The Who – Success Story (Guitar)

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[Verse]
D                       G         F
      Friday night, I'm on my way home

     D
They oughta make work a crime

                 G     F
I'm home for the weekend

          D
I'm gonna make the most of my time

          G                    F               D
There's a rock-and-roll singer on the television

       G                   F              D
Giving up his music, gonna take up religion
[Refrain]
D
Deserted rock and roll

D
To try to save his soul
[Verse]
D                             G      F
Saturday night, gotta gig with the band

D
Playing the electric guitar

D                    G   F
Someday I'm gonna make it

D
Gonna be a super-duper-star

       G
Get a big flashy car

     F            D
And a house for my mum

G                     F
The big break better happen soon

          D
'Cause I'm pushing twenty-one
[Bridge]
G
Just like Cinderella

                   Eb             C
When she just couldn't go to the ball

               G
A voice said, "I'm your fairy manager

         Eb       C
You shall play at Carnegie Hall."

G        Eb       C
 Gotta give up my day job

G       Eb        C
 To become a heartthrob

G   Eb      C     G Eb          D
 I may go far if I smash my guitar
[Verse]
D
Away for the weekend

                 G     F            D
I've gotta play some one-night stands

D                G      F      D
Six for the tax man, and one for the band

G                              F            D
Back in the studio to make our latest number one

G                       F
Take two-hundred-and-seventy-six

             D
You know, this used to be fun
[Bass solo] A5 Bb5 F5 G5 A5 Bb5 F5 D5 A5 Bb5 F5 G5 A5 Bb5 F5 G5 [Verse]
D                    G      F
Monday morning, I just got home

        D
Six and the birds are singing

D                          G        F
I need a drink and my clothes are wet

D
Ooh, and my ears are still ringing

           G                    F            D
There's a rock and roll singer boppin' on the TV

    G                                F                D
He used to be a preacher, but now he sings in a major key
[Refrain]
D
Amended his decision to the new religion