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Gonna Get Ya – guitar tab

Gonna Get Ya | guitar tab
By Pete Townshend
>From Empty Glass, 1980
Written by Pete Townshend ©1980 Eel Pie Publishing Ltd/Towser Tunes Inc. (BMI)

#----------------------------------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                    
litgo@aol.com          1999-09-25          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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Note: tape speed is slightly fast

[intro]
|A5    |   D |A5    |   D |A5    |    D |A5    |    D |

|A               D      A              D   x3
|----------|---------||----------|---------||
|----------|---------||----------|---------||
|----------|---------||----------|---------||
|7--5--7---|---------||.--5--7---|--------.||
|-------5--|7-3--5---||.------5--|7-3--5--.||
|----------|------3--||-5--------|------3--||


   |A5       G5    D     
I'm walking (Stand still)
   |A5       D   D     
Not running (Sit tight)
    |A5       G5  D       
Soft talking (I'm thrilled)
   |A5          D    D     
Not gunning (By your light)
   |A5      G5 D
Not flying (Lady)
   |A5       D    D
I'm falling (This way)
       |A5      G5 D
I'm not crying (Maybe)
   |A5              C            |D    Dsus4 D |Dsus2
I'm calling and I'm gonna get you anyway

   |E              A             |E              A             |
I'm gonna get you,   yeah...
   (gonna get you, gonna get you, gonna get you, gonna get you, 
   |E              A             |E
   (gonna get you, gonna get you, yeah)
          G5      |A5    |   G5 D|A5   |   G5 D|A5   |G5  D |A5  | G5 D|
I'm gonna get you anyway

I'm cooking (Hot me)
Not raping (Blue eyes)
I'm just looking (You got me)
Not gaping (No lies)
I'm not chasing (Lady)
I'm trailing (This way)
I'm not racing (Crazy)
I'm wailing and I'm gonna get you anyway

I'm gonna get you 
   (gonna get you, gonna get you, gonna get you, gonna get you, gonna get you, yeah)
I'm gonna get you anyway, yeah

|Esus4 |E        |Esus4   |E     |Esus4 |E        |Esus4   |E     |
 Oooh,    ooh ooh ooh             Oooh,    ooh ooh ooh

                 |Esus4              |E         
I'm gonna get you anyway (By sheer persistence)
I'm gonna get you anyway (Break down your resistance)
I'm gonna get you anyway (Babe, I'm gonna woo ya)
I'm gonna get you anyway (Girl, I'm gonna do ya)
    G            |A   B  |C  D  |E  F# |G    |
I'm gonna get you anyway,     yeah, yeah, yeah 
 
[piano solo]
|A....

||----------|---------||----------|--------|---------|---------||
||----------|---------||----------|--------|---------|---------||
||.---------|--------.||.---------|--------|---------|--------.||
||.--5--7---|--------.||.--5--7---|--------|--5--7---|--------.||
||-------5--|7-3--5---||-------5--|7-3--5--|------5--|7-3--5---||
||-5--------|------3--||-5--------|------3~|0--------|------3~-||

|Esus4 |E        |Esus4   |E     |Esus4 |E        |Esus4       |E     |
 Oooh,    ooh ooh ooh             Oooh,    ooh ooh ooh

                                                  |-5-4-5^-5-4-|5p4---|
                                                  |------------|---5--|
                                                  |------------|----4-|
                                                  |------------|------|
                                                  |------------|------|
                                                  |------------|------|

                 |Esus4    |E         
I'm gonna get you anyway 
                 (Oooh,        ooh ooh)
I'm gonna get you anyway 
I'm gonna get you anyway 
I'm gonna get you anyway 
I'm gonna get you anyway 
I'm gonna get you anyway 
|Esus4    |E         
 Girl, I'm gonna do ya, 

    G5           |A   B  |C  D  |E  F# |G    |
I'm gonna get you anyway 

Athletic (Boogey down)
Hustle (Turn back)
Feel pathetic (Sugar town)
No muscle (Soul hack)
I'm jumping (You move)
No dancer (Beside me)
I'm thumping (You prove)
Don't get no answer, but I'm gonna get you anyway

       D  Dsus4   D    D       
(anyway)
|------15^-15-14-|15-14h15p14--14---|
|----------------|-----------15--15\|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|

I'm gonna get you                 Gonna get you             
   (gonna get you, gonna get you, gonna get you, gonna get you, 
    Gonna get you, Gonna get ya,  yeah
   (gonna get you, gonna get you, yeah)
                 |A   B  |C  D  |E  F# |G    |A
I'm gonna get you anyway
                 (ahh ahh...                  ahh)

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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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