Pete Townshend – Melancholia (Guitar)

Capo 3
Key
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Chords

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Pete Townshend Demo, recorded in 1968 From: “Scoop” (1983) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Capo: 3rd fret Play: C Sounds: Eb ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro] / [Verse 1]
 [C11                              [Db6             [C11
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|------5---------|------5---------|------6---------|------5---------|
G|----3---3-------|----3---3-------|----3---3-------|----3---3-------|
D|--3-------3---3-|--3-------3---3-|--3-------3---3-|--3-------3---3-|
A|3-----------3---|3-----------3---|4-----------4---|3-----------3---|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
C11       x-3-3-3-5-x
Db6       x-4-3-3-6-x

Fsus4/Bb  x-1-3-3-1-x
F/A       x-0-3-2-1-x
Esus4/A   x-0-2-2-0-x
E/G#      4-x-2-1-0-x
Ebsus4/Ab 4-x-1-1-x-x
Eb/G      3-x-1-0-x-x
Dsus4/G   3-x-0-0—x-x

Db        x-4-6-6-6-4
Cb/Db     x-4-4-4-4-4
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | C11 | % | Db6 | C11 | | C11 | % | Db6 | C11 | [Verse 1]
C11
 My coffee’s cold, my paper's old

            Db6          C11
My heart is sold to melancholia

               C11
My clothes are torn, my shoes are worn

            Db6          | C11 | % | % | C11 |
My heart is borne to melancholia       (break)
[Verse 2]
| C7 | % |        C7
     A strange surprise, what I despised

         Db              C7
In other guys is here in me

                C7
They lose their girl, they lose their world

          Db            | C7 | % |
Then they cry for all to see
[Bridge]
     Db    Eb      Bb
I've never felt so bad

    Db    Eb       | Bb | % |
The virus drives me mad
[Verse 3]
               C7
The sheets are gray, that fits the day

          Db              C7
She went away, I lost all power

            C7
The dust is thick, the dog is sick

              Db                 | C7 | % |
The kids have picked most all the flowers
[Interlude] | Fsus4/Bb | F/A | Esus4/A | E/G# | | Ebsus4/Ab | Eb/G | Dsus4/G | Dmaj7 | % | [Middle 8]
    Dmaj7                     | Db  Cb/Db | % | % | % |
The sun is shining but not for me

    Dmaj7                     | Db  Cb/Db | % |
The sun is shining but not for me
[Bridge]
    Db    Eb        Bb
The virus drives me mad

     Db    Eb      Bb | % | C7 | % | % | % |
I've never felt so bad
[Verse 4]
            C7
My coffee’s cold, my paper's old

            Db           C7
My heart is sold to melancholia

               C7
My clothes are torn, my shoes are worn

           | Db | % | % | % |
My heart is borne ...

      | C | % |        | C | Dbmaj7 | Eb6 | % |
To melancholia ... melancholia
(break) [Outro] | Eb | % | % | % | | Eb7 | % | % | % |
| Eb7sus4 | % | % | % |
(fade out)