THE ACID QUEEN
As recorded by The Who
(From the 1969 Double Album TOMMY)
Words and Music by Pete Townshend
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Pete Townshend - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Pete Townshend - Electric Guitar'
Intro 1st, 2nd & 4th Verses
Q=128
$
Dsus2 Dsus2 Dsus2/C
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-||----0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0--|
|-----3-----3-----|-----3-----3-----||o-----3-----3-----|-----3-----3------|
|-------2-----2---|-------2-----2---||--------2-----2---|-------2-----2----|
|-0---------------|-0---------------||--0---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------|-3----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------|
F G/F D Dsus2 Dsus2/C
Q. E Q. E W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-1------3------|-2--------|---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|
|-1------3------|-3--------|-----3-----3-----|-----3-----3-----|
|-2----2-0------|-2--------|-------2-----2---|-------2-----2---|
|-3----3-0----0-|-0--------|-0---------------|-----------------|
|-3----3--------|----------|-----------------|-3---------------|
|-1----1-1------|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
Chorus
F G5/A A7sus4 A A D
Gtr I
Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q E E E E E E S S S S Q +E E Q
|-1-------------|-3-----3-3-3-3-3-|------------------||------------------2---|
|-1-------------|-3-----3-3-3-3-3-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-(0)-||-2-2-2-2-2--(2)-x-3---|
|-2------0----2-|-2-----2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-(0)-||-2-2-2-2-2--(2)-x-2---|
|-3----3-0----2-|-2-----2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-(0)-||-2-2-2-2-2--(2)-x-0---|
|------3-0----0-|-0-----0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0--||-0-0-0-0-0--(0)-x-----|
|------1--------|-----------------|------------------||----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W Q E E E E E E W W
|---------------|-----------------|------------------||----------------------|
|---------------|-----------3-3-3-|------------------||----------------------|
|---------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|------------------||----------------------|
|---------------|-2---2-2-2-4-4-4-|------------------||----------------------|
|---------------|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------||----------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|------------------||----------------------|
A D A5
Gtr I
S S S S Q +Q. E S S S S Q +E E Q S S S S H E E
|--------------------|------------------2--|-5-5-5-5-5----5-x--|
|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)---x-|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)-x-3--|-5-5-5-5-5----5-x--|
|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)---x-|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)-x-2--|-2-2-2-2-2----2-x--|
|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)---x-|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)-x-0--|-2-2-2-2-2----2-x--|
|-0-0-0-0-0--(0)---x-|-0-0-0-0-0--(0)-x----|-0-0-0-0-0----0-x--|
|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
To Coda
A D A E5 D A
S S S S Q +E E Q S S S S H. H H W
|------------------2--|-----------------|-0----2----|-------||
|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)-x-3--|-2-2-2-2-2-------|-0----3----|-2----o||
|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)-x-2--|-2-2-2-2-2-------|------2----|-2-----||
|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)-x-0--|-2-2-2-2-2-------|-2----0----|-2-----||
|-0-0-0-0-0--(0)-x----|-0-0-0-0-0-------|-2---------|-0----o||
|---------------------|-----------------|-0---------|-------||
Bridge
G7sus4 G7sus4/F
W H Q E E
|-1--------------|-1------------1---|
|-1--------------|-1------------1---|
|-0--------------|-0------------0---|
|-0--------------|-0-------0--------|
|----------------|------------------|
|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1-(1)-1---0-|
Q. E E E E E Q E E +E Q E
G7sus4 G5 G7sus4
H Q. E H. Q W
|-1------1------|----------------|-1----------------|
|-1------1------|----------------|-1----------------|
|-0------0------|-0----------0---|-0----------------|
|-0------0------|-0----------0---|-0----------------|
|---------------|----------------|------------------|
|-3----1-1----3-|-3----3-3-3---3-|-1----3-3-3-3-3---|
Q. E Q. E Q. E E Q E Q. E E E E E
G7sus4/F E5 D A
<
H Q E E H Q. E H +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-1------------1---|-0----2------|----------------|-----------------|
|-1------------1---|-0----3------|-2----(2)-2-----|-----------------|
|-0------------0---|------2------|-2----(2)-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-0-------0--------|-2----0----0-|-2----(2)-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|------------------|-2-----------|-0----(0)-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-1--1-1-(1)-1---0-|-0-----------|----------------|---------------0-|
Q E E +E Q E
3rd Verse
B B5 E5 E D
<
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E e S S Q Q E E Q Q. E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------||--------------|------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-------------------||-9---------9--|-7----5-5-5-5-----|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-9-9-||-9---------9--|------0-0-0-0-(0)-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-9-9-||-9-------9-9--|-0------------(0)-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-||-7-------7-7--|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------||-0--0--0-0-0--|------------------|
G A/G E
<
H Q E E Q. S S S S S S S S S S
|-3--------------|-0------------------------|
|-0------2---2---|-0------------------------|
|-0------2---2---|-1----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-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-|
