All the credit for this goes to the guys at Whotabs. Street In The City | guitar tab By Pete Townshend >From Rough Mix, 1977 Written by Pete Townshend (c)1977 Towser Tunes Inc. #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# ============== transcribed by Whotabs [email protected] 2000-05-19 www.thewho.net/whotabs ============== Dropped D tuning: DADGBE Note: all patterns and timing are approximate. [intro] |-0--0--0--0---|------------------------------------------| |/7--5--3--5---|----------------------------------------3-| |-0--0--0--0---|----------------------------------------2-| |/7--5--4--5---|-----0-0h3p0--0--------0-------0-----0--0-| |--------------|--0-3--------5-5-3-0--------------------0-| |--------------|---------------------3^---3^-0---3^-0-0-0-| [chorus] Street in the city |---------|---------|----------------|------------| |---------|---------|---<7>----------|----8-7-8-7-| |---------|---------|---<7>----7-----|----7-7-7-7-| |---------|---------|---<7>----7-----|----9-7-9-7-| |---------|---------|----------------|------------| |000000000|000000000|00----0---0----0|------------| Street in the city on a working day |------------------|-----------------| |-------------<7>--|-----8-------7---| |-------------<7>--|7----7-------7---| |-------------<7>--|7----9-------7---| |------------------|-----------------| |0--0--0---0-------|-0--0---0--0---0-| Street in the city Street in the city on a working day |---------------|------------|------------------|-----------------10---| |--<7>----------|----8-7-8-7-|-------------<7>--|-----8-------7---10---| |--<7>----7-----|----7-7-7-7-|-------------<7>--|7----7-------7---7----| |--<7>----7-----|----9-7-9-7-|-------------<7>--|7----9-------7---7----| |---------------|------------|------------------|----------------------| |0-0--0---0----0|------------|0--0--0---0-------|-0--0----0----0---0--0| Fdim G Edim D There's a man up on that ledge, He's only cleaning windows |4---7----10-----|3--------|3----6----3-----|2---------| |3---6----9------|3--------|2----5----2-----|3---------| |4---7----10-----|4--------|3----6----3-----|2---------| |3---6----9------|5--------|2----5----2-----|0---------| |----------------|---------|----------------|0---------| |-0---0-----0----|0--------|----------------|0---------| Bm Gmaj7 What a shame, who's to blame |2---------------|2---------|---------| |3---------------|3---------|---------| |4---------------|4---------|---------| |4---------------|5---------|---------| |----------------|----------|---------| |----------------|----------|---------| Gmaj7 For the pain we're missing? |2------------------|---------------------| |3------------------|-----<12>------------| |4------------------|-----<12>------------| |5------------------|-----<12>------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| D I'm gonna lean back on my wall, and pray for him to fall |------------------------|---------------|2-------| |8--------7-----8--7-----|------3-----3--|3-------| |7--------7-----7--7-----|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|2-------| |------------------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|0-------| |------------------------|---------------|--------| |------------------------|---------------|0-------| ||:Dadd2 Daddb4 Dadd4 :|| ||-------------------------------|| ||-3----3----3-------3-----------|| ||.2----2----2-------2----------.|| ||.0----0----4-------5----------.|| ||-------------------------------|| ||----0----0-----0------0--------|| See that man going in the bank with a blue suit He's carrying a bag full of very important paper There's old Mac trying to busk with his new flute Did you read about the Cambridge raper? |D5 Street in the city Street in the city on a working day Street in the city Street in the city on a working day Those girls pass every day They seem to think to I'm funny It's just a game that they're playing Till they can claim their personal man Gonna lean back on my wall and pray for her knickers to fall See that woman with a bun in her hair Don't she know that's ain't still done anywhere? See that man going in the Wig and Pen He was charged with telling lies again G/D G6/D G G6/D I see the world go by as I lean against my wall |3----------|3---------------| |3----------|5---------------| |4----------|4---------------| |0----------|0---------------| |-----------|----------------| |-----------|----------------| D Dadd2 D Dadd2 I watch as Fleet Street makes new heroes rise and fall |2-----------|0---------------| |3-----------|3---------------| |2-----------|2---------------| |0-----------|0---------------| |------------|----------------| |------------|----------------| G/D G6/D G G6/D The news is written in the eyes of us all Edim Gdim One is a sinner, the next is a saint |3-------------------|6---------------| |2-------------------|5---------------| |3-------------------|6---------------| |2-------------------|5---------------| |--------------------|----------------| |--------------------|----------------| Edim Gdim Most of us worry about showing up late |3---------------------|6---------------| |2---------------------|5---------------| |3---------------------|6---------------| |2---------------------|5---------------| |----------------------|----------------| |----------------------|----------------| |D |G/D G7/D|C6/D |G7/D Oooh |2-------|3--7----|8----8----|7------3-| |3-------|3--6----|10---10---|6------2-| |2-------|4--7----|9----9----|7------3-| |0-0-0-0-|0--0-0--|0---------|---------| |--------|--------|----------|---------| |--------|--------|----------|---------| |D |G/D |C6/D |C6/D Oooh |2-------|7------|8---------|8---8---8-----| |3-------|8------|10--------|10--10--10----| |2-------|7------|9---------|9---9---9-----| |0-0-0-0-|0---0--|0---------|0---0---0-----| |--------|-------|----------|--------------| |--------|-------|----------|--------------| I'm gonna lean back on my wall and pray for him to fall |-----------|--------------------7---|---------------|2------| |<7>--------|8--------7-----8--7-7---|---------------|3------| |<7>--------|7--------7-----7--7-----|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|2------| |<7>--------|------------------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|0------| |-----------|------------------------|---------------|-------| |-----------|------------------------|---------------|0------| [interlude] Street in the city Street in the city on a working day Street in the city Street in the city on a working day There's a man up on that ledge He's only cleaning windows What a shame, who's to blame For the pain? ============= [email protected] #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. 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