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Fake It – guitar tab

Fake It | guitar tab
By Pete Townshend
>From Psychoderelict, 1993
Written by Pete Townshend, Jon Astley, Billy Nicholls and Jon Lind
©1993 Towser Tunes Inc./EMI Virgin Songs, Inc./Big Mystique Music/
      A-Sharp Publishing Co. Ltd., Twickenham Tunes Ltd.

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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          2000-08-14          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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A5      xxx255
D/F#    xx4232
F#m     xx4222
D       xx0232
G       3x0033
Bm/A    xx16 16 15
A       xx14 14 14

Note: everything in () is implied tonality; e.g., the guitar stays on A5 throughout verses)

[main gtr pattern A5]
||-----5--5--||
||---5--5--5-||
||.2--------.||
||.---------.||
||-----------||
||-----------||

[bass intro pattern (chords are implied tonality; guitar maintains A5)]
   |(A/E F#m/C#|D     Bm |F#m  A/C#  |D     Bm)|
---|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|
---|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|
-7-|7h9-7---7--|5---4-2-4|---2-4-7---|5---4-2-4|
---|------9----|---------|2----------|---------|

 A5
(A/E    F#m/C#    D       Bm
 You can fake it, hold my hand

                D/F#
F#m    A/C#     D/F#)
If you fake it, I will understand

A5 
(A/E                F#m/C#   D               Bm )
 I don't care if you fake it, I don't give a damn
(F#m                   A/C      D         Bm)
   I don't care if you fake it, don't you understand?

(F#m                     A/C#       D                   Bm
   You might laugh at me later, but why not smile at me now
A/E                     F#m/C#   D                     Bm)     
 Don't ever feel like a traitor, you're not letting me down

D               (Cadd9)        
Fake it, fake it, I can take it
G                            G5    B5 C5 A5
Love's just an end, it's the means we feel
                            |----------------|
                            |----------------|
                            |------4--5--2---|
                            |5---------------|
                            |------2--3--0---|
                            |3---------------|
D               (Cadd9)        
Fake it, fake it, I can make it
G                          G5   B5 C5 A5
 Why not pretend that your love is real
D      (Bm)  G
Why not fake it?

I'm going to ask you to act it, don't let me see if you're bored
If you use the right tactic, you will hear me applaud

I don't mind what you're thinking, I'll just guess what you feel
Don't regret you've been drinking to make your pleasure look real

[repeat chorus]
Fake it, fake it, I can take it 
I don't believe in eternity
Fake it, fake it, help me make it 
I've taken leave of all dignity
Why not fake it?

[bridge]
F                                    
 I am prepared to put up with this because I love you so much and 
                Eb                                                 
I know that you probably don't love me in the same way
           Bb
But if you care for me at all then take me in your arms

F              C
 Fabricate the way you feel
G                            D 
 I'll just pretend that it's all for real
D             E
Fake it anyway, yeah


[scat solo]
|A5         |         |          |        |
|(A/E F#m/C#|D     Bm |F#m  A/C# |D    Bm)|

|A5         |         |Bm/A A  Bm/A A|Bm/A A A Bm/A A Bm/A|
|(A/E F#m/C#|D     Bm |F#m      A/C# |D      Bm          )|

E               (Dadd9)
Fake it, fake it, I can take it 
A                     A5     C#5 D5 B5
  I don't believe in eternity
E               (Dadd9)
Fake it, fake it, help me make it 
A                         A5 C#5 D5 B5
  I've taken leave of all dignity
E               (Dadd9)
Fake it, fake it, I can take it
A                               A5    C#5 D5 B5
   Love's just an end, it's the means we feel
E               (Dadd9)
Fake it, fake it, I can make it
A                           A5  C#5 D5 B5
  Why not pretend that your love is real
E            A5  F#m  (A5 intro pattern)
Why not fake it? Yeah

Why not pretend that your love is real

 A5
(A/E    F#m/C#    D       Bm
 You can fake it, hold my hand

                            F#m
F#m    A/C#     D           F#m)
If you fake it, I will understand

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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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