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{intro}
|{drums} ||:C G/C |F9/C G/C :||{organ}
||:C | :||{12-str acoust guitar}
|C G/C |Fadd9/C G/C |
There once was a note, pure and easy
|C G/C |Fadd9/C G/C |
Playing so free like a breath rippling by
|C G/C |Fadd9/C G/C |C G/C |Fadd9/C G/C|
(by)
{additional gtr from version 1 (Who's Next reissue)}
|-3--3----|-3-----/3---|-3--3----|-3-----/3---|
|--5--4---|--1------4--|--5--4---|--1------4--|
|5--5-----|2--2------5-|5--5-----|2--2------5-|
|---------|------------|---------|------------|
|---------|------------|---------|------------|
|---------|------------|---------|------------|
|Fmaj7 |Dm6
The note is eternal, I hear it, it sees me
|Fmaj7 |F6 |C G/C |Fadd9/C G/C|C G/C |Fadd9/C G/C|
Forever we blend and forever we die
{Chorus}
|C C Dm Dm|F F G
I listened and I heard music in a word
-|-----------------------|-------------------|
-|-----------------------|-------------------|
-|-----------------------|-------------4/7---|
-|-----------------3-5/7-|3--------3-5-------|
-|3------------3-5-------|-------------------|
-|-----------------------|-------------------|
G |C C Dm Dm|F F G
and words when you played your guitar
---|-----------------------------|-------------------|
---|-----------------------------|-------------------|
---|-----------------------------|---------4/7-------|
---|----------------------3--5/7-|3----3-5-----------|
---|3----------3---5-------------|-------------------|
---|-----------------------------|-------------------|
G |Dm Dm Em Em|G G Am Am|
The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering, then a
---|------------------------------|-------------------------------|----
---|------------------------------|-------------------------------|----
---|------------------------------|------------------5------7^(9)-|-7~-
---|--------------------5-7/9-----|5-----------5--7---------------|----
---|5------------5---7------------|-------------------------------|----
---|------------------------------|-------------------------------|----
|G5 |C/G |G7 |C/G |
Child flew past me riding in a star
|Dsus4 |D Dsus2 D
As people assemble, civilization
|3------3-3--3---|2---2-2-0/2---|
|3------3-3--3---|3---3-3-3/3---|
|2------2-2--2---|2---2-2-2/2---|
|0------0-0--0---|0---0-0-0----0|
|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|--------------|
{slight palm mute }
|G5 |G7 G6 |G |G7 C/G G
Is trying to find a new way to die (but)
|3---------------|--3-------|3----|--3---------|
|3---------------|---3--3---|3----|---3-3--3---|
|0---------------|---0---0--|0----|---0-0--0---|
|0--------------2|/3--2-----|0---2|/3---2--0---|
|----------------|----------|-----|------------|
|3---------------|----------|3----|------------|
|Am |Emsus4 E
But killing is really merely scene changer
|Am |Fmaj9/A F6/A |Am |Fmaj9/A F6/A Am
All men are bored with other men's lives
|0-----------------|3--------1----------|0------|3-------1--------|
|1-----------------|5--------3----------|1------|5-------3----1-1-|
|2-----------------|5--------2----------|2------|5-------2----2-2-|
|2-----------------|3--------3----------|2------|3-------3----2-2-|
|0----------------0|----0---------------|0-----0|------0----------|
|------------------|--------------------|-------|-----------------|
{repeat Chorus}
I listened and I heard music in a word
And words when you played your guitar
The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering, when a
|G |C/G |G7 |C/G |
Child flew past me riding in a star
|------------------|--8----8---|--7---7----|--8---8---8\--|
|------------------|----8----8-|----8---8-8|----8---8-----|
|7~----------------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
|------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
|------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
|------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
Gas on the hillside, oil in the teacup
Watch all the chords of life lose their joy
Distortion becomes somehow pure in its wildness
|Am |Fmaj9/A F6/A |Am |Fmaj9/A F6/A |
The note that began all can also destroy
|Am |C |Fmaj7 |G6 |
(We)
