Year: 1973 - Album: Quadrophenia
Written by Townshend
{intro}
{synth}
|Eb Cm|Db/Eb Ab/Eb|Eb Ab/Eb|Db/Eb |
{electric}
//|Eb5 | | | / /|
------|---------|-------------|--------------|----6/6|
---4/4|---------|(5)----------|(5)-----------|----4/4|
---3/3|3--------|(3)----------|(3)-----------|----3/3|
---1/1|1--------|(1)----------|(1)-----------|----1/1|
---1/1|1--------|(1)----------|(1)-----------|----1/1|
---1/1|1--------|(1)*---------|(1)*----------|----1/1|
* = feedback
{synth}
|Eb Cm|Db/Eb Ab/Eb|Eb Ab/Eb|Db/Eb |
|Eb5 | | | |
|---------|-------------|--------------|-------|
|---------|(5)----------|(5)-----------|-------|
|3--------|(3)----------|(3)-----------|-------|
|1--------|(1)----------|(1)-----------|-------|
|1--------|(1)----------|(1)-----------|-------|
|1--------|(1)*---------|(1)*----------|-------|
{verse; acoustic in; electric out}
{synth}
||Eb Ab/Eb |Db/Eb Ab/C|
|| | |
A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the
||{acoustic} |
||3-----3-----------4---4-|1----1-------1----4--|
||4-----4-----------4---4-|2----2-------2----1--|
||3-----3-----------1---1-|1----1-------1----1--|
||1-----1-----------1---1-|3----3-------3----1--|
||------------------------|4----4-------4---(3)-|
||------------------4---4-|------------------4--|
{synth} |
|Eb Ab/Eb |Db/Eb Ab/Eb|
Only soul in the world that's real
{acoustic} |
|3-----3----4---1|1----1-----------1-4-|
|4-----4----4---2|2----2-----------2-1-|
|3-----3----1---1|1----1-----------1-1-|
|1-----1----1---3|3----3-----------3-1-|
|---------------4|4----4-----------4-x-|
|----------------|-------------------4-|
|Eb Ab/Eb|Db/Eb Ab/Eb|Eb Ab/Eb|Db/Eb Ab/C ||
{acoustic} ||
|3--3----4--1|1--1--------1-4-|3--3----4--1|1--1--------1-4----3/3||
|4--4----4--2|2--2--------2-1-|4--4----4--2|2--2--------2-1----4/4||
|3--3----1--1|1--1--------1-1-|3--3----1--1|1--1--------1-1----3/3||
|1--1----1--3|3--3--------3-1-|1--1----1--3|3--3--------3-1----1/1||
|-----------4|4--4--------4-x-|-----------4|4--4--------4-x-------||
|------------|--------------4-|------------|--------------4-------||
But I see a face coming through the haze
I remember him from those crazy days, crazy days, crazy days
{electric in}
|Cm7 Ab |Cm7 F |
Ain't you the guy who used to set the paces
{electric} |
|C5 | |
-----|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
-----|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
-----|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
10-10|-10--------------------------------|-----------------10-10|
-----|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
10-10|-10--------------------------------|-----------------10-10|
{acoustic} |
|Cm7 Ab |Cm7 F |
||-3--3-----------------------4------|3--3---------1/1-1--1-||
||-4--4-----------------------4------|4--4---------1/1-1--1-||
||.3--3-----------------------1------|3--3---------2/2-2--2.||
||.5--5-----------------------1------|5--5---------3/3-3--3.||
||-3--3------------------------------|3--3------------------||
||----------------------------4------|----------------------||
|Cm7 Ab |Cm7 F|
Riding up in front of a hundred faces
{electric} |
|C5 | |
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|10---------------------|--------------10-10|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|10---------------------|--------------10-10|
{acoustic} |
|: % | % :|
|Cm7 Ab |Cm7 F |
I don't suppose you would remember me but
{electric} |
|C5 | //|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|10---------------------------|-----------10-10|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|10---------------------------|-----------10-10|
{acoustic} |
|: % | % :|
|Cm7 Ab |Cm7 |
I used to follow you back in '63
{electric} |
|C5 | |
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|10---------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------|---------xxxxxxx|
|10---------------------------|---------xxxxxxx|
{acoustic} |
|: % |Cm7 :|
||:F Dm Eb| Ab Bb| C Db| Eb :||
{electric} ||
||--------3/3|-----4-----6|-----------|--------------||
||-1----6-4/4|-----4-6/6-6|-----------|--------------||
||-2----7-3/3|-----1-3/3-3|------5-6/6|-------8------||
||-3----7-1/1|-----1-3/3-3|------5-6/6|-------8------||
||-3----5----|-----3-1/1-1|------3-4/4|-------6------||
||-----------|------------|-----------|--------------||
{acoustic} ||
||:F Dm Eb| Ab Bb| C Db| Eb :||
||-1--------3|-----4-----6|--6--------|--------------||
||-1----6---4|-----4-----6|--6--------|-----------1/1||
||-2----7---3|-----1-----3|--3---5---6|--6-6--8---2/2||
