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/ The Who / Tommy (1969) / Overture guitar tab

Overture (from Tommy)
By The Who
>From Tommy, 1969
Written by Pete Townshend

Previous transcription by:
Mike (sef@icbr.ufl.edu) -- original compilation on Nevada
Overture intro suggestions by:
Spencer K. Heine 
==============
transcribed by
litgo@aol.com
==============


                           Section:
Fm6/9/Ab  4x6533 or 4x3533 (intro)
C/G       3x2013
Gm        3T55333
A7        5T7765x      (Go to the mirror)
Dm        xx7765       (Go to the mirror)
Csus4     8Tx10 10 8 x (Go to the mirror) [electric: C5: x355xx]
Ciix      8Tx10 9 8 x  (Go to the mirror)
E5        022xxx and 022400
F5        133xxx
Ab7       4T665(44)      (7th implied by piano)
C#m       xx6654
Bsus4     7Tx9977
Bvii      7Tx9877 
Gsus4     3Tx5533      (Pinball wizard)
G         3Tx5433      (Pinball wizard)
Fsus4     1Tx3311      (Pinball wizard)
F         1Tx3211      (Pinball wizard)


  C      C/Bb   Am*    Fm6/9/Ab* C/G     C      G*     G     
|------|------|-0-----|-3-------|-0----|------|-3----|-3----|
|-5----|-5----|-1-----|-3-------|-1----|-1----|-3----|-3----|
|-5----|-5----|-2-----|-5-------|-0----|-0----|-0----|-0----|
|-5----|-5----|-2-----|-3-------|-2----|-2--2-|-0----|-0----|
|------|------|-0-----|---------|-3----|-3--3-|------|------|
|-8----|-6----|-------|-4-------|-3---3|----3-|-3---3|-3----|
              [*C/A    [*C/Ab(4x555x)         [*Gsus4 (3x0013)
              (5x555x)] for stage vers.]      for stage vers.]

  Ebmaj7        Bb*   Bb     Gm            Dsus4   D
|-3----|------|-3----------|-3----|-----3-|-3----|-2----|
|-3----|-3----|-3--------3-|-3----|-----3-|-3----|-3----|
|-3----|-3----|-3--------3-|-3----|-----3-|-2----|-2----|
|-5----|-5----|-3-----3--3-|-5----|-5-----|-0----|-0----|
|-6----|----6-|-5-----5----|-5----|-5-----|------|------|
|------|------|-------6---3|-3---3|-3----2|------|------|
|[acoustic; strum 16ths]
|-6----|------|-6-----6----|-3----|-3-----|-3----|-2----|
|-8----|------|-6-----6----|-3----|-3-----|-3----|-3----|
|-7----|-%----|-3-----3----|-3----|-3-----|-2----|-2----|
|------|------|------------|-5----|-5-----|-0----|-0----|
|------|------|------------|------|-------|------|------|
|------|------|------------|------|-------|------|------|
               [*Bb6 (xx5333) for stage versions]

| Gm  /  /  /  | Gm  /  /  /  |

[We're Not Gonna Take It]
||:G / / / /   C | C     G   F  C :||x4 
||[electric]     |                 ||
||---------------|-----------------||
||---------------|-----------1--1--||
||-0-0-0-0-0-----|---0---0---2--0-.||
||-0-0-0-0-0---2-|-2-2---0---3--2-.||
||-------------3-|-3---------3--3--||
||-3-3-3-3-3-----|-------3---------||
||[acoustic]     |                 ||
||-3-3-3-3-3-----|-----------------||
||-3-3-3-3-3-----|-----------------||
||.0-0-0-0-0-----|----------------.||
||.0-0-0-0-0-----|---2-2-0-2/3--2-.||
||-------------3-|-3---------------||
||-3-3-----------|-----------------||
||[horn arr for gtr]               ||
||-3-3-3-3-3-----|-----------------||-3-
||-------------1-|-1-5-5-3-5/6--5--||---
||---------------|-----------------||---
||---------------|-----------------||---
||---------------|-----------------||---
||---------------|-----------------||---

  |(G)      G   |(C/G)      C/G  |(G)      G  |C/G   |
--|---------3---|------------3---|---------3--|-3----|
--|---------0---|------------1---|---------0--|-1----|
--|-0-0-0-0-0---|--0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0--|-0----|
--|-0-0-0-0-0--0|-/2-2-2-2-2-2---|-0-0-0-0-0--|-2----|
--|-------------|----------------|------------|------|
-3|-3-3-3-3-3--3|--3-3-3-3-3-3--3|-3-3-3-3-3--|-3----|
[palm mute]       [palm mute]  [palm mute]

