So Sad About Us tab by The Who

From Litgo@aol.comFri Oct 3 07:10:33 1997

So Sad About Us
by The Who
>From A Quick One, 1966
written by Pete Townshend

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transcribed by
litgo@aol.com
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[intro]
  ||  A Asus2 A Asus4 | A Asus2 A  ||
---||--(0)---------------|(0)-----------||
---||---2-0-----2--3-----|-2-0-----2----||
---||---2-2-----2--2-----|-2-2-----2----||
---||---2-2-----2--2-----|-2-2-----2----||
---||-0------------------|(0)-----------||
-0-||--------------------|------------0-||

                [see note below]
|  A Asus2 A Asus4|A Asus2 A | F#m  |   | D   |  | E  |  |
  la la  la la  la ...

  A  | D    | A
So sad    'bout us
         |--------------|----------|
         |---10-9-10-12-|-10-9-10--|
         |---9--9-9--9--|-9--9-9---|
         |---11-9-11-12-|-11-9-11--|
         |-0------------|(0)-------|
         |--------------|----------|

  A *| D    | A [repeat as above; * - see note 2 below]
So sad    ...
F#m
Sad that the ...
Bm
Sad 'spose we ..
D   E   | A  Asus2 A Asus4 | A Asus2 A | A  Asus2 A Asus4 | A Asus2 A
|
Sad   'bout us

So bad 'bout ....


F#m            Bm
  Apologies mean nothing ...
D                                     E
  But you can't switch off my ....

[as above]
la la...

B
la la la la...

  B  | E    | B
So sad    'bout us
         |---------------|-----------|
         |---12-11-12-14-|-12-11-12--|
         |---11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11--|
         |---13-11-13-14-|-13-11-13--|
         |---------------|-----------|
         |---------------|-----------|

  B *| E    | B  [repeat as above; * - see note 2 below]
So sad    ...
G#m
Sad, never meant ...
C#m
Sad, 'spose we'll ....
E  F#    B  B
Sad   'bout us
       |---------------|-----------|
       |---12-11-12-14-|-12-11-12--|
       |---11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11--|
       |---13-11-13-14-|-13-11-13--|
       |---------------|-----------|
       |---------------|-----------|
[outro]
B  |  | G#m  |  | E  |   | F#  |  | B
Ooh

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note: the F#m, D and E are played as straight chords and the voices (la's)
provide the changes. However, they changes can be played as below:

| F#m     |     | D (Dmaj7)  |     | E     |    |
|--(2)---------|---------|--------------|---------|--(0)------|(0)-----|
|---2-0--2--3--|-2-0--2--|(3)2-0--2--3--|-2-0--2--|---0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0--|
|---2-2--2--2--|-2-2--2--|(2)2-2--2--2--|-2-2--2--|---1-1-1-2-|-1-2-1--|
|---4-4--4--4--|-4-4--4--|-0-0-0--0--0--|-0-0--0--|---2-4-2-2-|-2-2-2--|
|(0)-----------|---------|(0)-----------|---------|---2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2--|
|--------------|---------|--------------|---------|-0---------|(0)-----|

* note 2: play transition riff:
 A         D   [or]   B         E
|-----------------|----|     |-----------------|----|
|-----------------|----|     |-----------------|----|
|-----------------|----|     |-----------------|----|
|-----------2-0---|-0--|     |-----------4-2-1-|-2--|
|-------2/4-----4-|----|     |-------4/6-------|----|
|-----------------|----|     |-----------------|----|

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