Are You (album)
This is the entire album of Who are you by the who. it was there last album they
made with keith moon and one of there best.
New Song
By The Who
>From Who Are You, 1978
Written by Pete Townshend ?1978 Eel Pie Publishing Ltd.
[note: synth chord names and leads are approximate]
Bm7 (7)x777x or x2423(2) F/G xxx565
E/D (10)x999x or xx0454 G xxx787
F#m7 xx4220 or 2x222(0) F/G(viii) xxx10 10 8
C/Bb 6x555x G(x) xxx12 12 10
C/A 5x555x G7 xxx10 12 10
C/Ab 4x555x Am/G(x) xxx9 10 8
C/G 3x555x G9 xxx10 10 10
C7sus4 xx5566 or x33366 E/B(iv) xx6454
F xx15 14 13 13 B(ii) x2444x
Eb xx 13 12 11 11
Bb xx 12 10 11 10
[intro]
(E A/E D6/E A/E E E6 A/E D6/E A/E)
|-----------|---------|---9----------|----------|
|---9-10--12|/-12-10--|---9-10-----12|/-12-10---|
|---9-9---11|/-11-9---|---9-9------11|/-11-9----|
|---9-11--12|/-12-11--|---9-11-----12|/-12-11---|
|-7---------|---------|-7------------|----------|
|-----------|---------|--------------|----------|
| | |
|-----------|----8----|-------------------------|
|-----------|----11^--|-------------------------|
|-----------|---------|---2^2\------2h4-2h4-2-4-|
|-----------|---------|-------------------------|
|5h7--------|---------|-------------------------|
|--0--------|---------|-------------------------|
(E A/E D6/E A/E E6 A/E D6/E)
|-----------|------------|-------|------0----|
|-----------|--7-7-7-7-7-|-9-----|------0----|
|-----------|--7-7-7-7-7-|-9-----|------4----|
|\2---------|------------|-------|----2------|
|--------2--|------------|-------|----2------|
|----3p0-0--|------------|-----0-|--0--------|
[verse]
|Bm7 E/D |F#m7
You need a new song
|E A/E |D6/E A/E
I'll set the words up so they tear right at your soul
|Bm7 E/D |F#m7
Don't take me too long
|E A/E |D6/E A/E |
But there's a danger that I'll plagiarize something old
|Bm7(vii) |A(v) |
My fingers kill me as I play my guitar 'cuz I've been
|--7----------------------|-----7-----------------------|
|0------------------------|0----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Dmaj7/A A D/A |A
chewing down at my nails.
|---------9---------|-----9-----|
|-0-----------------|---0-------|
|-------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------|
C/Bb Csus4 |C/A Csus4
My hairline ain't exactly superstar, but there's
|-12--------------------13-15|12---------13--15-----|
|----------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------|
C/Ab |C/G Csus4 |C7sus4 |C C
one trick that never fails, this never fails.
|-12-------------13-15|12-----13---15-15-|-15^-12-13-13p12------|
|---------------------|------------------|-------------|--13----|
|---------------------|------------------|-------------|----12--|
|---------------------|------------------|-------------|--------|
|---------------------|------------------|-------------|--------|
|---------------------|------------------|-------------|--------|
[chorus; arpeggiated chords]
|F Eb |Bb
I write the same old song with a few new lines
|--10h11--|
F Eb Bb
And everybody wants to cheer it
|------10---|
|--9h11-----|
F Eb Bb
I write the same old song you heard a good few times
F Eb
Admit you really wanna hear it
(F C Fsus4 F C Fsus4 C C E B Esus4 E B B)
|-13-12-13^--13-|-12-13^(13)12---|-12-11-12--12-|----------|
|---------------|-------------13-|---------12---|-12-------|
|---------------|----------------|--------------|----11----|
|---------------|----------------|--------------|----------|
|---------------|----------------|--------------|----------|
|---------------|----------------|--------------|----------|
| E (D/E) | (A/E) | E F#7 G6 | D6 E |
|(12)-(19)-|-0------|-------------|----------|
|-0--------|-0------|-------------|--------9-|
|-4--------|-4------|-9-11----12--|-14-14--9-|
|-2--------|-2------|-9-11----12--|-14-14--9-|
|-2--------|--------|-7-9-----10--|-12-12--7-|
|-0--------|--------|-------------|----------|
| E C | Dadd9/E D/E|E E E (D6) |
|-----0--|-0---0--0---0--|0--0---0--0------7~---|
|-9---8--|-10--10-10--10/|12-12--10/12-9~--7~---|
|-9---9--|-11--11-11--11/|13-13--11/13-9~--7~---|
|-9---10-|-12--12-12--12/|12-12--12/12-9~--7~---|
|-7------|---------------|----------------------|
|--------|-----------0---|----------------------|
Whenever I see you
You always treat me like I'm some kind of perfect man
Just 'cause I please you
You explain, but you don't think I can understand
| Bm(vii) |A(v) |
My head is spinning as I scrawl with my pen, 'cause I've been
|-----7---------------------|-------7---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-4/6-----------------------|4/6--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Dmaj7/A D/A|A |C/Bb Csus4|C/A Csus4 |
pouring vodka in my soul Nothing really ever changes, my friend
|---------9----------|----9-/|12--------------13-15|12----------------|
|--------------------|-------|---------------------|------------------|
|-4/6----------------|4/6----|---------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|-------|---------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|-------|---------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|-------|---------------------|------------------|
| C/Ab Csus4| C/G Csus4 C7sus4 | C C
New lamps for old, new lamps for old
|/12-12-----13-15-15^|-13-12--------|18-18-17-18-|-20-20-----|
|--------------------|------13------|------------|-----------|
|--------------------|--------12----|------------|-----------|
|--------------------|--------------|------------|-----------|
|--------------------|--------------|------------|-----------|
|--------------------|--------------|------------|-----------|
We sing the same old song, just like a vintage car
You can look, but you won't ever drive it
We drink the same old wine from a brand new jar
We get hung over but we always survive it
|(F C Fsus4 | F C Fsus4 C C | E B Esus4 | E B B) |
|-13-12-13^--|-13-12-13^(13)12---|-12-11-12---|-12----------|
|------------|----------------13-|---------12-|----12-------|
|------------|-------------------|------------|-------11----|
|------------|-------------------|------------|-------------|
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|(As2 E As2| As2 E Asus2 E E | Bs4 B Bs4 | Bs4
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