|0------|0-----|0-------|0-------|
|1------|1-----|1-------|3-------|
|2------|0-----|2-------|4-------|
|2------|2-----|3-------|5-------|
|0------|0-----|0-------|0-------|
|-------|------|--------|--------|
|Am |C |Fmaj7 |G6
We all know success when we all find our own dreams
And our love is enough to knock down any wall
And the future's been seen as men try to realize
|Am |C |Fmaj7 |G6 |
The simple secret of the note in us all
|Am |C/A |Fmaj7/A |G6/A |
(all)
|0------|0--------|0-------|0-------|
|1------|1--------|1-------|3-------|
|2------|0--------|2-------|4-------|
|2------|2--------|3-------|5-------|
|0--0-0-|3----0-0-|3---0-0-|5---0-0-|
|-------|---------|--------|--------|
|Am |C/A |Fmaj7/A |G6/A |
|0------|---------|--------|-------------|
|1------|5~-------|10~-----|(12)~--------|
|2------|5~-------|10~-----|(12)~--------|
|2------|5~-------|10~-----|(12)~--------|
|0--0-0-|0----0-0-|0---0-0-|-----0-0/0/0-|
|-------|---------|--------|-------------|
{solo}
|Am |C |Fmaj7 |G6 |
|-------------|-------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------------------|-------------10|
|--5-----5----|-------------|--------------------------|------5---7h9--|
|7---7/7---5h7|7------------|--------------------------|---5h7-7~------|
|-------------|--7\-0h3~-0--|0---------------------3p0-|5h7------------|
|-------------|------------3|-3-5-0h3h5-0h3h5-0h3h5----|---------------|
|Am |C |
|--------------------8--8-12p|8--12p8--12p8--12p8--12p8--12p8--8---|
|10-10/10/10-10/10/10-10-----|-10----10----10----10----10----10--10|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|Fmaj7 |G6 |
(I)
|8------------------|---------|
|-10-/13-15^\13-----|---------|
|--------------12h14|14-------|
|-------------------|---------|
|-------------------|---12\---|
|-------------------|---------|
{repeat Chorus}
I listened and I heard music in a word
And words when you played your guitar
The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering and a
|G |C/G |G7 |C/G |
Child flew past me riding in a star
|-----------7------|--8--8-8h10|--7---7----|7h8---8-------|
|-------------8----|----8------|----8---8--|----8---8-----|
|------------------|0----------|0----------|--------------|
|(12)--------------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
|------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
|------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
{harm}
{final verse from demo}
Today is the day when sound curdles mountains
Flowing and blowing each man it its wake
Destroying itself in the end with vibration
There's nothing on earth its challenge can take
Excepting one note...
{repeat intro; acoustic and organ only}
|C G/C |Fadd9/C G/C |
|C G/C |Fadd9/C G/C |
There once was a note, pure and easy
|C G/C |Fadd9/C G/C |
Playing so free like a breath rippling by
|C G/C |Fadd9/C G/C |C G/C |Fadd9/C G/C|
(by)
{outro}
||A A/G G D A A/G G D ||
There
||{acoustic}
||---------|3-2-------|---------|3-2----------||
||---------|3-3-------|---------|3-3----------||
||.--2-----|0-2-------|---2-----|0-2---------.||
||.--2-----|0-0-------|---2-----|0-0---------.||
||0--0-----|----------|0--0-----|-------------||
||------3^-|----0-2-3^|------3^-|------0-2-3^-||
||{electric} |
||---------|3-2~------|---------|3-2----------|
||---------|3-3~------|---------|3-3----------|
||---2~----|0-2~------|---2~----|0-2-4^4^-2---|
||---2~----|0-0-------|---2~----|0-0--------4-|
||0--0~----|--------0-|0--0~----|-------------|
||------3^~|----------|------3^~|-------------|
{repeat acoustic as above}
|A A/G |G D |A A/G |G D |
once was a note, listen! There once was a note, listen! There
{electric}
|----------------|----5----------|----------------|3--2-----------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|3--3--/13\-----|
|2~--------------|4^4^-4^\p2-----|----------------|0--2--/14\-----|
|----------------|---------------|2----2----------|0--0--0--------|
|----------------|----------3^---|0----0----------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|--3^------------|---------------|
|A A/G |G D |A A/G |G D |
once was a note, listen! There once was a note, listen! There
