Pete Townshend – Brilliant Blues (Guitar)
Capo 2
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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Written by: Pete Townshend
From: "White City" (1985)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 2nd fret
Play: G
Key: A
For chords in orignal key transpose +2
The reording is a little sharp.
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Whatever your strumming pattern may be, try to incorporate the riff into
your accompaniment.
RIFF (Intro/Verse) G D/G G D/G G D/G G D/G 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------| G|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------| D|0---0-0-0-0-----|0-0-0-0-0-------|0---0-0-0-0-----|0-0-0-0-0-------| A|x---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------| Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------| G|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------| D|2---2-2-2-2-----|2-2-2-2-2-------|2---2-2-2-2-----|2-2-2-2-2-------| A|2---------------|2---------------|----------------|----------------| E|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
D/G 3-x-0-2-3-x
E7sus4 0-2-2-2-3-x---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
G D/G G G/D Say goodbye to the brilliant blues G D/G G G/D Say goodbye to the brilliant blues Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 F Bb C Say goodbye ... [It’s ...]
[Verse 1]
C G D/G G D/G It's time G D/G G D/G To live Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 So make me Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 Take me
[Verse 2]
G D/G G D/G It's time, G D/G G D/G To give Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 So don't betray me, Em E7sus4 F Bb C Pay me
[Chorus]
G C D The brilliant blues, don't want to be frozen G C D I'll spend my mornings at the sunshine cafe G C D I've read the news and the clique-ridden notions G C D I know that now is the time to say
[Verse 3]
G D/G G D/G It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues) G D/G G D/G To teach (say goodbye to the brilliant blues) Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 So tell me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues) Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 Come on tell me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
[Verse 4]
G D/G G D/G It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues) G D/G G D/G To preach (say goodbye to the brilliant blues) Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 So help me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues) Em E7sus4 F Bb C Come on and help me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
[Chorus]
G C D [ G ] The brilliant blues will never flow this way again G C D The colour of the Mersey’s grey G C D [ G ] The brilliant blues have faded into sadness and pain G C D G D/G G And now is the time to say ... It's time
[Middle 8]
Em [ Em ] You and me are going to finally sail away Em [ Cmaj7 ] We'll get far away from the blues and the mist in the rain Cmaj7 [ Cmaj7 ] You and me are going to fight until we win the day Cmaj7 F Bb C For now is the time that we must say goodbye [to the ...]
[Chorus]
[ C ] G C D To the brilliant blues, I don't want to be frozen G C D I'll spend my mornings at the sunshine cafe G C D I've read the news and the clique-ridden notions G C D I know that now is the time to say
[Verse 5]
G D/G G D/G It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues) G D/G G D/G To trust (say goodbye to the brilliant blues) Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 So buy me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues) Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 Come on and try me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
[Verse 6]
G D/G G D/G It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues) G D/G G D/G To thrust (say goodbye to the brilliant blues) Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 So guide me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues) Em E7sus4 F Bb C Stay beside me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
[Chorus]
G C D [ G ] The brilliant blues will never flow this way again G C D The colour of the Mersey’s grey G C D [ G ] The brilliant blues have faded into sadness and pain G C D G And now is the time to say ... It's time