||-3----7---1|-----1-----3|--3---5---6|--6-6--8---3/3||
||-3----5----|-----3-----1|--1---3---4|--4-4--6---3/3||
||-1---------|------------|-----------|--------------||
||:F Dm Eb| Ab Bb| C Db| Eb :||
{electric} ||
||----------3|-----4---6|-----------|--------------||--
||------6---4|-----4-6-6|-----------|--------------||--
||-10---7---3|-----1-3-3|------5-6-6|-----8--------||--
||-10---7---1|-----1-3-3|------5-6-6|-----8--------||3-
||-8----5----|-----3-1-1|------3-4-4|-----6--------||3-
||-----------|----------|-----------|--------------||3-
{acoustic} ||
||-1--1-----3|--3--4---6|--6--------|--------------||
||-1--1-6---4|--4--4---6|--6--------|-----------1/1||
||-2--2-7---3|--3--1---3|--3---5---6|--6-6--8---2/2||
||-3--3-7---1|--1--1---3|--3---5---6|--6-6--8---3/3||
||-3--3-5----|-----3---1|--1---3---4|--4-4--6---3/3||
||-1--1------|----------|-----------|--------------||
{electric out; acoustic only, repeat pattern with fill variations}
|F Dm Eb |
{spoken}
I've got a good job and I'm newly born
| Ab Bb | C Db | Eb
You should see me dressed up in my uniform
Eb |F Dm Eb | Ab Bb
I work in an hotel, all gilt and flash
| C Db | Eb
Remember the gaff where the doors we smashed?
|(Bb) F7/A Bb| |
| | |
Bell Boy, I got to get running now
||-----1----1-|------------------------||
||-----1----3-|------------------------||
|.-----2----3-|------------------------.|
|.-----1----3-|------------------------.|
||------------|------------------------||
||------------|------------------------||
Bell Boy, Keep my lip buttoned down
Bell Boy, Carry this baggage out
Bell Boy, Always running at someone's bleedin'
|F7sus4 |Bb |Eb7sus4 |Ab6 |
Heel You know how I feel
|{acoustic} |
|--------|-------------------|--------|1-----|
|6-------|6------------------|4-------|4-----|
|8-------|7------------------|6-------|5-----|
|8-------|8------------------|6-------|6-----|
|8-------|8------------------|6-------|6-----|
|--------|-------------------|--------|------|
|Abm6 | |Ebsus2 | | | |
Always running at someone's heel
{acoustic} |
|1---1-----|1----------1--------|1----1---|1----1---|1----1---|1----1---|
|4---4-----|4----------4--------|4----4---|4----4---|4----4---|4----4---|
|4---4-----|4----------4--------|3----3---|3----3---|3----3---|3----3---|
|1---1-----|1----------1--------|1----1---|1----1---|1----1---|1----1--3|
|----------|--------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|----------|--------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
{3/2}
|Fmaj7 Cmaj7 |D |
| | |
Some nights I still sleep on the beach,
{acoustic; doubled by two guitars} |
|5---------------5---------------------|5------5----5----|
|5---------------5---------5-----------|7------7----7----|
|5---------------5---------4-----------|7------7----7----|
|----------------3---------5-----------|7------7----7----|
|--------------------------3---------5-|-------5--5------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------5-|
|Fmaj7 Cmaj7 |D D6 |
| | |
Remember when stars were in reach
{acoustic; doubled by two guitars} |
|5---------5-------------------|5------5----7----|
|5---------5------5------------|7------7----7----|
|5---------5------4------------|7------7----7----|
|3---------3------5------------|7------7----7----|
|---------------3------------5-|-------5--5------|
|------------------------------|-----------------|
|Fii Fmaj7ii |F7ii |
| | |
I wander in early to work
{acoustic; doubled by two guitars} |
|5--5----5----5--5-----5----|5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|6--6----6----6--5-----5----|4--4--4--4--4--4--|
|5--5----5----5--5-----5----|5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|3--3----3----3--3-----3----|3--3--3--3--3--3--|
|---------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------|
|Abii |Eb Ebsus2|
Spend my day lickin' boots for my perks
{acoustic 1} |
|4----4--------4-------4-----4-------4-|3---3---3---3---3---3--1|
|4----4--------4-------4-----4-------4-|4---4---4---4---4---4--4|
|5----5--------5-------5-----5-------5-|3---3---3---3---3---3--3|
|6----6--------6-------6-----6-------6-|1---1---1---1---1---1--1|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------|
||{acoustic 2; palm mute} ||
||------------------------||
||4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
|.3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-.|
|.1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-.|
||------------------------||
||------------------------||
{4/4} {drums in}
|Eb Ebsus2|Eb |Eb Ebsus2 |
(A...)
