Pictures Of Lily tab by The Who

Tabs

verse chords
C majorC    x32010
Em/B   x22030
A minorAm    x02210
FF    13321x (use thumb)
F#F#    24432x (use thumb)
G+G    355433 and 320003 and 3x0033
G7G7    3x0001 or 3x3001

chorus chords (use thumb for root note on all chords)
C majorC    8T x10 988
Em/B  7Tx9987
A minorAm   5Tx7555
G+G    3T55433
FF    1T33211
A augmentedA    5Tx7655
C#m/Ab 4Tx6654
F# minorF#m   2Tx4222
C# minorC#m   xTx2120

Note: timing is approximate

intro:
|G+G        |        |
|----------------|3---------------|
|----------------|0---------------|
|----------------|0---------------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

|C majorC      Em/B     |A minorAm    FF F F#F#|
  I used to wake up every morning
|----0---------------0----|-----0---------|
|----1---------------3----|-----1---------|
|----0---------------0----|-----2---------|
|----2---------------2----|-----2---3-3-4-|
|3-----------2------------|0--------3-3-4-|
|-------------------------|---------1-1-2-|

|G+G          |G+G         |
  I used to feel so bad
|3-------------------|3-----------------|
|0-------------------|0-----------------|
|0-------------------|0-----------------|
|0-------------------|0-----------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|3-------------------|--3-2-3-2-3-2--0-2|

|C majorC     Em/B     |A minorAm       FF F F#F#|G+G          |G+G
  I got so sick of having sleepless nights    I went and told my dad

     |A minorAm       G+G     |FF      E minorEm  |
He said, "Son now here's some little somethings,"
     |----0---------------3-----|----1---------0---|
     |----1---------------3-----|----1---------0---|
     |----2---------------0-----|----2---------0---|
     |----2---------------0-----|----3---------2---|
     |0-------0-----------------|--------------2---|
     |---------------3--------3-|1T--------1-0----0|

|A minorAm           |G+G     |
  And stuck them on my wall
|0----------------------|3--3--3--3-|
|1----------------------|3--3--3--3-|
|2----------------------|0--0--0--0-|
|2----------------------|0--0--0--0-|
|0----------------------|-----------|
|-----------------------|3--3--3--3-|

|C majorC    Em/B         |A minorAm   FF FF  F#F#|
  Now my nights ain't quite so lonely, in fact I
|G5G5          |  |G7G7          |G7G7    |
  I don't feel bad at all  I don't feel bad at all

chorus:
|C majorC      Em/B |A minorAm   G+G   |FF    E minorEm |D MajorD  G+G   |
 Pictures of Lily made my life so wonderful
|8--------8--7--7-|5-----5-3----3-|1-----1-0--|--2--3-----|
|8--------8--8--8-|5-----5-3----3-|1-----1-0--|---3-3-----|
|9--------9--9--9-|5-----5-4----4-|2-----2-0--|-2---0-----|
|10-------10-9--9-|7-----7-5----5-|3-----3-2--|0----0-----|
|-----------------|---------------|--------2--|-----------|
|8T-------8T-7T-7T|5T----5T3T---3T|1T----1T0--|-----------|

                             2/4:4/4:
|C majorC      Em/B |A minorAm    G+G    |FF    E minorEm     |D MajorD  |E MajorE  |E MajorE |
 Pictures of Lily helped me sleep at night
|8------8----7--7-|5------5--3-----3-|-------------------|
|8------8----8--8-|5------5--3-----3-|-------------------|
|9------9----9--9-|5------5--4-----4-|2--2--2--2--0-0-0-0|
|10-----10---9--9-|7------7--5-----5-|3--3--3--3--2-2-2-2|
|-----------------|------------------|3--3--3--3--2-2-2-2|
|8T-----8T---7T-7T|5T-----5T-3T----3T|1T-1T-1T-1T-0-0-0-0|

