1951/What About the Boy? (Soundtrack) – guitar tab

1951/What About the Boy? (Soundtrack) | guitar tab
By The Who
>From Tommy (Soundtrack), 1974
Written by Pete Townshend (c) 1969 & 1975, Fabulous Music Ltd.

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Transcribed by:
Artyom (art98krolik@mail.ru)


2014-10-14                      Whotabs                 www.thewho.net/whotabs/

 Chords:
Gsus4 - xxx788 (intro only)   A#5 - 688xxx
G - xxx787 (intro only)       B5 - 799xxx
Eb - x6888x                   C5 - 8 10 10xxx
Bbsus4 - 6888xx               C#5 - 9 11 11xxx
Bb - 6887xx                   D5 - 10 12 12xxx
Eb/D - x5888x                 D#5 - 11 13 13xxx
Cm - xx10 8 8 8               E5 - 12 14 14xxx
Cmaj/min7 - xx9888            F5 - 133xxx (13 15 15xxx)
Cmin7 - xx6888                F#5 - 244xxx (14 16 16xxx)
Cmin/maj6 - xx7888            G - 3x0033
Abmaj7 - xx6888               G/C - 3x2013
G - 355433                    D7/F# - 2(t)x0212
F - 133211                    E7/Ab - 4(t)x0343
G5 - 355xxx                   Am - 577555
G#5 - 466xxx                  C7/Bb - 6x5556
A5 - 577xxx

[Intro]:
  Gsus4           G                 Gsus4  G           Gsus4 G   Gsus4 G
 [electric]:
|---------------------------------|------------------|---------|---------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|---------|---------|
|---------------------------------|---------2^4^2-0-2|-0-------|---------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|---------|---------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|---------|---------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|---------|---------|
|[piano]:                         |                  |         |         |
|---------------------------------|------------------|---------|---------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|---------|---------|
|-5-------5-------4-------4-------|--------%---------|----%----|----%----|
|-----5-------5-------5-------5---|------------------|---------|---------|
|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|------------------|---------|---------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|---------|---------|



Gsus4                 G                Gsus4      G 
  Got a feeling fifty one is gonna be a good year
|--------------------------------------|--------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------|
|--------------------%-----------------|------%-------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------|

  Gsus4                 G            |Gsus4      G  |
Especially if you and me see it in together. 
|-----------------------------------|--------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------|
|------------------%----------------|------%-------| [piano theme out]
|-----------------------------------|--------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------|

Eb                    Bbsus4 Bb        |Eb     Bbsus4  Bb |
  So you think fifty one is gonna be a good year
Eb                  Bbsus4  Bb   |Eb    Eb Eb/D |
We'll marry now and see it out together

  Cm        Cmaj/min7       Cmin7    Cmin/maj6
    I have no reason to be over-optimistic,    But
|-8-----------------------|-------------------|
|-8----------------8------|-----8--------8----|
|-8-------------8-----8---|---8---8----8---8--|
|-10---------9------------|-8--------7--------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|

 Abmaj7                          Bbsus4    Bb
  somehow when you smile   I can brave bad weather
|-----------------------8--|
|-------8------------------|
|----8-----8-----8---------|
|-6------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|

|G     F    G     F    |

[Solo]:
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-5---7--7/9-----|-5---7--8/8----|-5---7--7/9-9----|-5---7--8/8----|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|

|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------8------------|-----------8---8/11----|-----------8------------|-----------8---8/11---8|
|--3-3--8-8---8--8/10----|--3-3--8-8---8---------|--3-3--8-8---8--8/10----|--3-3--8-----8---------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|

|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|----------------------|
|-11^13------------13-16-18-|-18^20--16-18-16-------|---------16-----------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------17----|-----15-----17-15--17-15-15-|-15---------17p15-15--|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|----------------------|

|G5  G#5  A5  A#5  |B5  C5  C#5  D5  |D#5  E5  F5  F#5  

|G5  G#5  A5  A#5  |B5-C5-C#5  D5-D#5-E5  |F5  F#5

G                G/C
  What about the boy?
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------15^17-17-17^15--12--15\-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

G                G/C
  What about the boy?
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------18-18-------18-18----------|
|-------------------17^19-------17^19--------17^19~~~|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

G                G/C            G             G
  What about the boy, he saw it all!
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------18^20-------------18-----------------|
|--------------------------------17^19----19^17--17-15-12-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

           F                   D7/F#                 
You didn't hear it. You didn't see it. You won't say 
         |-1------------------|-2-------------------|
         |-1------------------|-1-------------------|
         |-2----/-------------|-2--/----------------|
         |-3------------------|-0-------------------|
         |-3------------------|---------------------|
         |-1T-----------------|-2T------------------|

  G                 E7/Ab                        
  nothing to no one never in your life. You never
|-3---------------|-4-------------------------|
|-3---------------|-3-------------------------|
|-4----------/----|-4-------------/-----------|
|-5---------------|-0-------------------------|
|-5---------------|---------------------------|
|-3T--------------|-4T------------------------|

  Am              C7/Bb                 Bb      F
  heard it. How absurd it all seems without any proof
|-5-------------|(6)-----------------|
|-5-------------|-5------------------|
|-5-----/-------|-5-----------/------|
|-7-------------|-5------------------|
|-7-------------|--------------------|
|-5-------------|-6------------------|

           F                   D7/F#    
You didn't hear it. You didn't see it. 
              G                 E7/Ab       
You won't say nothing to no one never in your life.
          Am              C7/Bb
You never heard it. How absurd it all seems
    Bb        F 
Without any proof.

           F                   D7/F#    
You didn't hear it. You didn't see it. 
          G               E7/Ab       
You never heard it, not a word of it. 
              Am                 C7/Bb
You won't say nothing to no one. Never tell a soul
         Bb          F
What you know is the truth.

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