Who - The Song Is Over guitar tab
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The Song Is Over
By The Who
From Who's Next, 1971
Written by Pete Townshend
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transcribed by
litgo@aol.com
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Capo on 3 (to play piano chords)
[Note: on record for chord progressions, guitar plays leads, roots but few
chords; most progressions are piano only. Chords below with '*' are guitar
chords, rest are piano. Leads are approximate.]
[verses] [break]
Ebmaj7/F xx3786 C/G 33555x
Bbmaj9 x33365 or xx8565 F/G 335565
Cm7/G xx5343 A only* 5x7xxx and 577xxx
F xx3565 D/A 55777x
[chorus] G/A 555433
F only* 1x3xxx G/D* x55433
F6 xx3765 C/D* x55588
G only* 3x5xxx Cmaj7/D x55587
Fmaj7/G (33)5555 [bridge]
Dm7/G 355565 E* x7999x
G6 355453 D/E* x777 10 10
F/C* x37565 Dmaj7/E x777 10 9
Bb/C* x33366 (or C7sus4) D/C* x55588
Bmaj7/C x33365 Cadd9/D x55788
Db only* x4xxxx [last verse]
Gb/Db x4467x Fsus4 x33566
Cb/Db x44477 [outro]
Db6 x4866x G/C x35433
Eb only* x6xxxx Fadd9/C x33563
Ab/Eb x6689x C5* x355xx
Db/Eb x66699
[intro, verse pattern]
||: Ebmaj7/F Bbmaj9 | Cm7/G F :||
[guitar fills]
Ebma.. Ebma.. Ebma.. Ebma..
|---|---6-5-------|---------|--|-------|-6-5/6/5-|----------|----|
|-6-|------6------|---------|--|-------|--------6|----------|----|
|---|-------5/7/5-|-5-3-----|--|-------|---------|-5\\-3-5-5-|----|
|-3-|-------------|-----3---|--|--3-3--|---------|-------3--|-3--|
|---|-------------|---------|--|-------|---------|----------|----|
|---|-------------|---------|--|-1-----|---------|----------|----|
The song is over
It's all behind me
I shoulda known it
She tried to find me
Ebma.. Ebma..
|-------|--|-------------------|----------|
|-------|--|-------------------|----------|
|-------|--|-------------------|----------|
|-3-----|--|-3/5-3-------------|-3--------|
|-------|--|-------5---3-------|----------|
|-------|--|-------------5--3--|-1--------|
Our love is over
They're all ahead now
I've got to learn it
I'm gonna sing out
[guitar: F only]
Ebmaj7/F F Cm7/F F F6
I'll sing my song to the wide open spaces
I'll sing my heart out to the infinite sea
[guitar: G only]
Fmaj7/G G Dm7/G G G6
I'll sing my visions to the sky-high mountains
F/C C Bb/C Bb/C Bbmaj7/C
I'll sing my song to the free To the free
|-6----5----|----------|
|--6----6---|--5-------|
|---3----3--|-3-3------|
|-----------|----3-----|
|-----------|---------4|
|-----------|----------|
[guitar: Db only]
Gb/Db Db Cb/Db Db Db6
I'll sing my song to the wide open spaces
I'll sing my heart out to the infinite sea
[guitar: Eb only]
Ab/Eb Eb Db/Eb Eb
I'll sing my visions to the sky-high mountains
F/C C Bbmaj7/C Bbmaj7/C Bbmaj7/C
I'll sing my song to the free To the free
|-6--5------|------------------|----------6-|--|
|-----6-5---|------------------|----------6-|--|
|-----------|-5^--3/5-3--------|---3------3-|--|
|-----------|------------------|---3------3-|--|
|--------3--|----------3-3-----|-3-3---3--3-|--|
|-----------|------------------|------------|--|
[break: solo below; ryhthm guitar G only]
| C/G G F/G G
|-------------------------|--------------15-----------|
|-13/15-13/15-13/15-13/15-|-13/15-13/15-15--13/15-----|
|-------------------------|-----------------------15^-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
C/G G F/G G
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-12-12-12-12\\------3-3/3---|-3-----------------3---|
|-----------------5---------|---5-5--5-------3/5----|
|---------------------------|--------------------3^-|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
[rhyth guitar: A only ]
D/A A G/A A G/D D C/D Cmaj7/D
|-----5---5-|--------------------|--------|-8----|---|-7------|---|
|-----5-----|--------------------|--------|-8----|---|--8-----|---|
|-----2-4^--|\\4-2-2---------2----|--------|-5----|---|---5----|---|
|-----2-----|----4--4/2-----2----|-5--5/7-|-5----|---|------5-|---|
|-0---------|----------3^-0---3^-|-5------|-5----|---|--------|---|
|-----------|--------------------|--------|------|---|--------|---|
[bridge]
E D/E Dmaj7/E
When I walked in through the door
E D/E Dmaj7/E
Thought it was me I was looking for
D D/C Cadd9/D
She was the first song I ever sang
Bbmaj7/C C C C
But it stopped as soon as it began
[repeat intro]
Our love is over
It's all behind me
They're all ahead now
Can't hope to find to me
[repeat chorus]
I'll sing my song to the wide open spaces
I'll sing my heart out to the infinite sea
I'll sing my visions to the sky-high mountains
F/C C Bbmaj7/C Bbmaj7/C Bbmaj7/C
I'll sing my song to the free To the free
|-6------6|-6-------|-6--5-----|--------------|
|-6-------|--6------|--6-------|--------------|
|-3-------|---------|---3---5^\\|3-5--3--------|
|-3-------|---------|----------|------5/3/5---|
|-3-------|---------|----------|-------------4|
|---------|---------|----------|--------------|
I'll sing my song to the wide open spaces
I'll sing my heart out to the infinite sea
I'll sing my visions to the sky-high mountains
F/C C Bbmaj7/C Bbmaj7/C Bbmaj7/C
I'll sing my song to the free To the free
|-6----5--|------------|-----------|----------|
|--6----6-|-6--5-------|-----------|----------|
|---3----3|--3---------|-----------|----------|
|----3----|---3--------|-3---------|----------|
|---------|------------|-3--3--3---|-3--------|
|---------|------------|-----------|----------|
[second break]
[guitar: G only; A only]
||: C/G G | F/G G :||: D/A A | G/A A :||
| G/D D | C/D | Cmaj7/D |
|-------|-8----|8--------|
|-------|-8----|-8-------|
|-------|-5----|--5------|
|-------|-5----|---5-----|
|-5---5-|-5----|----5----|
|-------|------|---------|
[rake down]
| F/C C | Bb/C | Bbmaj7/C | Bbmaj7/C | Bbmaj7/C |
|---------|-6-------|-5------5--|-3--------|-----------|
|-6----5--|-6-------|--6---6----|--6-------|-5---------|
|-5----5--|-3-----3-|---3---3---|---3------|---------3-|
|-7----5--|-3-------|-----------|----------|-----------|
|---------|-3-------|-----------|----------|-----------|
|---------|---------|-----------|----------|-----------|
[repeat intro]
The song is over
I'm left with only tears
I must remember
Ebmaj7/F Bbmaj9 Cm7/G Fsus4
Even if it takes a million years
[outro; guitar: C5]
C G/C Fadd9/C G/C
The song is over
The song is over
Excepting one note, pure and easy
Playing so free like a breath rippling by
[guitar: C5] x6
||: C G/C | Fadd9/C G/C :|| C
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