Overture

(from "Tommy")

Music:  Pete Townsend

 

Here's who transcribed this version:  "Previous transcription by:

Mike (sef@icbr.ufl.edu) -- original compilation on Nevada.  Overture intro suggestions by: Spencer K. Heine. Transcribed by  litgo@aol.com".  I've pretty well left it as is.

 

  C      C/Bb   Am*    Fm6/9/Ab* C/G     C      G*     G    

|------|------|-0-----|-3-------|-0----|------|-3----|-3----|

|-5----|-5----|-1-----|-3-------|-1----|-1----|-3----|-3----|

|-5----|-5----|-2-----|-5-------|-0----|-0----|-0----|-0----|

|-5----|-5----|-2-----|-3-------|-2----|-2--2-|-0----|-0----|

|------|------|-0-----|---------|-3----|-3--3-|------|------|

|-8----|-6----|-------|-4-------|-3---3|----3-|-3---3|-3----|

              [*C/A    [*C/Ab(4x555x)         [*Gsus4 (3x0013)

              (5x555x)] for stage vers.]      for stage vers.]

 

  Ebmaj7        Bb*   Bb     Gm            Dsus4   D

|-3----|------|-3----------|-3----|-----3-|-3----|-2----|

|-3----|-3----|-3--------3-|-3----|-----3-|-3----|-3----|

|-3----|-3----|-3--------3-|-3----|-----3-|-2----|-2----|

|-5----|-5----|-3-----3--3-|-5----|-5-----|-0----|-0----|

|-6----|----6-|-5-----5----|-5----|-5-----|------|------|

|------|------|-------6---3|-3---3|-3----2|------|------|

|[acoustic; strum 16ths]

|-6----|------|-6-----6----|-3----|-3-----|-3----|-2----|

|-8----|------|-6-----6----|-3----|-3-----|-3----|-3----|

|-7----|-%----|-3-----3----|-3----|-3-----|-2----|-2----|

|------|------|------------|-5----|-5-----|-0----|-0----|

|------|------|------------|------|-------|------|------|

|------|------|------------|------|-------|------|------|

               [*Bb6 (xx5333) for stage versions]

 

| Gm  /  /  /  | Gm  /  /  /  |

 

[We're Not Gonna Take It]

||:G / / / /   C | C     G   F  C :||x4

||[electric]     |                 ||

||---------------|-----------------||

||---------------|-----------1--1--||

||-0-0-0-0-0-----|---0---0---2--0-.||

||-0-0-0-0-0---2-|-2-2---0---3--2-.||

||-------------3-|-3---------3--3--||

||-3-3-3-3-3-----|-------3---------||

||[acoustic]     |                 ||

||-3-3-3-3-3-----|-----------------||

||-3-3-3-3-3-----|-----------------||

||.0-0-0-0-0-----|----------------.||

||.0-0-0-0-0-----|---2-2-0-2/3--2-.||

||-------------3-|-3---------------||

||-3-3-----------|-----------------||

||[horn arr for gtr]               ||

||-3-3-3-3-3-----|-----------------||-3-

||-------------1-|-1-5-5-3-5/6--5--||---

||---------------|-----------------||---

||---------------|-----------------||---

||---------------|-----------------||---

||---------------|-----------------||---

 


  |(G)      G   |(C/G)      C/G  |(G)      G  |C/G   |

--|---------3---|------------3---|---------3--|-3----|

--|---------0---|------------1---|---------0--|-1----|

--|-0-0-0-0-0---|--0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0--|-0----|

--|-0-0-0-0-0--0|-/2-2-2-2-2-2---|-0-0-0-0-0--|-2----|

--|-------------|----------------|------------|------|

-3|-3-3-3-3-3--3|--3-3-3-3-3-3--3|-3-3-3-3-3--|-3----|

[palm mute]       [palm mute]  [palm mute]

 

[Go To The Mirror]

    G     /   D    C   x4

||----3-3-3---2----3---||

||----3-3-3---3----1---||

||.---0-0-0---2----0--.||

||.---0-0-0---0----2--.||

||-----------------3---||

||--3-----3-------(3)--||

 

   F        /     C    Bb  x2

||---(1)(1)(1)-------------||

||---(1)(1)(1)---(5)--(3)--||

||.--(2)(2)(2)----5----3--.||

||.---3--3--3-----5----3--.||

||----3--3--3-----3----1---||

||-1--1--1--1--------------||

 

[horn arr for guitar]

(Bb)| F       C   Bb  | F  C Bb | F       C   Bb  | F C Bb|

----|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-------|

----|-------6--8-5----|---------|-------6--8-5----|-------|

--3-|-----5--------5-3|-5-5---3-|-----5--------5-3|-5----5|

----|-7-8-------------|---------|-7-8-------------|-------|

----|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-------|

----|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-------|

 

