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Heaven and Hell

The Who
Tab
★4.7(5)

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Tab2

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

chorus

|G5 |Fadd9 |Db |F5 |

Why can't we have e-ter--nal life and never die?

            |-----------------|---------------|------------|---------------|
            |-----------------|---------------|------------|---------------|
            |-----------------|---------------|/6------6-6-|---------------|
            |-----------------|---------------|/6------6-6-|3----3/3-3-3-3-|
            |5-5-5-5/5-5-5-5--|3-3-3-3/3-3-3--|/4--4-4-4-4-|3----3/3-3-3-3-|
            |3-3-3-3/3-3-3-3-0|1-1-1-1/1-1-1--|------------|1----1/1-1-1-1-|

|Db |F |F5 G5 F5 |

Never die? (In the)

|------------|-----------|--------------------|
|------------|-----------|--------------------|
|6-------6-6-|-----------|--------------------|
|6--6----6-6-|3---------3|3/5--5-5\3----------|
|4--4----4-4-|3---------3|3/5--5-5\3---------/|
|------------|1---------1|1/3--3-3\1---------/|

repeat verse

|G5 F5 |G5 F5 |G |

In the place up a-bove you grow feather wings and you flap round and

      |--------------------|--------------------------|--------------|
      |--------------------|--------------------------|3-------------|
      |--------------------|--------------------------|0-------------|
      |--------------------|--------------------------|0-------------|
      |5--5--5----3--3-3-3-|/5--5--5-----3--3--3--3---|--------------|
      |3--3--3--0-1--1-1-1-|/3--3--3--0--1--1--1--1---|3----------3--|

[palm mute ]

|G |Fadd9 |D Dsus4 D |

round With a harp singing hymns (And)

|3----------------|3---------------|-------3--2-----|
|3----------------|1------------1--|3------3--3-----|
|0----------------|2------------2--|2------2--2-----|
|0----------------|3------------3--|0------0--0-----|
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|3----------------|1---------------|----------------|

|G |Fadd9 |

And down in the ground you grow horns and a tail and you

   |---------------------------|3-----------------------|
   |3----------------------3---|1-----------------------|
   |0------------------0---0---|2----------------2------|
   |0------------------0---0---|3----------------3------|
   |---------------------------|------------------------|
   |1/3----------------3-------|1----------------1------|

|Bb Bb B |C |Bb Bb B |C |

Carry a fork and moan and wail (Why can't we)

|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|3------------3-----|5----5/x--x--|3------------3--4--|5--(5)-----------|
|3------------3--4--|5----5/x--x--|3------------3--4--|5--(5)-----------|
|1------------1--2--|3----3/x--x--|1------------1--2--|3---------------/|
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|----------------/|

repeat chorus

|G5 |Fadd9 |Db |F5 |

Why can't we have e-ter-nal life and never die?

            |---------------|---------------|------------|---------------|
            |---------------|---------------|------------|---------------|
            |---------------|---------------|6-------6-6-|---------------|
            |---------------|---------------|6-------6-6-|3-------3--3---|
            |5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|4-------4-4-|3-------3--3-3-|
            |3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0|1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|------------|1-------1--1-1-|

|Db |F |F5 G5 F5 |

Never die?

|------------|-----------|------------------|
|---6--------|-----------|------------------|
|/6-6----6-6-|-----------|------------------|
|/6------6-6-|3---------3|3/5--5\3----------|
|/4------4-4-|3---------3|3/5--5\3----------|
|------------|1---------1|1/3--3\1----------|

solo; chords implied by bass

|(G) |(Eb) |(C) |

|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------8-6---6/|8----6h8-6h8-8|
|-----------------|5^--------7---|--------------|
|-------------3-5-|--------------|--------------|
|-----1-3-3/5-----|--------------|--------------|
|-1/3-------------|--------------|--------------|

|(G) |(G) |

|10p6--10p6-10p6-10p6-10p6-10p6|-10p6-10p6-10p6-10p6-10p6|

|----8-----8----8----8----8----|8----8----8----8----8----|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|

|(Eb) |(C) |

|-10p6-10p6-10p6---6----|---15---------------15-------|
|8----8----8----8--6----|-----18-15-18-15-18^---------|
|-----------------------|17^--------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------6-6|-----------------------------|
|--------------------6-6|-----------------------15-15-|

|(G) |(G) |(Eb) |

|-----------------|--------3-----|---------------|
|-----------------|----------6-6/|8----6h8-6h8-6h|
|---------3^------|------5^------|---------------|
|------3-5--5-3-5-|~~~-----------|---------------|
|x-3h5------------|--------------|---------------|
|-----------------|--------------|---------------|

