The Who By Numbers (album) by Who
All the credit for this goes to the guys at Whotabs.
Slip Kid | guitar tab
By The Who
>From The Who By Numbers, 1975
Written by Pete Townshend, (c)1975 Fabulous Music Ltd.
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
==============
transcribed by Whotabs
[email protected] rev 1999-12-24 www.thewho.net/whotabs
==============
Guitar 1: Capo on 3 (to play piano chords)
Guitar 2: standard
Guitar 3: Capo on 3, volume pedal
Guitar 4: standard
Guitar 5: Capo on 3, acoustic (removed from remaster)
Chord Gtr 1&5 (piano) Gtr 2 Gtr 3 Gtr 4
G 355433 355xxx 355733 xx000x
C x35553 8 10 10xxx xx555x
F xx3565 x8 10 10xx xx3565 xx10 10 10x
Eb x65343 x688xx xx888x
Bb 6x3366 688xxx xx333x
Dm x57765
Gm 355333 x10 12 12xx
Am 577555 577xxx
D x5777x x577xx
Note: chords in () are piano/acoustic chords; all patterns and
leads approximate
[intro; verse pattern]
[gtr 1; piano arr. for gtr]
||:G (C) (Dm) (F)(C) |G (C) (Dm) (F) (C):||
[gtr 2]
||-----------|------------|----------|-------------||
||-----------|------------|----------|-------------||
||.----------|--------5/6/|7---------|------------.||
||.5---------|------------|--5-------|--------3/4/.||
||-----------|--------3/4/|5---------|-------------||
||-3---------|------------|--3-------|--------1/2/-||
||[gtr 5; acoustic, removed from remaster]
||-3-3-3-3---|5-5-5-5-3-3-|3-3-3-3---|5-5-5-5-3-3--||
||-3-3-5-5---|6-6-6-6-5-5-|3-3-5-5---|6-6-6-6-5-5--||
||.4-4-5-5---|7-7-7-5-5-5-|4-4-5-5---|7-7-7-5-5-5-.||
||.5-5-5-5---|7-7-7-3-5-5-|5-5-5-5---|7-7-7-3-5-5-.||
||-5-5-3-3--5|--5-5-3-3-3-|5-5-3-3--5|--5-5-3-3-3--||
||-3-3-------|-----------3|3-3-------|-----------3-||
|G (C
I've got my clipboard, textbooks
|Dm F C)
Lead me to the station, yeah
|G (C |Dm F
I'm off to the Civil War
C) |G (C
I've got my kit bag, my heavy boots
|Dm F
I'm runnin' in the rain
C) |G (C |Dm F C)
Gonna run 'til my feet are raw
[chorus]
|C F |Eb Bb
(Slip kid, slip kid) second generation
|C F |Gm
And I'm a soldier at thirteen
|Am D |Am D
(Slip kid, slip kid) realization
|Am D |(Bb) | |G | |
There's no easy way to be free, no easy way to be free
|----------|--------------|----|----|
|----------|--------------|----|----|
|----------|--------------|----|----|
|8-10-12---|14---15-------|17--|----|
|----------|--------------|----|----|
|6-8--10---|12---13-------|15--|----|
[repeat intro]
|G (C) (Dm) (F) (C) G (C) (Dm) (F) (C) |
It's a hard, hard world (I left my...)
[guitar 2] |
|----------|-------------------|---------|---------------|
|----------|-------------------|---------|---------------|
|----------|---------------5/6/|7--------|---------------|
|5---------|-------------------|--5------|-----3---------|
|----------|---------------3/4/|5--------|3-4-5----------|
|3---------|-------------------|--3------|---------------|
[repeat verse]
I left my doctor's prescription bungalow behind me
I left the door ajar
I got my vacuum flask
Full of hot tea and sugar
Left the keys right in my car
(Slip kid, slip kid) second generation
Only half way up the tree
(Slip kid, slip kid) I'm a relation
|Am D |Bb | |G | |
I'm a soldier at sixty-three, no easy way to be free
|----------|--------------|----|----|
|----------|--------------|----|----|
|----------|--------------|----|----|
|8-10-12---|15----14---15-|17--|---x|
|----------|--------------|----|----|
|6-8--10---|13----12---13-|15--|---x|
[bridge]
|G | (F) |G |(Bb F) |G | (F) |G |(Bb F) |
[gtr 3]
|3--------|--------|3------|--------|3------|-------|3-----|--------|
|3--------|--------|3------|--------|3------|-------|3-----|--------|
|7--------|--------|7------|--------|7------|-------|7-----|--------|
|5--------|--------|5------|--------|5------|-------|5-----|--------|
|5--------|--------|5------|--------|5------|-------|5-----|--------|
|---------|--------|-------|--------|-------|-------|------|--------|
[gtr 1 arr for piano] x2 x2
||:(Bb G) | :||:(Bb G) |(Bb G) :||
Slip kid
||---------------|--------||---------------|---------------||
||-8/6/8/6/8-----|--------||-8/6/8/6/8-----|8/6/8/6/8------||
||.--------------|-------.||.--------------|--------------.||
||.5-------------|-------.||.5-------------|5-------------.||
||---------------|--------||---------------|---------------||
||---------------|--------||---------------|---------------||
||[gtr 5; acoustic; removed from remaster]
||3--3--3--3--3--|--------||3--3--3--3--3--|---------------||
||3--3--3--3--3--|--------||3--3--3--3--3--|---------------||
||12-12-12-12-12-|--------||12-12-12-12-12-|---------------||
||12-12-12-12-12-|--------||12-12-12-12-12-|---------------||
||10-10-10-10-10-|--------||10-10-10-10-10-|---------------||
||---------------|--------||---------------|---------------||
Keep away old man, you won't fool me
You and your history won't rule me
You might have been a fighter, but admit you failed
I'm not affected by your blackmail [pick slide]
You won't blackmail me
[solo]
|G |
(blackmail me...)