|{acoustic 1} |
|3---3---3---3-1-3---3-1|3---3---3---3-1|3---3---3---3---|
|4---4---4---4-4-4---4-4|4---4---4---4-4|4---4---4---4---|
|3---3---3---3-3-3---3-3|3---3---3---3-3|3---3---3---3---|
|1---1---1---1-1-1---1-1|1---1---1---1-1|1---1---1---1---|
|-----------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|----------------|
|{acoustic 2; w/palm mute} ||
||: % | % | % :||
{repeat verse; acoustics out; electric in}
{synth} |
|Eb Ab/Eb |Db/Eb Ab/C|
A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the
{electric} |
//|Eb5 | /|
------|6-----------------------|--------------------6|
------|4-----------------------|(5)-----------------4|
---3/3|3-----------------------|(3)-----------------3|
---1/1|1-----------------------|(1)-----------------1|
---1/1|1-----------------------|(1)-----------------1|
------|1-----------------------|(1)-----------------1|
{synth} |
|Eb Ab/Eb |Db/Eb Ab/Eb|
Only soul in the world that's real
{electric} |
|Eb5 | |
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|--------------------1|
|3---------------|--------------------1|
|1---------------|--------------------1|
|1---------------|---------------------|
|1---------------|---------------------|
{synth}
||Eb Ab/Eb|Db/Eb Ab/Eb||Eb Ab/Eb|Db/Eb Ab/C|
||{electric} |
||Eb5 | || | |
||----------------------|----------------------||--------------|-------------|
||5---------------------|(5)*------------------||(5)-----------|(5)----------|
||3---------------------|(3)-------------------||(3)-----------|(3)----------|
||1---------------------|(1)-------------------||(1)-----------|(1)----------|
||1---------------------|(1)-------------------||(1)-----------|(1)----------|
||1---------------------|(1)-------------------||(1)-----------|(1)----------|
|| *feedback |
||:{synth; arr for gtr} :|| |
||--------16-18-16-18-16|--------16-18-16-18-16||--------------|-------------|
||20-18-20--------------|20-16-20--------------||--------------|-------------|
||.---------------------|---------------------.||-------%------|------%------|
||.---------------------|---------------------.||--------------|-------------|
||----------------------|----------------------||--------------|-------------|
||----------------------|----------------------||--------------|-------------|
{acoustic in}
{synth}
|Eb Ab/Eb|Db/Eb Ab/Eb|Eb Ab/Eb|Db/Eb Ab/C |
|{electric 1} |
|Eb5 | | | |
|----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|(5)-------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|(3)-------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|(1)-------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|(1)-------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|(1)-------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|{electric 2} |
|----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------11-|--11^-11^11^11^11^|11-11^--11^-11^11^-|11^11^11^-11^11^--|
|-------------12-|--12^-12^12^12^12^|12-12^--12^-12^12^-|12^12^12^-12^12^--|
|----------------|------------------|13-----------------|13-13-------------|
|----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|{acoustic; with variations} |
|3---3-------4--1|1---1---------1-4-|3----3---------4--1|1----1--------1-4-||
|4---4-------4--2|2---2---------2-1-|4----4---------4--2|2----2--------2-1-||
|3---3-------1--1|1---1---------1-1-|3----3---------1--1|1----1--------1-1-||
|1---1-------1--3|3---3---------3-1-|1----1---------1--3|3----3--------3-1-||
|---------------4|4---4---------4-x-|------------------4|4----4--------4-x-||
|----------------|----------------4-|-------------------|----------------4-||
{synth}
|Eb Ab/Eb|Db/Eb Ab/Eb|Eb Ab/Eb|Db/Eb Ab/C |
(But I)
|{electric}
|Eb5 | | | |
