The Who

1921

The Who


Tom: C

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-------|
|-----------|