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  New Song
  By The Who
  >From Who Are You, 1978
  Written by Pete Townshend ©1978 Eel Pie Publishing Ltd.
  
  ==============
  transcribed by
  litgo@aol.com
  ==============
  
  [note: synth chord names and leads are approximate]
  
  Bm7       (7)x777x or x2423(2)         F/G       xxx565
  E/D      (10)x999x or xx0454           G         xxx787 
  F#m7      xx4220 or 2x222(0)           F/G(viii) xxx10 10 8
  C/Bb      6x555x                       G(x)      xxx12 12 10
  C/A       5x555x                       G7        xxx10 12 10
  C/Ab      4x555x                       Am/G(x)   xxx9 10 8
  C/G       3x555x                       G9        xxx10 10 10 
  C7sus4    xx5566 or x33366             E/B(iv)   xx6454
  F         xx15 14 13 13                B(ii)     x2444x
  Eb        xx 13 12 11 11               
  Bb        xx 12 10 11 10               
  
  
  [intro]
   (E   A/E  D6/E  A/E    E E6 A/E    D6/E   A/E)
  |-----------|---------|---9----------|----------|
  |---9-10--12|/-12-10--|---9-10-----12|/-12-10---|
  |---9-9---11|/-11-9---|---9-9------11|/-11-9----|
  |---9-11--12|/-12-11--|---9-11-----12|/-12-11---|
  |-7---------|---------|-7------------|----------|
  |-----------|---------|--------------|----------|
  |           |         |          
  |-----------|----8----|-------------------------|
  |-----------|----11^--|-------------------------|
  |-----------|---------|---2^2------2h4-2h4-2-4-|
  |-----------|---------|-------------------------|
  |5h7--------|---------|-------------------------|
  |--0--------|---------|-------------------------|
  
   (E     A/E D6/E   A/E    E6 A/E D6/E)
  |-----------|------------|-------|------0----
  |-----------|--7-7-7-7-7-|-9-----|------0----
  |-----------|--7-7-7-7-7-|-9-----|------4----
  |2---------|------------|-------|----2------
  |--------2--|------------|-------|----2------
  |----3p0-0--|------------|-----0-|--0--------
  
  [verse]
            |Bm7 E/D    |F#m7
  You need a new song
                               |E          A/E    |D6/E     A/E   
  I'll set the words up so they tear right at your soul
               |Bm7 E/D  |F#m7
  Don't take me too long
                                |E          A/E      |D6/E  A/E   |
  But there's a danger that I'll plagiarize something old
  
  |Bm7(vii)                 |A(v)                         |
     My fingers kill me as I play my guitar 'cuz I've been
  |--7----------------------|-----7-----------------------|
  |0------------------------|0----------------------------|
  |-------------------------|-----------------------------|
  |-------------------------|-----------------------------|
  |-------------------------|-----------------------------|
  |-------------------------|-----------------------------|
  
  | Dmaj7/A A    D/A  |A
    chewing down at my nails.
  |---------9---------|-----9-----|
  |-0-----------------|---0-------|
  |-------------------|-----------|
  |-------------------|-----------|
  |-------------------|-----------|
  |-------------------|-----------|
  
   C/Bb                 Csus4  |C/A        Csus4       
      My hairline ain't exactly superstar, but there's 
  |-12--------------------13-15|12---------13--15-----|
  |----------------------------|----------------------|
  |----------------------------|----------------------|
  |----------------------------|----------------------|
  |----------------------------|----------------------|
  |----------------------------|----------------------|
  
    C/Ab                |C/G    Csus4      |C7sus4       |C  C
    one trick that never fails, this never fails.
  |-12-------------13-15|12-----13---15-15-|-15^-12-13-13p12------
  |---------------------|------------------|-------------|--13----
  |---------------------|------------------|-------------|----12--
  |---------------------|------------------|-------------|--------
  |---------------------|------------------|-------------|--------
  |---------------------|------------------|-------------|--------
  
  [chorus; arpeggiated chords]
             |F           Eb      |Bb
  I write the same old song with a few new lines
                                  |--10h11--|
       F           Eb        Bb
  And everybody wants to cheer it
                           |------10---|
                           |--9h11-----|
              F             Eb          Bb
  I write the same old song you heard a good few times
    F                 Eb      
  Admit you really wanna hear it
  
   (F  C  Fsus4 F   C  Fsus4  C C    E  B Esus4 E   B  B)
  |-13-12-13^--13-|-12-13^(13)12---|-12-11-12--12-|----------|
  |---------------|-------------13-|---------12---|-12-------|
  |---------------|----------------|--------------|----11----|
  |---------------|----------------|--------------|----------|
  |---------------|----------------|--------------|----------|
  |---------------|----------------|--------------|----------|
  
  | E  (D/E) | (A/E)  | E F#7   G6  | D6     E |
  |(12)-(19)-|-0------|-------------|----------|
  |-0--------|-0------|-------------|--------9-|
  |-4--------|-4------|-9-11----12--|-14-14--9-|
  |-2--------|-2------|-9-11----12--|-14-14--9-|
  |-2--------|--------|-7-9-----10--|-12-12--7-|
  |-0--------|--------|-------------|----------|
  
  | E   C  | Dadd9/E    D/E|E         E  E  (D6)  |
  |-----0--|-0---0--0---0--|0--0---0--0------7~---|
  |-9---8--|-10--10-10--10/|12-12--10/12-9~--7~---|
  |-9---9--|-11--11-11--11/|13-13--11/13-9~--7~---|
  |-9---10-|-12--12-12--12/|12-12--12/12-9~--7~---|
  |-7------|---------------|----------------------|
  |--------|-----------0---|----------------------|
  
