The Who – Athena (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(3)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
(see notes at the end)
Intro: A G
A E D E A E Athena, I had no idea how much I'd need her D E A E In peaceful times I hold her close and I feed her D E A E D E My heart starts palpitating when I think my guess was wrong, but I think I'll get along G She's just a girl - she's a bomb A E D E A E Athena, all I ever want to do is please her D E A E My life has been so settled and she's the reason D E A E D E Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone, but I think I'll get along G G G G She's just a girl - she's a bomb, she's a bomb E D A/C# D E D A/C# D Just a girl, just a girl, just a girl just a girl E D A/C# D E D A/C# D Just a girl, just a girl, she's just a girl A E D E A E Athena, my heart felt like a shattered glass in an acid bath D E A E I felt like one of those flattened ants you find on a crazy path D E A E D E I'd of topped myself to give her time she didn't need to ask, was I a suicidal psychopath? G G G G She's just a girl - she's a bomb, she's just a girl, she's a bomb A E D E A E Consumed, there was a beautiful white horse I saw on a dream stage D E A E He had a snake the size of a sewer pipe living in his rib cage D E A E D E I felt like a pickled priest who was being flam-bed, you were requisitioned blondie G G G G She's just a girl, she's a bomb, I'm happy, she's a bomb,I'm ecstatic E D A/C# D E D A/C# D Just a girl, just a girl, just a girl just a girl E D A/C# D E D A/C# D Just a girl, just a girl, she's just a girl
Bridge: A G/D D/A E/A ( A/D E/D D E/D ) x2
A/D E/D F#/A D E/D A/D E/D D Look into the face of a child, measure how long you smiled, before the memory claimed E/D D E/A D E/D D E/D D How long would children remain? how long would children remain? A E D E A E Athena, you picked me up by my lapels and screamed "leave her" D E A E It felt like waking up in heaven on an empty meter D E A E D E And now you're stuck with a castrated leader, and I hate the creep G G G G I didn't mean that, she's a bomb, I just said it, she's a bomb G G Forget it, please, she's a bomb A E D E A E Athena, I had no idea how much I need her D E A E My life has been so settled and she's the reason D E A E D E Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone, but I get along G G G G A She's just a girl, she's a bomb, she's just a girl, she's a bomb
Notes:
G (she's a bomb...) A G/A D/A E/A A/D D E/D F#/A* A/C#
e--3-3-3--------------|----------------5--2--4----6---------------- B--3-3-3--------------|-2--3--3--5-----5--3--5----7------2--------- G--0-0-0--------------|-2--4--2--4-----6--2--4----6------2--------- D--0-0-0--------------|-2--5--4--6-----0--0--0----0------2--------- A---------------------|-0--0--0--0-----------------------4--------- G--3-2-3-etc----------|--------------------------------------------
* oops during recording??