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Squeeze Box – guitar tab

Squeeze Box | guitar tab
By The Who
>From The Who By Numbers, 1975
Written by Pete Townshend ©1975 Towser Tunes Inc.

#----------------------------------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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previously transcribed by Greg O'Beirne (woyf@mad.scientist.com) 
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transcribed by                             Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com      rev 1999-07-12          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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retranscribed by Artyom 2014-11-18          art98krolik@mail.ru       
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          Main:        Optional:          Optional:
          Guitar 1     Guitar 2 (capo 5)  Electric (tune: DGDGBD)
G/D       xx0033       x59787 & x59785    x(12)(12)(12)xx
Dsus4     xx0233       x57785 & x59785    000030
D         xx0232       x57775             020030
G         3(2)0003     x55787             000000
C/G       3x2013       xx5587             002010
C         x32010       875558             x02012
Csus4     x32011       8x7568             x02013

[Intro]:
 G/D   D     G/D   D
 [Guitar 1]:
|-3----2----|-3----2----|
|-3----3----|-3----3----|
|-0----2----|-0----2----|
|-0----0----|-0----0----|
|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|
|[electric]:|           | x2
|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|
|<12>-------|-----------|
|<12>-------|-----------|
|<12>-------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|

  G C/G G   C/G G   G C/G G   C/G G
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-1-3-3-3-1-3-|-3-3-1-3-3-3-1-3-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-2-0-0-0-2-0-|-0-0-2-0-0-0-2-0-|
|-x-x-3-x-x-x-3-x-|-x-x-3-x-x-x-3-x-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|                 |                 |
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-0---------------|
|-10/12-------10\7|-0---------------|
|-10/12-------10\7|-----------------|

  G C/G G   C/G G   G C/G G   C/G G
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-1-3-3-3-1-3-|-3-3-1-3-3-3-1-3-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-2-0-0-0-2-0-|-0-0-2-0-0-0-2-0-|
|-x-x-3-x-x-x-3-x-|-x-x-3-x-x-x-3-x-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|                 |                 |
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-0-----------0---|
|-----------------|-0--------0h2----|
|-10/12-------10\7|-0---------------|
|-10/12-------10\7|-----------------|


|G      C/G   G       C/G    |G        C/G G         C/G
 Mama's got a squeeze box she wears on her chest and when
|G     C/G   G       C/G  |G     C/G G   
 Daddy comes home he never gets no rest 

     C/G    |D       Dsus4 D   Dsus4 |D   Dsus4  D  Dsus4  |
'cause she's Playing all night                      and the
[electric]:
|-----------|------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------|------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------|------------------------|x--------------------|
|---------5/|7-----------------------|x------------------7\|
|---------5/|7-----------------------|x------------------7\|
|-----------|------------------------|---------------------|

|C       Csus4 C   Csus4 |C   Csus4  C         |
 Music's al----right
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|5-----------------------|-------------------5/|
|5-----------------------|-------------------5/|
|------------------------|---------------------|

|D      Dsus4 D       Dsus4|C     Csus4 C      Csus4|
 Mama's got a squeeze box,  Daddy never sleeps at 
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|7-----------------------7\|5-----------------------|
|7-----------------------7\|5---------------------5/|
|--------------------------|----------------------3/|

|G  G  C/G  G  |G  G  C/G   G    |G  G  C/G  G  |G   G   C/G   G    |
 Night                                                           (Well...)
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------------|
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------------|
|--------------|-----0-------0---|------------0-|---0----0----0-----|
|--------------|0-2--------------|------------0-|--0----0----0------|
|7-------0-2h4-|-------4/5/7---4-|-------5p3p0--|0h4--0h4--0h4--4---|
|5-------------|-----------------|5-------------|-----------------5-|

          |G    C/G   G    C/G    |G    C/G G      C/G           |
 Well, the kids don't eat and the dog can't sleep    There's no
 |G      C/G    G     C/G   |G      C/G G    
escape from the music in the whole damn street

    C/G     |D       Dsus4 D   Dsus4 |D   Dsus4  D  Dsus4  |
'cause she's Playing all night                      and the
[electric]:
|-----------|------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------|------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------|------------------------|x--------------------|
|---------5/|7-----------------------|x------------------7\|
|---------5/|7-----------------------|x------------------7\|
|-----------|------------------------|---------------------|

|C       Csus4 C   Csus4 |C   Csus4  C         |
 Music's al----right
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|<5>------------------|
|5-----------------------|<5>----------------5/|
|5-----------------------|<5>----------------5/|
|------------------------|---------------------|

|D      Dsus4 D       Dsus4|C     Csus4 C      Csus4|
 Mama's got a squeeze box,  Daddy never sleeps at 
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|7-----------------------7\|5-----------------------|
|7-----------------------7\|5---------------------5/|
|--------------------------|----------------------3/|