[Go To The Mirror]
    G     /   D    C   x4
||----3-3-3---2----3---||
||----3-3-3---3----1---||
||.---0-0-0---2----0--.||
||.---0-0-0---0----2--.||
||-----------------3---||
||--3-----3-------(3)--||

   F        /     C    Bb  x2
||---(1)(1)(1)-------------|| 
||---(1)(1)(1)---(5)--(3)--||
||.--(2)(2)(2)----5----3--.||
||.---3--3--3-----5----3--.||
||----3--3--3-----3----1---||
||-1--1--1--1--------------||

[horn arr for guitar]
(Bb)| F       C   Bb  | F  C Bb | F       C   Bb  | F C Bb|
----|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-------|
----|-------6--8-5----|---------|-------6--8-5----|-------|
--3-|-----5--------5-3|-5-5---3-|-----5--------5-3|-5----5|
----|-7-8-------------|---------|-7-8-------------|-------|
----|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-------|
----|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-------|

  A7              Dm      C   Bb                      Csus4|  |Ciix|  |
|-------------6-|-6-5---2-3-|-5--2-3-5---------------|-----|
|-----5-5-8-8---|-----------|----------3-5-6-3-5-6---|-----|
|-6-6-----------|-----------|----------------------3-|5----|
|---------------|-----------|------------------------|-----|
|---------------|-----------|------------------------|-----|
|---------------|-----------|------------------------|-----|
                                                     [elec: C5        ]

[See me, Feel me]
  Ebmaj7   Fsus4 F   Fsus4 F     G
  Ah...
|-3-------|-1----1---|-1----1---|-3----|
|-3-------|-1----1---|-1----1---|-0----|
|-3-------|-3----2---|-3----2---|-0----|
|-1-------|-3----3---|-3----3---|-0----|
|---------|----------|----------|------|
|---------|----------|----------|------|
|[acoustic]                             
|--6------|--6-------|--3-------|--3---|
|-8-------|-8--------|-1--------|-0----|
|7--------|5---------|3---------|0-----|
|---------|----------|----------|------|
|---------|----------|----------|------|
|---------|----------|---------3|------|

  Ebmaj7   Fsus4 F    Fsus4 F    
|-3-------|-1----1---|-1----1---|
|-3-------|-1----1---|-1----1---|
|-3-------|-3----2---|-3----2---|
|-1-------|-3----3---|-3----3---|
|---------|----------|----------|
|---------|----------|----------|
 
  Em                                  B7sus4            B    
|(0)--------------|-0---------------|(5)--------------|---------------|
|(0)--------------|-0---------------|(5)--------------|(4)------------|
|(0)--------------|-0---------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4--4--4-|
|(2)--------------|-2---------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4--4--4-|
|(2)------2-2-2-2-|-2-------------0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2--2--2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------|---------------|

                       x4
||:E5 E5 E5 E   B  A  :||

| Ab7   | C#m   B B| A    | Bsus4 |   | Bvii  |   |

[Listening to You]
| A  B |C   | A  B |E   | A  B | C   | G  D | Bsus4   | Bvii   |

| A  B |C   | A  B |E   | A  B | C   | G  D | B5(sus4)| B5     |

| E5 E5 E   B A | E5 E5 E   B A  | F5 F5 F   C Bb| F5 F5 F   C Bb |

|  G  /  /  /  /   C |       G   F  C  |
|--------------3-----|-----------1-----|
|--------------3-----|---1-------1--1--|
|.-0--0--0--0--0-----|---0---0---2--0-.|
|.-0--0--0--0--0-----|-2-2---0---3--2-.|
|------------------3-|-3-3-------3--3--|
|--3--3--3--3--3-----|-------3---------|
|[acoustic]          |                 |
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|.-0--0--0--0--0-----|----------------.|
|.-0--0--0--0--0-----|---2-2-0-2/3--2-.|
|------------------3-|-3---------------|
|--3--3--3--3--3-----|-----------------|
|[horn arr for gtr]                    |
|-----------14/15----|-----------------|
|------14/15---------|-----------------|
|-11/12--------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|

|  G  /  /  /  /   C |       G   F  C  |
|-----------12/13----|-----------------|
|------11/12---------|-----------------|
|-11/12--------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|

|  G  /  /  /  /   C |       G   F  C  |
|-----------11/12----|-----------------|
|------11/12---------|-----------------|
|-11/12--------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|

|  G  /  /  /  /   C |       G   F  C  |
|--------------------|-----------------|
|------11/12-14/15---|-----------------|
|-11/12--------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|