|-3--3-3-3-----0-|-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Q E E Q. E
E5/D
Q +E. S E E Q Q E E E E E E
|-0--(0)----------|-0--0-0-0-0-0------|
|-0--(0)-------0--|-0--0-0-0-0-0------|
|-1--(1)-------1--|-0-----------------|
|-2--(2)-------2--|-0------------(0)--|
|-2--(2)----------|-------------------|
|-0--(0)-0-0-0----|-------------------|
Chorus
G6 B B E
<
Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S Q +E E Q
|-0-------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------0---|
|-0------2------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---||-4-4-4-4-4--(4)---0---|
|-0------2------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---||-4-4-4-4-4--(4)---1---|
|-0------2------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---||-4-4-4-4-4--(4)---2---|
|-------------2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||-2-2-2-2-2--(2)---2---|
|-3----0-2------|-----------------|-----------------||----------------0-0---|
B B E B
S S S S Q +Q. E S S S S Q +E E Q S S S S Q +Q. E
|--------------------|------------------0--|---------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4--(4)-----|-4-4-4-4-4--(4)---0--|-4-4-4-4-4--(4)------|
|-4-4-4-4-4--(4)-----|-4-4-4-4-4--(4)---1--|-4-4-4-4-4--(4)------|
|-4-4-4-4-4--(4)-----|-4-4-4-4-4--(4)---2--|-4-4-4-4-4--(4)------|
|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)-----|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)---2--|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)------|
|------------------0-|----------------0-0--|------------------0--|
E B Em D A
S S S S Q +E E Q S S S S H Q H H W
|------------------0--|-----------------|-0----2----|-0----||
|-4-4-4-4-4--(4)---0--|-4-4-4-4-4-------|-0----3----|-2----||
|-4-4-4-4-4--(4)---1--|-4-4-4-4-4-------|-0----2----|-2----||
|-4-4-4-4-4--(4)---2--|-4-4-4-4-4-------|-2----0----|-2----||
|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)---2--|-2-2-2-2-2-------|-2---------|-0----||
|----------------0-0--|-----------------|-0---------|------||
Interlude
N.C.
~ ~~~~~~~ ~
S S S S H E E S S S S Q +Q. E S S S S H E E
|------------------|-5-5-5-5-5--(5)-----|-5-5-5-5-5---------|
|--------------5---|--------------------|--------------3----|
|-2-2-2-2-2--------|--------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
~~~~~~~ ~ ~
S S S S Q +Q. E S S S S H E E S S S S H Q
|--------------------|------------------|-5-5-5-5-5--------|
|--------------------|--------------3---|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)-----|-2-2-2-2-2--------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
A D
~ ~ ~
S S S S H E e S S S S H Q S S S S H E E
|-5-5-5-5-5--------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2----3----|
|--------------2-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-------|-2-2-2-2-2----2----|
|------------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2----4----|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
A7 D A
~~~~~~~ ~ ~
S S S S Q +Q. E S S S S H E E S S S S H Q
|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--(5)-----|-5-5-5-5-5----3---|-2-2-2-2-2--------|
|--------------------|--------------2---|-2-2-2-2-2--------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--(5)-----|-5-5-5-5-5----4---|-2-2-2-2-2--------|
|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
A D/A A7 D/A
S S S S H E E S S S S Q +E E E E S S S S Q E E E E
|------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2----3---|-5-5-5-5-5--(5)-(5)-5-3-|-3-3-3-3-3--(3)-3-3-3--|
|-2-2-2-2-2----2---|----------------------2-|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)-2-2-2--|
|-2-2-2-2-2----4---|-5-5-5-5-5--(5)-(5)-5-4-|-4-4-4-4-4--(4)-4-4-4--|
|-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--|
|------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
A A5
S S S S Q E E E E S S S S Q +E E E E S S S S Q +Q. E
|----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0--(0)-------|-5-5-5-5-5--(5)------|
|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)-------|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)-------|-5-5-5-5-5--(5)------|
|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)-------|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)-------|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)------|
|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)-2-0-2-|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)---0-2-|-5-5-5-5-5--(5)------|
|-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--|
|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
D/A A
S S S S Q +E E E E S S S S Q +Q. E S S S S Q +E E E E
|-5-5-5-5-5--(5)---5---|--------------------|-0-0-0-0-0--(0)--------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--(5)---3---|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)-----|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)--------|
|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)---2---|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)-----|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)--------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--(5)---4---|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)-----|-2-2-2-2-2--(2)---0-2--|
|-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--|
|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
D.S. al Coda &
E5 D A A
S S S S H Q H H W W +W
|-5-5-5-5-5-------|-0----2----|----------||----------|--------*|
|-5-5-5-5-5-------|-0----3----|-2--------||-2--------|-(2)----*|
|-2-2-2-2-2-------|------2----|-2--------||-2--------|-(2)----*|
|-2-2-2-2-2-------|-2----0----|-2--------||-2--------|-(2)----*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-------|-2---------|-0--------||-0--------|-(0)----*|
|-----------------|-0---------|----------||----------|--------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
