The Who - Somebody Saved Me guitar tab

Somebody Saved Me By Pete Townshend >From all the best cowboys have Chinese Eyes, 1982 Written by Pete Townshend ©1982 Towser Tunes Inc./Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. ============== transcribed by litgo@aol.com ============== G6 (3)x0030 Cadd9 x3x030 Bm/A x09777 and x04432 G6/A x05430 and x09780 A6 x07675 Am7/G 3x2010 G 3x0033 G6/F# 2x0030 Em7 020030 D/A x04230 [bridge] A x0 11 9 10 9 Aaad9 x0 11 9 12 9 E/A x0999x Gmaj7 xx5777 Gmaj9 xx5775 [outro] A(v) x07655 E/A(iv) x06454 E/A(iv)(no 3rd) x06450 G(iii) x05433 D/A x04232 D/A(no3rd) x04230 Bm/D xx0432 [intro] ||:G6 | :|| ||----0----|---0-----|| ||---3-3---|--3-3----|| ||.-0---0-0|-0---0-0.|| ||.0-----0-|0-----0-.|| ||---------|---------|| ||---------|---------|| G6 I stood at the door beside her Cadd9 But she wouldn't let me pass G6 I was such a bore and I lied to her Cadd9 I said I didn't really want her ass Bm(F#) Em I went away in the mud and rain Bm(F#) Em The gang became snide and laughed Am Am7/G I was slayed, but I smiled and the pain Fmaj7 (E F) Began to subside at last Bm D(A) And when I got back to my hotel Bm D(A) I wondered if the thunder meant I'd landed in hell G G6/F#m And on the forecourt I slipped and fell Em7 G6/F#m I cracked my stupid head and I heard a bell Esus4 E7 E I thought, hey A6 G6 D/A Somebody saved me, it happened again A6 G6 D/A Somebody saved me, I thank you my friend A6 E/A G6/A Bm/A Somebody saved me, from a fate worse than heaven G6 (harm: g5 g7) 'Cause if I'd had her for just an hour Esus4 E I'd have wanted her forever G6/A Somebody saved me You would have thought that I'd have learned Twenty years ago or more A beautiful girl raised her mouth and yearned But I didn't know what lips were for I ran away in the mud and rain The weather here is never too bright She'd had an affray with her man and came For solace and the means to fight She finally bored with seducing me And took up with some geezer from the Ealing scene It nearly killed him like it would've killed me When her original man snapped his fingers and she obeyed, she obeyed [repeat chorus] [bridge] A Aadd9 E/A I don't know about guardian angels A Aadd9 E/A All I know about's staying alive Gmaj7 Gmaj9 I can't shout about spritual labels Gmaj7 Gmaj9 When little ones die and big ones thrive E E6.... All I know is that I've been making it And there've been times that I didn't deserve to Every show there's been more faking it But right at the point of no return Somebody saves me, again and again Somebody saves me, I thank you my friend Somebody saves me, from a fate worse than heaven 'Cause if I blew it for a single moment I'd blow it forever But somebody saves me I took up the connection once Made me feel quite aloof I never could queue to collect my lunch While I was pursuing the truth So I left my folks in the mud and rain It always rains in Sunnyside Road I lived hippy jokes, getting stoned insane 'Til the rain looked just like snow But there was a soul in whom I could depend He worked himself crazy while I laid in bed I never leaned on a person like I leaned right then And when I finally woke up clean My friend was dead, stone dead Somebody saved me, it happened again Somebody saved me, I thank you my friend Somebody saved me, I ain't ready for heaven 'Cause if I'd seen you for a second I'd have wanted to see you forever Somebody saved me ||: A(v) E(iv) E(iv) E(iv no3rd) | G(iii) D/A D/A D/A(no3rd) :|| Bm/D Somebody saved me ============= litgo@aol.com