Athena chords by The Who

Athena
By The Who
From It's Hard, 1982
Written by Pete Townshend


A5   x02255
E/D   xx0454 or xx0100 (bridge)
G5   xx0033
E    xx6454
Dii   xx4232
Dmaj9  xx0220 or xx0655 or xx09 10 9
Dmaj7  xx0222 or xx0675 (F#m/D)
D6   xx0202

[intro]          2
 A5/|| A5  | (A5)   A5/||

   [acoust]              2
  || G D G D G D G D | G D G D G D G D ||
  ||[elec]      |         ||
 G/|| G5       | (12fr harm.G&B) ||

 A5 E Dii    E       A5    E
Athena, I had no idea how ...
  Dii       E          A5     E
In peaceful times I hold ...
  Dii         E          A        E
My heart starts palpitating ...
         Dii    E
But I think ....

       G D G D...(as above)
She's just a girl....

Athena, all I ever want to do is ......

E5

    A      D E  E/D
Just a girl, ...
    A      D E  E/D
Just a ...
    A      D E  E/D
Just a girl,....
       A  D
She's just .....

Athena, my heart felt like a ....

She's just a girl, .....

Consumed, there was a beautiful white ho....

She's just a girl, she's .....

Just a girl...

       A/C# D
She's just ....

A5 | G  | D   | E/D |

Dmaj9  D | Dmaj7  D  | E/D D6 | E/D  D6 |

|Dmaj9     D    | Dmaj7
 Look into the ...
    D     | E/D        D  | E/D   D |
Measure how long you smiled....
E/D      D    | E/D D|E/D      D    | E/D  D |
How long would children remain, how ....

Athena, you picked me up by .....

I didn't mean that....

Athena, I had no idea .....
She's just a girl...
      [acoust]              2
     || G D G D G    | G D G D G    ||
     ||[elec]      |         ||
    G/|| G5------*    | G5------*    ||
      [note: elec. should sustain until *]


A5