|----------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------------|
|(5)*------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------------|
|(3)-------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------------|
|(1)-------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------------|
|(1)-------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------------|
|(1)-------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------------|
|{gtr} |
|----------------|-----------------------|--------------|11----------11-|
|11^\---------11^|-----11^-11^\-----11---|-----8-8--8---|11---11-11^-11-|
|12^\---------12^|12^--12^-12^\--10-12-10|8----8-10-8---|-----12-12^----|
|----------------|13---------------------|--------------|---------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------------|
|{acoustic} |
|Eb Ab/Eb|Db/Eb Ab/Eb|Eb Ab/Eb|Db/Eb Ab/C |
|Eb Ab/Eb |Db/Eb Ab/Eb|
But I see a face coming through the haze
{electric} |
|Eb5 | |
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|3---------------|(3)------------------|
|1---------------|(1)-----------------x|
|1---------------|(1)-----------------x|
|1---------------|(1)------------------|
{acoustic} |
|Eb Ab/Eb|Db/Eb Ab/C |
|Eb Ab/Eb |Db/Eb Ab/Eb|
I remember him from those crazy days
{electric} |
|Eb5 | |
|----------------|---------------------|
|---5------------|---------------------|
|---3------------|---------------------|
|---1------------|------------------x/x|
|---1------------|------------------x/x|
|1---------------|------------------1/1|
{acoustic} |
|Eb Ab/Eb|Db/Eb Ab/C |
|Eb Ab/Eb|Db/Eb Ab/Eb|Eb Ab/Eb|Db/Eb Ab/Eb|
crazy days, crazy days, crazy days, crazy days
|{electric} |
|Eb5 | | | |
|-----------|-------------|--6-----------|------------|
|--5-----4-4|4------------|--5--------4-4|4-----------|
|--3-----1-1|1----------x-|--3--------1-1|1-----------|
|--1-----1-1|1----------x-|--1--------1-1|1------10-10|
|--1--------|-----------x-|--1-----------|------------|
|1----------|-------------|1-------------|-------10-10|
{acoustic} |
|Eb Ab/Eb|Db/Eb Ab/C|Eb Ab/Eb|Db/Eb |
|Cm7 Ab |Cm7 F|
Ain't you the guy who used to set the paces
|{electric} |
|Cm7 | |
|-------------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------|
|10-----------------------------|(10)------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------|
|10-----------------------------|(10)------------|
|{acoustic; as above} |
|Cm7 Ab |Cm7 F|
|Cm7 Ab |Cm7 F|
Riding up in front of a hundred faces
|{electric} |
|Cm7 | |
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|9/10-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|------------xxxxxxx|
|9/10-------------------|------------xxxxxxx|
|{acoustic} |
|Cm7 Ab |Cm7 F|
|Cm7 Ab |Cm7 F |
I don't suppose you would remember me but
{electric} |
|Cm7 | |
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|10---------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------1---|
|10---------------------------|---------3--5------|
|{acoustic; as above} |
|Cm7 Ab |Cm7 F |
|Cm7 Ab |Cm7 |
I used to follow you back in '63
|{electric} |
|Cm7 | |
|-----------------------------|------------|
|-----------------------------|------------|
|10---------------------------|------------|
|10---------------------------|------------|
|-----------------------------|------------|
|10---------------------------|--------7\--|
|{acoustic} |
|Cm7 Ab |Cm7 |
|3----3---------------4------3|3--------1/1|
|4----4---------------4------4|4--------1/1|
|3----3---------------1------3|3--------2/2|
|5----5---------------1------5|5--------3/3|
|3----3----------------------3|3--------3/3|
|---------------------4-------|---------1/1|
||:F Dm Eb| Ab Bb| C Db| Eb :||
