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Sister Disco – guitar tab

Sister Disco | guitar tab
By The Who
>From Who Are You, 1978
Written by Pete Townshend ©1978 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                    
litgo@aol.com          1997-10-03          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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Bx7   x2313x or xx2323 or x1013x
D7/Eb xx1212
Ab7/A xx6767
G/A   x00033
D/A   x00232
A5    x02255
E5    022400
G5    3x0033

[note: outro approximate]

A5                               G/A D/A
As I walked through the hospital door
I was sewn up like a coat
I got a smile from the bite of the wind
Watched the fresh fall of snow

  G/A D/A G/A D/A
||-3---2---3---2-------||
||-3---3---3---3-------||
||-0---2---0---2-------||
||-0---0---0---0-------||
||---------------------||
||---------------------||


I knew then that my life took a turn
I felt strong and secure
And with adhesive tape over my nose
I felt almost demure

D  A5    E5     G
Goodbye, sister disco
With your flashing trash lamps
Goodbye, sister disco
And to your clubs and your tramps

G/A  D/A  G/A  D/A  G/A  D/A

D  A5    E5     G
Goodbye, sister disco
My dancing's left you behind
Goodbye, now you're solo
Black plastic deaf, dumb and blind

G/A  D/A  G/A  D/A  G/A  D/A

E       Bx7
Goodbye

                Am
Goodbye, sister disco

Fmaj7
Now I go

Dm             G             C       D7/Eb Ab7/A
I go where the music fits my soul

    E Bx7                 Am    
And I,       I will never let go

Fmaj7
I'll never let go

         Dm          Esus4       E        
Till the echo of the street fight

    Am
Has dissolved

  A  D/A E/A ||  A  D/A E/A | A    D/A E/A ||

|------------||-------------|--------------||
|-10--7---9--||--10--7---9--|-10/9--7---9--||
|-9---7---9--||--9---7---9--|-9-----7---9--||
|-11--7---9--||--11--7---9--|-11/9--7---9--||
|-0---0---0--||--0---0---0--|-0-----0---0--||
|------------||-------------|--------------||

 G/A G/A       G/A G/A
|-7---7-------|-7---7---------------|
|-8---8---7---|-8---8---7-----------|
|-7---7---7---|-7---7---7-----------|
|-9---9-------|-9---9---------------|
|-------------|---------------------|
|-------------|---------------------|


  Cm                      G7sus4      G    
  I will chase nightmares and cold stormy seas
|-8-----------------------8-----------7--------|
|-8-----------------------8-----------8--------|
|-8-----------------------10----------7--------|
|-10----------------------9-----------9--------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

  Gm                    Dsus2     D 
  I will take over your grief and disease
|-6---------------------5---------5-------|
|-8---------------------5---------7-------|
|-7---------------------7---------7-------|
|-8---------------------7---------7-------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

  Dm                       Asus4        A
  I'll stay beside you and comfort your soul

|-1------------------------0------------0----|
|-3------------------------3------------2----|
|-2------------------------2------------2----|
|-0------------------------2------------2----|
|--------------------------0------------0----|
|--------------------------------------------|

  D7/Eb                   E5               Esus4 E
  When you are lonely and broken and old
|-2---------------------|----------------|-------------|
|-1---------------------|----------------|-------------|
|-2---------------------|-4--------------|--2----1-----|
|-1---------------------|-2--------------|--2----2-----|
|-----------------------|-2----------2---|--2----2-----|
|-----------------------|-0----------0---|--0----0-----|

    A      G  D   
|---5------3--2-------|
|---5------3--3-------|
|---2------0--2-------|
|---2------0--0-------|
|---0-----------------|
|----------3*---------|
            *thumb

Now I walk with a man in my face
A woman in my hair
I've got you all looking out through my eyes
My feet are a prayer

Goodbye, sister disco
with your flashing trash lamps
Goodbye, sister disco
And to your clubs and your tramps

[outro; free time -- approximate]

|-1-1-1-1---3-3/6-7-7-7/5-5-5/7-7-7/5--3-------------|
|-0-0-0-0/3-5-5/8-8-8-8/6-6-6/8-8-8/6--3-1p0-1p0-0---|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-7-7-7/5-5-5/7-7-7/5--0---------0---|
|------------------------------------------------0---|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-3------------------------------------------------3-|

|----1----------3-3-------3-3-3-------3-3-3------------------------------|
|-/3---3-1------3-3-------3-3-3-------3-3-3---6-0x-0x-0x--1-1/3----------|
|-/4------4^/p0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0---7-0x-0x-0x--0-0---0x-0x-0x-|
|---------------------------------------------5-0x-0x-0x--0-0---0x-0x-0x-|
|-------------------0h1p0-------0h1p0------------------------------------|
|---------------3--------3-----------3-----------------------------------|

|----------------------3------------3-3-3-3-----3-3--------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-----3---1p0-5-3------3-3-3-3-----1-1-1/5-5-5/3----3---3-|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-5-4p0---3p0-5-3h4-0--0-0-0-0-----0-0-0------------0---0-|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-----0-------5-3---0--0-0-0-0-----2-2-2/5-5-5/3--0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------------------------------2------------------------|
|--------------------3-----------3--3--3----3---3----------------------|

|--------------3-------3---3----3-------------3-3----|
|-----3----------3-----2---1----0-h1p0-h1p0---3-3----|
|-----0------------0---0---0----0--0----0-----0-0----|
|-----0--0-2-3-------2---1---0--0-h2p0-h2p0-0-0-0----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-2-3------------------------3--------------3-3-3----|

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litgo@aol.com

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