You Didn't Hear It (1921)
By The Who
>From Tommy, 1969
Written by Pete Townshend
Previous transcription by:
Mike (sef@icbr.ufl.edu) -- original compilation on Nevada
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transcribed by
litgo@aol.com
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Eb/D x5888x
C/G 3x2013
G7 3x0001
Bbsus4 6Tx886x
Bb 6Tx876x
[INTRO]
| C | G/B | C/Bb| C/A | C/Ab | C/G |
|----------------------|-----|-----|-5---|------|-----|
|-5--------------------|-----|-----|-5---|-5----|-5---|
|-5--------------------|-5---|-5---|-5---|-5----|-5---|
|-5--------------------|-5---|-5---|-5---|-5----|-5---|
|----------------------|-----|-----|-----|------|-3---|
|-8--------------------|-7---|-6---|-5---|-4----|-3---|
|[piano arr for bass; from stage versions]
|-9-10-12-10-9-10-12-10|-----|-----|-----|------|-----|
|----------------------|--%--|--%--|--%--|--%---|--%--|
|----------------------|-----|-----|-----|------|-----|
|----------------------|-----|-----|-----|------|-----|
|Dsus4/F# | Gsus4 | G |
|--------------------|-3-----3--|-3-3--3---|
|--------------------|-3-----3--|-3-3--3---|
|--------------------|-5-----5--|-5-5--4---|
|-5-------5--5-------|-5-----5--|-5-5--5---|
|-5-------5--5----0--|----------|----------|
|-2-------2--2------2|-3---3-3--|-3-3--3---|
| |
|11-12-14-12-11-12-14|-12-------|----------|
|--------------------|-----5-5--|-5-5--5-5-|
|--------------------|---------5|----------|
|--------------------|----------|----------|
[VERSE pattern]
Gsus4 | G x2
--||------3-------3--|-----3-------3---||
--||----3---3---3---3|---3---3---3---3-||
--||.-5-------5------|-4-------4------.||
-5||.----------------|----------------.||
--||-----------------|-----------------||
--||-----------------|-----------------||
Gsus4 G |Gsus4 G |
Got a feeling twenty-one is gonna be a good year
Gsus4 G |Gsus4 G |
Especially if you and me see it in together.
Eb Bbsus4 Bb |Eb Bbsus4 Bb |
So you think twenty-one is gonna be a good year
Eb Bbsus4 Bb |Eb Eb Eb/D |
Could be good for me and her but you and her, no never.
Cm Cmaj/min7 Cmin7 Cmin/maj6
I had no reason to be over-optimistic but
|-8--------|-8-------------------|-8-------|-8------|
|-8--------|-8-------------------|-8-------|-8------|
|-8---/----|-8------------/------|-8-----/-|-8--/---|
|-10-------|-9-------------------|-8-------|-7------|
|----------|---------------------|---------|--------|
|----------|---------------------|---------|--------|
|[on stage Pete plays:] |
A-3--------|-2-------------------|-1-------|-0------|
Abmaj7 Bbsus4 Bb Gsus4 G
Somehow when you smile I can brave bad weather.
|8---------------|--------------------|-6------6---|3-------3-------|
|8---------------|--------------------|-6------6---|3-------3-------|
|8-------/-------|-/----------/-------|-8---/--7-/-|5-/-/-/-4---/-/-|
|6---------------|--------------------|-8------8---|5-------5-------|
|----------------|--------------------|------------|----------------|
|----------------|--------------------|-6T-----6T--|3T------3T------|
G C/G G7 C/G
What about the boy? What about the boy?
G C/G G7 G C
What about the boy he saw it all.
[CHORUS]
F D7/F#
You didn't hear it. You didn't see it. You won't say
|-1------------------|-2-------------------|
|-1------------------|-1-------------------|
|-2----/-------------|-2--/----------------|
|-3------------------|-0-------------------|
|-3------------------|---------------------|
|-1T-----------------|-2T------------------|
G E7/Ab
nothing to no one never in your life. You never
|-3---------------|-4-------------------------|
|-3---------------|-3-------------------------|
|-4----------/----|-4-------------/-----------|
|-5---------------|-0-------------------------|
|-5---------------|---------------------------|
|-3T--------------|-4T------------------------|
Am C7/Bb Bb F
heard it. How absurd it all seems without any proof
|-5-------------|(6)-----------------|
|-5-------------|-5------------------|
|-5-----/-------|-5-----------/------|
|-7-------------|-5------------------|
|-7-------------|--------------------|
|-5-------------|-6------------------|
F D7/F#
You didn't hear it. You didn't see it.
G E7/Ab
You never heard it, not a word of it.
Am C7/Bb
You won't say nothing to no one. Never tell a soul
Bb F C/G G7
What you know is the truth.
|Gsus4 G |Gsus4 G |
Got a feeling twenty-one is gonna be a good year
|---------3--------------------3----------|
|------3----3----------------3---3--------|
|---5----------5------5----4-------4----4-|
|-5---------------5------5------------5---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
Gsus4 G |Gsus4 G |
Especially if you and me see it in together.
|Eb(sus2) Bbsus4 Bb |Eb(sus2) Bbsus4 Bb |
Got a feeling twenty-one is gonna be a good year
|---------6---------------------6---------|
|-------6----6---------------6----6-------|
|---8-----------8----8-----7--------7---7-|
|-8---------------8------8------------8---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
Eb(sus2) Bbsus4 Bb |Eb Eb Eb/D |
Especially if you and me see it in together.
Cm Cmaj/min7 |Cmin7 Cmin/maj6
I had no reason to be over-optimistic
|Abmaj7 |Bbsus4 | Bb |
But somehow when you smiled I could brave bad weather
[OUTRO]
Eb Absus4/Eb Abm/Eb x4 Eb
What about the boy?
||--3----------|----4---------4---||
||--4----------|----4---------4---||
||.-3----------|----6---------4--.||
||.-5----------|----6---------6--.||
||-------------|------------------||
||-------------|------------------||
[note: for stage versions, the Eb is played at the 6th position:]
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-7/8-------|
|-7/8-------|
|-5/6-------|
|-----------|
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