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Call Me Lightning – guitar crd

Call Me Lightning | guitar crd
By The Who
>From Magic Bus, 1968
Written by Pete Townshend, 1964; ©1968 Fabulous Music Ltd.

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transcribed by                             Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com          1999-05-19          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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Capo on 1

Bb/Ab     4x333x
C/Bb      x1555x

[intro]

||:F   F   F   F|Bb      :||
  (Dum dum dum durang)

|F   F    F    F    |Bb                  |F   F   F   F |Bb Bb Bb Bb |
 See that girl who's smiling so brightly (dum dum dum durang)
Well, I reckon she's cool and I reckon rightly (dum dum dum durang)
She's good looking and I ain't frightened (dum dum dum durang)
          |F    F   F   F   |Bb   Bb Bb   Bb   |F   F   F   Bb/Ab|F  |
 I'm gonna show you why they call me lightning (dum dum dum dur---ang)

                               3
||:F   F   F   F |Bb Bb Bb Bb :||F   F   F   Bb/Ab|F        |
  (Dum dum dum durang)          (dum dum dum dur---ang)

Hey, little girl who's dancing so lightly (dum dum dum durang)
My XKE is shining so brightly (dum dum dum durang)
The noose around us is slowly tightening (dum dum dum durang)
I'm gonna show you why they call me lightning (dum dum dum durang)

Dum dum dum durang...

[interlude]

|Bb F |     |Bb F |    |Bb F |    |Bb F |    |

                           3
||:G   G   G   G |C C C C :||G   G   G   C/Bb|G        |
  (Dum dum dum durang)      (Dum dum dum dur--ang)      

|G    G      G    G    |C       C  C    C  |G   G   G   G |C C C C |
 Hey, little girl who's dancing so lightly (dum dum dum durang)
My XKE is shining so brightly (dum dum dum durang)
The noose around us is slowly tightening (dum dum dum durang)
I'm gonna show you why they call me lightning (dum dum dum durang)

||:A   A   A   A |D  D  D  D  :||
  (Dum dum dum durang)

You can't catch me
I'm as fast as can be
Call me lightning
I'm as fast as can be
No, you can't catch me
No, you can't catch me

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litgo@aol.com

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