Brilliant Blues chords by Pete Townshend

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Intermediate

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Brilliant Blues by Pete Townshend
Submitted by Hugo

From: "White City"
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Whatever your strumming pattern may be, try to incorporate the riff into
your accompaniment.

Capo 1st fret

RIFF (Intro/Verse)
 G+G     D/G  G+G     D/G  G+G     D/G  G+G     D/G
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|
G+G|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|
D MajorD|0---0-0-0-0-----|0-0-0-0-0-------|0---0-0-0-0-----|0-0-0-0-0-------|
A augmentedA|x---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|
 E minorEm    E7sus4E7sus4 E minorEm   E7sus4E7sus4  E minorEm    E7sus4E7sus4 E minorEm   E7sus4E7sus4
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|
G+G|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|
D MajorD|2---2-2-2-2-----|2-2-2-2-2-------|2---2-2-2-2-----|2-2-2-2-2-------|
A augmentedA|2---------------|2---------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|

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CHORDS

     E-A-D-G-B-E
D/G    3-x-0-2-3-x
E7sus4E7sus4  0-2-2-2-3-x

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Capo 1st fret

INTRO (RIFF)
G+G      D/G  G+G     G/DG/D
 Say goodbye to the brilliant blues
G+G      D/G  G+G     G/DG/D
 Say goodbye to the brilliant blues
    E minorEm  E7sus4E7sus4  E minorEm  E7sus4E7sus4  E minorEm  E7sus4E7sus4  FF Bb majorBb C majorC
Say goodbye ...                     [It’s ...]

VERSE
C majorC  G+G D/G  G+G D/G
It's time
  G+G D/G  G+G D/G
To live
  E minorEm  E7sus4E7sus4  E minorEm  E7sus4E7sus4
So make me
E minorEm   E7sus4E7sus4  E minorEm  E7sus4E7sus4
Take me

VERSE
   G+G D/G  G+G D/G
It's time,
  G+G D/G  G+G D/G
To give
      E minorEm  E7sus4E7sus4  E minorEm  E7sus4E7sus4
So don't betray me,
E minorEm  E7sus4E7sus4  FF Bb majorBb C majorC
Pay me

CHORUS
  G+G           C majorC     D MajorD
The brilliant blues, don't want to be frozen
G+G               C majorC     D MajorD
 I'll spend my mornings at the sunshine cafe
   G+G           C majorC       D MajorD
I've read the news and the clique-ridden notions
G+G            C majorC    D MajorD
 I know that now is the time to say

VERSE
   G+G         D/G  G+G     D/G
It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
  G+G         D/G  G+G     D/G
To teach (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
  E minorEm          E7sus4E7sus4 E minorEm    E7sus4E7sus4
So tell me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
    E minorEm          E7sus4E7sus4 E minorEm    E7sus4E7sus4
Come on tell me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)

VERSE
   G+G         D/G  G+G     D/G
It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
  G+G          D/G  G+G     D/G
To preach (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
  E minorEm          E7sus4E7sus4 E minorEm    E7sus4E7sus4
So help me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
      E minorEm          E7sus4E7sus4 FF     Bb majorBb  C majorC
Come on and help me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)

CHORUS
  G+G          C majorC     D MajorD     [G+G]
The brilliant blues will never flow this way again
G+G          C majorC    D MajorD
 The colour of the Mersey’s grey
  G+G          C majorC     D MajorD     [G+G]
The brilliant blues have faded into sadness and pain
G+G        C majorC    D MajorD      G+G D/G  G+G
 And now is the time to say ... It's time

MIDDLE 8
E minorEm                  [E minorEm]
You and me are going to finally sail away
   E minorEm                       [Cmaj7Cmaj7]
We'll get far away from the blues and the mist in the rain
Cmaj7Cmaj7                     [Cmaj7Cmaj7]
You and me are going to fight until we win the day
  Cmaj7Cmaj7          FF      Bb majorBb  C majorC
For now is the time that we must say goodbye [to the ...]

CHORUS
 [C majorC]  G+G            C majorC     D MajorD
To the brilliant blues, I don't want to be frozen
G+G               C majorC     D MajorD
 I'll spend my mornings at the sunshine cafe
   G+G           C majorC       D MajorD
I've read the news and the clique-ridden notions
G+G            C majorC    D MajorD
 I know that now is the time to say


VERSE
   G+G         D/G  G+G     D/G
It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
  G+G         D/G  G+G     D/G
To trust (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
  E minorEm         E7sus4E7sus4 E minorEm    E7sus4E7sus4
So buy me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
      E minorEm         E7sus4E7sus4 E minorEm    E7sus4E7sus4
Come on and try me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)

VERSE
   G+G         D/G  G+G     D/G
It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
  G+G          D/G  G+G     D/G
To thrust (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
  E minorEm          E7sus4E7sus4 E minorEm    E7sus4E7sus4
So guide me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
    E minorEm          E7sus4E7sus4 FF     Bb majorBb  C majorC
Stay beside me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)

CHORUS
  G+G          C majorC     D MajorD     [G+G]
The brilliant blues will never flow this way again
G+G          C majorC    D MajorD
 The colour of the Mersey’s grey
  G+G          C majorC     D MajorD     [G+G]
The brilliant blues have faded into sadness and pain
G+G        C majorC    D MajorD      G+G
 And now is the time to say ... It's time