  A7              Dm      C   Bb                      Csus4|  |Ciix|  |

|-------------6-|-6-5---2-3-|-5--2-3-5---------------|-----|

|-----5-5-8-8---|-----------|----------3-5-6-3-5-6---|-----|

|-6-6-----------|-----------|----------------------3-|5----|

|---------------|-----------|------------------------|-----|

|---------------|-----------|------------------------|-----|

|---------------|-----------|------------------------|-----|

                                                     [elec: C5        ]

 

[See me, Feel me]

  Ebmaj7   Fsus4 F   Fsus4 F     G

  Ah...

|-3-------|-1----1---|-1----1---|-3----|

|-3-------|-1----1---|-1----1---|-0----|

|-3-------|-3----2---|-3----2---|-0----|

|-1-------|-3----3---|-3----3---|-0----|

|---------|----------|----------|------|

|---------|----------|----------|------|

|[acoustic]                            

|--6------|--6-------|--3-------|--3---|

|-8-------|-8--------|-1--------|-0----|

|7--------|5---------|3---------|0-----|

|---------|----------|----------|------|

|---------|----------|----------|------|

|---------|----------|---------3|------|

 


  Ebmaj7   Fsus4 F    Fsus4 F   

|-3-------|-1----1---|-1----1---|

|-3-------|-1----1---|-1----1---|

|-3-------|-3----2---|-3----2---|

|-1-------|-3----3---|-3----3---|

|---------|----------|----------|

|---------|----------|----------|

 

  Em                                  B7sus4            B   

|(0)--------------|-0---------------|(5)--------------|---------------|

|(0)--------------|-0---------------|(5)--------------|(4)------------|

|(0)--------------|-0---------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4--4--4-|

|(2)--------------|-2---------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4--4--4-|

|(2)------2-2-2-2-|-2-------------0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2--2--2-|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------|---------------|

 

                       x4

||:E5 E5 E5 E   B  A  :||

 

| Ab7   | C#m   B B| A    | Bsus4 |   | Bvii  |   |

 

[Listening to You]

| A  B |C   | A  B |E   | A  B | C   | G  D | Bsus4   | Bvii   |

 

| A  B |C   | A  B |E   | A  B | C   | G  D | B5(sus4)| B5     |

 

| E5 E5 E   B A | E5 E5 E   B A  | F5 F5 F   C Bb| F5 F5 F   C Bb |

 

|  G  /  /  /  /   C |       G   F  C  |

|--------------3-----|-----------1-----|

|--------------3-----|---1-------1--1--|

|.-0--0--0--0--0-----|---0---0---2--0-.|

|.-0--0--0--0--0-----|-2-2---0---3--2-.|

|------------------3-|-3-3-------3--3--|

|--3--3--3--3--3-----|-------3---------|

|[acoustic]          |                 |

|--------------------|-----------------|

|--------------------|-----------------|

|.-0--0--0--0--0-----|----------------.|

|.-0--0--0--0--0-----|---2-2-0-2/3--2-.|

|------------------3-|-3---------------|

|--3--3--3--3--3-----|-----------------|

|[horn arr for gtr]                    |

|-----------14/15----|-----------------|

|------14/15---------|-----------------|

|-11/12--------------|-----------------|

|--------------------|-----------------|

|--------------------|-----------------|

|--------------------|-----------------|

 

|  G  /  /  /  /   C |       G   F  C  |

|-----------12/13----|-----------------|

|------11/12---------|-----------------|

|-11/12--------------|-----------------|

|--------------------|-----------------|

|--------------------|-----------------|

|--------------------|-----------------|

 


|  G  /  /  /  /   C |       G   F  C  |

|-----------11/12----|-----------------|

|------11/12---------|-----------------|

|-11/12--------------|-----------------|

|--------------------|-----------------|

|--------------------|-----------------|

|--------------------|-----------------|

 

|  G  /  /  /  /   C |       G   F  C  |

|--------------------|-----------------|

|------11/12-14/15---|-----------------|

|-11/12--------------|-----------------|

|--------------------|-----------------|

|--------------------|-----------------|

|--------------------|-----------------|

 

[Pinball Wizard]

|Gsus4   |G    |Gsus4  |G    

 

   |Gsus4   |G    |Gsus4  |G     |Fsus4 | F   |Fsus4| F   D/C|Dsus2*

[horn arr for bass]

---|--------|-----|-------|------|------|-----|-----|--------|------

-3/|5-------|---3/|5------|----1/|3-----|---1/|3----|--------|0-----

---|--------|-----|-------|------|------|-----|-----|-------3|------

---|--------|-----|-------|------|------|-----|-----|--------|------

                                                      [*beginning of

                                                       It's A Boy]

 

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

  IT'S A BOY          by The Who

 

Dropped D tuning: DADGBE

 

G      x20003 (outro)

Em7    020030 (outro)

A5     x02255 (outro)

 

[Note: leads and strumming patterns are approximate.]

