb

Eb

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Wondering how you'll ever

Ab

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Eb

Eb

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count out there

Verse 2

G

G

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D

D

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You can walk, you can talk,

G

G

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you can fight

But inside you've got

D

D

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G

G

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something to write

D

D

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G

G

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In your hand you hold your only friend

Never spend your gui

D

D

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G

G

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tar or your pen

D

D

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G

G

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Your guitar or your pen

D

D

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G

G

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Your guitar or your pen

C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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Your guitar or your pen

D

D

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Your guitar or your pen

Verse 3

G

G

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When you take up a pencil

Asus4

Asus4

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and sharpen it up

G

G

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When you're kicking the fence

C

C

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and still nothing will budge

Dsus4

Dsus4

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D

D

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When the words are immobile

Em

Em

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until you sit down

F

F

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Never feel they're worth keeping,

Gsus4

Gsus4

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C

C

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they're not easily found

Am

Am

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Then you know in some strange,

G

G

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unexplainable way

C

C

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You must really have something

D

D

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Jumping, thumping, fighting,

hiding away

G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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Important to say

Interlude 1

G

G

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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D

D

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G

G

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D

D

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G

G

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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Verse 4

G

G

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When you sing through the verse

Asus4

Asus4

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and you en d in a scream

G

G

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And you swear and you curse 'cause

C

C

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the rhyming ain't clean

D

D

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But it suddenly comes after

Em

Em

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years of delay

F

F

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You pick up your guitar,

G

G

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you can suddenly play

Am

Am

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When your fingers are bleeding

G

G

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and the knuckles are white

C

C

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Then you can be sure,

D

D

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you can open the door

Get off of the floor tonight

G

G

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D

D

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You have something to write

Interlude 2

Gm

Gm

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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Gm

Gm

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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Verse 5

D

D

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When you want to complain,

G

G

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D

D

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there's no one can stop you

G

G

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D

D

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But when your music proclaim

G

G

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D

D

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G

G

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Eb

Eb

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s, there's no one can top you

Ebsus4

Ebsus4

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You are wearing you heart

Eb

Eb

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Ebsus4

Ebsus4

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Ab

Ab

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on your jump ing feet

F#

F#

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You've got a head start away from

C#

C#

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Ebsus4

Ebsus4

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the street

Eb

Eb

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Ebsus4

Ebsus4

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Eb

Eb

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Verse 6

Fm

Fm

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But is that what you want,

to be rich and be gone?

Bb

Bb

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Gm

Gm

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Eb

Eb

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Could be there's just one thing

Cm

Cm

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Asus4

Asus4

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D

D

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left in the en d

G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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Your guitar and your pen

Interlude 3

G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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Verse 7

G

G

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When you sing to your mum,

Asus4

Asus4

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and you hum and you croon

G

G

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And she says that she'd like

C

C

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it "with more of a tune"

D

D

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And you smash your guitar at the

Em

Em

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en d of the bed

F

F

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Then you stick it together and

Gsus4

Gsus4

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G

G

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start writing again

Gsus4

Gsus4

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Am

Am

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And you know that it won't be

Em

Em

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C

C

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too long 'til your back

To bring her some money,

D

D

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she's calling you "honey"

Stashed in a bloody great sack

In your Cadillac

G

G

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D

D

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Interlude 4

G

G

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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D

D

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G

G

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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D

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Fm

Fm

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C

C

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G

G

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C#dim

C#dim

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A

A

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D

D

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Gm

Gm

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Bb

Bb

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Eb

Eb

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C#

C#

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Ab

Ab

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C#

C#

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Ebsus4

Ebsus4

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Eb

Eb

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Verse 8

Ab

Ab

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Ebsus4

Ebsus4

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Ab

Ab

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You're alone

Ebsus4

Ebsus4

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Eb

Eb

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You're alone

Ab

Ab

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Ebsus4

Ebsus4

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Eb

Eb

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Verse 9

Ab

Ab

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Eb

Eb

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You're alone above the street

Ab

Ab

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Ebsus4

Ebsus4

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Eb

Eb

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somewhere

Ab

Ab

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Eb

Eb

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Wondering how you'll ever

Ab

Ab

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Eb

Eb

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count out there

Verse 10

G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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You can walk, you can talk,

G

G

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you can fight

C

C

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But inside you've got

D

D

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G

G

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something to write

D

D

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G

G

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In your hand you hold your only friend

Never spend your gui

D

D

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G

G

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tar or your pen

C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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Your guitar or your pen

D

D

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G

G

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Your guitar or your pen

D

D

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G

G

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Your guitar or your pen

D

D

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G

G

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Your guitar or your pen

C

C

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Your guitar or your pen

G

G

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C

C

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Your guitar or your pen

D

D

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G

G

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Your guitar or your pen

C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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Your guitar or your pen

D

D

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Never spend your guitar or your

Verse 11

G

G

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pen

Outro 1

D

D

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G

G

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D

D

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D

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Eb

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D

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

E ₄

Guitar Tuner 7 Strings

B ₁

E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

E ₄

Guitar Tuner 12 stringStandard

E ₃

E ₂

A ₃

A ₂

D ₄

D ₃

G ₄

G ₃

B ₃

B ₃

E ₄

E ₄

Guitar Tuner 6 stringPower

Guitar Tuner 6 stringOpen

Guitar Tuner 6 stringExtras

G ₄

C ₄

E ₄

A ₄

CavaquinhoStandard

D ₄

G ₄

B ₄

D ₅

E ₁

A ₁

D ₂

G ₂

Bass Tuner 5 Strings

B ₀

E ₁

A ₁

D ₂

G ₂

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

E ₅

C ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

C ₂

G ₂

D ₃

A ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

E ₅

G ₃

G ₃

D ₄

D ₄

A ₄

A ₄

E ₅

E ₅

Balalaika Tuner

E ₄

E ₄

A ₄

G ₄

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

D ₄

Banjo Tuner 4 Strings

C ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

E ₄

Guitar Tuner 7 Strings

B ₁

E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

E ₄

Guitar Tuner 12 stringStandard

E ₃

E ₂

A ₃

A ₂

D ₄

D ₃

G ₄

G ₃

B ₃

B ₃

E ₄

E ₄

Guitar Tuner 6 stringPower

Guitar Tuner 6 stringOpen

Guitar Tuner 6 stringExtras

G ₄

C ₄

E ₄

A ₄

CavaquinhoStandard

D ₄

G ₄

B ₄

D ₅

E ₁

A ₁

D ₂

G ₂

Bass Tuner 5 Strings

B ₀

E ₁

A ₁

D ₂

G ₂

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

E ₅

C ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

C ₂

G ₂

D ₃

A ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

E ₅

G ₃

G ₃

D ₄

D ₄

A ₄

A ₄

E ₅

E ₅

Balalaika Tuner

E ₄

E ₄

A ₄

G ₄

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

D ₄

Banjo Tuner 4 Strings

C ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

Chords

G
F
A
Em
Bb
D
Db
Ebsus4
Ab
Eb
C
Asus4
Dsus4
Gsus4
Am
Gm
F#
C#
Fm
Cm
C#dim

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Guitar and pen by The who is G major.

The primary chords used in Guitar and pen are G, F, A, Em, Bb, D.

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