Tabs
Who Are You
by The Who
written by Pete Townshend
from Who Are You, 1978
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transcribed by
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[note: leads are approximate.]
E MajorE (chorus) (0)7999x
D/ED/E (chorus) (0)7777x
A/EA/E (chorus) xx11 9 10 x
E MajorE (chor II) xx999x
E MajorE (verse) 0799(9)x
D MajorD (verse) 0577(7)x
A augmentedA (verse) 0022(2)x
D/ED/E (outro) x(0)2232
A/EA/E (outro) x(0)2220 and 3x2220
G+G (outro) xx12 12 12 x
C/GC/G (outro) xx14 12 13 x
[Intro]
E MajorE [no chord]
|--------|-----------|---------------------|
|--------|--14^------|-15/12/14------------|
|--------|-----------|---------------------|
|--------|-----------|---------------------|
|--------|-----------|---------------------|
|--------|-----------|---------------------|
|-------------|---------|----15-15-|-15-15-12--------|
|-15/12-14-14-|-12------|----15^15^|-15^15^15-12-----|
|-------------|---------|----------|----------14^\^--|
|-------------|---------|----------|-----------------|
|-------------|---------|----------|-----------------|
|-------------|------12\|----------|-----------------|
|-12-------------|---------------------|
|----15/12----12-|---------------------|
|----------14----|-12------------------|
|----------------|----14\--------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|-----------|----------|---------------------|
|-----------|----------|-------------3-3-----|
|-----------|---7\-----|-------------0-2-----|
|-7-9-12-12-|-9-7\-----|-------------0-0-----|
|-----------|----------|---------------------|
|-----------|----------|---------------------|
[Chorus]
|| E MajorE D/ED/E| | A/EA/E E MajorE A/EA/E E MajorE | ||
|| Who are you, who ....| ||
||--------|----|------------------|----||
||-9---7--|----|-10--9----10--9---|----||
||-9---7--|----|-9---9----9---9---|----||
||-9---7--|----|-11--9----11--9---|----||
||-7---7--|----|------------------|----||
||(0)-(0)-|----|------------------|----||
E MajorE |D MajorD |
I woke up in a ....
A augmentedA |
C majorC G+G * |
A augmentedA policeman ...
You can go sleep ....
E MajorE |D MajorD |
I remember throwin' ...
|A augmentedA |C majorC G+G 
D/F#D/F# A augmentedA **|
preachin' from my ....
| E MajorE D/ED/E| A/EA/E E MajorE A/EA/E E MajorE |
Who are you
(Who are you, who ....
I took the tube back out ....
[repeat chorus]
----------|---------------------|---------------------|
-14^-12^--|----------------(12)-|----(7)--------------|
-14^-12^--|-9--------------(12)-|----(7)--------------|
----------|-9--------------(12)-|----(7)--------------|
----------|-7-------------------|---------------------|
----------|-0-------------------|-----------------12\-|
harm harm
[acoust. solo]
|---------------------------|-----0-----0--------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------5--7---|
|---------------------------|-------------------7--9---|
|---------------------------|-------------------5--7---|
|-7-7-7-7-7--5---------5/7--|--5/7--5/7----------------|
|--------------7-5/3/0------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------5/7---|-------5/7-------5/7-| etc.
|-5/7-7-7-7-7-------|-7-7-7-----7-7-7-----|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|| E MajorE | G+G D MajorD | E MajorE | G+G D MajorD ||
||-0----|---3-2-|-0----|---3-2-||
||-0----|---3-3-|-0----|---3-3-||
||-5----|---0-2-|-5----|---0-2-||
||-2----|---0---|-2----|---0---||
||-2----|-------|-2----|-------||
||-0----|--(3)--|-0----|-------||
| E MajorE | G+G D MajorD | E MajorE | G+G D MajorD |
Who.....................are you
|| E MajorE 
E6E6 E MajorE ||
|| Who wa-ooh..||
||-------------||
||-9---12-9----||
||-9---9--9----||
||-9---11-9----||
||-------------||
||(0)----------||
[piano line arr. for guitar]
E MajorE E6E6 E....
|-------|---------|----------------|-----|
|-----14|-14-16-16|----------------|-----|
|-------|---------|-13-13-11-11/13-|-----|
|-------|---------|----------------|-----|
|-------|---------|----------------|-----|
|-------|---------|----------------|-----|
|-------|---------|--------------------|-----|
|----14-|14-16-16-|--------------------|-----|
|-------|---------|-13-13--15-16-15-16-|-----|
|-------|---------|--------------------|-----|
|-------|---------|--------------------|-----|
|-------|---------|--------------------|-----|
|----|---------14-14-|14-16-14-16--|-----|
|-14-|14-16-16-------|-------------|-----|
|----|---------------|-------------|-----|
|----|---------------|-------------|-----|
|----|---------------|-------------|-----|
|----|---------------|-------------|-----|
|-16-14-16----------|------------------|
|----------14-12-14-|------------------|
|-------------------|-13-11-13---------|
|-------------------|----------11-9-11-|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|| E MajorE E | G+G D MajorD | E MajorE E MajorE | G+G D MajorD ||
||---0--|---3-2-|----0----|---3-2-||
||---0--|---3-3-|----0----|---3-3-||
||---5--|---0-2-|----5----|---0-2-||
||---2--|---0---|----2----|---0---||
||---2--|-------|----2----|-------||
||-0-0--|--(3)--|-0--0----|-------||
[repeat chorus]
[lead during chorus]
|-9--------|---------|---------------------|
|-12-9-12-9|---------|--9------------------|
|----------|-11-9----|----11/9-9-----------|
|----------|---------|---------------------|
|----------|---------|---------------------|
|----------|---------|---------------------|
|-12--12-----|----16^\-|
|-15^^--15^--|---------|
|------------|---------|
|------------|---------|
|------------|---------|
|------------|---------|
|-16\----12----------|---------------------------|
|-----15----15/12----|---------------------------|
|-----------------14-|-----------12-----------12-|
|--------------------|------12/14--------12/14---|
|--------------------|-12/14--------12/14--------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
||-12-12-12------12-12-12------||
||-12-12-12------12-12-12------||
||-9-------------(9)-----------||
||-----------------------------||
||-----------------------------||
||-----------------------------||
[repeat over second chorus]
I know there's a place ....
[repeat chorus]
[outro]
A/EA/E | D/ED/E / / A/EA/E |
(Who....)
I really ....
| G+G 
G MajorG C/GC/G / //
|(Who....)
| know... Oh, I ...
|
D/AD/A // A augmentedA | D/AD/A / / A augmentedA
(Who....)
know C'mon tell ...
|A augmentedA A augmentedA | A augmentedA /// |E MajorE
(ahh.....)
you you you who ....
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*note: lick for end of verse lines:
|----------3--------|
|----------3--------|
|----------0--------|
|-------------------|
|-3/2-0-------------|
|-------2/3---------|
** note 2: lick for end of verse:
|-3-3-2-2-0--|
|-1-3-3-3-2--|
|-0-0-2-2-2--|
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