A Quick One While Hes Away tab by The Who

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A augmentedA Quick One While He's Away (studio version) By The Who


[Her Man's Been Gone]

Her man's been gone for nearly a year
He was due home yesterday but he ain't here
Her man's been gone for nigh on a year
He was due home yesterday but he ain't here

[Crying Town]

[Intro]

  D MajorD    G/DG/D  D7D7   G/DG/D   D MajorD    G/DG/D   D7D7    2
||-----2-----3---|--5-----3-----|----2-----3----|5-------||
||------------3--|----3-----3---|------------3--|3-------||
||.--2----/4---4/|5-----5-----4-|--2----/4----4/|5------.||
||.0----0--------|-------0------|0----0---------|0------.||
||---------------|--------------|---------------|--------||
||---------------|--------------|---------------|--------||

|D MajorD     G/DG/D    |D7D7     G/DG/D    |D MajorD   G/DG/D | D7D7 G/DG/D |
 Down your street your crying is a well-known sound
|D MajorD       G/DG/D   |D7D7   G/DG/D      |D MajorD  G/DG/D | D7D7  |
 Your street is very well-known, throughout your town
|G+G      C/GC/G |G7G7   C/GC/G      |G+G  C/GC/G |G7G7  C/GC/G |
 Your town is very famous for the little girl
   |D MajorD   G/DG/D   |D7D7   G/DG/D   |D MajorD   G/DG/D | D7D7 G/DG/D |
Whose crying can be heard all around the world

                                 2
||:D    G/DG/D  | D7D7    G/DG/D  | D MajorD    G/DG/D  | D7D7  G/DG/D :||
  Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

[We Have A augmentedA Remedy]
  A augmentedA (Asus2Asus2)(Asus4Asus4) etc.
||-------------0----|--------0-0---||
||---2-0-2-3-0-2----|--0-3-0-2-2---||
||.--2-2-2-2-2-2----|--2-2-2-2-2--.||
||.--2-2-2-2-2-2----|--2-2-2-2-2--.||
||-0-------------(0)|0-------------||
||------------------|--------------||

|A augmentedA          A augmentedA|A majorA        |
  Fa la la la la la   Fa la la la la
  Fa la la la la la   Fa la la la la

|A major 6A6        A augmentedA|A major 6A6         |
  We have a remedy  you'll appreciate,
|A augmentedA           A augmentedA|A majorA        |
  No need to be so sad,  he's only late
|D MajorD                  D MajorD|D          |
  We'll bring you flowers and things,  help pass your time
|D MajorD               |
  We'll give him eagle's wings
|D MajorD          |A augmentedA  Asus4Asus4 |Asus2Asus2 A augmentedA |E MajorE   Esus4Esus4 |E7E7
  Then he can fly to you
|--------------------|----------|---------|---4--5-----|7-----|
|--------------------|-2---3----|0------2-|----5---5---|5-----|
|--------------------|--2---2---|2------2-|-/4-------6-|7-----|
|--------------------|----2--2--|2------2-|------------|------|
|--------------------|0--------0|-------0-|------------|------|
|--------------------|----------|--------0|0-----------|------|

|E MajorE         EE|E MajorE        |
  Fa la la la la la   Fa la la la la
|A augmentedA         A augmentedAA|A majorA        |
  Fa la la la la la   Fa la la la la
  Fa la la la la la   Fa la la la la

|E MajorE  Esus4Esus4 |E MajorE     | D MajorD  Dsus4Dsus4 | D MajorD    |
 La
|-4--5-5---|-4--5---4-|---2--3-2---|-3-2--3-2-|
|--5-5-5---|--5-5-5---|---3--3-3---|-3-3--3-3-|
|4---4-4---|4---4-----|-2-2--2-2---|-2-2----2-|
|----------|----------|-0-0--0-0---|-----0----|
|----------|----------|------------|----------|
|----------|----------|------------|----------|

||:A         A augmentedAA|A majorA           AA:||4
   We have a remedy   Fa la la la la la la

[spoken]
A augmentedA
 We have a remedy. We have!
E MajorE           D MajorD
 Little girl (guide), why don't you stop your crying?
Asus4Asus4          A augmentedA
I'm gonna make you feel all right

[Ivor The Engine Driver]

  E MajorE        2
||------------------||
||------------------||
||.----------------.||
||.--2---2---2---2-.||
||-----2-------2----||
||-0-------0--------||

|    E MajorE      |BB    D MajorD       |E MajorE         |
      My name is Ivor,   I'm an engine driver
|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|--4---4---7--------7---|------------------|
|--2---2---2-------2-|----4------------7-----|---2---2----2---2-|
|----2--------2------|2------/5--------------|-----2--------2---|
|0-------0-----------|-----------------------|0--------0--------|

|E MajorE           |BB    D MajorD      |E MajorE
       I know him well,   I know why you feel blue
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------
|-----------------------|--4---4---7------7--|---9--------9-
|--2------2---2------2--|----4-------7-------|--------9-----
|----2----------2-------|2------/5-----------|7-------------
|0----------0-----------|--------------------|--------------