[Pinball Wizard]
|Gsus4   |G    |Gsus4  |G     

   |Gsus4   |G    |Gsus4  |G     |Fsus4 | F   |Fsus4| F   D/C|Dsus2* 
[horn arr for bass]
---|--------|-----|-------|------|------|-----|-----|--------|------
-3/|5-------|---3/|5------|----1/|3-----|---1/|3----|--------|0-----
---|--------|-----|-------|------|------|-----|-----|-------3|------
---|--------|-----|-------|------|------|-----|-----|--------|------
                                                      [*beginning of
                                                       It's A Boy]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  IT'S A BOY          by The Who

Dropped D tuning: DADGBE 

G      x20003 (outro)
Em7    020030 (outro)
A5     x02255 (outro)

[Note: leads and strumming patterns are approximate.]


  Dsus2                               D/B    D/C   
|-----0-----------0-----|-------0------------------|
|-----3-----------3-----|-------3---------3------3-|
|-----2-----------2-----|-------2---------2------2-|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----0------0-|
|-----------3-----------|-3-----------2-2----3-3---|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|

  Dsus2                               D/B    D/C   
|-----0-----------0-----|-------0------------------|
|-----3-----------3-----|-------3---------3------3-|
|-----2-----------2-----|-------2---------2------2-|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----0------0-|
|-----------3-----------|-3-----------2-2----3-3---|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|

  Dsus2                               D/C    D/B 
|-----0-----------0-----|-------0------------------|
|-----3-----------3-----|-------3---------3------3-|
|-----2-----------2-----|-------2---------2------2-|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----0------0-|
|-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-3----2-2---|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|

|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------0-0---------|
|-0-0-0-0-3/0-0-0-3/0-0-0-3/0-0-0-|-3/0-0-0-3/0-0-3/0--0--3/0--0--|
|---------5----5--5----5--5----5--|-5----5--5--5-5-------------0--|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|

[MAIN pattern]
  D  D (C)D  D  (C)D  D    Cadd9 G/B
|-2--2----2--2-|--(2)(2)------0------|
|-3--3----3--3-|---3--3-------3-(3)--|
|-2--2----2--2-|---2--2-2/2---0-(0)--|
|-0--0----0--0-|---0--0-0/0---0--0---|
|-------3------|-3----------3----2-0-|
|--------------|---------------------|
 
[VERSE]
D              (C)    D              (C)D   D     Cadd9      G/B
Captain Walker didn't come home, his unborn child will never know him.

| D D (C) D D | (C) D D Cadd9 G/B | 

D                         (C)     Dsus2   (C)   Dsus2     Cadd9   G/B
Believe him missing with a number of men. Don't expect to see him again.

| D D (C) D D |(C) Dsus2 Dsus2 (C) Dsus2 Dsus2|(C) Dsus2 Dsus2|Cadd9 |

[SOLO]
|-----|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|---0-|-3/0-0-0-----0-3\0-0-0-----0-|-3\0-0-----0-----------0-0-|
|-----|-----------------------------|-------0-----0-------------|
|-----|---------3^-----------3^-0---|--------3^---0--/5-3-0-----|
                              ^1/2            ^1/2    

|------------------------------|--------------------------0-|
|------------------------------|--------------------------3-|
|------------------------------|--------------------0-0-2-2-|
|-3\0-0-0------0-3/0-0-0-----0-|-3\0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|
|------------------------------|-----------------3----------|
|---------3^-0----------3^-0---|----------------------------|
           ^1/2          ^1/2     

|-------0---0----0-0-|--------0------0-0----0-0-|
|------7---7-----5-5-|-------7-------7-7----5---|
|-----0---0---0--0-0-|------0---0-----------0---|
|----7---7---7---5-5-|-/7--7---7-7-7------5-5---|
|----------------0-0-|--0-----------------------|
|-0------------------|--------------------------|
 
|--0-0---0---0-0---0-|-----0----0--0----0--0--0-----0--|
|--7----7----8-8--8--|---12-----12-12---10-10-10----10-|
|--0---0----0--------|---------0-----------------------|
|-7---7----9-----9---|/12----12-------10---------10-10-|
|----------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-/0-/0--0--0--0--0--0----|
|---10---------10-10---11-9-|-----11--11/11/11-11-11-11-11-11---|
|-0-12----12-12---12---0--0-|--10-10--10/10/10-10-10-10-10-10---|
|-0-------0--0----0----0--0-|-0----------------0--0--0--0-----0-|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|---------0----------0------0-0-------0-0--|
|---------0----------0--------0---------0--|
|---10-10-10---10-10-10---10--10-10-10--10-|
|-12---------12---------12----12-12-12--12-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

