Pete Townshend – Somebody Saved Me (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Pete Townshend From: “All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes” (1982) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Verse]
  G6               Cadd9              G6               Cadd9
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|---0-------0----|---0-------0----|---0-------0----|---0-------0----|
B|--3-3--3--3-3--3|--3-3--3--3-3--3|--3-3--3--3-3--3|--3-3--3--3-3---|
G|-0---0---0---0--|-0---0---5---5--|-0---0---0---0--|-0---0---5---5--|
D|5-----5-5-----5-|5-----5-5-----5-|5-----5-5-----5-|5-----5-5-----5-|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

                                            Am(add9)/G
  Em9/B   Cmaj7/E  Em7/F#  Cmaj7/E  Am(add9)         Am(add9)/F
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|---0-------0----|---0-------0----|---0-------0----|---0-------0----|
B|--3-3-----0-0-0-|--3-3-----0-0-0-|--0-0-0---0-0-0-|--0-0-0---0-0-0-|
G|-0---0-0-5---5--|-0---0-0-5---5--|-5---5-0-5---5--|-5---5---5---5--|
D|4-----4-5-------|4-----4-5-------|7-------5-------|3-------3-------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

[Pre-chorus]
  Bm7     Bm7/A    Bm7     Bm7/A    G       Dsus2/F# Em7     Dsus2/F#
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|---2-------2----|---2-------2----|---3-------0----|---0-------0----|
B|--3-3-----3-3---|--3-3-----3-3---|--3-3-----3-3---|--3-3-----3-3---|
G|-2---2-2-2---2-2|-2---2-2-2---2-2|-4---4-0-0---0-0|-0---0-0-0---0-0|
D|------4-------4-|------4-------4-|5-----5-4-----4-|2-----2-4-----4-|
A|2-------0-------|2-------0-------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

  A7sus4           Esus4 E
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|---0-------0----|0-----0---------|
B|--3-3-----3-3---|0-----0---------|
G|-0---0-0-0---0-0|2-----1---------|
D|2-----2-2-----2-|2-----2---------|
A|----------------|2-----2---------|
E|----------------|0-----0---------|

[Coda]
  A      E/A      G/A   D/A Dsus2/A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|5--5---4--------|3--3---2--0-----|
B|5--5---5--5-----|3--3---3--3-----|
G|6--6---4--4-----|4--4---2--2-----|
D|7--7---6--6-----|5--5---4--4-----|
A|0--0---0--0-----|0--0---0--0-----|
E|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS

[Verse]                       [Pre-chorus]               [Chorus]
          E-A-D-G-B-e                  E-A-D-G-B-e             E-A-D-G-B-e
G6        3-x-0-0-3-0         Bm7      x-2-4-2-3-2       A     x-0-7-6-5-5
Cadd9     x-3-2-0-3-0         Bm7/A    x-0-4-2-3-2       A6    x-0-7-6-7-5
Em9/B     x-2-4-0-3-0         G6       3-x-0-0-3-0       D/A   x-0-7-7-7-5
Cmaj7/E   0-3-5-5-0-0         Dsus2/F# 2-x-0-2-3-0       E/A   x-0-6-4-5-4
Em9/F#    2-x-4-0-3-0         Em7      0-2-0-0-3-0       G/A   x-0-5-4-3-3
Amadd9    x-0-2-5-0-0         A7sus4   x-0-2-0-3-0       D/A*  x-0-4-2-3-2
Amadd9/G  3-x-2-5-0-0         Esus4    0-2-2-2-0-0       G6    3-x-0-0-3-0

Amadd9/F  1-3-3-2-0-0                                    Esus4 0-2-2-2-0-0
                                                         G6/A  x-0-5-4-3-0

[Middle 8]
A         x-0-7-6-5-5
E/A       x-0-6-4-5-4
Gmaj9     3-x-4-4-x-5
Gmaj13    3-x-4-4-x-0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | G6 | % | [Verse 1]
G6
I stood at the door beside her

    Cadd9
But she wouldn't let me pass

      G6
I was such a bore and I lied to her

         Cadd9
I said I didn't really want her ass

  Em9/B            Cmaj7/E
I went away in the mud and rain

    Em9/F#                Cmaj7/E
The gang became snide and laughed

Amadd9             Amadd9/G
I was slayed but I smiled and the pain

  Amadd9/F
Began to subside at last
[Pre-Chorus]
    Bm7                Bm7/A
And when I got back to my hotel

