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Pure And Easy

Year: 1995 - Album: Who's Next

Written by Pete Townshend

	  		{intro}  
 
|{drums}   ||:C   G/C |F9/C   G/C :||{organ} 
           ||:C       |           :||{12-str acoust guitar} 
 
     |C          G/C  |Fadd9/C  G/C  | 
There once was a note, pure and easy 
 
|C          G/C        |Fadd9/C G/C     | 
 Playing so free like a breath  rippling by 
 
|C   G/C  |Fadd9/C G/C |C   G/C  |Fadd9/C G/C| 
(by) 
{additional gtr from version 1 (Who's Next reissue)} 
|-3--3----|-3-----/3---|-3--3----|-3-----/3---| 
|--5--4---|--1------4--|--5--4---|--1------4--| 
|5--5-----|2--2------5-|5--5-----|2--2------5-| 
|---------|------------|---------|------------| 
|---------|------------|---------|------------| 
|---------|------------|---------|------------| 
 
   |Fmaj7             |Dm6              
The note is eternal, I hear it, it sees me  
  |Fmaj7               |F6     |C  G/C  |Fadd9/C G/C|C G/C |Fadd9/C G/C| 
Forever we blend and forever we die 
 
{Chorus} 
 |C            C Dm    Dm|F        F G        
I listened and I heard    music in a word 
-|-----------------------|-------------------| 
-|-----------------------|-------------------| 
-|-----------------------|-------------4/7---| 
-|-----------------3-5/7-|3--------3-5-------| 
-|3------------3-5-------|-------------------| 
-|-----------------------|-------------------| 
 
G  |C          C   Dm          Dm|F    F G             
and words when you played your guitar 
---|-----------------------------|-------------------| 
---|-----------------------------|-------------------| 
---|-----------------------------|---------4/7-------| 
---|----------------------3--5/7-|3----3-5-----------| 
---|3----------3---5-------------|-------------------| 
---|-----------------------------|-------------------| 
 
G  |Dm           Dm  Em         Em|G          G   Am            Am| 
The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering, then a  
---|------------------------------|-------------------------------|---- 
---|------------------------------|-------------------------------|---- 
---|------------------------------|------------------5------7^(9)-|-7~- 
---|--------------------5-7/9-----|5-----------5--7---------------|---- 
---|5------------5---7------------|-------------------------------|---- 
---|------------------------------|-------------------------------|---- 
 
|G5                |C/G        |G7         |C/G           | 
 Child flew past me riding in a star 
 
  |Dsus4           |D       Dsus2 D 
As people assemble, civilization 
  |3------3-3--3---|2---2-2-0/2---| 
  |3------3-3--3---|3---3-3-3/3---| 
  |2------2-2--2---|2---2-2-2/2---| 
  |0------0-0--0---|0---0-0-0----0| 
  |----------------|--------------| 
  |----------------|--------------| 
  {slight palm mute        } 
 
  |G5              |G7  G6    |G    |G7  C/G G 
Is trying to find a new way to die            (but) 
  |3---------------|--3-------|3----|--3---------| 
  |3---------------|---3--3---|3----|---3-3--3---| 
  |0---------------|---0---0--|0----|---0-0--0---| 
  |0--------------2|/3--2-----|0---2|/3---2--0---| 
  |----------------|----------|-----|------------| 
  |3---------------|----------|3----|------------| 
 
   |Am               |Emsus4       E      
But killing is really merely scene changer 
 
|Am                |Fmaj9/A  F6/A       |Am     |Fmaj9/A F6/A Am 
 All men are bored      with other men's lives 
|0-----------------|3--------1----------|0------|3-------1--------| 
|1-----------------|5--------3----------|1------|5-------3----1-1-| 
|2-----------------|5--------2----------|2------|5-------2----2-2-| 
|2-----------------|3--------3----------|2------|3-------3----2-2-| 
|0----------------0|----0---------------|0-----0|------0----------| 
|------------------|--------------------|-------|-----------------| 
 
{repeat Chorus} 
I listened and I heard music in a word 
And words when you played your guitar 
The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering, when a 
|G                 |C/G        |G7         |C/G           | 
 Child flew past me riding in a star 
|------------------|--8----8---|--7---7----|--8---8---8\--| 
|------------------|----8----8-|----8---8-8|----8---8-----| 
|7~----------------|-----------|-----------|--------------| 
|------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------| 
|------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------| 
|------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------| 
 
