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Getting In Tune – guitar tab

Getting In Tune | guitar tab
By The Who
>From Who's Next, 1971
Written by Pete Townshend ©1971 Fabulous Music Ltd.

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previous transcription by Andy Dennis
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transcribed by                             Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com      rev 08-15-2001          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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           Electric            Acoustic (capo 1)
F         (1t)x3211            133511
Fsus4/Bb   xx3311              x13311
C7sus4     x35566              x3556x
C          x355(5)x            x3555x
Ebadd9(F)  x6x8xx             (1)x1341
G5(F)      3x5xxx             (1)55433
Ab5(F)     4x6xxx             (1)x1144
Bb         x133(3)x            x1333x
Gm7       (3)x3333 or 3tx5333  3x3333 or3tx533
Ebmaj7     xx1333              xx1333
D7sus4     xx0233              x5778x
Cii        xx5588              x3555x
F/C        xx756x              x33211
C7         xx858x              x32313
G          xx5433             (3t)x5433     
Csus2      xx35533             xx5533     
Fadd9(G)   1x3xxx              133513
A5(G)      5x7xxx              5t77655
Bb5(G)     6x8xxx              x1333x
Am7        x02010              5x5555
Fmaj7      x33210              x(3)3555
Ciii       x32010              x3555x
D          xx0232              x5777x
G/D        xx0433              x5543(3)
D7         xx0535              x5453x


[intro]
||:F           |Fsus4/Bb        :||

   |F                                                |Fsus4/Bb 
I'm singing this note 'cause it fits in well with the chords I'm playing
 |F                                              |Fsus4/Bb 
I can't pretend there's any meaning hidden in the things I'm saying
          |F             |Fsus4/Bb
But I'm in tune, right in tune
      |F                 |C7sus4    C
I'm in tune and I'm gonna tune

           |F      Eb5add9(F) Eb5add9(F)                    |
Right in on you
           |------------------------------------------------|
           |------------------------------------------------|
           |------------------------------------------------|
           |3----1-3-------3--3-----------------------------|
           |------------------------------------------------|
           |------------------------------------------------|

           |G5(F)  Ab5(F) Ab5(F)                            |
Right in on you
           |------------------------------------------------|
           |------------------------------------------------|
           |------------------------------------------------|
           |3----1-3------3---------------------------------|
           |------------------------------------------------|
           |------------------------------------------------|

           |Ab5(F) Ab5(F)     Bb Bb   |F                    |
Right in on you
           |--------------------------|---------------------|
           |-----------------1h0------|---------------------|
           |--------------1-3----1~---|---------------------|
           |3-----------3-------3--3--|--------------3-3----|
           |--------------------------|---------------------|
           |------------------------4\|1-------------1-1----|

 |F                                           |Fsus4/Bb                       
I get a little tired of having to say, "Do you come here often?"
                                              |-------------6-5-------------
                                              |----------------6------------
                                              |-----------------5------3-5-3
                                              |-----------------------------
                                              |-----------------------------
                                              |-----------------------------

          |F                                              |Fsus4/Bb            
But when I look in your eyes and see the harmonies and the heartaches soften
----------|----1------------------------------------------|-----------------1-
----------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------1--
5---------|1/3--------------------------------------------|-------------2/3---
----------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------
----------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------
----------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------

              |F               |Fsus4/Bb              |
I'm gettin' in tune,   right in tune             I'm in
--------------|----------------|----------------------|
-----1--------|[fbk]-----------|1---------------------|
------2-------|[fbk]-----------|3---------------------|
--------------|----------------|3---------------------|
--------------|----------------|----------------------|
--------------|----------------|----------------------|

|F                 |Csus4   C               |
 tune and I'm gonna tune          Right in on
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|--------5---------------|
|------------------|--------5---------------|
|------------------|--------3---------------|
|------------------|------------------------|


|F      Eb5add9(F) Eb5add9(F)                |
 you                               Right in on
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|3--3-1-3-------3--3-------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|1--1----------------------------------------|

|G5(F)  Ab5(F) Ab5(F)                            |
 you                                   Right in on
                                      (Right in on
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|3----1-3-------3--3-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|1--------------1--1-----------------------------|

|Ab5(F) Ab5(F)     Bb Bb   |F                       |
 you-ou-ou
(you-ou-ou)
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|3--------------------8----|3----3--x-x-x-x-3------/|
|----------3p1--------8----|3----3--x-x-x-x-3-------|
|1------------4/6--6--6----|1----1--x-------1-------|

|Gm7                            (F)|
    I got it all here in my head
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|5---------------5------------5--3-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

|Ebmaj7                                   |
    There's nothing more needs to be said  
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|1-----------------------1-----x-x---1----|
|-------------------------------------5\--|
|-----------------------------------------|

|Bb                                              |
    I'm just banging on my old piano
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|1--------------------------1--------x-1-1------3|
|------------------------1--------1--------------|

