The Who - I Am Secure guitar tab
I Am Secure
By Pete Townshend
>From White City, 1985
Written by Pete Townshend ©1985 Eel Pie Publishing Ltd.
previously transcribed by Kevin Winn
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transcribed by
litgo@aol.com
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Open D tuning: DADADE (use caution when tuning up B string to D)
[intro]
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||.0---------------------|2--------------------.||
||.-0-0--0-0--0-0----0-3-|-0-0--0-0--0-0----0-3.||
||----------------0-3----|---------------0-3----||
||-0----0----0-----------|0----0----0-----------||
||[elec gtr; capo 5; pattern 1] ||
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||.----------------------|---------------------.||
||.7---------------------|9--------------------.||
||-5---------------------|5---------------------||
||-7---------------------|9---------------------||
||[synth arr for gtr; enters after 8 measures] ||
||-14--9h10-12-14-9h10-12|14--9h10-12-14-9h10-12||
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||.----------------------|---------------------.||
||.----------------------|---------------------.||
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||[elec gtr; ptrn 2; enters after 30 measures]x7||
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||.----------------------|---------------------.||
||.7---------7/7/7/7---7-|9--------------------.||
||-5---------5-5-5-5---5-|5---------------------||
||-7---------7/7/7/7---7-|9\--------------------||
||[elec gtr; ptrn 1 resumes] ||
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||.7---------------------|9--------------------.||
||-5---------------------|5---------------------||
||-7---------------------|9---------------------||
[approx main pattern]
||D Dsus2/A|D Dsus2/A |D Dsus2/A|D Dsus2/A ||
||--2-2-0-----|--2-2-0------|--2-2-0-----|--2-2-0------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-------------||
|D Dsus2/A |D Dsus2/A |
My room looks out to the wide open spaces
[2/4] [4/4]
|D Dsus2/A |D |C6sus2 |C6sus2 |
My heart is touched by awakening faces
|-----0--0-|-0--0-0-0--|
|-----0--0-|-0--0-0-0--|
|---3------|-----------|
|----------|-----------|
|3---------|3--3---3---|
|----------|-----------|
I see the panic of people in motion
|C6sus2 |C6sus2 |
I can stand here, look out on an ocean
|-0-0---0--0-|-0-0-0----|
|-0-0---0--0-|-0-0-0-0--|
|------------|----------|
|----5-------|--5---5-5-|
|3-----------|3---------|
|------------|----------|
|G F6/D |G F6/D |
I am a wall awaiting a catchword
|-7-7-7--5--0|-7--7-7----5-------0---|
|------------|-----------------------|
|-5-5-5--5--0|-7--5-5----5-------0---|
|5------0----|5---------0------------|
|------------|-----------------------|
|5t----------|5t---------------------|
|G F6/D |G F6/D |
I see the city laid out like a patchwork
|D Dsus2/A |D Dsus2/A |D Dsus2/A |D Dsus2/A |
[verse 2]
Alone I am free from hatred and blindness
|C6sus2 | |
I hope that this life is frozen and timeless
|-0---0--0-|-0---0--0-|
|--0---0---|--0---0---|
|----------|----------|
|----4--5--|---4---5--|
|3---------|3---------|
|----------|----------|
My man is here, we grow old by inches
|C6sus2 ||C6sus2
||x2 |
Tomorrow I'll walk among heroes and princes
|-0---0--0-||--0---0--0--||-0---0--0-|
|--0---0--0||---0---0--0-||--0---0--0|
|----------||.--------3-.||3----3----|
|---4---5--||.---4---5--.||---5---4--|
|3---------||-3----------||----------|
|----------||------------||----------|
I feed the boys, I hear secrets whispered
I know the hearts that are battered and blistered
X2
|| D Dsus2/A ||D Dsus2/A |D
||---2-2-0-----0-||--2-2-0-0-0-0-|2---
||----------0----||--------------|----
||.--0-0-0---0--.||--0---0-0-0-0-|0---
||.-----------0-.||--------------|----
||------0--------||-----0--------|----
||-0-------------||0-------------|0---
|A5add4 |A5 E7 | D Dsus2
I am secure in this world of apartheid
--------|--0------|------------------|--------0-|0---
--------|--2------|---------0-----0--|0---0---0-|0---
-------0|--0------|5--------2-----2--|2---0---0-|0---
--------|--2--2-2-|2-2-2----2-----2--|2---0---0-|0---
------0-|0----0-0-|0-0-0-------------|--------0-|0---
--0-2x--|---------|------------------|--------0-|0---
|A5add4 | |(Db)D |
This is my cell, but it's connected to starlight
-----------|---0-----|-------------0--0---0-|----2------|
-----------|---2-----|2------------2--2---2-|----0------|
----------0|---0--0-0|0------------0--0---0-|----0------|
-----------|---2--2-2|2------------2--2---2-|----0------|
---------0-|0-----0-0|0---------------------|4---0------|
--0---2----|---------|----------------------|----0------|
[outro; repeat to fade]
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||.-0-0--0-0--0-0-------|-0-0--0-0--0-0-------.||
||-------------------0-3|------------------0-3-||
||-0----0----0----0-3---|0----0----0----0-3----||
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