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|
|3^(5)------|3^^^-|
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|-----5/5|
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|-----3/3|
[gtr 1]
||G (C) (Dm) (F) (C) |G (C) (Dm) (F) (C) ||
||[gtr 4] ||
||-----------|---------------|---------|--------------||
||-----------|-10^-10-8-10-10|8--8-----|--6-8/8/8/8-6h||
||3^(5)------|---------------|---------|--------------||
||-----------|---------------|---------|--------------||
||-----------|---------------|---------|--------------||
||-----------|---------------|---------|--------------||
||[gtr 2] ||
||-----------|---------------|---------|--------------||
||-----------|---------------|---------|--------------||
||.----------|-----------5/6/|7--------|-------------.||
||.5---------|---------------|--5------|---------3/4/.||
||-----------|-----------3/4/|5--------|--------------||
||-3---------|---------------|--3------|---------1/2/-||
|:G (C) (Dm) (F) (C) |G (C) (Dm)(F)(C)|
|[gtr 4] |
|--------------|---------------|--------|---------|
|8-6h8-6h8-6-5-|6--6-5-3---5-3-|5-3-----|-------6x|
|--------------|---------------|---3^---|---------|
|--------------|---------------|------5~|---------|
|--------------|---------------|--------|---------|
|--------------|---------------|--------|---------|
|[gtr 2] |
|--------------|---------------|--------|---------|
|--------------|---------------|--------|---------|
|--------------|-----------5/6/|7-------|---------|
|5-------------|---------------|--5-----|---------|
|--------------|-----------3/4/|5-------|---------|
|3-------------|---------------|--3-----|--------8|
|C F |Eb Bb |C F |Gm |
|[gtr 4] |
|-------------|-----------|----------------|------------|
|------10-----|-8----6----|8~--------------|------------|
|-5-----------|-----------|----------------|------------|
|5---/10-----/|8----------|----------------|-----------7|
|-------------|-----------|----------------|------------|
|-------------|-----------|----------------|------------|
|[gtr 2] |
|-------------|-----------|----------------|------------|
|-------------|-----------|----------------|------------|
|----x-10--x-8|8-8--------|---------10---10|12----------|
|10--x-10--x-8|8-8---8---x|10x10x10-10---10|12----------|
|10--x--8--x-6|6-6---8---x|10x10x10-8----8-|10----------|
|8------------|------6---x|8-x8-x8---------|-----------5|
|Am D |Am D |Am D |
|[gtr 4] |
|------------|---5---------|-------------|
|------------|--5---8^(10)-|10^-5-------|
|7^(7)5-7--5|7^-----------|------7------|
|------------|-------------|-------5h7-7-|
|------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|
|[gtr 2] |
|------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|
|--------7---|--------7----|-------7-----|
|7-x-7---7---|7-x-7---7----|7-x-7--7-----|
|7-x-7---5---|7-x-7---5----|7-x-7--5-----|
|5-x-5------5|5-x-5-------5|5-x-5--------|
|Bb | |G | (C)|(G) | (C)|
|[gtr 4] |
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|8------|------|----------|--6h8p6h8p6h8p|
|3-5--7--|10-9/----10---|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|1-3--5--|8--7/----8----|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|[gtr 2] |
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|8-10-12-|15-14/15-14/15|17--x17|x17--5|5---------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|6-8--10-|13-12/13-12/13|15--x15|x15--3|3---------|--------------|
|[gtr 3] |
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|-------|------|From The Who By Numbers, 1975
Written by Pete Townshend (c)1975 Towser Tunes Inc.
