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  Bell Boy
  By The Who
  >From Quadrophenia, 1973
  Written by Pete Townshend ©1973 Fabulous Music Ltd.
  
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  transcribed by
  litgo@aol.com
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  Capo on 1
  
  Eb5                  x11346 & 6688xx    Bb                   x1333x
  Eb                   xx1343             F7/A                 xx1211
  Ab/Eb               (4)x1144            Abm6                 4x1331
  Db/Eb                x41121 & x41124    Fmaj7                xx3555
  Ab/C (Eb bass)*      x31144             Fii                  xxx565
  F7sus4 = Bbsus4/F    x8886x             Fmaj7ii              xxx555
  Eb7sus4 = Absus4/Eb  x6664x             F7ii                 xxx545
  Ab6                  xx6541             Abii                 xxx544
  Cm7                  x35343             F                    133533
  Dm                   xx7765             Ab                   4x1144
  C                    x355xx             Db                   x466xx
  Ebsus2               xx1341             
  [*no Ab bass, so default to C bottom; bass plays Eb]
  
  [Gtr 1, top, acoustic; Gtr 2, bottom, electric]
  
  [intro; synth arr for acoustic]
  //|Eb     Cm|Db/Eb   Ab/Eb|Eb       Ab/Eb|Db/Eb |
  //|Eb5      |             |              |    //|
  
  |Eb     Cm|Db/Eb   Ab/Eb|Eb       Ab/Eb|Db/Eb |
  |Eb       |             |              |      |
  
  [verse; acoustic in]
  ||Eb               Ab/Eb  |Db/Eb             Ab/C|
  ||                        |                      |
  A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the 
  
  |Eb        Ab/Eb |Db/Eb           Ab/Eb|
  |                |                     |
   Only soul in the world that's real
  
  |Eb     Ab/Eb|Db/Eb    Ab/Eb //|Eb         Ab/Eb|Db/Eb    Ab/C||
  |            |                 |                |             ||
  
  But I see a face coming through the haze
  I remember him from those crazy days, crazy days, crazy days
  
  //|Cm7                  Ab        |Cm7           F|
  //|Cm7                            |             //|
       Ain't you the guy who used to set the paces
  
  |Cm7                Ab  |Cm7          F|
  |Cm7                    |            //|
   Riding up in front of a hundred faces
  |Cm7               Ab         |Cm7       F  |
  |Cm7                          |           //|
     I don't suppose you would remember me but
  
  |Cm7                  Ab      |Cm7       F|
  |Cm7                          |[pick slide]
   I used to follow you back in '63
  
  ||:F    Dm|Eb     Ab|Bb      C|Db    Eb :||[repeat through spoken]
  ||:F    Dm|Eb     Ab|Bb      C|Db    Eb :||2
  
  [spoken]
  I've got a good job and I'm newly born
  You should see me dressed up in my uniform
  I work in an hotel, all gilt and flash
  Remember the gap where the doors we smashed?
  
  
  |Bb  F7/A Bb|                      |
  |           |                      |
   Bell Boy,  I got to get running now
   Bell Boy,  Keep my lip buttoned down
   Bell Boy,  Carry this baggage out
   Bell Boy, Always running at someone's bleedin'
  
  |F7sus4  |Bb                 |Eb7sus4 |Ab6   |
  |        |                   |        |      |
   Heel          You know how I feel
  
  |Abm6                           |Ebsus2     |        |        |       |
  |                               |           |        |        |       |
       Always running at someone's heel
  
  |Fmaj7                  Cmaj7       |D        |
  |                                   |         |
      Some nights I still sleep on the beach, 
  
  |Fmaj7              Cmaj7      |D     |
  |                              |      |
      Remember when stars were in reach
  
  |Fii            Fmaj7ii   |F7ii    |
  |                         |        |
      I wander in early to work
  
  |Abii                                |Eb    Ebsus2|Eb   Ebsus2|Eb    |
  |                                    |            |           |      |
      Spend my day lickin' boots for my perks
  
  [repeat verse]
  A beach is a place where a man can feel
  He's the only soul in the world that's real
  
  But I see a face coming through the haze
  I remember him from those crazy days, crazy days, crazy days, crazy days
  
  Ain't you the guy who used to set the paces
  Riding up in front of a hundred faces
  I don't suppose you would remember me 
  But I used to follow you back in '63
  
  People often change but when I look in your eyes
  You can learn a lot from a life like mine
  The secret to me, it ain't flown up a flag
  I carry it behind this bleeding little badge, what says:
  
  Bell Boy, I gotta get running now
  Bell Boy, Keep your lip buttoned down
  Bell Boy, Carry the bloody baggage out
  Bell Boy, Always running at someone's heel,
  You know how I feel, always running at someone's heel
  
   Ebsus2
  |------|-----|----|----|
  |<11---|-----|<11-|----|
  |------|-----|----|----|
  |------|-----|----|----|
  |------|-----|----|----|
  |------|-----|----|----|
  
  
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  litgo@aol.com
  

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