Substitute chords by The Who

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Intro 1

Verse 1

You think we look

pretty good together

You think my shoes are made of leather

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Verse 2

But I'm a substitute for another guy

I look pretty tall but my

heels are high

The simple things you see

are all complicated

I look pretty young, but I'm just back-dated,

yeah

Verse 3
A 
D 
G 
D 
(Substitute) your lies for
fact
(Substitute) I can see right through
your plastic mac
(Substitute) I look all white,
but my dad was black
(Substitute) my fine linen

Verse 4
suit is really made out of sack
D 
G 
I was born with a plastic
D 
spoon in my mouth
G 
The north side of my town faced east,
D 
and the east was facing south
Em 
And now you dare to look
G 
Em 
me in the eye
Those crocodile tears are what you cry
It's a genuine problem, you won't try
To work it out at all you just pass it by,
A 
pass it by
D 

Verse 5
G 
D 
(Substitute) me for him
(Substitute) my coke
for gin
(Substitute) you for my
mum
(Substitute) at least I'll get my

Interlude 1
washing done
D 
G 
D 
G 
D 
G 
I'm a substitute

Verse 6
Em 
for another guy
I look pretty tall but my
heels are high
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young,
but I'm just back-dated, yeah

Interlude 2
yeah
A 
D 
A 
G 
D 
A 
G 
D 
A 
G 
D 
G 
D 

Verse 7
G 
I was born with a plastic
D 
spoon in my mouth
G 
The north side of my town faced east,
D 
and the east was facing south
Em 
And now you dare to look me in the eye
Those crocodile tears are what you cry
It's a genuine problem, you won't try
To work it out at all you just pass it by,
G 
pass it by
A 
D 
A 

Verse 8
D 
(Substitute) me for him
(Substitute) my coke
for gin
(Substitute) you for my
mum
(Substitute) at least I'll get my
washing done

Verse 9
D 
(Substitute) your lies for
fact
(Substitute) I can see right through
your plastic mac
(Substitute) I look all white,
but my dad was black
(Substitute) My fine-looking suit
D 
is really made out of sack