The Rock tab by The Who
Guitar tabs
From Litgo@aol.comFri Oct 3 07:08:56 1997 NOTE TO ARCHIVIST: This file can replace: who/The_Rock.crd which it references. The Rock by the Who from Quadrophenia, 1973 written by Pete Townshend Originally transcribed by Kenny Sahr ============= updated by litgo@aol.com =============
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[capo on 1]
Gaug xx5443
Abmaj7 xx6543
Abmaj9 464546 (4665xx)
Chords listed in () are implied bass transition notes
[Fade up from 'Dr. Jimmy']
Ebmsus4
["Bell Boy" theme (Keyboard only):]
|| Eb Cm |Db F# | Ab Bb |B Db Eb/|| x4
[With a beat]
|| Eb Cm |Db F# | Ab Bb |B Db Eb/|| x3
| Eb / / / | / / / /Db|Eb/ / / / | / / / / |
[Keyboard intro to "Is it me" theme]
| Ebsus4 / / / | / / / / | Ab / / / | Ab / / / |
["Is it me" theme]
|| Abmaj7 / / / | / / / / | Gaug / / / | G / / / |
| Cm / / / | Cm(Bb) / / / |
| Abmaj7 / / / | / / / / | Eb / / Cm7 |
| Abmaj9 / / / | Eb / / Cm7 | Abmaj9 / / / ||
| Abmaj7 | | Gaug | G |
|--16-15-|-16-15/16/15------|---15----|------------|
|--------|------------16-16/|18---16--|------------|
|--------|------------------|---------|------------|
|--------|------------------|---------|------------|
|--------|------------------|---------|------------|
|--------|------------------|---------|------------|
| Cm | Cm(Bb) | Abmaj7 | |
|--------|-16/18-16/18^-|-16-15--18/20|-18\|
|-----16-|--------------|------16-----|----|
|--------|--------------|-------------|----|
|--------|--------------|-------------|----|
|--------|--------------|-------------|----|
|--------|--------------|-------------|----|
| Eb Cm7 | Abmaj9 |
|---18----18-----|-18--------------|
|-18^--18^---18^-|--18^-16---16-16-|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
| Eb Cm7 |
|-15-18/15--15-18/15--15-18/15--15-18/15---|
|---------16--------16--------16--------16-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
| Abmaj9 |
|-15-18/15--15-18/15--15-18/15---18\|
|---------16--------16--------16----|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
| Abmaj7 | | Gaug | G |
|-----------|-----------|------|------------|
|-(8)-9-8-9-|-9/8-------|------|--------4-6-|
|-----------|----8-10-8-|------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-9----|------------|
|-----------|-----------|------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|------|------------|
| Cm | Cm(Bb) | Abmaj7 | |
|--------|--------|-----------|---------------|
|-6^---4-|-6^---4-|-6^-4 6^-4-|-6^-6^-6^-6^\4-|
|--------|--------|-----------|---------------|
|--------|--------|-----------|---------------|
|--------|--------|-----------|---------------|
|--------|--------|-----------|---------------|
|| Eb Cm7 | Abmaj9 ||
||--------------|-----------------||
||---4---4------|-4----4---4------||
||-3^-3^\----3^-|---3^\--3^----3^-||
||--------------|-----------------||
||--------------|-----------------||
||--------------|-----------------||
| E / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
| E | | |
|-7-7-7-|-7---|--7-7-7-5-4-|
|-5-5-5-|-5---|--5-5-5-5-5-|
|-4-4-4-|-4---|--4-4-4-6-4-|
|-------|-----|------------|
|-------|-----|------------|
|-------|-----|------------|
["Helpless dancer" horn theme]
| E | | E | | E(D)| |
|-5--4-4-|--4/5/4--|(0)----|-----|-----|----|
|-5--5-5-|--5------|-5-----|-----|-----|----|
|-4--4-4-|--4------|-4-----|-----|-----|----|
|--------|---------|-------|-----|-----|----|
|--------|---------|-------|-----|-----|----|
|--------|---------|-------|-----|-----|----|
| e|-4-4-5-|-7---|
| b|--7----|-----| [horn]
| E / / / | / / / / | E(D) / / / | / / / / |
e|-4---4-5-|-7-------|
b|----7----|---------|[horn]
| E / / / | / / / / | D / / / | / / / / |
e|-4---4-5-|-7-------|
b|----7----|---------|[horn]
E / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Piano low E only; implied chords]
|| E / E7 / |
||-------------------------|
||----------10-12-10-12----|
||-13-11-13-------------9--|
||-------------------------|
||-------------------------|
||-------------------------|
3 [4x w/drums] 2 [then 4]
| Am / Am6 / || E ||
|-------------------------------||--------------||
|-13-12-13-12/13/12-------------||--------------||
|-------------------14-13-14-11-||-13-11--13-11-||
|-------------------------------||--------------||
|-------------------------------||--------------||
|-------------------------------||--------------||
3
|| Eb / Eb7 / | Abm / Abm6 / ||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||----------9---11-9--11----|-12-11-12-11/12/11-------------||
||-12-10-12--------------8--|-------------------13-12-13-10-||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
|| | ||
|| [guitar 2] | ||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||----------5---7--5--7-----|-9--8--9--8/9/8----------------||
||-8--7--8---------------4--|-------------------10-8--10-7--||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