||{electric} ||
||--------3-3|~----4----6|~----------|--------------||
||-1~---6-4-4|~----4--6-6|~----------|--------------||
||-2~---7-3-3|~----1--3-3|~-----5-6-6|--6----8------||
||-3~---7-1-1|~----1--3-3|~-----5-6-6|--6----8------||
||-3~---5----|-----3--1-1|~-----3-4-4|--4----6------||
||-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------||
||{acoustic} ||
||-1--------3|--3--4----6|--6--------|--------------||
||-1----6---4|--4--4----6|--6--------|-----------1/1||
||-2----7---3|--3--1----3|--3---5---6|--6-6--8---2/2||
||-3----7---1|--1--1----3|--3---5---6|--6-6--8---3/3||
||-3----5----|-----3----1|--1---3---4|--4-4--6---3/3||
||-1---------|-----------|-----------|--------------||
||:F Dm Eb| Ab Bb| C Db| Eb :||
||{electric} ||
||--------3|-----4---6|-----------|--------------||---
||------6-4|-----4-6-6|-----------|--------------||---
||------7-3|-----1-3-3|------5-6-6|-------8------||---
||-3----7-1|-----1-3-3|------5-6-6|-------8------||---
||-3----5--|-----3-1-1|------3-4-4|-------6-----x||8~~
||-3-------|----------|-----------|--------------||---
||{acoustic} ||
||-1------3|-----4---6|-----------|--------------||
||-1----6-4|-----4---6|-----------|-----------1/1||
||-2----7-3|-----1---3|------5---6|--6-6--8---2/2||
||-3----7-1|-----1---3|------5---6|--6-6--8---3/3||
||-3----5--|-----3---1|------3---4|--4-4--6---3/3||
||-1-------|----------|-----------|--------------||
{electric out; acoustic as above, with fill variations}
People often change but when I look in your eyes
You can learn a lot from a life like mine
The secret to me, it ain't flown up a flag
I carry it behind this bleeding little badge, what says:
Bell Boy, I gotta get running now
Bell Boy, Keep your lip buttoned down
Bell Boy, Carry the bloody baggage out
Bell Boy, Always running at someone's heel,
|F7sus4 |Bb |Eb7sus4 |Ab6 |
(heel) You know how I feel
{acoustic} |
|--------|-------------------|--------|------|
|6---6---|6--------------6---|4---4---|4-----|
|8---8---|7--------------7---|6---6---|5-----|
|8---8---|8--------------8---|6---6---|6-----|
|8---8--8|-------------------|6---6--6|------|
|--------|-------------------|--------|------|
|Abm6 | Abm |
Always running at someone's
{acoustic} |
|1----1-----|1----------1--------|
|4----4-----|4----------4--------|
|4----4-----|4----------1--------|
|1----1-----|1----------1--------|
|-----------|--------------------|
|-----------|--------------------|
|Ebsus2 | | | |
Heel..........
{electric} |
|----1----|---------|--------|--------|
|---4-----|---------|--------|--------|
|--3------|---------|--------|--------|
|-1-------|----<<8>-|(<8>)---|(<8>)>--|
|1--------|---------|--------|--------|
|---------|---------|--------|--------|
|
{acoustic} |
|1----1---|1---1----|1---1---|1---1---|
|4----4---|4---4----|4---4---|4---4---|
|3----3---|3---3----|3---3---|3---3---|
|1----1---|1---1----|1---1---|1---1---|
|---------|--------1|--------|-------1|
|---------|---------|--------|--------|
|Ebsus2 | | | | | | | | |
|{electric} |
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|<<8>----|(<8>)->-|--------|--------|--<<8>--|-------<|<8>-\/--|--------|--<<8>--|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--<<8>--|-------<|<8>-\/--|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|{acoustic} |
|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|
|4---4---|4---4---|4---4---|4---4---|4---4---|4---4---|4---4---|4---4---|4---4---|
|3---3---|3---3---|3---3---|3---3---|3---3---|3---3---|3---3---|3---3---|3---3---|
|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|
|--------|-------1|--------|-------1|--------|-------1|--------|-------1|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