|-0----0--0--0----0--0-----0--0-------|
|-0----0--0--0----0--0-----0--0---0---|
|-11---11-11-11---11-11----11-11---11-|
|-----------------10-10--10------0----|
|-0----------0---------0--------------|
|-------------------------------------|

|----0-0---0-0---0-10---10-10-|----0-0---10-10---10-10--10-10-|
|---7-----7-----7------7------|---7-----7-------7-------------|
|-10----10----10-----10-------|-10----10-------9-------7------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

|----10-10---10-10---10-10--10-10-|---10-10----0-0-------------0-0-|
|---7-------7-------7-7-7---------|---7--------0-0-------------3-3-|
|-10------10------10-------9------|-7------7\5-----4\2\0---2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------------------|----------------------0-0-------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------3-----|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|-------3-----------2-|---------------0-----|-----------------------|
|---3---3-3-3-3-----3-|---3-----------2-----|-----------------------|
|---2---0-0-0-0-----2-|---2---0-------3-----|-----------------------|
|-0-0-----0-0---0-0---|-0-----0---0---0-0-0-|---3-3-3-3-3-5-5-3-3\0-|
|-------3-3-3-3-------|-----2---3---3-------|-----------------------|
|-----0---------------|---------------------|-0-3---------5---3-----|

|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------5-|-5-5--------------------|
|-2^-3-5-5^-6^-6^-5-3-3-3-|-3-3-5-5-6^-5/5/3/3-0-0-|

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-3-3-5-5-6^-6^-5-3-0-x--|

  E/D                       D                        
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--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------|
|---0---------------------|-0------------------------|

  E/D                        D                 
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-|---2-------2---2---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-|---3-------3---3---|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-|---2-------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---0-----0-----0----0-|-0-----------------|

[CHORUS]
  D                 Cadd9  G/B       Dsus2
|---2-----2-----0-|---0------0-----|-------------0/0-|-0-------------|
|-----3-----3-----|-----3----3-3---|-3-----------3/3-|-3-------3-3---|
|-------2-----2---|------------0---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/2-|-2---2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0---------------|----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0/0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-3------2-------|-0---------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-------------3^-|-0---------------|---------------|
|[horn arr for guitar]
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-7---------------|-8------3-------|-3---------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

       D   (sus2)Cadd9   G/B    Dsus2
It's a boy, Mrs. Walker, it's a boy.
     |--2---0--0|--------------|--0--0--0-|---0--0-----|
     |---3---3--|-----3-----3--|---3--3---|----3--3----|
     |----2---2-|---0--0--0----|----2--2--|-----2--2---|
     |-0--------|--------------|0---------|-0-------0--|
     |----------|3-------2-----|----------|------------|
     |----------|------------3^|----------|------------|

       D   (sus2)Cadd9   G/B    Dsus2
It's a boy, Mrs. Walker, it's a boy.
  G       Em7   A5
A son.  A son.  A son.


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The Who albums
1981 Face Dances
1978 Who Are You
1971 Who's Next
1969 Tommy
1967 The Who Sells Out
1966 A Quick One
1965 My Generation
Tommy tabs
01Overture tabbass tab
02It's A Boy tabbass tab
031921 (You Didn't Hear It) tabbass tab
04Amazing Journey tabbass tab
05Sparks (Live) tabbass tab
06Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker) tabbass tab
07Christmas tabbass tab
08Cousin Kevin tabbass tab
09The Acid Queen tabbass tab
10Do You Think It's Alright? tabbass tab
11Fiddle About tabbass tab
12Pinball Wizard tabbass tab
13There's A Doctor tabbass tab
14Go To The Mirror! tabbass tab
15Tommy Can You Hear Me? tabbass tab
16Smash The Mirror tabbass tab
17Sensation tabbass tab
18Miracle Cure tabbass tab
19Sally Simpson tabbass tab
20I'm Free tabbass tab
21Welcome tabbass tab
22Tommy's Holiday Camp tabbass tab
23We're Not Gonna Take It tabbass tab
24See Me Feel Me (Live) tabbass tab
25I Believe My Own Eyes tabbass tab

 

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