The Who

The Who - Sunrise guitar tab

Sunrise by Pete Townshend Recorded by the Who on the "The Who Sell Out" album. Transcribed by phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu 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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