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Brrr – guitar tab

Brrr | guitar tab
By Pete Townshend, 1975
>From Scoop, 1983
Written by Pete Townshend ©1983 Towser Tunes Inc.

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#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. #
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transcribed by                             Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com          2002-04-09          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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Gtr 1 - standard
Gtr 2 - arranged (approx) for piano. Drop-D tuning (DADGBE)


"I don't know what you're saying!"
"It's cold!"

[main ryth fig.; piano arr. for gtr 2, drop-D tuning]
C ||C  D   C  D   F |  D   C C   D      |C  D   C  D   |F   C      ||
--||----------------|-------------------|--------------|1---0------||
--||5--7---5--7---10|--7---5-5---7------|5--7---5--7---|1---1------||
5-||5--7---5--7---10|--7---5-5---7------|5--7---5--7---|2---0------||
5-||5--7---5--7---10|--7---5-5---7------|5--7---5--7---|3---2------||
3-||3--5---3--5---8-|--5---3-3---5------|3--5---3--5---|3---3------||
0-||0--0---0--0---0-|--0---0-0---0---0--|0--0---0--0---(3)---------||

||  |  |  |F       C         C||:C  D  C  D  F|   D   C   C D C|C  D   C  D |
||--|--|--|-------------------||--------------|----------------|------------|
||--|--|--|---13------10------||--------------|----------------|------------|
||--|--|--|12^-^\-10----------||--------------|-------------12-|10-12-------|
||--|--|--|---------12----10--||-10--12~------|(12)------------|------------|
||--|--|--|-------------12--12||--------------|----------------|------------|
||--|--|--|-------------------||--------------|----------------|------------|

|F   C       :||C  D   C   D     F|   D     C  C   D                |
|-------------||------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------||------------------|---------------------------------|
|-10^---------||------------------|---------------------------------|
|----12-------||------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------||------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------||--13-13---10-10---|-8-9-10-10-----10--15^\-13-15-13-|

|C   D   C   D   |F C  G  ||G                         |G                      |
|----------------|--------||--------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|6-5--0--||<5>------10h12-10h12-12-12|--13-13p12-----13-15-12|
|----------------|5-5--0--||<5>------10h12-10h12-12-12|----------12-12--------|
|----------------|7-5--0--||<5>------10h12-10h12-12-12|-----------------------|
|10^-8----8^-8^--|--------||--------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----10-------10|--------||--------------------------|-----------------------|

|F                |F                        |G                 |G            |
|-----------------|-------------------------|--3-1---1p0h1-3---|7--------10--|
|-----13----------|------13-----------------|-3-------------3/8|-8----/13--13|
|12/14------14----|-14-15--15-14--------2-2-|4-----------------|-------------|
|---------15--15--|----------------10\------|------------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|------------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|------------------|-------------|

                                   [repeat main rhythm]
|F      C         |F   C   C   C   |C D C D  F| D  C  C  D     C|C  D  C  D    |
|-----------------|-------10-----10|10--------|-----------------|--------------|
|13--10-13-13---13|-13--------10---|13^-------|17-15--15--12----|--------------|
|-----------------|-12-12-----12^--|----------|17-16--16--12----|10---------2--|
|-----------------|----12----------|----------|-----------------|--12\------0--|
|-----------------|----------------|----------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|----------------|----------|-------------13^-|--------------|

|F     C              |C   D  C  D    F| D   C   C    D     C|
|---------------------|-------------10-|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------10-|-----13---------10---|
|---------------------|12--10h11-------|-12-^--^12\p10----10^|
|---------------------|12--12----------|--------------12-----|
|--8~~----------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-----h10~~~~---/--\--|----------------|---------------------|

|C   D    C   D         |F           C                  |
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------10-----|-------------------------------|
|12---------10p12--12---|-------------------------------|
|------10p12------------|---------------------------10-8|
|--------------------10\|-8/10-10-12--10-10-12-10-10----|

|F   C                    C|    D  D                            |
|--------------------------|------------10-----------10---------|
|--------------------------|----10-13-10--13-10-13-10--13-10----|
|---------------------10---|-12^----------------------------12--|
|----------------10-12--12-|------------------------------------|
|~~---------10-12----------|------------------------------------|
|--------/10---------------|------------------------------------|

|F   C                   C|    D   D                           |
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|10p0---10p0--10p0--10p0--|10p0--10p0---10-12^-12p10--12p10----|
|----10-----10----10----10|----10----10-------------12-----10--|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|

|F     C             C|   D  D   |G                      |                   |
|--------------13-15^-|---13-----|17^\p15-17^\p15-17^\p15|--17^\p15--17^\p15-|
|---------13h15-------|-----15~--|-----------------------|-------------------|
|---12^---------------|----------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|12-------------------|----------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|----------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|----------|-----------------------|-------------------|

|F                  |               |G                  |                    |
|17^-17---15-13-13--|15^\-13-15^----|--------15--15-----|-----15-------------|
|-------------------|---------------|----------15-------|--12----------------|
|-------------------|---------------|---12/16-----------|--14^--\p12--12-----|
|-------------------|---------------|--------------17\--|---------------14---|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|
                                 [repeat main rhy fig]
|F            |              C  C|C  D  C   D      F|   D  C D    |C    D        |
|-------------|------------------|-------15-14---13^|-10---13^-13-|10h13-x-10----|
|----13-------|------------12----|------------------|---13--------|--------------|
|--14--12-----|--12--12-12-12--10|h11---------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--12--12-12-------|---12-------------|-------------|--------------|
|--------10\--|------------------|------------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|----------12\-|

|F  C       C|C  D   C  D     F|  D   C   D          |C   D   C   D  |
|------------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------|
|------------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------|
|------------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------|
|------------|-----------------|-------10----12^-12^-|12^-12^-12^\---|
|8-10----8---|10^\p8-10^\-8----|--10-12--------------|---------------|
|------------|--------------10-|---------------------|---------------|

|                      |
|F         C           |
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|10--10-10-------------|
|--12---------10h12-10-|
|----------------------|

[interlude]         [var on main pattern]                     
|G        |G        ||                |                     ||
|---------|---------||----------------|---------------------||
|---------|---------||--7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7----5------||
|---------|---------||.-7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7----5-----.||
|---------|---------||.---------------|--------------------.||
|---------|---------||----------------|---------------------||
|---------|---------||----------------|---------------------||

|G                       |                       |F                   |
|------------------------|-------15--------------|--------------------|
|----13--12h13p12--------|-------12--------------|------------10------|
|----------------14-12---|--12h14--12------------|--9/10-10-10-10-----|
|---------------------12-|---------------10------|--------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------12-10-|--------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|

|F                                  |G                   |
|-----------------------13----13-13-|--------------------|
|10---10h11p10-10h11p10-10-10-10-10-|12h13-12h13---------|
|10---10-------10-------------------|12----12-----12\----|
|-----------------------------------|12----12-----12\----|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------|

|G                     |F           C            |
|------13--------------|--18-17------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|--14-^--^14\-12-12-12-|------------17\--12/14---|
|----------------------|------------17\--12/14---|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|

|F            C              |F   C    |F     C
|----------------------------|---------|----------------|
|--13--13---13--13-----10----|-11p10---|8h10------------|
|----12-------12-----12--12--|-10------|9h10------------|
|----------------------------|-10------|----------------|
|----------------------------|---------|----------------|
|----------------------------|---------|----------------|

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litgo@aol.com

#----------------------------------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. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

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