The Who – Is It Me (Guitar)

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From the Quadrophenia Directors cut edition (it's a demo that wasn't on the original album). All instrumentals done by Pete Townshend, but nevertheless credited to the Who. Certain sections of the song wound up on other songs on the actual album (Mainly Bellboy, Dr. Jimmy and is it in my head?). [Intro] B Am G B Am G F F [Verse 1]
B                              F#
I guess by now you're feeling sorry for me

B                         F#
Well that's the way this story's meant to be

B                         F#
Take a look around, you won't see much that's right

B                                              F#
Your kid might be in the Boy Scouts, but he's kicking queers at night
[Chorus]
D                  G
Tell me a single thing life teaches you

D                  G
Tell me a single death that reaches you

D                      G
You deny you've got a soul to preach to

D                 G
Try and save him, I beseech you
[Verse 2]
B                             G
I've done all I can, he never cut his hair

  B                              G
I washed my hands of the whole affair

D                            Bb
Twenty years in jail seems a little harsh

      D                      Bb      F     F
But I bow to the law and the chosen path
[Bridge]
Abmaj7             Gsus4/C G/D
   Is it me, for a moment

Cm    Cm/Bb     Abmaj7
  The stars are falling

Eb          Cm7 Abmaj9
    The heat is rising,

Eb         Cm7 Abmaj9
    The past is calling
[Bridge]
Abmaj7             Gsus4/C G/D
   Is it me, for a moment

Cm    Cm/Bb     Abmaj7
  The stars are falling

Eb          Cm7 Abmaj9
   The heat is rising,

Eb         Cm7 Abmaj9
   The past is calling
[Interlude] E Ab B [Verse]
B                              F#
I guess by now you're feeling sorry for him

B                            F#
Well that's OK, 'cause they put him in the bin

B                            F#
Take a look around, take a walk out in the park

        B                              F#
You can still see all the old ladies, scared stiff of the dark
[Chorus]
D                  G
Tell me a single thing life teaches you

D                  G
Tell me a single death that reaches you

D                      G
You deny you've got a soul to preach to

D                 G
Try and save him, I beseech you
[Verse 2 with the chorus lyrics going on at the same time]
B                             G
I've done all I can, he never cut his hair

  B                              G
I washed my hands of the whole affair

D                            Bb
Twenty years in jail seems a little harsh

      D                      Bb      F     F
But I bow to the law and the chosen path

F               F
The chosen path

B
I've done all I can

                 F
I've done all I can
[Verse 2 with the chorus lyrics going on at the same time]
B                             G
I've done all I can, he never cut his hair

  B                              G
I washed my hands of the whole affair

D                            Bb
Twenty years in jail seems a little harsh

      D                      Bb      F     F
But I bow to the law and the chosen path
F F [Outro]
Fmaj7                  Cmaj7         D
    Some nights I still sleep on the beach

Fmaj7             Cmaj7         D
    Remember when stars were in reach...