The Who – How Many Friends (Guitar)

Capo 3
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By The Who From Who By Numbers, 1975 Written by Pete Townshend ============== transcribed by Justin Fox (also, if you get a chance, check out my band at myspace.com/themisprintsband) ============== Capo on 3 F Gm Eb Bb Gm7 F
F                Gm
  I'm feelin' so good right now

          Eb                    Bb    Gm7         F
There's a handsome boy tells me how I changed his past

             Gm
He buys me a brandy

Eb                    Bb          Gm7      F
  Or could it be he's really just after my ass?

             Gm
He likes the clothes I wear

Eb                   Bb     Gm7      F
  He says he likes a man to dress in season

           Gm               Eb                Bb
But no one else ever stares, he's being so kind
Gm7 C--> What's the reason? [chorus]
C         G             Am    F
 How many friends have I really got?

                          G
 You can count 'em on one hand

C         G              Am     F        G
 How many friends have I really got?

C         G              Am     F
 How many friends have I really got?

     Bb   F        Bb   F           Bb   F/A Gm Gm7 C
That love me, that want me, that'll take me  as I   am?
Suddenly it's a silver screen And a face so beautiful that I have to cry out Everybody hears me Well, I look like a fool, now, if I try and I shy out She knows all of my friends But it's nice to find a woman who'll stay on late But now I think I've reached the end I wonder in the dead of night, how do I rate? [repeat chorus]
Cm                 Cm/Bb
   It's all like a dream you know

            Bb                    F
When you're still up early in the morning

Gm                    F                   Eb
    And you all sit together to watch the sun come through

Cm                 Cm/Bb
  But things don't look so good

               Ab
When you could use a bit of warning

Fm                                    C/G                   G
  Then you know that no one will ever speak the truth about you.
[repeat chorus] When I first signed the contract, it was more than a handshake then I know it still is, but there's a plain fact We talk so much shit behind each other's backs, I get the willies People know nothing about their own soft guts So how come they can sum us up Without suffering all the hype we've known How come they bum us up [repeat chorus] one of the best songs on the album.