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A Quick One While Hes Away

The Who
Tab
4.9(51)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Her Man's Been Gone

Her man's been gone for nearly a year

He was due home yesterday but he ain't here

Her man's been gone for nigh on a year

He was due home yesterday but he ain't here

Intro

D G/D D7 G/D D G/D D7 2

||-----2-----3---|--5-----3-----|----2-----3----|5-------||
||------------3--|----3-----3---|------------3--|3-------||
||.--2----/4---4/|5-----5-----4-|--2----/4----4/|5------.||
||.0----0--------|-------0------|0----0---------|0------.||
||---------------|--------------|---------------|--------||
||---------------|--------------|---------------|--------||

|D G/D |D7 G/D |D G/D | D7 G/D |

Down your street your crying is a well-known sound

|D G/D |D7 G/D |D G/D | D7 |

Your street is very well-known, throughout your town

|G C/G |G7 C/G |G C/G |G7 C/G |

Your town is very famous for the little girl

|D G/D |D7 G/D |D G/D | D7 G/D |

Whose crying can be heard all around the world

2

||:D G/D | D7 G/D | D G/D | D7 G/D :||

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

We Have A Remedy

A (Asus2)(Asus4) etc.

||-------------0----|--------0-0---||
||---2-0-2-3-0-2----|--0-3-0-2-2---||
||.--2-2-2-2-2-2----|--2-2-2-2-2--.||
||.--2-2-2-2-2-2----|--2-2-2-2-2--.||
||-0-------------(0)|0-------------||
||------------------|--------------||

|A A|A |

Fa la la la la la Fa la la la la

Fa la la la la la Fa la la la la

|A6 A|A6 |

We have a remedy you'll appreciate,

|A A|A |

No need to be so sad, he's only late

|D D|D |

We'll bring you flowers and things, help pass your time

|D |

We'll give him eagle's wings

|D |A Asus4 |Asus2 A |E Esus4 |E7

Then he can fly to you

|--------------------|----------|---------|---4--5-----|7-----|
|--------------------|-2---3----|0------2-|----5---5---|5-----|
|--------------------|--2---2---|2------2-|-/4-------6-|7-----|
|--------------------|----2--2--|2------2-|------------|------|
|--------------------|0--------0|-------0-|------------|------|
|--------------------|----------|--------0|0-----------|------|

|E EE|E |

Fa la la la la la Fa la la la la

|A AA|A |

Fa la la la la la Fa la la la la

Fa la la la la la Fa la la la la

|E Esus4 |E | D Dsus4 | D |

La

|-4--5-5---|-4--5---4-|---2--3-2---|-3-2--3-2-|
|--5-5-5---|--5-5-5---|---3--3-3---|-3-3--3-3-|
|4---4-4---|4---4-----|-2-2--2-2---|-2-2----2-|
|----------|----------|-0-0--0-0---|-----0----|
|----------|----------|------------|----------|
|----------|----------|------------|----------|

||:A AA|A AA:||4

We have a remedy Fa la la la la la la

spoken

A

We have a remedy. We have!

E D

Little girl (guide), why don't you stop your crying?

Asus4 A

I'm gonna make you feel all right

Ivor The Engine Driver

E 2

||------------------||
||------------------||
||.----------------.||
||.--2---2---2---2-.||
||-----2-------2----||
||-0-------0--------||

| E |B D |E |

My name is Ivor, I'm an engine driver

|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|--4---4---7--------7---|------------------|
|--2---2---2-------2-|----4------------7-----|---2---2----2---2-|
|----2--------2------|2------/5--------------|-----2--------2---|
|0-------0-----------|-----------------------|0--------0--------|

|E |B D |E

I know him well, I know why you feel blue

|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------
|-----------------------|--4---4---7------7--|---9--------9-
|--2------2---2------2--|----4-------7-------|--------9-----
|----2----------2-------|2------/5-----------|7-------------
|0----------0-----------|--------------------|--------------