 

 

  Dsus2                               D/B    D/C  

|-----0-----------0-----|-------0------------------|

|-----3-----------3-----|-------3---------3------3-|

|-----2-----------2-----|-------2---------2------2-|

|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----0------0-|

|-----------3-----------|-3-----------2-2----3-3---|

|-----------------------|--------------------------|

 

  Dsus2                               D/B    D/C  

|-----0-----------0-----|-------0------------------|

|-----3-----------3-----|-------3---------3------3-|

|-----2-----------2-----|-------2---------2------2-|

|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----0------0-|

|-----------3-----------|-3-----------2-2----3-3---|

|-----------------------|--------------------------|

 

  Dsus2                               D/C    D/B

|-----0-----------0-----|-------0------------------|

|-----3-----------3-----|-------3---------3------3-|

|-----2-----------2-----|-------2---------2------2-|

|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----0------0-|

|-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-3----2-2---|

|-----------------------|--------------------------|

 


|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|-------------------0-0---------|

|-0-0-0-0-3/0-0-0-3/0-0-0-3/0-0-0-|-3/0-0-0-3/0-0-3/0--0--3/0--0--|

|---------5----5--5----5--5----5--|-5----5--5--5-5-------------0--|

|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|

 

[MAIN pattern]

  D  D (C)D  D  (C)D  D    Cadd9 G/B

|-2--2----2--2-|--(2)(2)------0------|

|-3--3----3--3-|---3--3-------3-(3)--|

|-2--2----2--2-|---2--2-2/2---0-(0)--|

|-0--0----0--0-|---0--0-0/0---0--0---|

|-------3------|-3----------3----2-0-|

|--------------|---------------------|

 

[VERSE]

D              (C)    D              (C)D   D     Cadd9      G/B

Captain Walker didn't come home, his unborn child will never know him.

 

| D D (C) D D | (C) D D Cadd9 G/B |

 

D                         (C)     Dsus2   (C)   Dsus2     Cadd9   G/B

Believe him missing with a number of men. Don't expect to see him again.

 

| D D (C) D D |(C) Dsus2 Dsus2 (C) Dsus2 Dsus2|(C) Dsus2 Dsus2|Cadd9 |

 

[SOLO]

|-----|-----------------------------|---------------------------|

|-----|-----------------------------|---------------------------|

|-----|-----------------------------|---------------------------|

|---0-|-3/0-0-0-----0-3\0-0-0-----0-|-3\0-0-----0-----------0-0-|

|-----|-----------------------------|-------0-----0-------------|

|-----|---------3^-----------3^-0---|--------3^---0--/5-3-0-----|

                              ^1/2            ^1/2   

 

|------------------------------|--------------------------0-|

|------------------------------|--------------------------3-|

|------------------------------|--------------------0-0-2-2-|

|-3\0-0-0------0-3/0-0-0-----0-|-3\0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|

|------------------------------|-----------------3----------|

|---------3^-0----------3^-0---|----------------------------|

           ^1/2          ^1/2    

 

|-------0---0----0-0-|--------0------0-0----0-0-|

|------7---7-----5-5-|-------7-------7-7----5---|

|-----0---0---0--0-0-|------0---0-----------0---|

|----7---7---7---5-5-|-/7--7---7-7-7------5-5---|

|----------------0-0-|--0-----------------------|

|-0------------------|--------------------------|

 

|--0-0---0---0-0---0-|-----0----0--0----0--0--0-----0--|

|--7----7----8-8--8--|---12-----12-12---10-10-10----10-|

|--0---0----0--------|---------0-----------------------|

|-7---7----9-----9---|/12----12-------10---------10-10-|

|----------0---------|-0-----0--------0----------0--0--|

|--------------------|---------------------------------|

 

|-----0-0------0--0--0-0--0-|-----0-0-0-/0-/0--0--0--0--0--0----|

|-----0-0------0--0--0-0--0-|-----0---0-/0-/0--0--0--0--0--0----|

|---10---------10-10---11-9-|-----11--11/11/11-11-11-11-11-11---|

|-0-12----12-12---12---0--0-|--10-10--10/10/10-10-10-10-10-10---|

|-0-------0--0----0----0--0-|-0----------------0--0--0--0-----0-|

|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|


|---------0----------0------0-0-------0-0--|

|---------0----------0--------0---------0--|

|---10-10-10---10-10-10---10--10-10-10--10-|

|-12---------12---------12----12-12-12--12-|

|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|

 

