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Tuning: E A D G B E
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beads on one String – The Who --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Pete Townshend From: “WHO” (2019) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard The synth-arpeggio in the verses features the notes of “e” and “f”, so the third chord (basically an Am) might also be played as F/A or even Fmaj7/A to make it more interesting. The Bb might also be played as Bbsus2. The same can be done in the outro which is played one full note higher. Possible voicings are suggested below, choose what you think sounds best. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e Am* x-0-2-2-1-0 or x-0-3-2-1-1 (F/A) or x-0-3-2-1-0 (Fmaj7/A) Bb x-1-3-3-3-1 or x-1-3-3-1-1 (Bbsus2) Bm** x-2-4-4-3-2 or x-2-0-0-0-3 (G/A) or x-2-5-4-3-2/x-2-0-0-0-2 (Gmaj7/B) C x-3-2-0-1-0 or 3-5-5-3-3 (Csus2) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | F | Dm7 | Am* | Bb [Verse 1]
Don't you Fever say never It Dm7don't mean a thing Am* Goin’ to get us together Like Bbbeads on one string F [ Dm7 ] There's always someone to blame Dm7 You don't have to look far, but ... Am* Bb Now the world is a fleeting dot in the stars F I don't care how you name Him Dm7 He is always the same Am* I just know that we shame Him When we Bbkill in His name
[Chorus]
C This can't go Amon forever F This war in a Bbring C Gotta bring us toAmgether F Like beads on one Gstring
[Verse 2]
Don't you Fever say never (Don't you ever say never) 'Cause it Dm7don't mean a thing (It don't mean a thing) Am* Gonna get us together (Gonna get us together) Like Bbbeads on one string (Like beads on one string) F Every one of us perfect (Like beads on one string) Dm7 But we all have a flaw (Like beads on one string) Am* Bb Then we look for the defects and we go off to war (Like beads on one string) F And we send all our children (Like beads on one string) Dm7 Again and again (Like beads on one string) Am* It's our fear that we're building (Like beads on one string) Bb And we're really the same
[Chorus]
C This can't go Amon forever F This war in a Bbring C Gotta bring us toAmgether F Like beads on one Gstring
[Verse 3]
Don't you Fever say never (Don't you ever say never) 'Cause it Dm7don't mean a thing (It don't mean a thing) Am* Gonna get us together (Gonna get us together) Like Bbbeads on one string (Like beads on one string) Don't you Fever say never (Like beads on one string) 'Cause it Dm7don't mean a thing (Like beads on one string) Am* Bb | F | % | % | Don't you ever say never (Like beads on one string) [break]
[Outro]
G (Like beads on one Em7string) Bm* (Like beads on one string) (Like beads on one Cstring) Don’t you ever say Gnever (Like beads on one string) To neEm7ver (Like beads on one string) Bm* Got to know me a ring (Like beads on one string) C [ G ] Gotta get us together ... like beads on one string (Like beads on one string) G Ooh-Em7mh (Like beads on one string) Bm* Like beads on a string (Like beads on one string) (Like beads on one Cstring) [ G ] (Like beads on one string) [break]
[Coda] | G | % | % | % | (synth-arpeggio)