Gas on the hillside, oil in the teacup 
Watch all the chords of life lose their joy 
Distortion becomes somehow pure in its wildness 
   |Am                 |Fmaj9/A  F6/A      |Am     |Fmaj9/A F6/A | 
The note that began all          can also destroy 
 
|Am     |C     |Fmaj7   |G6      | 
                              (We) 
|0------|0-----|0-------|0-------| 
|1------|1-----|1-------|3-------| 
|2------|0-----|2-------|4-------| 
|2------|2-----|3-------|5-------| 
|0------|0-----|0-------|0-------| 
|-------|------|--------|--------| 
 
  |Am         |C           |Fmaj7       |G6 
We all know success when we all find our own dreams 
And our love is enough to knock down any wall 
And the future's been seen as men try to realize 
|Am          |C            |Fmaj7  |G6     | 
   The simple secret of the note      in us all 
 
|Am     |C/A      |Fmaj7/A |G6/A    | 
(all) 
|0------|0--------|0-------|0-------| 
|1------|1--------|1-------|3-------| 
|2------|0--------|2-------|4-------| 
|2------|2--------|3-------|5-------| 
|0--0-0-|3----0-0-|3---0-0-|5---0-0-| 
|-------|---------|--------|--------| 
 
|Am     |C/A      |Fmaj7/A |G6/A         | 
|0------|---------|--------|-------------| 
|1------|5~-------|10~-----|(12)~--------| 
|2------|5~-------|10~-----|(12)~--------| 
|2------|5~-------|10~-----|(12)~--------| 
|0--0-0-|0----0-0-|0---0-0-|-----0-0/0/0-| 
|-------|---------|--------|-------------| 
 
{solo}  
|Am           |C            |Fmaj7                     |G6             | 
|-------------|-------------|--------------------------|---------------| 
|-------------|-------------|--------------------------|-------------10| 
|--5-----5----|-------------|--------------------------|------5---7h9--| 
|7---7/7---5h7|7------------|--------------------------|---5h7-7~------| 
|-------------|--7\-0h3~-0--|0---------------------3p0-|5h7------------| 
|-------------|------------3|-3-5-0h3h5-0h3h5-0h3h5----|---------------| 
 
|Am                          |C                                    | 
|--------------------8--8-12p|8--12p8--12p8--12p8--12p8--12p8--8---| 
|10-10/10/10-10/10/10-10-----|-10----10----10----10----10----10--10| 
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
 
|Fmaj7              |G6       | 
                           (I) 
|8------------------|---------| 
|-10-/13-15^\13-----|---------| 
|--------------12h14|14-------| 
|-------------------|---------| 
|-------------------|---12\---| 
|-------------------|---------| 
 
{repeat Chorus} 
I listened and I heard music in a word 
And words when you played your guitar 
The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering and a 
|G                 |C/G        |G7         |C/G           | 
 Child flew past me riding in a star 
|-----------7------|--8--8-8h10|--7---7----|7h8---8-------| 
|-------------8----|----8------|----8---8--|----8---8-----| 
|------------------|0----------|0----------|--------------| 
|(12)--------------|-----------|-----------|--------------| 
|------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------| 
|------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------| 
{harm} 
 
{final verse from demo} 
Today is the day when sound curdles mountains 
Flowing and blowing each man it its wake 
Destroying itself in the end with vibration 
There's nothing on earth its challenge can take 
Excepting one note... 
 
{repeat intro; acoustic and organ only} 
|C    G/C  |Fadd9/C  G/C  | 
 
     |C          G/C  |Fadd9/C  G/C  | 
There once was a note, pure and easy 
 
|C          G/C        |Fadd9/C G/C     | 
 Playing so free like a breath  rippling by 
 
|C  G/C |Fadd9/C  G/C |C  G/C |Fadd9/C  G/C| 
(by) 
 
{outro} 
||A     A/G G D        A     A/G G D          || 
                                          There  
||{acoustic}                                     
||---------|3-2-------|---------|3-2----------|| 
||---------|3-3-------|---------|3-3----------|| 
||.--2-----|0-2-------|---2-----|0-2---------.|| 
||.--2-----|0-0-------|---2-----|0-0---------.|| 
||0--0-----|----------|0--0-----|-------------|| 
||------3^-|----0-2-3^|------3^-|------0-2-3^-|| 
||{electric}                                  |  
||---------|3-2~------|---------|3-2----------|  
||---------|3-3~------|---------|3-3----------|  
||---2~----|0-2~------|---2~----|0-2-4^4^-2---|  
||---2~----|0-0-------|---2~----|0-0--------4-|  
||0--0~----|--------0-|0--0~----|-------------|  
||------3^~|----------|------3^~|-------------|  
 
