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Can You Really Dance? – guitar tab

Can You Really Dance? | guitar tab
By Pete Townshend, 1988
>From Scoop 3, 2001
Written by Pete Townshend ©2001 Eel Pie Publishing 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. #
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transcribed by                            Whotabs                    hw
litgo@aol.com           2002-01-13        www.thewho.net/whotabs     ow
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                                                                     a.
Note: tablature represents keyboard and sax figures.                 bt
                                                                     sh
Capo on 3                                                             e
                                                                      w
|Eb5  Eb     Eb5 Eb Eb5 Eb|Eb5  Db  |                                 h
|6----3------6----3-6--3--|6-3------|                                 o
|4----4------4----4-4--4--|4-4--6---|                                 .
|-------------------------|-----6---|                                 n
|-------------------------|---------|                                 e
|-------------------------|---------|                                 t
|-------------------------|---------|

|Csus4   |      |

[main pattern; with sax]
|Cm       |         |Abmaj7   |     Bb  |Cm       |Cm       |
|11-10-8--|11-10-8--|11-10-8--|11-10-8--|---------|---------|
|--8--8---|--8--8---|--8--8---|--8--8---|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|

[verse pattern; double time]
||:Cm        |         |Cm        |         |Ab Ab6add2|Ab Ab6add2|
||-----------|---------|----------|---------|----------|----------|
||-4---------|4--------|4---------|4--------|4---4-----|4---4-----|
||.5-----5-5-|5-----5-5|5-----5-5-|5-----5-5|5---3-----|5---3-----|
||.5-----6-5-|5-----6-5|5-----6-5-|5-----6-5|6---3-----|6---3-----|
||-3-3-3-6-5-|3-3-3-6-5|3-3-3-6-5-|3-3-3-6-5|6---6-----|6---6-----|
||-----------|---------|----------|---------|----------|----------|

|Cm        |         |Ab   Bb   |Ab   Bb :||

[verse]
|Cm              |            |
    Walk into the real world
|Cm              |            |
    Step into the steel world

[repeat main pattern]
|Cm   |    |Abmaj7 |    Bb                |Cm      |Cm      |
                        Step into the real world...

[repeat verse pattern]

[repeat verse]
|Cm              |            |
    Walk into the real world
|Cm              |            |
    Step into the steel world

[repeat main pattern]
                   [2/4]
|Cm   |    |Abmaj7 |   |

[4/4]
||:Db    Fm Eb                |Db    Fm Eb    :||
                Can you really dance?    
||----------------------------|----------------||
||----------------------------|----------------||
||.---------------------------|---------------.||
||.------3--------------------|------3--------.||
||-----3----6-----------------|----3----6------||
||*4--6-----------------------|4--6------------||

|Db    Fm Eb               |Db    Fm Eb
            Will you take a chance      

|Eb      Ab               |Eb             Db              |
            Can you really, can you really, can you really
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----5-8-6---------------6|-------------------------------|
|6--8---------------------|6------------6-4---------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|

                                                  [2/4]
|F      Bb               |F           Bb  Eb      |     |
 Dance...  Can you really, can you really dance?
|------------------------|------------------------|-----|
|------------------------|------------------------|-----|
|-----5-3----------------|------------------------|-----|
|3-5-7-------------------|3--5--7-----------------|-----|
|------------------------|------------3---6-------|-----|
|------------------------|------------------------|-----|

[4/4]
|Eb5  Eb     Eb5 Eb Eb5 Eb|Eb5  Db  |
 Real world, step into the real world
|6----3------6----3-6--3--|6-3------|
|4----4------4----4-4--4--|4-4--6---|
|-------------------------|-----6---|
|-------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------|---------|

[repeat main pattern; repeat verse pattern; repeat verse]
|Cm              |            |
    Walk into the real world
|Cm              |            |Cm        |Cm
    Step into the steel world

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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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