The Who
Starts
out on a synth, but using two guitars:
Guitar 1:
Finger Guitar
2: Finger
e x e
13
B x B
13
G 10 G 10
D 10 D x
A 8 A x
E x E x
Guitar 1
pick quickly A-A-D-D-G-G-D-D-A-A-D-D-G-G-D-D
(all sixteenth notes) over and over
(this is until
the end of the song, when the violin
comes in.)
Guitar 2
pick quickly G-G-B-B-e (The G and B strings are
played as sixteenth, the e is picked
as an eighth)
After 5
repetitions, the piano enters, after four piano and synth parts,
the drums and bass enter. The piano and bass play a simple
F-C-Bb progression
For
guitar in place of piano, it is played
F C Bb
e 5 3 1
B 6 5 3
G 5 5 3
D x x x
A x x x
E x x x
The first
verse is played the same way:
F C Bb
Out here
in the fields
I fight
for my meals
I get my
back into my living
I don't
need to fight
To prove
I'm right
I don't
need to be forgiven
(yeah
yeah yeah yeah ye-ah!)
NOW
Townshend throws in the power chords along the same rhythm (F-C-Bb)
Play that
pattern 5 times, then it softens for the bridge:
Play C5
three times, then softly strum a first-position C chord
(With the
opening F5 synth pattern only:)
C5 C5 C5
C
Don't cry
Don't
raise your eyes
It's only
a teenage wasteland
The
chords ring in again, with bass and drums, the synth still rolling
Sally
take my hand
We'll
travel south cross land
Put out
the fire but don't look past my shoulder
The
exodus is here
The happy
won't come near
Let's get
together before we get much older
A soft
guitar solo, in the same key, but one I can't figure out yet.
Hitting a
few F5 chords, the drums and bass ring back
in and the bar chords return in the
F-C-Bb pattern:
Teenage
wasteland!
Teenage
wasteland!
Teenage
wasteland, oh yeah!
Teenage
wasteland!
They're
all wasted!
F F
C C Bb Bb C C
F chord:
e:
-12-13-15--12-13-15-1213-15
Repeat,
over a C then Bb chord, then, over C
e:
-15-13-15-13-15-12--15-13-15-12-13-15-12-----15
The
violin comes in over the synth part, which fades
out as the violin plays until the
end, when
the synth returns for a crescendo up
onto yet
again the F5 chord.