  Bm7                               Bm7/A
I wondered if the thunder meant I'd landed in hell

    G                   Dsus2/F#
And on the forecourt, I slipped and fell

  Em7                          Dsus2/F#
I cracked my stupid head and I heard a bell

           A7sus4  | Esus4 E |
I thought, hey
[Chorus]
         A        A6            D/A
Somebody saved me, it happened again

         A        A6               D/A
Somebody saved me, I thank you, my friend

         A       E/A                      G/A     D/A*
Somebody saved me, from a fate worse than heaven

              G6
'Cause if I'd had her for just an hour

                    Esus4    E
I'd have wanted her forever

         | G6/A | % |
Somebody saved me
[Verse 2]
G6
 You would have thought that I'd have learned

Cadd9
Twenty years ago or more

  G6
A beautiful girl raised her mouth and yearned

      Cadd9
But I didn't know what lips were for

  Em9/B           Cmaj7/E
I ran away in the mud and rain

    Em9/F#                    Cmaj7/E
The weather here is never too bright

      Amadd9                 Amadd9/G
She'd had an affray with her man and came

    Amadd9/F
For solace and the means to fight
[Pre-Chorus]
    Bm7                Bm7/A
She finally bored with seducing me

    Bm7                               Bm7/A
And took up with some geezer from the Ealing scene

    G                   Dsus2/F#
It nearly killed him like it would've killed me

  Em7                          Dsus2/F#
When her original man snapped his fingers

         A7sus4     | Esus4 E |
And she obeyed, she obeyed
[Chorus]
         A        A6            D/A
Somebody saved me, it happened again

         A        A6               D/A
Somebody saved me, I thank you, my friend

         A     E/A                        G/A     D/A*
Somebody saved me, from a fate worse than heaven

              G6
'Cause if I'd had her for just an hour

                    Esus4    E
I'd have wanted her forever
[Middle 8]
A                  E/A
I don't know about guardian angels

A                  E/A
All I know about's staying alive

Gmaj9                Gmaj13
 I can't shout about spiritual labels

     Gmaj9               Gmaj13
When little ones die and big ones thrive

E
All I know is that I've been making it

    E
And there've been times that I didn't deserve to

E
Every show, there's been more faking it

E
But right at the point of no return
[Chorus]
         A        A6            D/A
Somebody saved me, it happened again

         A        A6               D/A
Somebody saved me, I thank you, my friend

         A        E/A                     G/A     D/A*
Somebody saved me, from a fate worse than heaven

            G6
'Cause if I blew it for a single moment

               Esus4    E
I'd blow it forever

             | G6/A | % |
But somebody saves me
[Verse 3]
G6
 I took up the connection once

Cadd9
Made me feel quite aloof

  G6
I never could queue to collect my lunch

      Cadd9
While I was pursuing the truth

     Em9/B                Cmaj7/E
So I left my folks in the mud and rain

          Em9/F#             Cmaj7/E
It always rains in Sunnyside Road

  Amadd9                     Amadd9/G
I lived hippy jokes, getting stoned insane

         Amadd9/F
'Til the rain looked just like snow
[Pre-chorus]
    Bm7                Bm7/A
But there was a soul in whom I could depend

    Bm7                Bm7/A
He worked himself crazy while I laid in bed

        G                         Dsus2/F#
I never leaned on a person like I leaned right then

           Em7             Dsus2/F#
And when I finally woke up clean

              A7sus4      | Esus4 E |
My friend was dead, stone dead
[Chorus]
         A        A6            D/A
Somebody saved me, it happened again

         A        A6               D/A
Somebody saved me, I thank you, my friend

         A        E/A                G/A     D/A*
Somebody saved me, I ain't ready for heaven

              G6
'Cause if I'd seen you for a second

                              Esus4    E
I'd have wanted to see you forever ...
[Coda]
         | A      E/A | G/A   D/A Dsus2/A |
Somebody saved me
| A E/A | G/A D/A Dsus2/A | | A E/A | G/A D/A Dsus2/A | | A E/A | G/A D/A Dsus2/A |
         G6/A
Somebody saved me