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
==============
transcribed by Whotabs
[email protected] 1998-04-24 www.thewho.net/whotabs
==============
A5 x0225x
A7sus2 x02000
[intro; 3/4]
||:D |Em |G |A :||
|Asus4 |A |Asus2 |A |Asus2 |A |A Asus4 A5 |
D Em G A
Where do you walk on sunny times
D Em G A
When the rivers gleam and the buildings shine
D Em G A
How do you feel when the pollen falls
D Em G A |A7sus4 |A7 |A7
And the summer clothes brighten gloomy halls
G A7
And they're all in love
G A7 |A7sus4 |A7 |A Asus4 A5 |
And they're all in love
Where do you fit in zzzzip magazine
Where the past is the hero and the present a queen
Just tell me right now where do you fit in
With blood in your eye and a passion for gin
And they're all in love
And they're all in love
[break]
|Bsus4| |B | |A | |B | |A | |B | |
|A | |B | |A | |B | *|A | |B | |A | |
[fill]
|A7sus4 | |A7 | |A7sus2 | |A7 |A Asus4 A5 |
Ooh... Ooh... (Hey..)
Hey, goodbye all you punks
Stay young and stay high
Hand me my checkbook
And I'll crawl off to die
Like a woman in childbirth
Grown ugly in a flash
I've seen magic and pain
Now I'm recycling trash
And they're all in love
And they're all in love
And they're all in love
G A
And they're all in love
=============
[email protected]
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
Blue Red And Grey | guitar crd
By The Who
>From The Who By Numbers, 1975
Written by Pete Townshend (c)1975 Towser Tunes Inc.
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
Originally transcribed by:
Harlan L Thompson
==============
transcribed by Whotabs
[email protected] 1998-04-26 www.thewho.net/whotabs
==============
Capo on 7
D 10 x 777 10
Dsus4 10 x 778 10
G x 10 9 7 8 10
A x x 7 9 10 9
Em x 7 9 9 8 7
B7 7 9 7 8 10 7
Em7 x 7 9 7 8 10
A7 x x 7 9 8 9
F#m x 9 11 11 10 9
Bbdim x x 8 9 8 9
Bm 7 9 9 7 7 7
A7sus4 x x 7 9 8 10
=====================================================================
Note from Jeremy D. (
[email protected]): (7-22-2002)
If you happen to have (or want to get) a ukelele, the tuning is
GCEA, and the fingerings are:
G C E A
D 3 3 3 0
Dsus4 0 2 3 0
G 0 2 3 2
A 2 1 0 0
Em 0 4 0 2
B7 2 3 2 2
Em7 0 2 0 2
A7 0 1 0 0
F#m 2 1 2 0
Bbdim 0 1 0 1
Bm x 2 2 2 (or, if you can reach, 4 2 2 2)
A7sus4 0 2 0 0
If anyone's got one on hand...feel free to e-mail me with corrections.
======================================================================
Note from: John (
[email protected]) (05-07-2006)
Adjusted chord shapes for Ukelele
G C E A
D 2 2 2 0
Dsus4 0 2 3 0
G 0 2 3 2
A 2 1 0 0
Em 0 4 3 2 or 4432
B7 2 3 2 2
Em7 0 2 0 2
A7 0 1 0 0
F#m 2 1 2 0
Bbdim 0 1 0 1
Bm 4 2 2 2
A7sus4 0 2 0 0
Also, if you play the above chord forms on a guitar capoed at the
5th fret & ignore the E and A strings it should sound in the same key
as a ukulele.
=======================================================================
||:D Dsus4 D Dsus4 :||
|G |A
Some people seem so obsessed with the morning
|G |A
Get up early just to watch the sun rise
|G |A
Some people like it more when there's fire in the sky
|G |A
Worship the sun when it's high
|Em |B7
Some people go for those sultry evenings
|Em B7 |Em
Sipping cocktails in the blue, red and grey
|Em7 |A7 |D Dsus4 D...
But I like every minute of the day
|G |F#m |G |F#m
I like every second, so long as you are on my mind
|G |Bbdim
Every moment has its special charm
|Bm |A7sus4 |A7
It's all right when you're around, rain or shine
I know a crowd who only live after midnight
Their faces always seem so pale
And then there's friends of mine who must have sunlight
They say a suntan never fails
I know a man who works the night shift
He's lucky to get a job and some pay
And I like every minute of the day
I dig every second, I can laugh in the snow and rain
I get a buzz from being cold and wet
The pleasure seems to balance out the pain
And so you see that I'm completely crazy
I even shun the south of France
The people on the hill, they say I'm lazy
But when they sleep, I sing and dance
Some people have to have the sultry evenings
Cocktails in the blue, red and grey
But I like every minute of the day
|G |A7 |D Dsus4 D Dsus4 |D Dsus4 D Dsus4|D
I like every minute of the day
=============
[email protected]
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
How Many Friends? | guitar crd
By The Who
>From Who By Numbers, 1975
Written by Pete Townshend (c)1975 Fabulous Music Ltd.