   |Cii                    F/C                    |
I'm gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow
   |----------------------------------------------|
   |----------------------------------------------|
   |---------------------------8~--8~-8~-------8~-|
   |-----------------------------10-----10--------|
   |-3----------3---------------------------------|
   |----------------------------------------------|

|C7                 F/C                      |
                                              
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------11^(13)~~~---(^13)11\--------|
|---10^(12)-8h9----------------------8-10----|
|10--------------------------------------10-8|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

|C7                     F/C                |
(Gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow)
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|10----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-----------8\-----------------------------|

|Cii                    F/C                              |
 Gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow
|8--------------------------8----------------------------|
|-11-8------------------------11/13-13-13-11h13--11-13-11|
|------10--8--10-----------------------------------------|
|---------------10--8--10--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

|C7                     F/C                         |
                                           And I'm a 
(Gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow)
|13^-----11^----------------------------------------|
|-----------13~-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------3-3--1---|
|-------------------------13\-----------------------|

|C                      F/C                 |
 Gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow  
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|3----------3---1-3----1-3----3-------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|C7                     F/C                 |C       F/C    |
Yeah
(Gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow)
|-------------------------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------0-1-|
|-------------------------------------------|---5-----------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------|
|3p1h3------3----------3---------3p1h3------|3--------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------|


   |G                                               |Csus2                   |
I'm singing this note cause it fits in well with the way I'm feeling
   |------------------------------------------------|-------------------3----|
   |3-----------------------------------------------|------------------3-3---|
   |------------------------------------------------|-----------------5---5-5|
   |------------------------------------------------|----------------5-----5-|
   |------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
   |------------------------------------------------|------------------------|

         |G                                          |
There's a symphony that I hear in your heart, sets my 
         |-------------------------------------------|
         |3------------------------------------------|
         |-------------------------------------------|
         |-------------------------------------------|
         |-------------------------------------------|
         |-------------------------------------------|

|Csus2                                 |G                  |Csus2     
 head a-reeling              but I'm in tune,      right in tune
|--------------------------------------|-------------------|----------
|------------x--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13|13p12--------------|----------
|--------------------------------------|-------------------|----------
|--------------------------------------|-------------------|----------
|--------------------------------------|-------------------|----------
|--------------------------------------|-------------------|----------

      |G                 |D7sus4   D                 |
I'm in tune and I'm gonna tune            Right in on
      |------------------|---------------------------|
      |------------------|---------------------------|
      |------------------|---------7\----------------|
      |------------------|---------7\----------------|
      |------------------|---------5\----------------|
      |------------------|---------------------------|

|G                F5add9(G) F5add9(G)            |
 you                                   Right in on
     (Right in on you)                            
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|5----5-------3---5----5-------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|3-----------------------------------------------|

|A5(G)            Bb5(G) Bb5(G)                 |
 you                                  Right in on
     (Right in on you)               (Right in on
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|5----5-------3---5----5------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|3----------------------------------------------|

|Bb5(G) Bb5(G)    C C   |G                        
 you-ou-ou                              Baby, with
 you-ou-ou)                                       
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------7-7--5^----|
|5---3-5----------5-----|5------------5-5--5^----|
|-----------------3-3---|5---------------------5-|
|3----------------------|3-----------------------|

|G                F5add9(G) F5add9(G)           |
 you                                   Baby, with
      (Baby, with you)                           
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|5-------------3--5---------5-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------3-5|
|-----------------------------------------------|

|A5(G)             Bb5(G) Bb5(G)              |
 you                                 Baby, with
       (Baby, with you)             (Baby, with
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------5------5------------------5|
|-----------------------------------------3h5-|
|3---------------3----------------------------|

|Bb5(G) Bb5(G)    C C   |G                        |
 you-ou-ou
 you-ou-ou)                                        
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------8-8-8-\----------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|--5---5---5------------|5------------------------|
|-5---------------3-3---|5------------------------|
|3---3---3--------------|-------------------------|

|Am7                                        |
    I got it all here in my head
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|2------------x-----------------------------|
|2------------x-------2-----------3-5-----5-|
|0------------x---0------0------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|Fmaj7                                         |
    There's nothing more needs to be said       
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|3--------------------------------------3-3--2-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

|Cii                                      |
    I'm just banging on my old piano,   I'm
|-------------------------0-----------0---|
|--------------------------------------3--|
|----------------------2/5----------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|3----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

|D7                     G/D                 |D        G/D       |
 gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow                      
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|3-----3---3---3----|
|----2-------2----2-------2----------2------|2-----2---4---4----|
|0---0-------0----0-------3p0--------3p0--0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
|----------------------------------------3--|-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|

|D7                     G/D                  |D             G/D        |
(Gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow)                      (I'm) 
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|3-----3----3------------------------3-------|3-----3-------3----3-----|
|2-----2----2------------------------2-------|2-----2-------4----4-----|
|0-----0----0------------0----0------0-----x-|0-x-x-0--x--0----0-------|
|--------------------------3-------3---------|----3--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------|

