Pete Townshend – Pure And Easy (Guitar Tab)

Capo 3

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Chords

[Chords] E7 - xxx757 (partial chord) D6/9 - x5445x A/C# - x4225x Dsus2sus4/A - x04020 [Intro]
    A            A        E/G#        D/F#     E/G#
e|--9-----||----5--5-----4--4----|-2---2-------4--4------||
B|--10----||----5---6----5---5---|-5-----5-----5----5----||
G|--9-----||:---6----7---4----6--|-2-------2---4-----6--:|| x2
D|--------||----7--------6-------|-4-----------6---------||
A|--------||---------------------|-----------------------||
E|--------||---------------------|-----------------------||
[Verse]
       A        E/G#        D/F#     E/G#
e||----5--5-----4--4----|-2---2-------4--4------||
B||----5---6----5---5---|-5-----5-----5----5----||
G||----6----7---4----6--|-2-------2---4-----6--:|| x2
D||----7--------6-------|-4-----------6---------||
A||---------------------|-----------------------||
E||---------------------|-----------------------||
  There once was a note pure and easy      
  Playing so free like a breathe rippling by

     Dmaj7             D6       Dmaj7       D6   
e|----2----------------2------|---2---------2-----|
B|----2----------------0------|---2---------0-----|
G|----2----------------2------|---2---------2-----|
D|----0----------------0------|---0---------0-----|
A|----------------------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------|              
   The note is      eternal I hear it, it sees me
   Forever we    blend as       forever   we... 

     A        E/G#      D/F#         E/G#  
e|----5--5-----4--4----|-2---2-------4--4------||
B|----5---6----5---5---|-5-----5-----5----5----||
G|----6----7---4----6--|-2-------2---4-----6--:|| x2
D|----7--------6-------|-4-----------6---------||
A|---------------------|-----------------------||
E|---------------------|-----------------------||
   die...

[Chorus]
  A       Bm     D      E    A       Bm       D      E     
e|------------|------------|-------------|------------|
B|------------|---------0--|-------------|---------0--|
G|------------|-------1----|-------------|-------1----| 
D|-------0-4--|-0-0-2------|--------0-4--|-0-0-2------|
A|-0-0-2------|------------|--0-0-2------|------------|
E|------------|------------|-------------|------------|
  I listened and I heard music in a word
  And words when you played your guitar

 Bm          C#m       E         F#m
e|-------------------|-0--0------2-2-------|
B|---------2-------5-|-0----0----2---2-----|
G|-------4-------6---|-1------1--2----2----|
D|-----4-------6-----|-2---------4---------|
A|---2-------4-------|---------------------|
E|-------------------|---------------------|
 The noise that I was hearing was a million . 
                      people cheering And a..

     E         Esus4    E         Esus4 E
e|---4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-|-5-5--4-4-|
B|---5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5--5-5-|
G|---4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4--4-4-|
D|-----------|---------|---------|----------|
A|-----------|---------|---------|----------|
E|-----------|---------|---------|----------|
 child flew past me    riding in a star

    Bsus4     B                 E         D6/9  A/C# 
e|-----------|----------------||-0-------|-------5----||
B|---5-5-5-5-|4---------------||-0-------|-5-----5----||
G|---4-4-4-4-|4-|-|-|-|-------||-1-|-|-|-|-4-|---2-|--|| x2
D|---4-4-4-4-|4---------------||-2-------|-4-----2----||
A|-----------|----------------||-2-------|-5-----4----||
E|-----------|----------------||-0-------|------------||
  As people assemble Civilization is trying to find  new way to die

    F#m          C#sus4 C#
e|---2----------|---------------------|
B|---2----------|--7-----6------------|
G|---2----------|--6-----6------------|
D|---4----------|--6-----6------------|
A|---4----------|--4-----4------------|
E|---2----------|---------------------|
But killing is really merely scene changer

