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Tea & Theatre – guitar tab

Tea & Theatre | guitar tab
By The Who
>From Endless Wire, 2006
Written by Pete Townshend ©2006 Eel Pie Publishing

#----------------------------------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          2007-01-23          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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Open G Tuning: D G D G B C


G(add4)  x0000(0)
C        x02010
D7add4   00403(0)
D7add4ii 00777x

Gvii     (7)7978x
D        (7)7777x
F        x0756x
Cv       x0555x
Eb       x0536x
Bb       x0333x


[Picking pattern approximate; chord names for reference only]
        [4/4]
|       ||G                          |                            |
|-------||---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-1p0---||3------3------3------3-----|3------3------3-------1p0---|
|----2p0||-----0------0------0------0|-----0------0------0-----2p0|
|-------||---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------||--0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0-|--0-0----0-0----0-0---------|
|-------||---------------------------|----------------------------|

|G                           |                               |
                                           Will you have some 
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-3------3------3------3-----|3------3------3-------1p0------|
|------0------0------0------0|-----0------0------0-------2p0-|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0-|--0-0----0-0----0-0------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|

|G                          |G                               |
 Tea                                       At the theatre with
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-----3------3------3------|3-----3------3-------1p0--------|
|----0------0------0------0-|----0------0------0-------2p0---|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0--|-0-0----0-0----0-0--------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|

|G              C            |
  me?                         
|---------------------------0|
|3-----3------3-------1------|
|----0------0------0---------|
|----------------------------|
|-0-0----0-0----0-0-----0-0--|
|----------------------------|


|G                      |G                    C     |
               We did it all                   didn't
|-----------------------|-----0------0------0------0|
|0-------------1------1-|0------0------0------1-----|
|-----------------0-----|---0-----------------------|
|----------0h2----------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------0-0----0-0----0-0-|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|

|G                      C    |G                          |
 We?             Jumped every wall,                   in- 
|-----0------0--------0-----0|-----0------0------0------0|
|0------0-------0-------1----|0------0------0------1-----|
|-------------------------0--|---0-----------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|--0-0----0-0------0-0-----0-|---------0-0----0-0----0-0-|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|

|G                                |
stinctively             Unravelled 
|-------0------0------0--------0--|
|1/3------3------3--------6-------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|----0-0----0-0----0-0------0-0---|
|---------------------------------|

|C                          |G                           |
 Codes,                   ingeniously           Wired     
|------0-------0-----0-----0|----0------0-----0--------0-|
|-5------5-------5----8-----|8-----8------8-----8/10-----|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---0-0----0-0----0-0---0-0-|-0-0----0-0---0-0------0-0--|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|

|G                        |C                  C C |
 All the roads,         so seamlessly       We made
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-----0-------------0-0-|
|13----13----13----h15----|13~--------------x-1-1-|
|-------------------------|-----------------x-0-0-|
|-------------------------|-----------------x-2-2-|
|--0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0--|--0-0------------x-0-0-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|


|G           C|G        G     C        |G   G  G   C |G    
 It work,    ooh yeah     But one of us failed             

     F     F    |Cv    F  |Cv   F   x
That makes it so sad

  C     C    |G          C  |G   
A great dream derailed

G      Gvii|D      D /Gvii D |D D  D\
One of us gone

F      F |Cv     F  Cv  Cv |
One of us mad

|Eb     Bb/G  C           C C |G              /C C |G
 One of us,   me     All of us sad

            |G                      C           |
All of us sad                       Lean on my   
------------|------0-------0--------0--0------0-|
1p0---------|0-------0------0---------1---------|
----2p0-----|-----------------------------------|
------------|-----------------------------------|
------------|---0-0----0-0-----0-0-------0-0----|
------------|-----------------------------------|

|G                                    |
 Shoulder now            This story is 
|------0-------0-------0--------------|
|0-------0-------0--------1p0---------|
|-------------------------------2p0---|
|-------------------------------------|
|--0-0-----0-0-----0-0----------------|
|-------------------------------------|

|                                  |                                 |
 done,                 It's getting colder now             A thousand 
|------0-------0-------------------|----0-------0-------0-----------0|
|0-------0-------0------1-1-------1/3-----3-------3------------6-----|
|---------------------0------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---0-0----0-0-----0-0------0-0----|-0-0-----0-0----0-0----------0-0-|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|                           |                                |
 Songs            still smoulder now          We play them as 
|-----0-------0------------0|----0------0-----0----------0---|
|5-------5------5---5/8-----|8-----8------8-----8/10---------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--0-0-----0-0----0-0---0-0-|-0-0----0-0---0-0--------0-0----|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|

|                         |                     C  C |
 One                We're older now          All of us
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|----0----------------0--0-|
|10---/13----13----12-----|13----(13~)\--------h1-h1-|
|-------------------------|---------------------0--0-|
|-------------------------|--------------------h2-h2-|
|--0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0--|--0-0----------------0--0-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|


           |G      C C|G  G  G   C  C   |G          C  |
(All of us) sad                   All... of us free


|G  G                   F  F |Cv      Cv  Cv |
      Before we walk from the stage

                 [2/4]                [4/4]                        
|Eb     Bb/G  C  |                    |G    G         /C C |G      
 Two of us          Will you have some tea?                        


                  |G                          |
Will you have some tea                         
------------------|---------------------------|
---------1p0------|3-----3------3------3------|
--------------2p0-|----0------0------0------0-|
------------------|---------------------------|
------------------|-0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0--|
------------------|---------------------------|

|                                   |
                 At the theatre with 
|-----------------------------------|
|3------3------3---------1p0--------|
|-----0------0-------0--------2p0---|
|-----------------------------------|
|--0-0----0-0-----0-----------------|
|-----------------------------------|


|                           |                           |
 Me?                                                     
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|3-----3------3------3------|3-----3------3------1p0----|
|----0------0------0------0-|----0------0------0-----2p0|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0--|-0-0----0-0----0-0---------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|

|                           |                           |
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|3~----3------3------3------|3-----3------3------1p0----|
|----0------0------0------0-|----0------0------0-----2p0|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0--|-0-0----0-0----0-0---------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|

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

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litgo@aol.com

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