1921 tab by The Who

Tabs

Eb/DEb/D  x5888x
C/GC/G  3x2013
G7G7   3x0001
Bbsus4Bbsus4 6Tx886x
Bb majorBb   6Tx876x

[INTRO]
| C majorC          | G/BG/B | C/Bb| C/AC/A | C/Ab | C/GC/G |
|----------------------|-----|-----|-5---|------|-----|
|-5--------------------|-----|-----|-5---|-5----|-5---|
|-5--------------------|-5---|-5---|-5---|-5----|-5---|
|-5--------------------|-5---|-5---|-5---|-5----|-5---|
|----------------------|-----|-----|-----|------|-3---|
|-8--------------------|-7---|-6---|-5---|-4----|-3---|
|[piano arr for bass; from stage versions]
|-9-10-12-10-9-10-12-10|-----|-----|-----|------|-----|
|----------------------|--%--|--%--|--%--|--%---|--%--|
|----------------------|-----|-----|-----|------|-----|
|----------------------|-----|-----|-----|------|-----|

|Dsus4/F#      | Gsus4Gsus4  |   G+G  |
|--------------------|-3-----3--|-3-3--3---|
|--------------------|-3-----3--|-3-3--3---|
|--------------------|-5-----5--|-5-5--4---|
|-5-------5--5-------|-5-----5--|-5-5--5---|
|-5-------5--5----0--|----------|----------|
|-2-------2--2------2|-3---3-3--|-3-3--3---|
|                     |
|11-12-14-12-11-12-14|-12-------|----------|
|--------------------|-----5-5--|-5-5--5-5-|
|--------------------|---------5|----------|
|--------------------|----------|----------|

[VERSE pattern]
   Gsus4Gsus4     | G+G        x2
--||------3-------3--|-----3-------3---||
--||----3---3---3---3|---3---3---3---3-||
--||.-5-------5------|-4-------4------.||
-5||.----------------|----------------.||
--||-----------------|-----------------||
--||-----------------|-----------------||

Gsus4Gsus4         G+G        |Gsus4Gsus4   G+G |
 Got a feeling twenty-one is gonna be a good year
 Gsus4Gsus4        G+G       |Gsus4Gsus4   G+G  |
Especially if you and me see it in together.
Eb MajorEb          Bbsus4Bbsus4 Bb majorBb    |Eb MajorEb   Bbsus4Bbsus4 Bb majorBb |
 So you think twenty-one is gonna be a good year
Eb MajorEb                Bbsus4Bbsus4 Bb majorBb   |Eb MajorEb  Eb MajorEb Eb/DEb/D |
Could be good for me and her but you and her, no never.

 C minorCm    Cmaj/min7       Cmin7  Cmin/maj6
  I had no reason to be over-optimistic     but
|-8--------|-8-------------------|-8-------|-8------|
|-8--------|-8-------------------|-8-------|-8------|
|-8---/----|-8------------/------|-8-----/-|-8--/---|
|-10-------|-9-------------------|-8-------|-7------|
|----------|---------------------|---------|--------|
|----------|---------------------|---------|--------|
|[on stage Pete plays:]               |
A-3--------|-2-------------------|-1-------|-0------|

 Abmaj7Abmaj7                 Bbsus4Bbsus4 Bb majorBb  Gsus4Gsus4  G+G
 Somehow when you smile I can brave bad weather.
|8---------------|--------------------|-6------6---|3-------3-------|
|8---------------|--------------------|-6------6---|3-------3-------|
|8-------/-------|-/----------/-------|-8---/--7-/-|5-/-/-/-4---/-/-|
|6---------------|--------------------|-8------8---|5-------5-------|
|----------------|--------------------|------------|----------------|
|----------------|--------------------|-6T-----6T--|3T------3T------|

G+G        C/GC/G G7G7        C/GC/G
 What about the boy?  What about the boy?

G+G        C/GC/G      G7G7   G+G C majorC
 What about the boy he saw it all.

[CHORUS]
      FF          D7/F#D7/F#
You didn't hear it. You didn't see it. You won't say
     |-1------------------|-2-------------------|
     |-1------------------|-1-------------------|
     |-2----/-------------|-2--/----------------|
     |-3------------------|-0-------------------|
     |-3------------------|---------------------|
     |-1T-----------------|-2T------------------|

 G+G         E7/Ab
 nothing to no one never in your life. You never
|-3---------------|-4-------------------------|
|-3---------------|-3-------------------------|
|-4----------/----|-4-------------/-----------|
|-5---------------|-0-------------------------|
|-5---------------|---------------------------|
|-3T--------------|-4T------------------------|

 A minorAm       C7/Bb         Bb majorBb   FF
 heard it. How absurd it all seems without any proof
|-5-------------|(6)-----------------|
|-5-------------|-5------------------|
|-5-----/-------|-5-----------/------|
|-7-------------|-5------------------|
|-7-------------|--------------------|
|-5-------------|-6------------------|

      FF          D7/F#D7/F#
You didn't hear it. You didn't see it.
     G+G        E7/Ab
You never heard it, not a word of it.
       A minorAm         C7/Bb
You won't say nothing to no one. Never tell a soul
     Bb majorBb     FF     C/GC/G  G7G7
What you know is the truth.

|Gsus4Gsus4          G+G        |Gsus4Gsus4     G+G |
  Got a feeling twenty-one is gonna be a good year
|---------3--------------------3----------|
|------3----3----------------3---3--------|
|---5----------5------5----4-------4----4-|
|-5---------------5------5------------5---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

 Gsus4Gsus4        G+G       |Gsus4Gsus4  G+G |
Especially if you and me see it in together.

|Eb(sus2)        Bbsus4Bbsus4 Bb majorBb    |Eb(sus2) Bbsus4Bbsus4 Bb majorBb |
  Got a feeling twenty-one is gonna be a good year
|---------6---------------------6---------|
|-------6----6---------------6----6-------|
|---8-----------8----8-----7--------7---7-|
|-8---------------8------8------------8---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

 Eb(sus2)       Bbsus4Bbsus4  Bb majorBb |Eb MajorEb   Eb MajorEb Eb/DEb/D |
Especially if you and me see it in together.

C minorCm     Cmaj/min7      |Cmin7    Cmin/maj6
 I had no reason to be over-optimistic
  |Abmaj7Abmaj7                |Bbsus4Bbsus4    | Bb majorBb  |
But somehow when you smiled I could brave bad weather

[OUTRO]
  Eb MajorEb     Absus4/Eb Abm/Eb x4        Eb MajorEb
                   What about the boy?
||--3----------|----4---------4---||
||--4----------|----4---------4---||
||.-3----------|----6---------4--.||
||.-5----------|----6---------6--.||
||-------------|------------------||
||-------------|------------------||

[note: for stage versions, the Eb MajorEb is played at the 6th position:]
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-7/8-------|
|-7/8-------|
|-5/6-------|
|-----------|

Other versions of 1921

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for 1921 (Ver. 2) by The Who