E MajorE         |BB    D MajorD         |E MajorE
 Just 'cause he's late   don't mean he'll never get through
------------------|--------------------------|------0-----------0-0-
------------------|--------------------------|------0-----------0-0-
--9-----------9---|--4---4---7----------7----|------1-----------2-1-
-------9----------|----4-----------7---------|------2-----------2-2-
7-----------------|2------/5-----------------|------2-----------2-2-
------------------|--------------------------|0---------------------

 |A augmentedA                |E MajorE
He told me he loves you, he ain't no liar, I ain't either
 |BB            |D MajorD     E MajorE    E MajorE Esus4Esus4 |E MajorE   |E MajorE
So let's have a smile for an old engine driver
 |BB            |D MajorD     E MajorE    E MajorE Esus4Esus4 |E MajorE   |E MajorE
So let's have a smile for an old engine driver

Please take a sweet (take a sweet)
Come take a walk with me (take a walk with me)
We'll sort it out (sort it out)
Back at my place (back at my place, maybe)

It'll come right, you ain't no fool, I ain't either
So why not be nice to an old engine driver?
Better be nice to an old engine driver
Better be nice to an old engine driver


[Soon Be Home]

  C majorC          Dm7Dm7
||------------------||------------------||
||------------------||------------------||
||.--0-2-0---0-2-0-.||.--0-2-0---0-2-0-.||
||.----------------.||.0-------0-------.||
||-3-------3--------||------------------||
||------------------||------------------||

  ||:C   |      |    |
We'll soon be home, we'll soon be home
   |Dm7Dm7    |          |C majorC   |    :||
We'll soon, we'll soon, soon, soon be home    We'll

Come on, old horse

Soon be home, soon be home
We'll soon, soon, soon be home

We'll soon, we'll soon, soon, soon be home


[You Are Forgiven]

|D MajorD  |A augmentedA  |C majorC  |Gadd9/B|FF  |Fsus4/C|Esus4Esus4|A augmentedA
 Dang, dang, dang, dang,  dang, dang,  dang, dang

|D MajorD  |Asus4Asus4  |D MajorD  |Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA |

||:D             |Asus4Asus4     A augmentedA      :||4
  Cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello

     |D MajorD    DDD|Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA      |D MajorD     DDD|Asus4Asus4
I can't believe it     Do my eyes deceive me?
A augmentedA      |D MajorD     DDD|Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA      |D MajorD    D MajorD D Dsus4Dsus4 |D MajorD |
A minorAm I back in your arms?     Away from all harm?

      |Cadd2Cadd2   |     |D MajorD D MajorD D/AD/A D/C D MajorD D/C| D MajorD D
It's like a dream to be with you again
      |-----------|---------|2--2---------------|-2-2------
      |1-111-1111-|1111-1111|3--3---------------|-3-3------
      |0-000-0000-|0000-0000|2--2----------2----|-2-2------
      |0-000-0000-|0000-0000|0--0--0---0---0-0--|-0-0------
      |3-333-3333-|3333-3333|------0---3-----3--|----------
      |-----------|---------|-------------------|----------
      [palm mute      ]

    |Cadd2Cadd2     |     |D MajorD D MajorD  D/AD/A D/C D MajorD D/C| D MajorD D
Can't believe that I'm with you again

|D MajorD  D MajorD    D/AD/A D/C D MajorD D/C |D MajorD  D MajorD    |
 Mow mow   ma--mow-ma-mow mow mow

|D5D5 [palm mute]| Dsus4Dsus4 [palm mute] |

 |D MajorD        |Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA  |D MajorD        |Asus4Asus4  A augmentedA
I missed you and I must admit I kissed a few and once did sit
 |Cadd2Cadd2     |G6sus4     |Cadd2Cadd2     |G+G    |D MajorD    DD|
On Ivor the Engine Driver's lap and later with him,  had a nap

||:G A7sus4A7sus4 |D MajorD   DD:||4

                     [repeat w/ below fills]
|G5G5   A5A5  |D MajorD      ||:G5   A5A5  |D MajorD       :||
   You are forgiven       You are forgiven
         (you are for-giv----en)    (you are for-)

[fills]
| G+G    A augmentedA   | D MajorD    || G+G   A augmentedA   |D MajorD    ||
                     ...baby
|----------------|----------||--------------|---------||
|---12------14---|---15~----||--------------|3---*----||
|-----12------14-|----------||.-------------|2-------.||
|/12-----/14-----|-0--------||.-------------|0-------.||
|----------------|----------||---2-5----4-7-|---------||
|----------------|----------||/3-----/5-----|---------||
                        [*toggle pickup selector]

|G+G       Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA |D MajorD D DCDC|G+G G MajorG  A augmentedA  A augmentedA |
         [pause]      You are for-
  (You are forgiv------e........n)

||:D       |G+G G MajorG  A augmentedA  A augmentedA :||
 -given      You are for-
   (You are forgiv---e...n)

|D MajorD       ||:G5    A5A5   |D MajorD    D MajorD     :||
-given forgiven Forgiven Forgiven Forgiven Forgiven For-
    (you are forgiv------en)      (you are forgiv-

[end]          [spoken]
|G+G G MajorG A augmentedA  A augmentedA    |D MajorD             |A augmentedA D MajorD
   Know you're forgiven
             You're all forgiven

Other versions of A Quick One While Hes Away

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