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Keep on Working - Pete Townshend
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Pete Townshend
Keep on Working (1980)
(Pete Townshend)
From: "Empty Glass"
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LINK 1
D D6 D7 D Dsus2 D Dsus4 D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|0---2---3---5---|
B(3)--------------|3---------------|1-------3-------|3---3---3---3---|
G|2---------------|4---------------|2-------2-------|2---2---2---2---|
D|0---------------|0---------------|0-------0-------|0---0---0---0---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
LINK 2
D9 D6 C/D D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0---------------|2---------------|3---------------|5---------------|
B|1---------------|3---------------|5---------------|7---------------|
G|2---------------|4---------------|5---------------|7---------------|
D|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
MIDDLE 8
Bb Bbsus2 [Bb]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|1---1---1-1-1---|------------1---|
B|3---3---3-1-3---|----1---3---3---|
G|3---3---3-3-3---|3---0---3-------|
D|3---3---3-3-3---|3---------------|
A|1---1---1-1-1---|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
INTERLUDE
Bb F Bb F F C F [3/4]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|
B|3-1-3-1-3-------|3-1-3-1-3-------|----------------|------------|
G|3---------3-2---|3---------3-2---|2-0-2-0-2-------|2-0-2-0-2---|
D|3-----------3---|3-----------3---|3---------3-2---|3---------3-|
A|1-----------3---|1-----------3---|3-----------3---|3-----------|
E|------------1---|------------1---|1---------------|1-----------|
Csus4 C9sus4 C6 C9sus4 Bb/C C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|--------0-------|--------1-------|3---------------|
B|--------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|1---------------|
G|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|3-------3-------|0---------------|
D|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|3---------------|2---------------|
A|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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SPECIAL VOICINGS
E-A-D-G-B-E
*G x-x-x-0-3-3
G/B x-2-x-0-3-3
G/E x-x-2-0-3-3
G/D x-x-0-0-3-3
*C x-3-2-0-1-3
C/B x-2-x-0-1-3
G/D x-x-0-4-3-3
A/D x-x-0-6-5-5 or
x-x-0-2-2-0
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*G G/B G/E G/D
I was digging in the yard today
*C C/B Am
When a letter came from Southampton way
G G Am Am
Keep on working
G G Am Am
Keep on working
*G G/B G/E G/D
I must admit I was a bit in the red
*C C/B Am
But if you never have pleasure then you could be dead
G G Am Am
Keep on working
G G Am Am
Keep on working
G/B G/B C C
Keep on working
G/B G/B C C
Keep on working
C
But there's one thing
G Am
They can't take away
C
Hear the sea sing
G Am
See a smiling face
C
I think we're OK
G Am
Though we all could be mad
C
That's what they say
Am D [LINK 1: see above]
We just can't all be bad
*G G/B G/E G/D
I got something now to think about
*C C/B Am
I'll work all day but not to pay it out
G G Am Am
Keep on working
G G Am Am
Keep on working
*G G/B G/E G/D
Don't care if they say where a dying race
*C C/B Am
I'd rather be here than any other place
G G Am Am
Keep on working
G G Am Am
Keep on working
G/B G/B C C
Keep on working
G/B G/B C C
Keep on working
C
And there's another whirl
G Am
They can't ever touch
C
Just need a boy and girl
G Am
It don't cost you much
C
And if your luck is in
G Am
You might have kids at play
C
To make you laugh and sing
Am D [LINK 1: see above]
When you're old and gray
Bb [MIDDLE 8: see above]
Keep on working
Bb [MIDDLE 8 see above]
Keep on working
Bb [MIDDLE 8: see above]
Keep on working
Bb [MIDDLE 8 see above]
Keep on working
INTERLUDE: see above
| Bb F | Bb F | F C |[3/4] F |
| Csus4 C9sus4 | C6 | C9sus4 Bb/C | C |
*G G/B G/E G/D
I was digging in the yard today
*C C/B Am
When a letter came from Southampton way
G G Am Am
Keep on working
G G Am Am
Keep on working
*G G/B G/E G/D
I must admit I was a bit in the red
*C C/B Am
But if you never have pleasure then you might as well be dead
G G Am Am
Keep on working
G G Am Am
Keep on working
G/B G/B C C
Keep on working
G/B G/B C C
Keep on working
C
And there's another whirl
G Am
They can't ever touch
C
Just need a boy and girl
G Am
It don't cost you much
C
And if your luck is in
G Am
You might have kids at play
C
To make you laugh and sing
Am D9 D6 C/D D [LINK 2: see above]
When you're old and gray (Keep on working)
D G/D
Keep on working, keep on working
A/D D
Keep on working, keep on working
D G/D
Keep on working, keep on working
A/D D
Keep on working, keep on working
D G/D
Keep on working, keep on working
A/D D
Keep on working, keep on working
D G/D
Keep on working, keep on working
A/D D
Keep on working ... Work!