  Whenever I see you
  You always treat me like I'm some kind of perfect man
  Just 'cause I please you
  You explain, but you don't think I can understand
  
  | Bm(vii)                   |A(v)                               |
      My head is spinning as I scrawl with my pen, 'cause I've been
  |-----7---------------------|-------7---------------------------|
  |---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
  |-4/6-----------------------|4/6--------------------------------|
  |---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
  |---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
  |---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
  
  | Dmaj7/A         D/A|A      |C/Bb            Csus4|C/A        Csus4  |
    pouring vodka in my soul      Nothing really ever changes, my friend 
  |---------9----------|----9-/|12--------------13-15|12----------------|
  |--------------------|-------|---------------------|------------------|
  |-4/6----------------|4/6----|---------------------|------------------|
  |--------------------|-------|---------------------|------------------|
  |--------------------|-------|---------------------|------------------|
  |--------------------|-------|---------------------|------------------|
  
  | C/Ab          Csus4| C/G      Csus4 C7sus4     | C  C
      New lamps for old, new lamps for old
  |/12-12-----13-15-15^|-13-12--------|18-18-17-18-|-20-20-----|
  |--------------------|------13------|------------|-----------|
  |--------------------|--------12----|------------|-----------|
  |--------------------|--------------|------------|-----------|
  |--------------------|--------------|------------|-----------|
  |--------------------|--------------|------------|-----------|
  
  We sing the same old song, just like a vintage car
  You can look, but you won't ever drive it
  We drink the same old wine from a brand new jar
  We get hung over but we always survive it
  
  |(F C  Fsus4 | F  C  Fsus4  C C  | E  B Esus4 | E  B  B)    |
  |-13-12-13^--|-13-12-13^(13)12---|-12-11-12---|-12----------|
  |------------|----------------13-|---------12-|----12-------|
  |------------|-------------------|------------|-------11----|
  |------------|-------------------|------------|-------------|
  |------------|-------------------|------------|-------------|
  |------------|-------------------|------------|-------------|
  
  |(As2 E As2| As2 E Asus2 E E | Bs4 B Bs4   | Bs4 B     B)    |
  |-12-11-14-|-12-11-12^-11----|-12-11-14p11-|-11--------------|
  |----------|--------------12-|-------------|-----12----12----|
  |----------|-----------------|-------------|--------11-------|
  |----------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
  |----------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
  |----------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
  
  [bridge]
  |F/G  | G    |F/G    | G   |F/G    | G (sus4)|F/G (add9)|G  (sus4) |
  
  F/G               |G                  |F/G                |G
  Turn on the radio, love is proclaimed again and again and again
  F/G                   |G                 
  Join in and sing, now, don't be ashamed, 
        |F/G(x)                   |G(xii)   
  Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain.
           |F/G(x)      |G           |Am/G(x)     |G7   
  Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain
          |Am/G(x)   |G    |F/G      |F /G     |Bsus4  |B   [pick sld]
  Let it rain....
  
   (E   A/E  D6/E  A/E    E E6 A/E D6/E A/E)
  |---------|-0---------|---------|----------|
  |---------|-0---------|---------|-3---2--x-|
  |---------|-4---------|---------|-2---2--x-|
  |---------|-2---------|--2------|-4---2--x-|
  |-2-------|-----------|-x0------|-----0----|
  |-0-----0-|-----------|-3--0----|----------|
  
  
   (C  F/C  Bb/C F/C   C   F/C  Bb/C  F/C)
  |--------|---------|---------|---------------|
  |-5------|-6----10^|10^-----|-------10^10^-|
  |-5------|-5----10^|10^-----|-------10^10^-|
  |-5------|-5-------|---------|---------------|
  |-3------|---------|---------|---------------|
  |--------|---------|---------|-----8T--------|
  
             F           Eb     Bb
  We hum the same old line to a different crowd
      F            Eb        Bb
  And everybody wants to cheer it
            F            Eb         Bb
  We run on endless time to reach a higher cloud
      F               Eb     Bb
  But never ever seem to get near it
              F       Eb    Bb    F
  We sing the.. same old song
      Eb       Bb   
  Same old song
  
  We sing the same old song, just like a vintage car
  You can look, but you won't ever drive it
  We drink the same old wine from a brand new jar
  We get hung over but we always survive it
  We sing the... same old song
  
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