Rael By The Who >From The Who Sell Out, 1967 Written by Pete Townshend ============== transcribed by litgo@aol.com ============== Tune down whole step: DGCFAD
[note: add one whole tone to each chord below to find shapes, e.g., C = D, F = G, Bb = C ] || C C F G | C C F G || Ooh... C C F G The Red-chins in .... C C F G Will overspill their ... C C F G C And chaos then will.... The country of my fat... Bb Ab Rael, the home ... Bb Ab G To me the center ... The Red-chins in their .... My heritage .. My roots are torn ... And so to do my ... C F G Bb Bb Bb Bb And so to do my best ... Bb (Bb/A) (Bb/G) F (F/Eb) (F/D) (F/C) Now captain, listen ... Bb F Return to this spot on .... Bb F Look toward the ... Bb Ab G And then you'll know ... || G G G/F# C/G C/G G || G G/F# C/G G If a yellow ... G G/F# C/G G Sickly herald .. G G/F# F Then you'll know my ... C G C/G G And you'll send your ... But if a red flag is ..... Bb F Now captain, listen ... Return to this spot ... Look toward the shore ... Bb Ab G And then you'll ... || G G G/F# C/G C/G G || A A A/Ab D/A D/A A || G... || Bb Bb Bb/A Eb/Bb Eb/Bb Bb || Ooh ooh ooh Bb A Ab Eb Bb Eb/Bb Bb D/C Dsus4 D(no3)/C D/C |---4----||--5---0-------|-4----|| |---5----||--5---5-------|-5----|| |---4----||--4---4-------|-4----|| |--(0)---||--------------|(0)---|| |--------||--------------|------|| |--------||--------------|------|| C C5 Csus2 D/C ||-2----|-5---0--||--4-----| ||-3----|-3---3--||--5-----| ||-2----|-2---2--||--4-----| ||-0----|-0---0--||--------| ||------|--------||--------| ||------|--------||--------| D/C Dsus4/C D(no3)/C D/C Dsus4/C D(no3)/C He's crazy if he thinks ... He's crazy if he ... C C5 Csus2 D/C Dsus4/C D(no3)/C He's crazy if he thinks we're .... C C5 Csus2 D/C He's crazy.... [bass only these 2 meas] D/C C D/C C D/C |--------|--------------|---------|-------------| |--------|--------------|---------|-------------| |--------|--------------|---------|-------------| |--2-0x--|--2-0---------|--2-0x---|-2-0---------| |--------|------3-2-0---|---------|-----3-2-0---| |--------|------------2-|---------|-----------2-| C Bb/C C Bb/C |---------|-------------------| |---------|-------------------| |---------|-------------------| |--0------|--0----------------| |-----3x--|-----3--2--0-----0-| |---------|--------------3----| A ||----------------|---------------|| ||----------------|---------------|| ||----------------|---------------|| ||------------4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|| ||-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|| ||----------------|---------------|| [Open C pedal throughout] D/C C D/C C G/C D/C C D/C C D/C |---4---2----|--4---2---5--|---4---2----|--4---2---4--| |---5---3----|--5---3---5--|---5---3----|--5---3---5--| |---4---2----|--4---2---6--|---4---2----|--4---2---4--| |---0---0----|--0---0---0--|---0---0----|--0---0---0--| |------------|-------------|------------|-------------| |------------|-------------|------------|-------------| E/C Ab/C E/C Ab/C E/C F/C |---6---6---|---6---6---6--|---7----|--------| |---7---6---|---7---6---7--|---8----|--------| |---6---7---|---6---7---6--|---7----|--------| |---0---0---|---0---0---0--|---0----|-0------| |-----------|--------------|--------|--------| |-----------|--------------|--------|--------| F/C Fsus4/C F/C Fsus2/C F/C x2 F/C Fsus4/C F5/C ||--7-----8-----7----|-------------||-7-----8----|-10------| ||--8-----8-----8----|-10---10-8---||-8-----8----|-8-------| ||--7-----7-----7----|-----------7-||-7-----7----|-7-------| ||-(0)---------------|-------------||------------|-0-------| ||-------------------|-------------||------------|---------| ||-------------------|-------------||------------|---------| F/C Fsus4/C F/C A |-7-----8----|-7-------||----------------|---------------|| |-8-----8----|-8-------||----------------|---------------|| |-7-----7----|-7-------||----------------|---------------|| |------------|-0-------||------------4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|| |------------|---------||-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|| |------------|---------||----------------|---------------|| D/C Dsus4 If a yellow ... D(no3)/C D/C Dsus4/C Sickly herald ... D(no3)/C C C5 Then you'll know my ... Csus2 C D And you'll send .... ------------- Part II [approx organ changes; can be played tuned down or in standard tuning: EADGBE] C What I see is ... F C In my sweetest ... F C What I feel is .. F Am When by newborn ... F C Am What I know now .. F That has been ... C Bless the ... F A5 And the god who ...
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