{repeat acoustic as above} 
|A          A/G  |G  D           |A          A/G  |G  D           | 
 once was a note, listen!   There once was a note, listen!   There  
{electric} 
|----------------|----5----------|----------------|3--2-----------| 
|----------------|---------------|----------------|3--3--/13\-----| 
|2~--------------|4^4^-4^\p2-----|----------------|0--2--/14\-----| 
|----------------|---------------|2----2----------|0--0--0--------| 
|----------------|----------3^---|0----0----------|---------------| 
|----------------|---------------|--3^------------|---------------| 
 
|A          A/G  |G  D            |A          A/G  |G  D           | 
 once was a note, listen!    There once was a note, listen!   There  
|----------------|3--2------------|----------------|3--2~----------| 
|----------------|3--3------------|----------------|3--3~----------| 
|2----2----------|0--2-4p2--------|-----2----------|0--2~----------| 
|-----2----------|0--0----4p2-0---|-----2----------|0--0------2----| 
|-----0----------|--------------3^|~----0----------|----------0----| 
|-----------3^~--|----------------|-----------3^~--|---------------| 
 
|A          A/G  |G  D                    |A          A/G  | 
 once was a note, listen!            There once was a note,  
|----------------|------------------------|----------8-----| 
|----------------|------------------------|--------8--10-8-| 
|-----2----------|--------5-7^\-5---5-----|-----/9---------| 
|2----2----------|-----5h7--------7---7---|----------------| 
|0----0----------|0-3h5-------------------|----------------| 
|-----------3^~--|------------------------|----------------| 
 
              {drums in} 
|G  D                       |A          A/G  |G  D              | 
 listen!               There once was a note, listen!      There  
|--------10^-10p8-----------|----------------|3--2--------------| 
|8/10~-----------10-10\-----|----------------|3--3--/13-13\-----| 
|---------------------------|-----2----------|0--2--/14-14\-----| 
|---------------------------|-----2----------|0--0--------------| 
|----------------------0----|0----0----------|-------------0----| 
|---------------------------|-----------3^~--|------------------| 
 
|A          A/G  |G  D                |A          A/G  | 
 once was a note, listen!        There once was a note,  
|----------------|3--2----------------|----------------| 
|----------------|3--3----------------|----------------| 
|-----2----------|0--2---5-7^-7^7^\p5-|5---------------| 
|-----2----------|0--0---------------7|--7-7-----------| 
|0----0----------|--------------------|----------------| 
|-----------3^~--|--------------------|----------------| 
 
|G/D D                                               | 
 listen!                                        There  
|-----------------------------------------------12p8-| 
|8h10/10/10-8h10/10/10-8h10/10/10-8h10/10/10-10------| 
|----------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------| 
 
|A          A/G          |G/D D                        | 
 once was a note,         listen!                 There  
|--10p8--12p8--10p8--12p8|--10p8--12p8--10p8---8----8--| 
|10----10----10----10----|10----10----10----10---10----| 
|------------------------|-----------------------------| 
|------------------------|---------------------------12| 
|------------------------|-----------------------------| 
|------------------------|-----------------------------| 
                          {begin fade....} 
|A          A/G  |G/D D                  |A          A/G       | 
 once was a note, listen!           There once was a note,  
|----------------|-----------------------|---------------------| 
|-------14----14-|-----------------------|---------------------| 
|----------------|-------------------2---|4^--\^-----4^\p2-2---| 
|-12h14----14----|/12\-/12\--------------|----------------4----| 
|----------------|----------0-3^-0-------|------------------3^\| 
|----------------|-----------------3-----|---------------------| 
 
|G/D D                  |A          A/G  |G/D D      
 listen!           There once was a note, listen!   There 
|-----------------------|----------------|--------------- 
|-----------------------|----------------|--------------- 
|-----------------------|----------------|----------2---- 
|-----------------------|----------------|----------2---- 
|0---0------------------|--5^-3^/0-------|----------0---- 
|-3^\--3-0/3/5-0/3/5----|----------------|5~-5~-5~------- 
 
|A          A/G  |G  D           |A          A/G  |G  D            
 once was a note, listen!   There once was a note, listen!   There 
|----------------|3--2-----------|----------------|--------------- 
|----------------|3--3-----------|----2---2---2--/|15-15~--------- 
|2---------------|0--2--------2--|4^--4^--4^--4^-/|14-14~--------- 
|2---------------|0--0-----------|---------------/|16-16~--------- 
|0----0----------|---------------|----------------|--------0-0---- 
|-----------3^~--|---------------|----------------|--------------- 
 
|A          A/G  |G/D D        |A          A/G  |G  D          |A      
 once was a note, listen! There once was a note, listen!  There once was 
|----------------|3--2---------|12-12~---12---12|---12--12---12|--12--- 
|----------------|3--3---3-----|14-14~-----10---|10---10---10~-|10--10- 
|-----2----------|0--2---------|14-14~--9----9--|--9-----------|------- 
|----------------|0--0---------|----------------|--------------|------- 
|0-------------0-|-------------|----------------|--------------|------- 
|----------------|-------------|----------------|--------------|-------

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