|G  G  C/G  G |G   G  C/G   G  |G  G  C/G  G  |G  G  C/G  G  |
 Night                                                   She goes
|-------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------|---------0------|-3^-0-3^-0--0-|----0-------0-|
|-----------0-|2h3p2-0---------|--------------|-2h3--------0-|
|7-----x--4---|-----------4----|--------------|-------4------|
|5------------|--------------5-|--------------|----------5---|

|G  C/G G   C/G|G  C/G G   C/G|G  C/G G   C/G|G  C/G G  C/G|
 in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out 'cause she's
|--------------|-5------------|--------------|-5-----------|
|--------------|-3------------|--------------|-3-----------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------5/|
|7-------------|------------5/|7-------------|-----------5/|
|5-------------|------------3/|5-------------|-------------|

|D       Dsus4 D   Dsus4 |D   Dsus4  D  Dsus4  |
 Playing all night                      and the
[electric]:
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|x--------------------|
|7-----------------------|x------------------7\|
|7-----------------------|x------------------7\|
|------------------------|---------------------|

|C       Csus4 C   Csus4 |C   Csus4  C         |
 Music's al----right
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|<5>------------------|
|5-----------------------|<5>----------------5/|
|5-----------------------|<5>----------------5/|
|------------------------|---------------------|

|D      Dsus4 D       Dsus4|C     Csus4 C      Csus4|
 Mama's got a squeeze box,  Daddy never sleeps at 
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|7-----------------------7\|5-----------------------|
|7-----------------------7\|5---------------------5/|
|--------------------------|----------------------3/|

|G    G    C/G    G   |G   G  C/G  G  |G   G  C/G   G  |G    G    C/G    G    |
 Night
|---------------------|---------------|-----0----0---0-|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------|---0----0---(0)-|-0--------------------|
|-------------------0-|---------0--4--|-(3)---3----3---|---3------0-----------|
|----0----------------|---------0--5--|----------------|-----/5-2------0---0--|
|2/4---5--2/4---5/7---|-0-------------|----------------|------------/4---4-0--|
|---------------------|---------------|----------------|-------------------5--|

        |G          |           |G         |          
She goes squeeze me, come on and squeeze me, come on and
|D                |D      |C              |C    
 Tease me like you do, I'm so in love with you
|D                        |C                    |G     |     |
 Mama's got a squeeze box, Daddy never sleeps at night

[Banjo solo]:
|G  C/G  G  C/G  |G  C/G  G  C/G  |G  C/G  G  C/G  |G  C/G  G  

C/G  |D  Dsus4  D  Dsus4  |D  Dsus4  D  Dsus4  |C  Csus4  C  Csus4  |C  Csus4  C  |
-----|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------|
-----|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------|
-----|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------|
---5/|7-------------------|------------------7\|5-------------------|-----------5/|
---5/|7-------------------|------------------7\|5-------------------|-----------5/|
-----|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------|

|D  Dsus4  D  Dsus4  |C  Csus4  C  Csus4  |
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|7-----------------7\|5-------------------|
|7-----------------7\|5-----------------5/|
|--------------------|------------------3/|

|G  C/G  G  C/G  |G  C/G  G  C/G  | 
                                She goes 
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
|0---3---0---3---|0-0-3---0---3---|
|0-------0-------|0-0-----0-------|
|0-------0-------|0-0-----0-------|
|----------------|----------------|

|G  C/G G   C/G|G  C/G G   C/G|G  C/G G   C/G|G  C/G G  C/G|
 in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out 'cause she's
|--------------|-5------------|--------------|-5-----------|
|--------------|-3------------|--------------|-3-----------|
|0-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|0-------------|--------------|--------------|-----------5/|
|0-------------|------------5/|7-------------|-----------5/|
|--------------|------------3/|5-------------|-------------|

|D       Dsus4 D   Dsus4 |D   Dsus4  D  Dsus4  |
 Playing all night                      and the
[electric]:
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|7-----------------------|-------------------7\|
|7-----------------------|-------------------7\|
|------------------------|---------------------|

|C       Csus4 C   Csus4 |C   Csus4  C         |
 Music's al----right
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|5-----------------------|-------------------5/|
|5-----------------------|-------------------5/|
|------------------------|---------------------|

|D      Dsus4 D       Dsus4|C     Csus4 C      Csus4|
 Mama's got a squeeze box,  Daddy never sleeps at 
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|7-----------------------7\|5-----------------------|
|7-----------------------7\|5---------------------5/|
|--------------------------|----------------------3/|

                 [2/4]      [4/4]
|C   G   C   G   |G G C/G |G
 [Guitar 1]:
|0---3---0---3---|3-3--3--|3-------|
|1---3---1---3---|3-3--1--|3-------|
|0---0---0---0---|0-0--0--|0-------|
|2---0---2---2---|0-0--2--|0-------|
|3---x---3---x---|x-x--x--|x-------|
|3---3---3---3---|3-3--3--|3-------|
|[electric]:     |        |        |
|----5-------5---|-----5--|5-------|
|----3-------3---|-----3--|3-------|
|----------------|--------|0-------|
|----------------|--------|0-------|
|----------------|--------|0-------|
|----------------|--------|--------|

#----------------------------------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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