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Brilliant Blues- Pete Townshend
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Pete Townshend
Brilliant Blues (1985)
(Pete Townshend)
From: "White City"
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Whatever your strumming pattern may be, try to incorporate the riff into
your accompaniment.
Capo 1st fret
RIFF (Intro/Verse)
G D/G G D/G G D/G G D/G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|
G|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|
D|0---0-0-0-0-----|0-0-0-0-0-------|0---0-0-0-0-----|0-0-0-0-0-------|
A|x---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|
G|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|
D|2---2-2-2-2-----|2-2-2-2-2-------|2---2-2-2-2-----|2-2-2-2-2-------|
A|2---------------|2---------------|----------------|----------------|
E|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
D/G 3-x-0-2-3-x
E7sus4 0-2-2-2-3-x
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Capo 1st fret
INTRO (RIFF)
G D/G G G/D
Say goodbye to the brilliant blues
G D/G G G/D
Say goodbye to the brilliant blues
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 F Bb C
Say goodbye ... [It’s ...]
VERSE
C G D/G G D/G
It's time
G D/G G D/G
To live
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
So make me
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
Take me
VERSE
G D/G G D/G
It's time,
G D/G G D/G
To give
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
So don't betray me,
Em E7sus4 F Bb C
Pay me
CHORUS
G C D
The brilliant blues, don't want to be frozen
G C D
I'll spend my mornings at the sunshine cafe
G C D
I've read the news and the clique-ridden notions
G C D
I know that now is the time to say
VERSE
G D/G G D/G
It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
G D/G G D/G
To teach (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
So tell me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
Come on tell me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
VERSE
G D/G G D/G
It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
G D/G G D/G
To preach (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
So help me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 F Bb C
Come on and help me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
CHORUS
G C D [G]
The brilliant blues will never flow this way again
G C D
The colour of the Mersey’s grey
G C D [G]
The brilliant blues have faded into sadness and pain
G C D G D/G G
And now is the time to say ... It's time
MIDDLE 8
Em [Em]
You and me are going to finally sail away
Em [Cmaj7]
We'll get far away from the blues and the mist in the rain
Cmaj7 [Cmaj7]
You and me are going to fight until we win the day
Cmaj7 F Bb C
For now is the time that we must say goodbye [to the ...]
CHORUS
[C] G C D
To the brilliant blues, I don't want to be frozen
G C D
I'll spend my mornings at the sunshine cafe
G C D
I've read the news and the clique-ridden notions
G C D
I know that now is the time to say
VERSE
G D/G G D/G
It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
G D/G G D/G
To trust (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
So buy me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
Come on and try me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
VERSE
G D/G G D/G
It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
G D/G G D/G
To thrust (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
So guide me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 F Bb C
Stay beside me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
CHORUS
G C D [G]
The brilliant blues will never flow this way again
G C D
The colour of the Mersey’s grey
G C D [G]
The brilliant blues have faded into sadness and pain
G C D G
And now is the time to say ... It's time
