Beads On One String chords by The Who

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


CHORDS
    E-A-D-G-B-e
Am*   x-0-2-2-1-0 or x-0-3-2-1-1 (F/AF/A) or x-0-3-2-1-0 (Fmaj7/A)
Bb majorBb   x-1-3-3-3-1 or x-1-3-3-1-1 (Bbsus2Bbsus2)

Bm**   x-2-4-4-3-2 or x-2-0-0-0-3 (G/AG/A) or x-2-5-4-3-2/x-2-0-0-0-2 (Gmaj7/B)
C majorC    x-3-2-0-1-0 or 3-5-5-3-3 (Csus2Csus2)


Intro:
| FF | Dm7Dm7 | Am* | Bb majorBb

Verse 1:
     FF
Don't you ever say never
  Dm7Dm7
It don't mean a thing
     Am*
Goin’ to get us together
   Bb majorBb
Like beads on one string
FF              Dm7Dm7 :
 There's always someone to blame
Dm7Dm7
 You don't have to look far, but ...
Am*             Bb majorBb
 Now the world is a fleeting dot in the stars
FF
 I don't care how you name Him
Dm7Dm7
 He is always the same
Am*
 I just know that we shame Him
    Bb majorBb
When we kill in His name


Chorus:
C majorC        A minorAm
 This can't go on forever
FF        Bb majorBb
 This war in a ring
C majorC         A minorAm
 Gotta bring us together
FF          G+G
 Like beads on one string

Verse 2:
     FF
Don't you ever say never (Don't you ever say never)
     Dm7Dm7
'Cause it don't mean a thing (It don't mean a thing)
   Am*
Gonna get us together (Gonna get us together)
   Bb majorBb
Like beads on one string (Like beads on one string)
FF
 Every one of us perfect
    (Like beads on one string)
Dm7Dm7
 But we all have a flaw
  (Like beads on one string)
Am*                Bb majorBb
 Then we look for the defects and we go off to war
    (Like beads on one string)
FF
 And we send all our children
 (Like beads on one string)
Dm7Dm7
 Again and again
  (Like beads on one string)
Am*
 It's our fear that we're building
 (Like beads on one string)
Bb majorBb
 And we're really the same


Chorus:
C majorC        A minorAm
 This can't go on forever
FF        Bb majorBb
 This war in a ring
C majorC         A minorAm
 Gotta bring us together
FF          G+G
 Like beads on one string


Verse 3:
     FF
Don't you ever say never (Don't you ever say never)
     Dm7Dm7
'Cause it don't mean a thing (It don't mean a thing)
   Am*
Gonna get us together (Gonna get us together)
   Bb majorBb
Like beads on one string (Like beads on one string)
     FF
Don't you ever say never
          (Like beads on one string)
     Dm7Dm7
'Cause it don't mean a thing
         (Like beads on one string)
Am*         Bb majorBb               | FF | % | % |
                  Don't you ever say never
 (Like beads on one string)             break:


Outro:
G+G          E minor 7Em7
 (Like beads on one string)
          Bm*
(Like beads on one string)
          C majorC
(Like beads on one string)
              G+G
    Don’t you ever say never
(Like beads  on  one  string)
          E minor 7Em7
       To never
(Like beads on one string)
           Bm*
Got to know me a ring
  (Like beads on one string)
               C majorC          G+G :
 Gotta get us together ...   like beads on one string
     (Like beads on one string)
G+G          E minor 7Em7
         Ooh-mh
 (Like beads on one string)
          Bm*
       Like beads on a string
(Like beads on one string)
          C majorC
(Like beads on one string)
          G+G :
(Like beads on one string)
         break:

Coda:
| G+G | % | % | % |
(synth-arpeggio)