2
|| Eb ||
||--------------||
||--------------||
||-12--10-12-10-||
||--------------||
||--------------||
||--------------||
|| ||
|| ||
||--------------||
||--------------||
||-8---7--8--7--||
||--------------||
||--------------||
||--------------||
[drums out] 3 2
|| Eb / Eb / | Abm / Ab / || Eb / / / | / / / / ||
[repeat as above]
[drums in] 4
|| Eb / Eb7 / | Abm / Abm6 / ||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||----------9--11-9--11-----|-------------------------------||
||-12-10-12--------------12-|-13-15-13-12/13/12-10-12-13-10-||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
|| | ||
|| [guitar 2] | ||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||-------------14----14-----|-15-14-15-14/15/14-------------||
||-15-13-15-16----16-----15-|-------------------16-15-16-13-||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
4
|| Eb / Eb7 / | Ab / Abm6 / ||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||----------9---11-9--11----|-------------------------------||
||-12-10-12--------------12-|-13-15-13-12/13/12-10-12-13-10-||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
|| | ||
|| [guitar 2] | ||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||-------------14----14-----|-16-15-16-14/16/14-------------||
||-15-13-15-16----16-----15-|-------------------16-15-16-13-||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
2
|| Eb / / / ||
||-------------------------||
||----------9--11-9--11--9-||
||-12-10-12----------------||
||-------------------------||
||-------------------------||
||-------------------------||
|| ||
|| [guitar 2] ||
||-------------------------||
||----------12-14-12-14-12-||
||-15-13-15----------------||
||-------------------------||
||-------------------------||
||-------------------------||
[pick slide]
["Love reign o'er me" theme (Half Tempo) (6/8)]
| Ebm7/ / | / / / | / / / | / / Ebm(Db)|
|---------|-------|-------|------------|
|---------|-------|-11----|------------|
|---------|-------|-13^---|-13^---13^--|
|---------|-------|-------|------------|
|---------|-------|-------|------------|
|---------|-------|-------|------------|
| Bmaj7 / / | / / Bmaj7(Bb)|
|-----------|-------------------|
|-----------|-------------------|
|-13^\11----|-13^13-11-13-------|
|-------13--|-------------------|
|-----------|-------------------|
|-----------|-------------------|
| Abm7 / / | / / / |
|-----11---|-14^-11--14/11--14/11---|
|----------|-------14-----14-----14-|
|-11-------|------------------------|
|---13-----|------------------------|
|----------|------------------------|
|----------|------------------------|
| Ebm7 | | | Ebm(Db)|
|-11---|16-14-16-14-16^16-|-14---|-------6------------|
|------|------------------|---16-|-4-------9-7--------|
|------|------------------|------|--6/8-6-------8-----|
|------|------------------|------|----------------6-8-|
|------|------------------|------|--------------------|
|------|------------------|------|--------------------|
| Bmaj7 / / | / / Bmaj7(Bb)|
|------------|-------------------|
|------------|-------------------|
|------------|-------------------|
|-6-8----6-4-|---------6-8-------|
|------------|-6-4-6-------------|
|------------|-------------------|
| Abm7 / / | |
|------------|-----2---4---|
|--------4-2-|-4-4---4---4-|
|------------|-------------|
|-8----------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|
[Double tempo (4/4)]
| Eb / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
|----------|---------|-----------|---------|
|-11-------|---------|-6/8-6-8-9-|-11------|
|-----8----|---------|-----------|-----8---|
|----------|---------|-----------|---------|
|----------|---------|-----------|---------|
|----------|---------|-----------|---------|
| Eb(Db)/ / / | / / / / | | |
|-------------|---------|--------|----|
|-6/8--6-8--9-|-11------|--------|----|
|-------------|-----8---|--7-5---|-6--|
|-------------|---------|-----6--|-8--|
|-------------|---------|--------|----|
|-------------|---------|--------|----|
| Eb / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[drum fill]
| Eb / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / ||
[Finale on "Bell Boy" theme (keyboard solo)]
||----------------------|----------------------|
||----------9-11-9-11-9-|----------9-11-9-11-9-|
||-12-10-12-------------|-12-10-12-------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------9-11-9-11-9-|---------9-11-9-11-9-||
|-12-8-12-------------|-11-8-11-------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|
[synth lick]
|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------11---11----|-9-8-----------------|
|---------------------|-----8---------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
x3
Eb || Cm Db | F# Ab | Bb B | Db Eb ||
| Cm Db | F# Ab | Ebm ||
[fade to rain & thunder sounds]
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