|----------------|3--2------------|----------------|3--2~----------|
|----------------|3--3------------|----------------|3--3~----------|
|2----2----------|0--2-4p2--------|-----2----------|0--2~----------|
|-----2----------|0--0----4p2-0---|-----2----------|0--0------2----|
|-----0----------|--------------3^|~----0----------|----------0----|
|-----------3^~--|----------------|-----------3^~--|---------------|
|A A/G |G D |A A/G |
once was a note, listen! There once was a note,
|----------------|------------------------|----------8-----|
|----------------|------------------------|--------8--10-8-|
|-----2----------|--------5-7^\-5---5-----|-----/9---------|
|2----2----------|-----5h7--------7---7---|----------------|
|0----0----------|0-3h5-------------------|----------------|
|-----------3^~--|------------------------|----------------|
{drums in}
|G D |A A/G |G D |
listen! There once was a note, listen! There
|--------10^-10p8-----------|----------------|3--2--------------|
|8/10~-----------10-10\-----|----------------|3--3--/13-13\-----|
|---------------------------|-----2----------|0--2--/14-14\-----|
|---------------------------|-----2----------|0--0--------------|
|----------------------0----|0----0----------|-------------0----|
|---------------------------|-----------3^~--|------------------|
|A A/G |G D |A A/G |
once was a note, listen! There once was a note,
|----------------|3--2----------------|----------------|
|----------------|3--3----------------|----------------|
|-----2----------|0--2---5-7^-7^7^\p5-|5---------------|
|-----2----------|0--0---------------7|--7-7-----------|
|0----0----------|--------------------|----------------|
|-----------3^~--|--------------------|----------------|
|G/D D |
listen! There
|-----------------------------------------------12p8-|
|8h10/10/10-8h10/10/10-8h10/10/10-8h10/10/10-10------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|A A/G |G/D D |
once was a note, listen! There
|--10p8--12p8--10p8--12p8|--10p8--12p8--10p8---8----8--|
|10----10----10----10----|10----10----10----10---10----|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------12|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
{begin fade....}
|A A/G |G/D D |A A/G |
once was a note, listen! There once was a note,
|----------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-------14----14-|-----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-------------------2---|4^--\^-----4^\p2-2---|
|-12h14----14----|/12\-/12\--------------|----------------4----|
|----------------|----------0-3^-0-------|------------------3^\|
|----------------|-----------------3-----|---------------------|
|G/D D |A A/G |G/D D
listen! There once was a note, listen! There
|-----------------------|----------------|---------------
|-----------------------|----------------|---------------
|-----------------------|----------------|----------2----
|-----------------------|----------------|----------2----
|0---0------------------|--5^-3^/0-------|----------0----
|-3^\--3-0/3/5-0/3/5----|----------------|5~-5~-5~-------
|A A/G |G D |A A/G |G D
once was a note, listen! There once was a note, listen! There
|----------------|3--2-----------|----------------|---------------
|----------------|3--3-----------|----2---2---2--/|15-15~---------
|2---------------|0--2--------2--|4^--4^--4^--4^-/|14-14~---------
|2---------------|0--0-----------|---------------/|16-16~---------
|0----0----------|---------------|----------------|--------0-0----
|-----------3^~--|---------------|----------------|---------------
|A A/G |G/D D |A A/G |G D |A
once was a note, listen! There once was a note, listen! There once was
|----------------|3--2---------|12-12~---12---12|---12--12---12|--12---
|----------------|3--3---3-----|14-14~-----10---|10---10---10~-|10--10-
|-----2----------|0--2---------|14-14~--9----9--|--9-----------|-------
|----------------|0--0---------|----------------|--------------|-------
|0-------------0-|-------------|----------------|--------------|-------
|----------------|-------------|----------------|--------------|-------
Written by Pete Townshend