|D7                     G/D                 |D             G/D          |
(Gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow)
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------3-----------3-----------3-------|---------------------------|
|5x---------5-----------4-----------4-------|-----5~---12^\10-10-10^(11)|
|0x---x-x---0-------x-x-0----0--0---0-------|0--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------|

|D7                     G/D                           |
                                           Yeah, I'm a 
(Gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow)
|-------------------------10----10--------------------|
|----------13^\-------------13^--------------10---13--|
|--------------10^------------------------------------|
|12-----------------12--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

|D                      G/D                     
 getting in tune to the straight and narrow
|10---------------------------------------------|
|--13-10-13-------------------------------------|
|----------10^----------------------------------|
|-------------12--10---12-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

[double time]
|D                |G/D                   |
                               Yeah, I'm a
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------13-13-|x13-13(^15)-----------|
|---12^(14)~------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|

|D7                    |G/D                       |
 Gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow
|15-13-----------------|--------------------------|
|------15-13-----------|----------------------13--|
|-----------14\12-11---|--------------------14--14|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|

|D                     |G/D                          |
                                          Yeah, I'm a
(Gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow)
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|13--------------------|-----------------------------|
|----14\12--10^--------|-----------------------------|
|----------------12/12/|12---------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------x----5-3--|
|----------------------|---13\-----------------------|

|D7                    |G/D                      |
 Gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|5-------5--5----5-----|5------3-----5-3-5-------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|

|D                     |G/D                          |
                                          Yeah, I'm a
(Gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow)
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------0|-----------------------------|
|5-------5--5----5-----|5--------5---5-----5---------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|

|D7                    |G/D                       |
 Gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow, yeah
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------0-|----0-------------0-------|
|5-------5--5----5-----|5--------5---5------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|

|D                      |G/D                      |
                                            Ohhhh
 (Gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow)
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------13|------13------13---------|
|5-----------5----------|---12------12------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|

|D7                           |G/D                           |
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------13--------13----------|13-13-----13-13-----13-13-----|
|12^(14)---12^(14)---12^(14)--|---12^(14)---12^(14)---12^(14)|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|

|D                             |G/D                       |
(Gettin'  in  tune  to  the    straight and narrow)
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|13--------13------------------|--------------------------|
|12^(14)-(^14)12\-10---10-10^--|--------------------------|
|-------------------12-------12|--------12\---------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|

|D7                        |G/D                       |
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|13-12-10------------------|--------------------------|
|---------12-10^-----------|--------------------------|
|---------------12-12/12/12|12-10-12-12-~--~---~------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|

|D                     |G/D                       |
(Gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow)
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|12^~-12^^-------------|---12^^\-10---------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------8^-|
|----------------------|--------------------------|

|D7                    |G/D                  |
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----8^----------------|-----------------3-5-|
|10-----10--8-10--10-10|---------------------|

|D                     |G/D                       |
(Gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow)       
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|3^~-------------------|--------------------------|
|---------5--5----3-5--|5-5-----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|

|D7                    |G/D                      |
                                             (I'm 
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----0--------0--------|-------------------------|
|3h5--5----3h5-5-----3h|5------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|

|D                     |G/D                       |
                                        Yeah, I'm a
(Gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow)       
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------0<h12>---0-|-----------0----0---------|
|8^~-------------------|-------------3------------|
|----------------------|10\-----------------------|

|D7                    |G/D                   |
 Gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow....
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|--7-------5--3--------|
|----------------------|---------------5/7----|
|----------------------|/7------\5------------|
|8^~-----------\-------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|

|D                     |G/D                       |
...............       yeah.....
(Gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow)
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|7---------------------|--------------------------|
|------------0--0----0-|0-------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|

|D7                    |G/D                    |
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|12--12--12-12--12------|
|10^-11-----10^--------|12--12--12-12--12------|
|10^-12-----10^-12-----|12--12--12-12--12--10--|
|---------------12-----|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|

|D                     |G/D                           |
(Gettin' in tune to the straight and narrow)
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|10^--------10^--------|12--12--12---10^---10^--------|
|10^--12----10^-12-----|12--12--12------12----12------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|

|D7                    |G/D                           |
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|10^-------------------|---------13-13-13-----13/13/13|
|10^-------------------|----12^(14)------12^(14)------|
|----12-10-12----------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|

|D                         |G/D                           |
(Gettin' in tune  to  the  straight and narrow)
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|13-------13/13/13---------|------13/13/13----------------|
|--12^(14)--------(^14)12\-|12^(14)-------12^(14)-12^\-10-|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|

|D7                       
|-------------------------
|12(^13)-12-10------------
|--------------12-10~-----
|----------------------12-
|-------------------------
|-------------------------


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