Pete Townshend – Keep On Working (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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Written by: Pete Townshend
From: "Empty Glass" (1980)
tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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LINK 1
D D6 D7 D Dsus2 D Dsus4 D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------------|----------------|0---2---3---5---| B(3)--------------|3---------------|1-------3-------|3---3---3---3---| G|2---------------|4---------------|2-------2-------|2---2---2---2---| D|0---------------|0---------------|0-------0-------|0---0---0---0---| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
LINK 2
D9 D6 C/D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|0---------------|2---------------|3---------------|5---------------| B|1---------------|3---------------|5---------------|7---------------| G|2---------------|4---------------|5---------------|7---------------| D|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
MIDDLE 8
Bb Bbsus2 [Bb] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|1---1---1-1-1---|------------1---| B|3---3---3-1-3---|----1---3---3---| G|3---3---3-3-3---|3---0---3-------| D|3---3---3-3-3---|3---------------| A|1---1---1-1-1---|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|
INTERLUDE
Bb F Bb F F C F [3/4] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + e|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------| B|3-1-3-1-3-------|3-1-3-1-3-------|----------------|------------| G|3---------3-2---|3---------3-2---|2-0-2-0-2-------|2-0-2-0-2---| D|3-----------3---|3-----------3---|3---------3-2---|3---------3-| A|1-----------3---|1-----------3---|3-----------3---|3-----------| E|------------1---|------------1---|1---------------|1-----------| Csus4 C9sus4 C6 C9sus4 Bb/C C 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|--------0-------|--------1-------|3---------------| B|--------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|1---------------| G|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|3-------3-------|0---------------| D|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|3---------------|2---------------| A|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3---------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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SPECIAL VOICINGS
E-A-D-G-B-E *G x-x-x-0-3-3 G/B x-2-x-0-3-3 G/E x-x-2-0-3-3 G/D x-x-0-0-3-3 *C x-3-2-0-1-3 C/B x-2-x-0-1-3 G/D x-x-0-4-3-3 A/D x-x-0-6-5-5 or x-x-0-2-2-0
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*G G/B G/E G/D I was digging in the yard today *C C/B Am When a letter came from Southampton way G G Am Am Keep on working G G Am Am Keep on working *G G/B G/E G/D I must admit I was a bit in the red *C C/B Am But if you never have pleasure then you could be dead G G Am Am Keep on working G G Am Am Keep on working G/B G/B C C Keep on working G/B G/B C C Keep on working C But there's one thing G Am They can't take away C Hear the sea sing G Am See a smiling face C I think we're OK G Am Though we all could be mad C That's what they say
Am D [LINK 1: see above]
We just can't all be bad
*G G/B G/E G/D I got something now to think about *C C/B Am I'll work all day but not to pay it out G G Am Am Keep on working G G Am Am Keep on working *G G/B G/E G/D Don't care if they say where a dying race *C C/B Am I'd rather be here than any other place G G Am Am Keep on working G G Am Am Keep on working G/B G/B C C Keep on working G/B G/B C C Keep on working C And there's another whirl G Am They can't ever touch C Just need a boy and girl G Am It don't cost you much C And if your luck is in G Am You might have kids at play C To make you laugh and sing
Am D [LINK 1: see above]
When you're old and gray
Bb [MIDDLE 8: see above]
Keep on working
Bb [MIDDLE 8 see above]
Keep on working
Bb [MIDDLE 8: see above]
Keep on working
Bb [MIDDLE 8 see above]
Keep on working
INTERLUDE: see above
| Bb F | Bb F | F C |[3/4] F |
| Csus4 C9sus4 | C6 | C9sus4 Bb/C | C |
*G G/B G/E G/D I was digging in the yard today *C C/B Am When a letter came from Southampton way G G Am Am Keep on working G G Am Am Keep on working *G G/B G/E G/D I must admit I was a bit in the red *C C/B Am But if you never have pleasure then you might as well be dead G G Am Am Keep on working G G Am Am Keep on working G/B G/B C C Keep on working G/B G/B C C Keep on working C And there's another whirl G Am They can't ever touch C Just need a boy and girl G Am It don't cost you much C And if your luck is in G Am You might have kids at play C To make you laugh and sing Am D9 D6 C/D D [LINK 2: see above] When you're old and gray (Keep on working) D G/D Keep on working, keep on working A/D D Keep on working, keep on working D G/D Keep on working, keep on working A/D D Keep on working, keep on working D G/D Keep on working, keep on working A/D D Keep on working, keep on working D G/D Keep on working, keep on working A/D D Keep on working ... Work!