   F#m                 Bm/D          F#m       Bm/D   F#m
e|--2----------------|--2------------2------|--2-2------2-2----|
B|--2----------------|--3------------2------|--3---3----2---2--|
G|--2----------------|--4------------2------|--4----4---2----2-|
D|--4----------------|--0------------4------|--0--------4------|
A|--4----------------|---------------4------|-----------4------|
E|-------------------|----------------------|------------------|
  All men are bored with other men's lives

[Chorus]
  A       Bm     D      E    A       Bm       D      E     
e|------------|------------|-------------|------------|
B|------------|---------0--|-------------|---------0--|
G|------------|-------1----|-------------|-------1----| 
D|-------0-4--|-0-0-2------|--------0-4--|-0-0-2------|
A|-0-0-2------|------------|--0-0-2------|------------|
E|------------|------------|-------------|------------|
 I listened and I heard music in a word
 And words when you played your guitar

 Bm          C#m       E  F#m
e|-------------------|-0--0------2-2-------|
B|---------2-------5-|-0----0----2---2-----|
G|-------4-------6---|-1------1--2----2----|
D|-----4-------6-----|-2---------4---------|
A|---2-------4-------|---------------------|
E|-------------------|---------------------|
 The noise that I was hearing was a million . 
                      people cheering And a..

     E         Esus4    E        Esus4 E
e|---4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-4-4-|
B|---5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
G|---4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|
D|-----------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-----------|---------|---------|---------|
E|-----------|---------|---------|---------|
 child flew past me    riding in a star

[Break]
 F#m         F#m              F#m          F#m
e|----------|-----------------|----------|------------------||           
B|----------|-----------------|----------|------------------||
G|----------|-----------------|----------|-----------------:||  x2
D|-------4--|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-------4--|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
A|----------|-----------------|----------|------------------||
E|--2-2-----|-----------------|-2-2------|------------------||

      F#m       A      Dmaj7        E/F# 
e|----2-----|-------|----2------|---0--------||
B|----2-----|---2---|----2------|---0--------||
G|----2-----|---2---|----2------|---1-------:|| x4
D|----4-----|---2---|----0------|---2--------||
A|----4-----|---0---|-----------|---2--------||
E|----2-----|-------|-----------|---2--------||                        
 We all know success when we all find our own dream
 And our love is enough to knock down any wall
 And the future's been seen as men try to realize
 The simple secret of the note.... in us all........In us all.

[Solo]
      F#m       A     Dmaj7/F#      E/F# 
e|----2-----|-------|----2------|----0--------||
B|----2-----|---2---|----2------|----0--------||
G|----2-----|---2---|----2------|----1-------:|| x2
D|----4-----|---2---|----0------|----2--------||
A|----4-----|---0---|-----------|----2--------||
E|----2-----|-------|----2------|----2--------||

[Chorus]
  A       Bm     D      E    A     Bm      D    E     
e|------------|------------|-------------|------------|
B|------------|---------0--|-------------|---------0--|
G|------------|-------1----|-------------|-------1----| 
D|-------0-4--|-0-0-2------|--------0-4--|-0-0-2------|
A|-0-0-2------|------------|--0-0-2------|------------|
E|------------|------------|-------------|------------|
  I listened and I heard music in a word
  And words when you played your guitar

 Bm              C#m         E  F#m
e|-------------------|-0--0------2-2-------|
B|---------2-------5-|-1----1----2---2-----|
G|-------4-------6---|-2------2--2----2----|
D|-----4-------6-----|-----------4---------|
A|---2-------4-------|---------------------|
E|-------------------|---------------------|
 The noise that I was hearing was a million . 
                      people cheering And a..