|A augmentedA      C#m/Ab|F# minorF#m    E MajorE    |D MajorD  C# minorC#m |BB  E MajorE  |
 Pictures of Lily  solved my childhood problem
|5------5----4---4-|2------2-----------|2---0---|---------|
|5------5----5---5-|2------2--0----0---|3---2---|--4--0---|
|6------6----6---6-|2------2--1----1---|2---1---|---4-1---|
|7------7----6---6-|4------4--2----2---|0---2---|-4---2---|
|------------------|----------2----2---|--------|2----2---|
|5T-----5T---4T--4T|2T-----2T-0----0---|--------|---------|

|A augmentedA      C#m/Ab|F# minorF#m    A augmentedA   |D MajorD    |E MajorE   |    |
 Pictures of Lily  helped me feel alright
|5------5----4---4-|2------2--------|2-2-2-2-|-------|-------|
|5------5----5---5-|2------2--0----0|3-3-3-3-|-------|-------|
|6------6----6---6-|2------2--1----1|2-2-2-2-|-------|-------|
|7------7----6---6-|4------4--2----2|0-0-0-0-|2------|-------|
|------------------|----------2----2|--------|2------|-------|
|5T-----5T---4T--4T|2T-----2T-0----0|--------|0---3^-|0------|

bridge:
|E MajorE E E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE |         |E MajorE E E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE |       |
      Pictures of Lily       Lily, oh, Lily
|----------|-----------------|----------|--------------|
|9-9-9-7-9-|-----------------|9-9-9-7-9-|--------------|
|9-9-9-7-9-|-----------------|9-9-9-7-9-|--------------|
|9-9-9-7-9-|-----------------|9-9-9-7-9-|--------------|
|7-7-7-5-7-|-----------------|7-7-7-5-7-|--------------|
|----------|-----------------|----------|--------------|

|A augmentedA A majorA A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA |         |A augmentedA A majorA A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA |         |
      Lily, oh, Lily        Pictures of Lily!
|----------|-----------------|----------|-----------------|
|5-5-5-3-5-|-----------------|5-5-5-3-5-|-----------------|
|6-6-6-4-6-|-----------------|6-6-6-4-6-|-----------------|
|7-7-7-5-7-|-----------------|7-7-7-5-7-|-----------------|
|7-7-7-5-7-|-----------------|7-7-7-5-7-|-----------------|
|5-5-5-3-5-|-----------------|5-5-5-3-5-|-----------------|

|D MajorD D D MajorD C majorC D MajorD |D MajorD D D MajorD C majorC D MajorD |G+G G MajorG G+G FF G+G |G+G   |
|----------|----------|----------|3------|
|7-7-7-5-7-|7-7-7-5-7-|----------|0------|
|7-7-7-5-7-|7-7-7-5-7-|4-4-4-2-4-|0------|
|7-7-7-5-7-|7-7-7-5-7-|5-5-5-3-5-|0------|
|5-5-5-3-5-|5-5-5-3-5-|5-5-5-3-5-|-------|
|----------|----------|3-3-3-1-3-|3------|

And then one day things weren't quite so fine
I fell in love with Lily
I asked my dad where Lily I could find
He said, "Son, now don't be silly.
She's been dead since 1929."
Oh, how I cried that night
If only I'd been born in Lily's time
           G+G
It would have been alright
          |15----15-----------|-15-------|
          |--15----15---------|----15----|
          |-------------0-----|----------|
          |-------------------|----------|
          |-------------------|----------|
          |-------------------|----------|

repeat chorus:
Pictures of Lily made my life so wonderful
Pictures of Lily helped me sleep at night

|A augmentedA      C#m/Ab  |F# minorF#m  E MajorE  |D MajorD C# minorC#m |BB E MajorE  |
  For me and Lily are together in my dreams

|A augmentedA   C#m/Ab    |F# minorF#m       E MajorE  |D MajorD   |
 And I ask you, hey, mister, have you ever seen

|E MajorE E MajorE   E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE
 Pictures of Lily?

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