|(C) |(G) |

|--------------------|----------------------|

|8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h|8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6-8-|

|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|

|(G) |(Eb) |(C) |

|--------------|---------------10|---------------|
|8^\---8^\(6)-x|x----------------|11~------------|
|-------------x|0-12^-\---10-12--|---12--3^--3---|
|--------------|0----------------|---------5---5-|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|

|(G) |(G) |(Eb) |(C) |

Never Never... Never die-

|----------|-------------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|----------|----15----15----15----15-|---8---8---8---8-|/10-----10---8---8--|
|----------|-------------------------|-----------------|-------------------0|
|..-----15-|0h15--0h15--0h15--0h15---|0h8-0h8-0h8-0h8--|/10-0h10--0h8-0h8--0|
|--x-x-----|-------------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|--x-x-----|-------------------------|-----------------|--------------------|

|(G) |(G) |(Eb) |(C) |

-ie I say never never

|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|-----------|
|-----8----6------|3--3---3---0-------------|--------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------0--7~~--------|--------------|-----------|
|-8/10---6--6-----|-3--0h3----0-------6-6-6-|6h8-----------|-----------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|-----6--5h6-5-|3----3-3---|
|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|---------5-|

fuzz pedal off

|(G) |(G) |(Eb) |

die... I say yeah

|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|-----------5/5/5-----|
|---5/5/5---5/5/5-0-5-|--5/5/5---5/5/5--5-|---5/5/5---5/5/5---5-|
|---------------------|-------------------|/6-------6------5/6--|
|3-3------3-----------|3-------3----------|---------------------|

|(C) |(G) |(G) |

|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|------------------5-|
|--5/5/5---5/5/5---5-|--5/5/5---5/5/5---5-|--5/5/5---5/5/5---5-|
|3-------3-------3---|--------x-------3---|--------------------|
|--------------------|3-------------------|3-------3-------3---|

|(Eb) |(C) |(G) |(G) |

Never

|---------------------|--------------------|-----------|----------|
|---------------------|--------------------|5^\^\^\^\--|5^\-------|
|---------------------|--5/5/5---5--0------|5^\^\^\^\--|5^\-3-----|
|---5/5/5---5/x/5---5-|--5/5/5---5--0------|-----------|------5---|
|/6-------6-------6---|3-------3-----------|-----------|----------|
|---------------------|---------------3----|---------3-|----------|

|(Eb) |(C) |

Never... never

|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----3p0---3p0---3p0--3p0--|
|5-3-5-5/5/5/5-5/5/5-5/5/5/5--|5-5-----5-----5----5----5-|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|

|(G) |(G) |

die

|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|3p0--3p0--3p0--3p0--3p0--3p0|---3p0--3p0--3p0--3p0--3p0--3p0--|
|---5----5----5----5----5----|5-----5----5----5----5----5----5-|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|

|(Eb) |(C) |

|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|-----0------------|
|3p0--3p0--3p0--3p0--3p0--|3p0--0------------|
|---5----5----5----5----5-|-----0------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|

|(G) |(G) |

|------------15----------|----------------20-19---|
|----------15---18-15-18-|18^------------------21-|
|0------17^--------------|------------------------|
|0-----------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|

|(Eb) |(C) |

|19--19----------------|---^20\-----------------------------|
|--21--21--------------|---^20\--20-18----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------19-18-16-18--18-16----|
|----------------------|---------------------------------18-|
|----------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------------|

|(G) |(G) |

|------------------------|15-----------------------------------|
|-----------------/15-18-|---18-15-18-18^(20)-18^(20)--18^(20)-|
|16^-x-------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----x-------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|

|(Eb) |(C) |

|-------------------/16-19-16|19^-19^-19^~~-----16\-13x-12x--------------|
|18^(20)~~~~~----------------|-----------------------------14x----13-----|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------13-16-13--|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|

|(G) |

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|16-15-12----12---15^-12----12----|
|---------15-------------15-------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

fuzz pedal on

|(G) |(Eb) |

|--------------------------|----------------|
|--------------------------|----------------|
|10h12----10h12-10h12---10h|12--------------|
|--------------------------|----------------|
|--------------------------|----------------|
|--------------------------|-----------x\x--|

|(C) |(G) |

|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------5^|
|-----------------------|--------------------------5^|
|--------------------x--|----------------------------|
|-----------------1h3---|1^--------------------------|
|1-------------1-3------|----3---------(3)(3)(3)-----|

|(G) |(Eb) |

|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|\-------------------------|----------------------------|
|\------------5^--3^-------|----------------------------|
|----------------------5---|5...........................|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|

|(C) |(G) |

|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|..........................|..........................---------|

