I Don't Wanna Get Wise chords by The Who
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Intro 1
(E flat major) (F major) (E flat major) (Fsus4) (F major) (E flat major) (F major) (E flat major)
Verse 1
He was (F major) drunk,
I was blind (Fsus4)
Though we tried (B flat major) to be kind (C major)
I was (F major) sunk, always (Fsus4) late
We were quick (B flat major) to ro (F major) tate
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Verse 2
(C major) Let's be blun (D minor) t, I was a bluff (C major)
And the sur (B flat major) real life was (F major) tough
I (D minor) was a runt, we told (C major) lies
But to (E flat major) our great surprise
Verse 3
All the shit (G minor) that we did (C major)
Brought us some (G minor) money, I guess (C major)
And those (G minor) snotty young kid (C major) s
Were a standing (G minor) success (C major)
Verse 4
Helped us (B flat major) conquer and rise (F major)
And we (B flat major) learned in this hell (C major)
Verse 5
We don't wanna get wise (F major)
(F minor) I don't wanna get wise
I don't wanna get wise (Fsus4)
Life teaches (E flat major) us well
Interlude 1
(E flat major) (F major) (E flat major)
Verse 6
We still (F major) pull, we get smug (Fsus4)
(F major) And (Fsus4) we (B flat major) all like a (Csus4) drug (C major)
Over (F major) full, always sated (Fsus4)
Puffed (B flat major) up, (Fsus4) (F major) elated (C major)
Let's (D minor) admit
Verse 7
our mis (C major) takes
Are what (B flat major) triggered our break (F major) s
We were (D minor) shits, oh, no dis (C major) guise
And it (E flat major) is no surprise
Verse 8
That the crap (G minor) that we did (C major)
Brought us (G minor) money, God bless (C major)
And those snotty (G minor) young (C major) kids
Were a standing (G minor) success (C major)
Verse 9
Helped us (B flat major) conquer and rise (F major)
And we (B flat major) learned in this hell
Verse 10
(C major) We didn't wanna get wise (F major)
(F minor) I don't wanna get wise
I don't wanna get wise (E flat major)
(Fsus4) Life (F minor) teaches us well (E flat major)
Verse 11
(E flat major)
Experiment, you (D minor) universe
(C minor) We'll ask why you choose (B flat major) to curse
(B flat minor) Why set a fire (D flat major) you (A flat major) plan to douse?
(Csus4) Why set a (C major) rat to catch a mouse?
Verse 12
He was drunk (F major) (he was drunk), I
was blind (he was blind)
Though (Fsus4) we tried (B flat major) to be kind (C major)
I was sunk (F major) (he was sunk), he was
late (always late) (Fsus4)
We were (B flat major) quick to rotate
Verse 13
(C major) We tried (D minor) hard to stay (C major) young
But the (B flat major) high notes were sun (F major) g
We've been scarred, (D minor) we've been (C major) prized
But you could see (E flat major) in our eyes
(F major)
Verse 14
(F minor) I don't wanna get wise
I don't wanna get wise
(E flat major) We (B flat minor) got wise
(E flat major)
Verse 15
(F major)
(F minor) I don't wanna get wise
I don't wanna get wise
(E flat major) We got (B flat minor) wise (F major)
(F minor) I don't wanna get wise
I don't wanna get wise
(E flat major) We (Fsus4) got (B flat minor) wise (E flat major) (F major)
(F minor) I don't wanna get wise
I don't wanna get wise (E flat major) (Fsus4)
We (F minor) got (E flat major) wise
Outro 1
(E flat major) (F major) (E flat major)
I Don't Wanna Get Wise
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