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
==============
transcribed by Whotabs
[email protected] 1997-10-01 www.thewho.net/whotabs
==============
capo on 3
F Gm Eb Bb Gm7 F
F Gm
I'm feelin' so good right now
Eb Bb Gm7 F
There's a handsome boy tells me how I changed his past
Gm
He buys me a brandy
Eb Bb Gm7 F
Or could it be he's really just after my ass?
Gm
He likes the clothes I wear
Eb Bb Gm7 F
He says he likes a man to dress in season
Gm Eb Bb
But no one else ever stares, he's being so kind
Gm7 C-->
What's the reason?
[chorus]
C G Am F
How many friends have I really got?
G
You can count 'em on one hand
C G Am F G
How many friends have I really got?
C G Am F
How many friends have I really got?
Bb F Bb F Bb F/A Gm Gm7 C
That love me, that want me, that'll take me as I am?
Suddenly it's a silver screen
And a face so beautiful that I have to cry out
Everybody hears me
Well, I look like a fool, now, if I try and I shy out
She knows all of my friends
But it's nice to find a woman who'll stay on late
But now I think I've reached the end
I wonder in the dead of night, how do I rate?
[repeat chorus]
Cm Cm/Bb
It's all like a dream you know
Bb F
When you're still up early in the morning
Gm F Eb
And you all sit together to watch the sun come through
Cm Cm/Bb
But things don't look so good
Ab
When you could use a bit of warning
Fm C/G G
Then you know that no one will ever speak the truth about you.
[repeat chorus]
When I first signed the contract, it was more than a handshake then
I know it still is, but there's a plain fact
We talk so much shit behind each other's backs, I get the willies
People know nothing about their own soft guts
So how come they can sum us up
Without suffering all the hype we've known
How come they bum us up
[repeat chorus]
=============
[email protected]
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
In a Hand or Face | guitar tab
By The Who
>From Who By Numbers, 1975
Written by Pete Townshend (c)1975 Towser Tunes Inc.
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
==============
transcribed by Whotabs
[email protected] rev 2001-12-16 www.thewho.net/whotabs
==============
[Note: easiest to use trigger capo and shift to 5th fret for modulation
following interlude; same voicings, two frets higher]
First half Modulation
Capo on 3 Capo on 5
C5 x35588 D5 x577 10 10
Bb 6tx3366 C 8tx5588
F xx3565 G x55787
Bbii xx333x Cii xx555x
C x3555x D x5777x
Csus4 x3556x Dsus4 x5778x
Eb/C x35343 F/D x57565
F/C x37563 G/D x59785
Ab/C x36544 Bb/D x58766
Bb/C x33366 C/D x55588
Dm/C x37765 Em/D x59987
[intro]
|C5 Bb F |C5 Bb F |C5 Bb F |C5 Bb F|
|C5 Bb F |C5 Bb F |C5 Bb F |C5 Bbii C5 C5|
|Bb F |C5
Ain't it funny how they're all Cleopatra
As you gaze into their past
When you find out about their birth sign
You realize there was no need to have asked
All the history of a soul in torment
Ingrained in a hand or face
Ain't it funny how they all fire the pistol
At the wrong end of the race
|C C Csus4 C |Csus4 C |
|Eb/C F/C |Ab/C Bb/C F/C |
I am going round and round
I am going round and round
I am going round and round
|C Dm/C |F/C |
I am going round...
|C5 Bb F |C5 Bb F |C5 Bb F |C5 Bbii C5 C5|
Going round and round
There's a man going through your dustbin
Only this time he's looking for food
There's a tear in his eye you don't know him
Oh, but you know what he's going through
Is it weird that you can't seem to help him
Feeling sick as he staggers away
Is it weird that you hate a stranger
Can a detail correct your dismay
|C C Csus4 C|Csus4 C |
|Eb/C F/C |Ab/C Bb/C F/C |
I am going round and round
I am going round and round
I am going round and round
|C Dm/C |F/C |[bass solo]|
I am going round
[modulation]
|D5 C G |D5 C G |D5 C G |D5 |
|C G |D5 |C G |D |
Round and rou-nd Round and round
Round and rou-nd Round and round
Round and rou-nd Round and round
|C G |D5 |C G |D |D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
Round and rou-nd Round and round
|F/D G/D |Bb/D C/D G/D |
I am going round and round
I am going round and round
I am going round and round
|D Em/D |G/D
I am going round
|F/D G/D |Bb/D C/D G/D |
I am going round and round
I am going round and round
I am going round and round
|D Em/D |G/D
I am going round
=============
[email protected]
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