E |B D |E

Just 'cause he's late don't mean he'll never get through

------------------|--------------------------|------0-----------0-0-
------------------|--------------------------|------0-----------0-0-
--9-----------9---|--4---4---7----------7----|------1-----------2-1-
-------9----------|----4-----------7---------|------2-----------2-2-
7-----------------|2------/5-----------------|------2-----------2-2-
------------------|--------------------------|0---------------------

|A |E

He told me he loves you, he ain't no liar, I ain't either

|B |D E E Esus4 |E |E

So let's have a smile for an old engine driver

|B |D E E Esus4 |E |E

So let's have a smile for an old engine driver

Please take a sweet (take a sweet)

Come take a walk with me (take a walk with me)

We'll sort it out (sort it out)

Back at my place (back at my place, maybe)

It'll come right, you ain't no fool, I ain't either

So why not be nice to an old engine driver?

Better be nice to an old engine driver

Better be nice to an old engine driver

Soon Be Home

C Dm7

||------------------||------------------||
||------------------||------------------||
||.--0-2-0---0-2-0-.||.--0-2-0---0-2-0-.||
||.----------------.||.0-------0-------.||
||-3-------3--------||------------------||
||------------------||------------------||

||:C | | |

We'll soon be home, we'll soon be home

|Dm7 | |C | :||

We'll soon, we'll soon, soon, soon be home We'll

Come on, old horse

Soon be home, soon be home

We'll soon, soon, soon be home

We'll soon, we'll soon, soon, soon be home

You Are Forgiven

|D |A |C |Gadd9/B|F |Fsus4/C|Esus4|A

Dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang

|D |Asus4 |D |Asus4 A |

||:D |Asus4 A :||4

Cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello

|D DDD|Asus4 A |D DDD|Asus4

I can't believe it Do my eyes deceive me?

A |D DDD|Asus4 A |D D D Dsus4 |D |

Am I back in your arms? Away from all harm?

|Cadd2 | |D D D/A D/C D D/C| D D

It's like a dream to be with you again

           |-----------|---------|2--2---------------|-2-2------
           |1-111-1111-|1111-1111|3--3---------------|-3-3------
           |0-000-0000-|0000-0000|2--2----------2----|-2-2------
           |0-000-0000-|0000-0000|0--0--0---0---0-0--|-0-0------
           |3-333-3333-|3333-3333|------0---3-----3--|----------
           |-----------|---------|-------------------|----------

palm mute

|Cadd2 | |D D D/A D/C D D/C| D D

Can't believe that I'm with you again

|D D D/A D/C D D/C |D D |

Mow mow ma--mow-ma-mow mow mow

|D5 [palm mute]| Dsus4 [palm mute] |

|D |Asus4 A |D |Asus4 A

I missed you and I must admit I kissed a few and once did sit

|Cadd2 |G6sus4 |Cadd2 |G |D DD|

On Ivor the Engine Driver's lap and later with him, had a nap

||:G A7sus4 |D DD:||4

repeat w/ below fills

|G5 A5 |D ||:G5 A5 |D :||

You are forgiven You are forgiven

(you are for-giv----en) (you are for-)

fills

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

...baby

|----------------|----------||--------------|---------||
|---12------14---|---15~----||--------------|3---*----||
|-----12------14-|----------||.-------------|2-------.||
|/12-----/14-----|-0--------||.-------------|0-------.||
|----------------|----------||---2-5----4-7-|---------||
|----------------|----------||/3-----/5-----|---------||

*toggle pickup selector

|G Asus4 A |D D DCDC|G G A A |

[pause] You are for-

(You are forgiv------e........n)

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

-given You are for-

(You are forgiv---e...n)

|D ||:G5 A5 |D D :||

-given forgiven Forgiven Forgiven Forgiven Forgiven For-

(you are forgiv------en) (you are forgiv-

[end] [spoken]

|G G A A |D |A D

Know you're forgiven

You're all forgiven

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litgo@aol.com

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