The Who

1921

The Who

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1921

Written by Pete Townshend

Key:  C More
1921 Key GG
1921 Key G#G#
1921 Key AA
1921 Key A#A#(one step down)
1921 Key BB(half step down)
1921 Key CC(original key)
1921 Key C#C#(half step up)
1921 Key DD(one step up)
1921 Key D#D#
1921 Key EE
1921 Key FF
1921 Key F#F#
	  		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        Cmmaj7              Cm7      Cmmaj7/6 
    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.  
 
|Ebsus2                 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         Cmmaj7              |Cm7         Cm6+    
  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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