Pete Townshend – Heart To Hang Onto (Guitar Tab)

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All the credit for this goes to the guys at Whotabs. Performed by Pete Townshend and Ronnie Lane >From Rough Mix, 1977 Written by Pete Townshend (c)1976 Towser Tunes Inc. #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# ============== transcribed by 1999-11-17 Whotabs [email protected] and [email protected] www.thewho.net/whotabs ============== [some chord names implied by the open strummings...] B(add4) 7x9870 Bsus4/A or Esus2/A x09970 G6 3x5430 F#m7 or A6/F# 2x4220 Dsus2/F# 2x4230 E(no 3rd) 022400 B5(b6) x24000 A7sus2 x0200x G2 35000x A7(sus4/sus2) 57x00x Fsus2#7 13300x G6/E 055700 A/E 077900 C/E 0 10 10 9 8 0 D6sus2/E 0 12 12 11 0 0

[intro/verse pattern]
||:Badd4    | Bsus4/A  :||
||----0-----|----0------||
||---7-7----|---7-7-----||
||.-8---8-8-|--9---9-9-.||
||.9-----9--|-9-----9--.||
||----------|(0)--------||
||(7)-------|-----------||

Johnny boy, he's always propping up the bar He's sees life crystallized through his jar He says he only lives for beer But deep in his heart is a cry of fear

   G6           F#m7            G6
      Give me a heart to hang onto
||----0--------|---0----------||
||---3-3-------|--2-2---------||
||.-4---4-4----|-2---2-2-----.||
||.5-----5-----|4-----4------.||
||-------------|--------------||
||(3)----------|(2)-----------||

          F#m7                 G6
Give me a soul that's tailored new
          D/F#            E(no3)        [7fr harm.] E
Give me a heart to hang onto
         |----0----------|0--------|-----------|--------|-------|
         |---3-3---------|0--------|--------<7>|--------|-------|
         |--2---2-2------|4--------|--------<7>|--------|-------|
         |-4-----4-------|2--------|--------<7>|--------|-------|
         |---------------|2--------|-----------|--------|-------|
         |(2)------------|0--------|-----------|--------|-------|

                  B5(b6)   A7sus2   G2        A7(sus4/sus2)
A heart to hang onto
                 |--------|--------|---------|------------|
                 |---0----|---0----|---0-----|---0--------|
                 |--0-0---|--0-0---|--0-0----|--0-0-------|
                 |-4---4-4|-2---2-2|-----0---|------------|
                 |2-----2-|0-----0-|-5-----5-|-7---7-7----|
                 |--------|--------|3-----3-/|5-----5-----|

[rep. intro pattern] Sally seems to get bigger everyday She evens out in a contented way A finger on the pulse of every guy But deep in the night you can hear her cry [repeat chorus] Give me a heart to hang onto Give me a life that's tailored new Give me a heart to hang onto B5(b6) A7sus2 G2 Fsus2#7 A heart to hang onto

                 |--------|--------|---------|------------|
                 |---0----|---0----|---0-----|---0--------|
                 |--0-0---|--0-0---|--0-0----|--0-0-------|
                 |-4---4-4|-2---2-2|-----0---|------------|
                 |2-----2-|0-----0-|-5-----5-|-3---3-3----|
                 |--------|--------|3-----3-/|1-----1-----|

 E(no3)   G6/E     A/E      C/E   D6sus2/E
|0-------|0-------|0-------|0-----0-----|
|0-------|0-------|0-------|0-----0-----|
|4-------|7-------|9-------|9-----11----|
|2-------|5-------|7-------|10----12----|
|2-------|5-------|7-------|10----12----|
|0-000000|0-000000|0-000000|0-000-0-000-|

E(no3) G6/E A/E Give me heart to hang onto C/E D6sus2/E E(no3) Give me a soul that's tailored new G6/E A/E C/E D6sus2/E Give me a heart to hang onto Asus2

[interlude]
           E/B         D/B         A/B       Bm7 B7 E Bm7 B7
|-------||------------|-----------|----------|-------------------||
|-------||-9----------|7----------|5---------|-7----9--7---------||
|-------||.9----------|7----------|6---------|-7h8--9--7h8------.||
|-------||.9----------|7----------|7---------|-7----9--7--------.||
|-------||------------|-----------|----------|-------------------||
|-7/7/7-||----7/7/7/7-|---7/7/7/7-|--7/7/7/7-|-------------7/7/7-||
  (use thumb)

B Asus2 (Asus4...Asus2) [repeat verse pattern] Danny, he wants to save for a new guitar He's going to learn to play but he won't get far He thinks it's an easy goin' high But his whole life is just another try [chrorus] Give me a heart to hang onto Give me a suit that's tailored true Give me a heart to hang onto A heart to hang onto [repeat middle pattern] I need a heart... to hang onto... B A ============= [email protected] & [email protected] #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#