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Happy Jack
By The Who, 1966
Written by Pete Townshend

A7     x022xx

 (intro pattern)
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|-0---2-4-------2----4-0-|-0--
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   D (main pattern; use palm mute)
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||-2-------|-2-------||
||-0-4-4-4-|-0-4-4-4-||
||---5-5-5-|---5-5-5-||
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|[bass]              ||
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||-5-------|-5-------||
||-------5-|-------5-||

D
      D           D           A7    D
Happy Jack wasn't old, ...
   D            D           A7      D
He lived in the ...

[intro riff]

    D              D              A7       D
The kids would all sing, he ...
        D           D             A7    D
So they rode on his head ...

D

    G        
The kids ...
     A
They tried and ..
     G
They dropped things on ...
    Asus4             A                 Asus4    A
And lied and lied ...

But they couldn't stop ....

| A    | D    | A    | D    | A    | D    | A    | D   Dsus4 |

But they couldn't stop Jack, or the ....

| A    | D    | A    | D    | G    | A  D | G    |

| A A  | A A  | A A  | A A  | A.......

The kids couldn't hurt ...

But they couldn't stop Jack or ....

[opening lick ]

I saw ya