Sunrise – guitar tab
Sunrise | guitar tab
By The Who
>From The Who Sell Out, 1967
Written by Pete Townshend ©1967 Fabulous Music Inc./Towser Tunes Ltd
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Transcribed by phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu
Added 1997-08-10 Whotabs www.thewho.net/whotabs/
Chords used:
F XXX037
Bbm/F XXX048
Dm/F XXX057
F7sus4 XXX068
Fmaj7 XXX077
Bb/F XXX088
C XX0775
Bb/C XX0553
G 5X765X
Gmaj7 5X665X
Gmin7 5X5555
Cmaj7 X5767X
Cmin7 X5X565
Cmin6 X5X465
G6 5X465X
B11 4X442X
B7b5 3X342X
Emaj7 2X332X
C#11 6X664X
C#7b5 5X564X
F#maj7 4X554X
D11 7X775X
D7b5 6X665X
The jazz chords used in the middle section are derived from the
following shapes:
G Gmaj7 Gmin7 G6
------ ------ ------ ------
------ ------ ------ ------
------ ------ ------ ------
------ ------ ------ --4---
5---5- 5---5- 5-5555 5---5-
---6-- --66-- ------ ---6--
--7--- ------ ------ ------
------ ------ ------ ------
Cmaj7 Cmin7 Cmin6
------ ------ ------
------ ------ ------
------ ------ ------
------ ------ ---4--
-5---- -5-5-5 -5---5
---6-- ----6- ----6-
--7-7- ------ ------
------ ------ ------
B11 B7b5
------ ------
----2- ----2-
------ 3-3---
4-44-- ---4--
------ ------
------ ------
------ ------
The guitar is tuned down one whole step.
Intro (eighth notes)
F Bbm/F Dm/F F7sus4
D|--7-----7---------|--8-----8---------|--7-----7---------|--8-----8---------|
A|--3-----3---------|--4-----4---------|--5-----5---------|--6-----6---------|
F|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
C|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Fmaj7 Bb(no 3rd)/F Fmaj7 F7sus4
D|--7-----7---------|--8-----8---------|--7-----7---------|--8-----8---------|
A|--7-----7---------|--8-----8---------|--7-----7---------|--6-----6---------|
F|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
C|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Dm Bbm/F
-|--7-----7---------|--8-----8---------|
-|--5-----5---------|--4-----4---------|
-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
-|------------------|------------------|
-|------------------|------------------|
-|------------------|------------------|
F Bbm/F C
You take away the breath I was keeping for sunrise
F Bbm/F C
You appear and the morning looks good in my eyes
Bb/C C
And then again I'll turn down love
Bb/C C
Having seen you again
Bb/C C
Once more you'll disappear
Bb/C C
My morning put to shame
G Gmaj7 Gmin7 Cmaj7 Cmin7 Cmin6
You take away the breath I was keeping for sunrise
G Gmaj7 Gmin7 Cmaj7 Cmin7 Cmin6
You appear and the morning looks good in my eyes
Gmaj7 G6 B11 B7b5 Emaj7 B11 C#11 C#7b5
And then again I'll turn down love having seen you again
F#maj7 C#11 C#7b5 D11 D7b5
Once more you'll disappear my morning put to shame
Interlude (triplets)
-|------------0-----------0-|------------0-----------0-|------------0-----------0-|
-|------5---5-------5---5---|------5---5-------5---5---|------4---4-------4---4---|
-|----7---7-------7---7-----|----7---7-------7---7-----|----6---6-------6---6-----|
-|--7-----------7-----------|--6-----------6-----------|--6-----------6-----------|
-|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
-|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
-|------------0-----------0-|------------0-----------0-|------------0-----------0-|
-|------5---5-------5---5---|------4---4-------4---4---|------4---4-------4---4---|
-|----7---7-------7---7-----|----6---6-------6---6-----|----6---6-------6---6-----|
-|--6-----------6-----------|--6-----------6-----------|--5-----------5-----------|
-|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
-|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
-|------------0-----------0-|------------0-----------0-|
-|------8---8-------8---8---|------7---7-------7---7---|
-|----5---5-------5---5-----|----5---5-------5---5-----|
-|--0-----------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------|
-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
F Bbmin/F C
Sometimes I feel that this will go on my life through
F Bbmin/F C
Each day I spend is an echoing vision of you
Bb/C C
And then again I'll turn down love
Bb/C C
Remembering your smile
Bb/C C
My every day is spent
Bb/C C
thinking of you all the while
Bb/C C
Times I've let myself down
Bb/C C
My head's spinning round
F C11 C7b5 Fmaj7
My eyes see on ly you
E11 E7b5
The chances I've lost
Amin7 Amin6 C11 C9
Opportunities tossed away and into the blue
F Bbm/F C
You take away the breath I was keeping for sunrise
F Bbm/F C
You appear and the morning looks drab in my eyes
Bb/C C
And then again I'll turn down love
Bb/C C
Having seen you again
Bb/C C
And then again you'll disappear
Bb/C C
My morning put to shame
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