Rockin In Rage chords by The Who

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


Key: D / A (Chorus and Middle 8)


Chorus:
 A5  A/G   A5    A/G    A5      F     F G
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|2-2-2-2-------2-|--2---2---------|2-2-2-2---------|----------------|
A|0-0-0---------0-|--0---0---------|0-0-0---------3-|--3---3-3/5-5---|
E|------3---------|--------3/5-3---|------3---3---1-|--1---1-1/3-3---|

CHORDS
      E-A-D-G-B-e
Bb/D*   x-x-0-7-6-6
E/D    x-x-0-4-5-4
Dsus2(b6) x-x-0-3-5-5
Eb/D    x-x-0-3-4-3
Bb/D    x-x-0-3-3-1
F/D    x-x-0-5-6-5
C/D    x-x-0-5-5-3

D7     x-x-0-5-7-5 or 2-x-0-2-1-2 (= D7/F#)
Bbdim7   x-1-2-0-2-0
Dm9    x-5-3-5-5-x
Dm6    x-5-3-6-3-x

D5     x-x-0-2-3-x
F/C    x-3-3-x-1-x
G7/B    x-2-3-0-x-x

A5     x-0-2-x-x-x
G     3-x-0-0-3-3

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Intro:
| Dsus2 Em7/D | Dsus2 Em7/D |
| Dsus2 Em7/D | Em7/D |
        (let ring)

Verse 1:
   D       Bb/D*
If I can't speak my truth
      E/D   Dsus2(b6)
For fear of being abused
      Eb/D   Bb/D
I might as well be a mute
  F/D     C/D
My voice never used
D     Bb/D*
I'll be maligned
    E/D     Dsus2(b6)
I'll be distant and trolled
   Eb/D   Bb/D
If I can't be aligned
    F/D     | C/D | % |
I'll be thrown in the cold


Bridge:
 D               D7
I don't think I've ever felt so out on the margin
    Gm         Bbdim7
I'm too old to fight and we share these in blades
 Dm9           Dm6
I feel like a leper, like handing my cards in
    Bb/D          C/D
Like I don't have the right to join the parades


Pre-Chorus:
  D5     F/C  F/C     G7/B
I'm rockin' in rage, forward and back
  D5     F/C     G7/B    A
My bones is engaged, they splinter and crack

| D5 F/C | F/C G7/B | D5 F/C | G7/B F/C |

   D5     F/C   F/C     G7/B
Deep fire in the clock is one last rampage
D5      F/C    G7/B    A
Drop all the lines, I'm rockin' in rage


Chorus:
A5     A/G  | A5 A/G |
Rockin' in rage
   A5       A/G
Oh, I won't leave the stage
F       F  G   A5 :
 Oh yeah, I'm rockin' in rage


Middle 8:
| A5 | A5  G D | A5 | A5  G D |

      A5                 G  D
If you can ride it right here, you know how to die
      A5                G  D
If you can conquer your fear, you'll get to fly
| A5 | A5   G     D | A5 | % |
     Ooh, you'll get to fly


Verse 2:
   D      Bb/D*
This must be your right
     E/D     Dsus2(b6)
To get it down on the page
  Eb/D     Bb/D
You know you must write
  F/D      C/D
You know you must rage
  D       Bb/D*
You might learn to fly
  E/D    Dsus2(b6)
Get out on the stage
    Eb/D     Bb/D
But you might as well lie
 F/D     | C/D | % |
Unless you can rage


Bridge:
 D               D7
I don't think I've ever felt so out on the margin
    Gm         Bbdim7
I'm too old to fight and we share these in blades
 Dm9           Dm6
I feel like a leper, like handing my cards in
    Bb/D          C/D
Like I don't have the right to join the parades


Pre-Chorus:
  D5     F/C  F/C     G7/B
I'm rockin' in rage, well past my prime
 D5    F/C   G7/B    A
Denying the curtain, waiting on time

| D5 F/C | F/C G7/B | D5 F/C | G7/B F/C |

  D5     F/C     F/C     G7/B
So this is the carver, the death before age
 D5       F/C      G7/B    A
I thought I'd be calm, but I'm rockin' in rage


Chorus:
A5     A/G  | A5 A/G |
Rockin' in rage
   A5       A/G
Oh, I won't leave the stage
F  F    G   | A5 A/G | A5 A/G   |  A5 A/G | F G |
  Rockin' in rage,        rockin' in rage

A5     A/G  | A5 A/G |
Rockin' in rage
A5   A/G       | A5 A/G |
 Oh, I won't leave the stage
F  F    G   | A5 A/G  | A5 A/G | A5 A/G | F   G    | A5 | % |
  Rockin' in rage,           Oh, oh, I won’t leave the cage


Verse 3:
   D       Bb/D*
If I can't speak my truth
      E/D  Dsus2(b6)
For fear of being abused
      Eb/D   Bb/D
I might as well be a mute
  F/D     C/D
My voice never used
   D     Bb/D*
This must be my right
     E/D     Dsus2(b6)
To get it down on the page
 Eb/D    Bb/D
I know I must write
 F/D    | C/D | % |
I know I must rage


Coda:
| Dsus2 Em7/D | Dsus2 Em7/D |
 Rage ...
| Dsus2 Em7/D | D
 Rage ...