Somebody Saved Me chords by Pete Townshend

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)



Verse:
  G6               Cadd9              G6               Cadd9
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|---0-------0----|---0-------0----|---0-------0----|---0-------0----|
B|--3-3--3--3-3--3|--3-3--3--3-3--3|--3-3--3--3-3--3|--3-3--3--3-3---|
G|-0---0---0---0--|-0---0---5---5--|-0---0---0---0--|-0---0---5---5--|
D|5-----5-5-----5-|5-----5-5-----5-|5-----5-5-----5-|5-----5-5-----5-|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
                                            Am(add9)/G
  Em9/B   Cmaj7/E  Em7/F#  Cmaj7/E  Am(add9)         Am(add9)/F
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|---0-------0----|---0-------0----|---0-------0----|---0-------0----|
B|--3-3-----0-0-0-|--3-3-----0-0-0-|--0-0-0---0-0-0-|--0-0-0---0-0-0-|
G|-0---0-0-5---5--|-0---0-0-5---5--|-5---5-0-5---5--|-5---5---5---5--|
D|4-----4-5-------|4-----4-5-------|7-------5-------|3-------3-------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Pre-chorus:
  Bm7     Bm7/A    Bm7     Bm7/A    G       Dsus2/F# Em7     Dsus2/F#
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|---2-------2----|---2-------2----|---3-------0----|---0-------0----|
B|--3-3-----3-3---|--3-3-----3-3---|--3-3-----3-3---|--3-3-----3-3---|
G|-2---2-2-2---2-2|-2---2-2-2---2-2|-4---4-0-0---0-0|-0---0-0-0---0-0|
D|------4-------4-|------4-------4-|5-----5-4-----4-|2-----2-4-----4-|
A|2-------0-------|2-------0-------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  A7sus4           Esus4 E
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|---0-------0----|0-----0---------|
B|--3-3-----3-3---|0-----0---------|
G|-0---0-0-0---0-0|2-----1---------|
D|2-----2-2-----2-|2-----2---------|
A|----------------|2-----2---------|
E|----------------|0-----0---------|

Coda:
  A      E/A      G/A   D/A Dsus2/A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|5--5---4--------|3--3---2--0-----|
B|5--5---5--5-----|3--3---3--3-----|
G|6--6---4--4-----|4--4---2--2-----|
D|7--7---6--6-----|5--5---4--4-----|
A|0--0---0--0-----|0--0---0--0-----|
E|----------------|----------------|

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CHORDS
Verse:                       Pre-chorus:               Chorus:
          E-A-D-G-B-e                  E-A-D-G-B-e             E-A-D-G-B-e
G6        3-x-0-0-3-0         Bm7      x-2-4-2-3-2       A     x-0-7-6-5-5
Cadd9     x-3-2-0-3-0         Bm7/A    x-0-4-2-3-2       A6    x-0-7-6-7-5
Em9/B     x-2-4-0-3-0         G6       3-x-0-0-3-0       D/A   x-0-7-7-7-5
Cmaj7/E   0-3-5-5-0-0         Dsus2/F# 2-x-0-2-3-0       E/A   x-0-6-4-5-4
Em9/F#    2-x-4-0-3-0         Em7      0-2-0-0-3-0       G/A   x-0-5-4-3-3
Amadd9    x-0-2-5-0-0         A7sus4   x-0-2-0-3-0       D/A*  x-0-4-2-3-2
Amadd9/G  3-x-2-5-0-0         Esus4    0-2-2-2-0-0       G6    3-x-0-0-3-0
Amadd9/F  1-3-3-2-0-0                                    Esus4 0-2-2-2-0-0
                                                         G6/A  x-0-5-4-3-0

Middle 8:
A         x-0-7-6-5-5
E/A       x-0-6-4-5-4
Gmaj9     3-x-4-4-x-5
Gmaj13    3-x-4-4-x-0

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Intro:
| G6 | % |


Verse 1:
G6
I stood at the door beside her
    Cadd9
But she wouldn't let me pass
      G6
I was such a bore and I lied to her
         Cadd9
I said I didn't really want her ass
  Em9/B            Cmaj7/E
I went away in the mud and rain
    Em9/F#                Cmaj7/E
The gang became snide and laughed
Amadd9             Amadd9/G
I was slayed but I smiled and the pain
  Amadd9/F
Began to subside at last


