Success Story chords by The Who

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: D

Verse:
D                       G         F
      Friday night, I'm on my way home
     D
They oughta make work a crime
                 G     F
I'm home for the weekend
          D
I'm gonna make the most of my time
          G                    F               D
There's a rock-and-roll singer on the television
       G                   F              D
Giving up his music, gonna take up religion

Refrain:
D
Deserted rock and roll
D
To try to save his soul

Verse:
D                             G      F
Saturday night, gotta gig with the band
D
Playing the electric guitar
D                    G   F
Someday I'm gonna make it
D
Gonna be a super-duper-star
       G
Get a big flashy car
     F            D
And a house for my mum
G                     F
The big break better happen soon
          D
'Cause I'm pushing twenty-one

Bridge:
G
Just like Cinderella
                   Eb             C
When she just couldn't go to the ball
               G
A voice said, "I'm your fairy manager
         Eb       C
You shall play at Carnegie Hall."
G        Eb       C
 Gotta give up my day job
G       Eb        C
 To become a heartthrob
G   Eb      C     G Eb          D
 I may go far if I smash my guitar

Verse:
D
Away for the weekend
                 G     F            D
I've gotta play some one-night stands
D                G      F      D
Six for the tax man, and one for the band
G                              F            D
Back in the studio to make our latest number one
G                       F
Take two-hundred-and-seventy-six
             D
You know, this used to be fun

[Bass solo]
A5      Bb5  F5  G5
A5      Bb5  F5  D5
A5      Bb5  F5  G5
A5      Bb5  F5  G5

Verse:
D                    G      F
Monday morning, I just got home
        D
Six and the birds are singing
D                          G        F
I need a drink and my clothes are wet
D
Ooh, and my ears are still ringing
           G                    F            D
There's a rock and roll singer boppin' on the TV
    G                                F                D
He used to be a preacher, but now he sings in a major key

Refrain:
D
Amended his decision to the new religion