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So Sad About Us (demo) – guitar tab

So Sad About Us (demo) | guitar tab
(a collectors item, with traffic noises in the back)
By Pete Townshend, 1966
>From Scoop, 1983
Written by Pete Townshend ©1966 TRO-Essex Music, Inc.

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transcribed by Dave O'Hara
ankris@best.com

Added 1997              Whotabs                    www.thewho.net/whotabs/


The Chords (finger placement)

[in open position]

C Am F(1xxx1x) Dm

[barred]

F (1st fret) G (3rd fret)

[most of the melody notes are hammer-ons] 

[fingerstyle in intro:bass notes played with thumb, melodies with index]
[verse:basic Dylan fingerstyle of thumb and index]

C
------------------------------
---1---0---3---1---0---1------
------------------------------
------------------------------
-3---3---3---3---3---3--------

Am
---------------------------------
---1---0---3---1---0---1---------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
-0---0---0---0---0---0-----------

F (bass note=1xxxxx, melody is the same)

G
---1---0---3---1---0---1---------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
-3---3---3---3---3---3-----------

Verse:
C Am 
C from intro
C Am
C from intro
Am [2 bars,"sad when the news..."]
D  [2 bars]
Barre F
Barre G

Intro

That's basically it. Pete changes the fingerstyle in the verse at
various times so I just stick with a (basic Dylan-esque...

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

...type style.

Cheers,
Dave O'Hara
ankris@best.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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