The Who – Athena (Guitar Tab)

All the credit for this goes to the guys at Whotabs. By The Who >From It's Hard, 1982 Written by Pete Townshend (c)1982 Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# ============== transcribed by Whotabs [email protected] 2000-03-26 www.thewho.net/whotabs ============== A5 x02255 E/D xx0454 or xx0100 (bridge) G (3)x0033 D xx0232 E/A x06454 D/A x04232 Dmaj9 xx0650 and xx09 10 9 Dmaj7 xx0222 and xx0675 (F#m/D) D6 xx0202 [intro] 2 A5/|| A5 | (A5) A5/||

      [acoustic]                        x2
    ||:G D G D G D G D |G D G D G D G D:||
    ||[electric]       |                ||
 G /||:G               |            G /:||
-3-3||-3---------------|------------3-3-||
-3-3||-3---------------|------------3-3-||
-0-0||.0---------------|<12>~-------0-0.||
-0-0||.0---------------|<12>~-------0-0.||
----||-----------------|----------------||
-3-3||-3---------------|------------3-3-||

[acoustic]
  |A5    E/A    |D/A       E/A           |A5        E/A
  Athena,        I had no idea how much I need her
[electric; palm mute]
||--------------|------------------------||
||--------------|------------------------||
||.9--9--9-9-9-9|9-----9--9-9-9-9-------.||
||.-------------|-----------------------.||
||-7--7--7-7-7-7|7-----7--7-7-7-7--------||
||--------------|------------------------||

            [acoustic]                        
            |G D G D G D G D |G D G D G D G D|
She's just a girl,    she's a bomb
            |[electric]      |               |
         G/G|G               |               |
        -3-3|3---------------|---------------|
        -3-3|3---------------|---------------|
        -0-0|0---------------|<12>~----------|
        -0-0|0---------------|<12>~----------|
        ----|----------------|---------------|
        -3-3|3---------------|---------------|

[chorus]
|E5  E/D   ||A             D    |E       E/D     ||
       Just a girl, just a girl--l       (Just a)
|0---------||-------------------|----------------||
|0---------||-------------------|----------------||
|9---9-9-9-||.14\----------7-6-7|7/9-9----9--9-9.||
|----------||.------------------|---------------.||
|7---7-7-7-||-12\----------5-4-5|5/7-7----7--7-7-||
|0---------||-------------------|----------------||

|A D |E Just a girl, just a girl E/D |A D |E Just a girl, just a girl E/D |A D | She's just a girl Athena, my heart felt like a shattered glass in an acid bath I felt like one of those flattened ants you find on a crazy path I'd have topped myself to give her time, she didn't need to ask Was I a suicidal psychopath? She's just a girl, she's a bomb She's just a girl, she's a bomb Consumed, there was a beautiful white horse I saw on a dream stage He had a snake the size of a sewer pipe living in his ribcage And I felt like a pickled priest who was being flambed You've got me requisitioned, blondie She's just a girl, she's a bomb She's just a girl, she's a bomb Just a girl... |A/C# D | She's just a girl... |A5 |G |D |E/D | [bridge] [horn solo] |Dmaj9 D |Dmaj7 D |E/D D6 |E/D D6 | |Dmaj9 D |Dmaj7 Look into the face of a child D |E/D D |E/D D | Measure how long you smiled before the memory claimed |E/D D |E/D D|E/D D |E/D D | How long would children remain, how long could children remain? Athena, you picked me up by my lapel and screamed "leave her." I felt like waking up in heaven on an empty meter And now you're stuck with a castrated leader And I hate the creep I didn't mean that.... Athena, I had no idea how much I need her My life has been so settled and she's the reason Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone But I think I'll get along [acoust] 2 ||:G D G D G |G D G D G :||A5 She's just a girl She's a bomb (She's just a) ||[elec] | || G/||:G-------* |G-------* :||A5 [note: elec. should sustain until *] ============= [email protected] #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#