Sunrise Chords by The Who

Sunrise chords by The Who

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Sunrise
by Pete Townshend
Recorded by the Who on the "The Who Sell Out" album.
Transcribed by phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu

Chords used:
F      XXX037
Bbm/F  XXX048
Dm/F   XXX057
F7sus4 XXX068
Fmaj7  XXX077
Bb/F   XXX088
C      XX0775
Bb/C   XX0553
G      5X765X
Gmaj7  5X665X
Gmin7  5X5555
Cmaj7  X5767X
Cmin7  X5X565
Cmin6  X5X465
G6     5X465X
B11    4X442X
B7b5   3X342X
Emaj7  2X332X
C#11   6X664X
C#7b5  5X564X
F#maj7 4X554X
D11    7X775X
D7b5   6X665X

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The jazz chords used in the middle section are derived from the
following shapes:

G       Gmaj7   Gmin7   G6
------  ------  ------  ------
------  ------  ------  ------
------  ------  ------  ------
------  ------  ------  --4---
5---5-  5---5-  5-5555  5---5-
---6--  --66--  ------  ---6--
--7---  ------  ------  ------
------  ------  ------  ------

Cmaj7   Cmin7   Cmin6
------  ------  ------
------  ------  ------
------  ------  ------
------  ------  ---4--
-5----  -5-5-5  -5---5
---6--  ----6-  ----6-
--7-7-  ------  ------
------  ------  ------

B11     B7b5
------  ------
----2-  ----2-
------  3-3---
4-44--  ---4--
------  ------
------  ------
------  ------

The guitar is tuned down one whole step.


Intro (eighth notes)

    F                  Bbm/F              Dm/F               F7sus4
D|--7-----7---------|--8-----8---------|--7-----7---------|--8-----8---------|
A|--3-----3---------|--4-----4---------|--5-----5---------|--6-----6---------|
F|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
C|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

    Fmaj7              Bb(no 3rd)/F       Fmaj7               F7sus4
D|--7-----7---------|--8-----8---------|--7-----7---------|--8-----8---------|
A|--7-----7---------|--8-----8---------|--7-----7---------|--6-----6---------|
F|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
C|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

    Dm                 Bbm/F
-|--7-----7---------|--8-----8---------|
-|--5-----5---------|--4-----4---------|
-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
-|------------------|------------------|
-|------------------|------------------|
-|------------------|------------------|

F                 Bbm/F                    C
You take away the breath I ...
F                     Bbm/F                 C
You appear and the morning ...
    Bb/C            C
And then again ...
Bb/C             C
Having seen ....
Bb/C             C
Once more ...
Bb/C              C
My morning put ...

G         Gmaj7   Gmin7                    Cmaj7    Cmin7  Cmin6
You take away the breath I ...
G     Gmaj7           Gmin7                 Cmaj7   Cmin7  Cmin6
You appear and the morning ...
    Gmaj7 G6        B11       B7b5         Emaj7    B11   C#11 C#7b5
And then again I'll turn ....
     F#maj7           C#11   C#7b5 D11            D7b5
Once more you'll disappear   ...


Interlude (triplets)
-|------------0-----------0-|------------0-----------0-|------------0-----------
0-|
-|------5---5-------5---5---|------5---5-------5---5---|------4---4-------4---4-
--|
-|----7---7-------7---7-----|----7---7-------7---7-----|----6---6-------6---6---
--|
-|--7-----------7-----------|--6-----------6-----------|--6-----------6---------
--|
-|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------
--|
-|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------
--|

-|------------0-----------0-|------------0-----------0-|------------0-----------
0-|
-|------5---5-------5---5---|------4---4-------4---4---|------4---4-------4---4-
--|
-|----7---7-------7---7-----|----6---6-------6---6-----|----6---6-------6---6---
--|
-|--6-----------6-----------|--6-----------6-----------|--5-----------5---------
--|
-|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------
--|
-|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------
--|

-|------------0-----------0-|------------0-----------0-|
-|------8---8-------8---8---|------7---7-------7---7---|
-|----5---5-------5---5-----|----5---5-------5---5-----|
-|--0-----------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------|
-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

F                     Bbmin/F            C
Sometimes I feel that this ...
F                      Bbmin/F           C
Each day I spend is an ...
Bb/C                C
And then again I'll ..
Bb/C             C
Remembering ..
Bb/C     C
My every day ...
Bb/C                    C
thinking of ...

      Bb/C            C
Times I've let ...
   Bb/C            C
My head's ..
   F        C11 C7b5 Fmaj7
My eyes see ...
    E11          E7b5
The chances ...
     Amin7    Amin6   C11              C9
Opportunities tossed ....

F                       Bbm/F              C
You take away the breath I was ..
F                     Bbm/F                 C
You appear and the ...
    Bb/C            C
And then again ...
Bb/C             C
Having seen ..
Bb/C                  C
And then again ..
Bb/C              C
My morning put ....

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