|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------(11/12)-|

|(G) |(Eb) |

|-------------15-------|----------------------------|
|---------------18-15--|18--18--18-16p18-16----x----|
|--17^~----------------|-----------------------x----|
|----------------------|-----------------------x----|
|----------------------|-----------------------x----|
|----------------------|----------------------------|

|(C) |(G) |

|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-17-15------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------17-15-17-15-----------15-----|-------------------|
|--------------------15h17-17-----15-|13-------------1-3/|
|------------------------------------|---15\---0-1-3-----|

|(G) |(Eb) |

|-----------------------|------------------|
|----------------8--6---|8------8^\---8--8/|
|------3^---3/5--7------|7---x--x----------|
|--3-5----5-------------|----x-------------|
|5----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|

|(C) |(G) |

|-------------------|-----------------------|
|8--6h8-8/8--8-8/8--|8-8/8--6h8-8/8---6h8-8-|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|

|(G) |(Eb) |

|10p6-10p6-10p6-10p6-10p6-10p6|-10p6-10p6-10p6-10p6-10p6-|

|----8----8----8----8----8----|8----8----8----8----8----8|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|

|(C) |(G) |G |

|10p6-10p6-10p6-10p6-----|-----------------------|3----------------|
|----8----8----8----8----|-----------------------|3----------------|
|------------------------|-----x--0------------0-|0----------------|
|----------------------6-|8h9--x----3--5-------0-|0----------------|
|------------------------|-----x---------------0-|--------------x--|
|------------------------|-----------------------|3---------------1|

pedal off

|Fadd9 |

|3--------------------------|----------------------------|
|1-------------------1------|1---------------------------|
|2-------------------2------|0-------------/5--5--5------|
|3-------------------3------|2-------------/5--5--5------|
|----------------------0h3-3|3-------------/3--3--3------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------0|

|G5 F5 |

(On)

|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----5---3-------|
|5-5-5---3-3-3-3-|
|3-3-3-0-1-1-1-1-|

repeat first verse

|G5 F5 |G5 F5 |G |

On top of the sky is a place where you go if you've done nothing

  |---------------------|----------------------------|3-----------|
  |---------------------|----------------------------|3-----------|
  |---------------------|--------------------------x-|0-----------|
  |---------------------|--------------------------x-|0-----------|
  |5--5--5----3--3--3--3|5---5--5---5----3-----------|------------|
  |3--3--3-0--1--1--1--1|3---3--3---3----1-----------|3---3--3----|

palm mute

|G |Fadd9 |D Dsus4 D |

wrong If you've done nothing wrong (And)

|--------------------|3---------------|2------3--2-----|
|3-------------------|1-------------x-|3------3--3-----|
|0-------------------|2-------------x-|2------2--2-----|
|0-------------------|3-------------x-|0------0--0-----|
|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
|3-------------------|1---------------|----------------|

|G |Fadd9 |

And down in the ground is a place where you go if you've

   |-----------------------|3---------------------------|
   |3----------------------|1---------------------------|
   |0------------------0---|2---------------------------|
   |0------------------0---|3------------------3--------|
   |-----------------------|-----------------------1----|
   |3--------------------1-|----------------------------|

|Bb Bb B |C |Bb Bb B |C |

Been a bad boy If you've been a bad boy Why can't we

|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------3-----|-------------|-------------------|5----------------|
|3------------3--4--|5------------|3------------3--4--|5----------------|
|3------------3--4--|5------------|3------------3--4--|5----------------|
|1------------1--2--|3------------|1------------1--2--|3----------------|
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|

chorus

|G5 |Fadd9 |Db |F5 |

Have e-ter-nal life and never die?

|---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|6----------6--6--|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|6-6-6-6-6--6--6--|3-(3)-3--3--3---|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-/|4-4-4-4-4--4--4--|3-(3)-3--3--3---|
|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0|1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|-----------------|1--1--1--1--1---|

|Db |F5 |Db |F5 |

Never die? Never die?

|-----------------|-----------------|------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------|-------------|
|6----------6--6--|-----------------|6-------6-6-|----------x/-|
|6-6-6-6-6--6--6--|3--3--3--3--3----|6--6----6-6-|3---------x/-|
|4-4-4-4-4--4--4--|3--3--3--3--3----|4--4----4-4-|3---------x/-|
|-----------------|1--1--1--1--1--0-|------------|1------------|

outro

|Db |Bb |F |F ||

|-------|--------|-------|----------||
|-------|--------|-------|----------||
|6------|3-------|-------|----------||
|6------|3-------|3------|3---------||
|4------|1-------|3------|3---------||
|-------|--------|1------|1---------||

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