     E         Esus4    E        Esus4 E
e|---4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-4-4-|
B|---5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
G|---4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|
D|-----------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-----------|---------|---------|---------|
E|-----------|---------|---------|---------|
 child flew past me    riding in a star

    Bsus4     B                 E         D6/9  A/C# 
e|-----------|----------------||-0-------|-------5----||
B|---5-5-5-5-|4---------------||-0-------|-5-----5----||
G|---4-4-4-4-|4-|-|-|-|-------||-1-|-|-|-|-4-|---2-|--|| x2
D|---4-4-4-4-|4---------------||-2-------|-4-----2----||
A|-----------|----------------||-2-------|-5-----4----||
E|-----------|----------------||-0-------|------------||
Today is the day the sound curdles mountains
Flowing and blowing each man in its wake

    F#m          C#sus4 C#
e|---2----------|---------------------|
B|---2----------|--7-----6------------|
G|---2----------|--6-----6------------|
D|---4----------|--6-----6------------|
A|---4----------|--4-----4------------|
E|---2----------|---------------------|
 Destroying itself in the end with vibration There's 

   F#m                 Bm/D          F#m       Bm/D   F#m
e|--2----------------|--2------------2------|--2-2------2-2----|
B|--2----------------|--3------------2------|--3---3----2---2--|
G|--2----------------|--4------------2------|--4----4---4----2-|
D|--4----------------|--0------------4------|--0--------4------|
A|--4----------------|---------------4------|-----------4------|
E|-------------------|----------------------|------------------|
  nothing on earth it's challenge can take.....
(spoken) NC Excepting one note.....
     A             NC             NC           NC
e|--------------|-------------|-----------|----------------|
B|--------------|-------------|-----------|----------------|
G|--------------|-------------|-----------|----------------|
D|--------------|-------------|-----------|----------------|
A|---0----------|--0----------|--0--------|--0-------------|
E|--------------|-------------|-----------|----------------|
 A pedal............................................

       A        E/G#      D/F#       E/G#
e||----5--5-----4--4----|-2---2-------4--4------||
B||----5---6----5---5---|-5-----5-----5----5----||
G||----6----7---4----6--|-2-------2---4-----6--:|| x4
D||----7--------6-------|-4-----------6---------||
A||---------------------|-----------------------||
E||---------------------|-----------------------||
   Excepting one note pure and easy
   Playing so free like breath rippling by

       A        E/G#        D/F#     E/G#
e||----5--5-----4--4----|-2---2-------4--4------||
B||----5---6----5---5---|-5-----5-----5----5----||
G||----6----7---4----6--|-2-------2---4-----6--:|| x5
D||----7--------6-------|-4-----------6---------||
A||---------------------|-----------------------||
E||---------------------|-----------------------||          
   Excepting one note         
   Excepting one note ..............    

     A                          D/F#     Dsus2/F#     
e|---5-5-------|---5-5-------|---5--5------0--0-----||
B|---5---6-----|---5---6-----|---3----3----3---3----||
G|---6-----7---|---6-----7---|---2------2--2-----2-:||
D|---7---------|---7---------|---4---------4--------||
A|---0---------|---0---------|----------------------||
E|-------------|-------------|----------------------||
                                 ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh

     D/F#     Dsus2/F#     
e||---5--5------0--0-----||
B||---3----3----3---3----||
G||---2------2--2-----2-:|| x4
D||---4---------4--------||
A||----------------------||
E||----------------------||

     A         [x  ]
e|---5------------||-----------------||
B|---5------------||--10-10----------||
G|---2-----------:||--9---9---------:|| x
D|---2------------||--7---7-7-7-7-7--||
A|---0--0-0-0-0---||--0---0-0-0-0-0--||
E|----------------||-----------------||
  Ohhh...
(lightly strum)
    A        G/A Dsus2sus4/A D          
e|--5--5------0----0--------2--2---||
B|--5--5------3----3--------3--3---||
G|--2--2--0---0----0--------2--2--:|| x4
D|--2--2--0---5----4--------0--0---||
A|--0--0--2---0----0---------------||
E|--------3---5--------------------||
[Outro] Strident
    A       G/A Dsus2sus4/A D          
e|--5---5-----0----0--------2--2-----||
B|--5---5-----3----3--------3--3-----||
G|--2---2-----0----0--------2--2----:|| x infinity
D|--2---2-----5----4--------0--0-----||
A|--0---0-----0----0-----------------||
E|--------3^--5------------------3^--||
 Listen.....
 There once was a note... listen...Pure and easy
[Legend] ^ - half bend | - strum stroke