|-0----0--0--0----0--0-----0--0-------|

|-0----0--0--0----0--0-----0--0---0---|

|-11---11-11-11---11-11----11-11---11-|

|-----------------10-10--10------0----|

|-0----------0---------0--------------|

|-------------------------------------|

 

|----0-0---0-0---0-10---10-10-|----0-0---10-10---10-10--10-10-|

|---7-----7-----7------7------|---7-----7-------7-------------|

|-10----10----10-----10-------|-10----10-------9-------7------|

|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

 

|----10-10---10-10---10-10--10-10-|---10-10----0-0-------------0-0-|

|---7-------7-------7-7-7---------|---7--------0-0-------------3-3-|

|-10------10------10-------9------|-7------7\5-----4\2\0---2-2-2-2-|

|---------------------------------|----------------------0-0-------|

|---------------------------------|--------------------------3-----|

|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 

|-------3-----------2-|---------------0-----|-----------------------|

|---3---3-3-3-3-----3-|---3-----------2-----|-----------------------|

|---2---0-0-0-0-----2-|---2---0-------3-----|-----------------------|

|-0-0-----0-0---0-0---|-0-----0---0---0-0-0-|---3-3-3-3-3-5-5-3-3\0-|

|-------3-3-3-3-------|-----2---3---3-------|-----------------------|

|-----0---------------|---------------------|-0-3---------5---3-----|

 

|-------------------------|------------------------|

|-------------------------|------------------------|

|-------------------------|------------------------|

|-------------------------|------------------------|

|-----------------------5-|-5-5--------------------|

|-2^-3-5-5^-6^-6^-5-3-3-3-|-3-3-5-5-6^-5/5/3/3-0-0-|

 

|------------------------|

|------------------------|

|------------------------|

|------------------------|

|------------------------|

|-3-3-5-5-6^-6^-5-3-0-x--|

 

  E/D                       D                       

|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-|

|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-|

|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|

|-------0-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----0-----0------|

|---0---------------------|-0------------------------|

 

  E/D                        D                

|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-|---2-------2---2---|

|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-|---3-------3---3---|

|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-|---2-------2---2---|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0---|

|-0-----0-----0-----0----0-|-0-0---0-0-----0-0-|

|-0-0---0-----0-----0----0-|-0-----------------|


[CHORUS]

  D                 Cadd9  G/B       Dsus2

|---2-----2-----0-|---0------0-----|-------------0/0-|-0-------------|

|-----3-----3-----|-----3----3-3---|-3-----------3/3-|-3-------3-3---|

|-------2-----2---|------------0---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/2-|-2---2-2-2-2-2-|

|-0---------------|----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0/0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

|-----------------|-3------2-------|-0---------------|---------------|

|-----------------|-------------3^-|-0---------------|---------------|

|[horn arr for guitar]

|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

|-7---------------|-8------3-------|-3---------------|

|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

 

       D   (sus2)Cadd9   G/B    Dsus2

It's a boy, Mrs. Walker, it's a boy.

     |--2---0--0|--------------|--0--0--0-|---0--0-----|

     |---3---3--|-----3-----3--|---3--3---|----3--3----|

     |----2---2-|---0--0--0----|----2--2--|-----2--2---|

     |-0--------|--------------|0---------|-0-------0--|

     |----------|3-------2-----|----------|------------|

     |----------|------------3^|----------|------------|

 

       D   (sus2)Cadd9   G/B    Dsus2

It's a boy, Mrs. Walker, it's a boy.

  G       Em7   A5

A son.  A son.  A son.

 

 

CHORDS:

Fm6/9/Ab  4x6533 or 4x3533 (intro)

C/G       3x2013

Gm        3T55333

A7        5T7765x      (Go to the mirror)

Dm        xx7765       (Go to the mirror)

Csus4     8Tx10 10 8 x (Go to the mirror) [electric: C5: x355xx]

Ciix      8Tx10 9 8 x  (Go to the mirror)

E5        022xxx and 022400

F5        133xxx

Ab7       4T665(44)      (7th implied by piano)

C#m       xx6654

Bsus4     7Tx9977

Bvii      7Tx9877

Gsus4     3Tx5533      (Pinball wizard)

G         3Tx5433      (Pinball wizard)

Fsus4     1Tx3311      (Pinball wizard)

F         1Tx3211      (Pinball wizard)

 

 

 





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