Pre-Chorus:
    Bm7                Bm7/A
And when I got back to my hotel
  Bm7                               Bm7/A
I wondered if the thunder meant I'd landed in hell
    G                   Dsus2/F#
And on the forecourt, I slipped and fell
  Em7                          Dsus2/F#
I cracked my stupid head and I heard a bell
           A7sus4  | Esus4 E |
I thought, hey


Chorus:
         A        A6            D/A
Somebody saved me, it happened again
         A        A6               D/A
Somebody saved me, I thank you, my friend
         A       E/A                      G/A     D/A*
Somebody saved me, from a fate worse than heaven
              G6
'Cause if I'd had her for just an hour
                    Esus4    E
I'd have wanted her forever
         | G6/A | % |
Somebody saved me


Verse 2:
G6
 You would have thought that I'd have learned
Cadd9
Twenty years ago or more
  G6
A beautiful girl raised her mouth and yearned
      Cadd9
But I didn't know what lips were for
  Em9/B           Cmaj7/E
I ran away in the mud and rain
    Em9/F#                    Cmaj7/E
The weather here is never too bright
      Amadd9                 Amadd9/G
She'd had an affray with her man and came
    Amadd9/F
For solace and the means to fight


Pre-Chorus:
    Bm7                Bm7/A
She finally bored with seducing me
    Bm7                               Bm7/A
And took up with some geezer from the Ealing scene
    G                   Dsus2/F#
It nearly killed him like it would've killed me
  Em7                          Dsus2/F#
When her original man snapped his fingers
         A7sus4     | Esus4 E |
And she obeyed, she obeyed


Chorus:
         A        A6            D/A
Somebody saved me, it happened again
         A        A6               D/A
Somebody saved me, I thank you, my friend
         A     E/A                        G/A     D/A*
Somebody saved me, from a fate worse than heaven
              G6
'Cause if I'd had her for just an hour
                    Esus4    E
I'd have wanted her forever


Middle 8:
A                  E/A
I don't know about guardian angels
A                  E/A
All I know about's staying alive
Gmaj9                Gmaj13
 I can't shout about spiritual labels
     Gmaj9               Gmaj13
When little ones die and big ones thrive

E
All I know is that I've been making it
    E
And there've been times that I didn't deserve to
E
Every show, there's been more faking it
E
But right at the point of no return


Chorus:
         A        A6            D/A
Somebody saved me, it happened again
         A        A6               D/A
Somebody saved me, I thank you, my friend
         A        E/A                     G/A     D/A*
Somebody saved me, from a fate worse than heaven
            G6
'Cause if I blew it for a single moment
               Esus4    E
I'd blow it forever
             | G6/A | % |
But somebody saves me


Verse 3:
G6
 I took up the connection once
Cadd9
Made me feel quite aloof
  G6
I never could queue to collect my lunch
      Cadd9
While I was pursuing the truth
     Em9/B                Cmaj7/E
So I left my folks in the mud and rain
          Em9/F#             Cmaj7/E
It always rains in Sunnyside Road
  Amadd9                     Amadd9/G
I lived hippy jokes, getting stoned insane
         Amadd9/F
'Til the rain looked just like snow


Pre-chorus:
    Bm7                Bm7/A
But there was a soul in whom I could depend
    Bm7                Bm7/A
He worked himself crazy while I laid in bed
        G                         Dsus2/F#
I never leaned on a person like I leaned right then
           Em7             Dsus2/F#
And when I finally woke up clean
              A7sus4      | Esus4 E |
My friend was dead, stone dead


Chorus:
         A        A6            D/A
Somebody saved me, it happened again
         A        A6               D/A
Somebody saved me, I thank you, my friend
         A        E/A                G/A     D/A*
Somebody saved me, I ain't ready for heaven
              G6
'Cause if I'd seen you for a second
                              Esus4    E
I'd have wanted to see you forever ...


Coda:
         | A      E/A | G/A   D/A Dsus2/A |
Somebody saved me
| A E/A | G/A   D/A Dsus2/A |
| A E/A | G/A   D/A Dsus2/A |
| A E/A | G/A   D/A Dsus2/A |
         G6/A
Somebody saved me