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A Quick One While He's Away (studio version)
By The Who
>From A Quick One/Happy Jack, 1966/1967
Written by Pete Townshend ©1967 TRO-Essex Music, Inc.
originally transcribed by phillip@princeton.edu
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updated by
litgo@aol.com
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D xx0232 Fsus4/C 1(3)3311
G/D xx0433 Cadd2 x30010
D7 xx0535 G6sus4 3x2010
G 3x0003 and 3x0033 A7sus4 x02233
C/G 3x2013 D/A x002xx
G7 xx3033 D/C x302xx
A6 x02222 D5 xx0235
Bm7 x24232 and 7x7777 G5 3x00xx
Gadd9/B 3x0233 A5 x022xx
Am x02210
[Her Man's Been Gone]
Her man's been gone for nearly a year
He was due home yesterday but he ain't here
Her man's been gone for nigh on a year
He was due home yesterday but he ain't here
[Crying Town]
[Intro]
D G/D D7 G/D D G/D D7 2
||-----2-----3---|--5-----3-----|----2-----3----|5-------||
||------------3--|----3-----3---|------------3--|3-------||
||.--2----/4---4/|5-----5-----4-|--2----/4----4/|5------.||
||.0----0--------|-------0------|0----0---------|0------.||
||---------------|--------------|---------------|--------||
||---------------|--------------|---------------|--------||
|D G/D |D7 G/D |D G/D | D7 G/D |
Down your street your crying is a well-known sound
|D G/D |D7 G/D |D G/D | D7 |
Your street is very well-known, throughout your town
|G C/G |G7 C/G |G C/G |G7 C/G |
Your town is very famous for the little girl
|D G/D |D7 G/D |D G/D | D7 G/D |
Whose crying can be heard all around the world
2
||:D G/D | D7 G/D | D G/D | D7 G/D :||
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
[We Have A Remedy]
A (Asus2)(Asus4) etc.
||-------------0----|--------0-0---||
||---2-0-2-3-0-2----|--0-3-0-2-2---||
||.--2-2-2-2-2-2----|--2-2-2-2-2--.||
||.--2-2-2-2-2-2----|--2-2-2-2-2--.||
||-0-------------(0)|0-------------||
||------------------|--------------||
|A A|A |
Fa la la la la la Fa la la la la
Fa la la la la la Fa la la la la
|A6 A|A6 |
We have a remedy you'll appreciate,
|A A|A |
No need to be so sad, he's only late
|D D|D |
We'll bring you flowers and things, help pass your time
|D |
We'll give him eagle's wings
|D |A Asus4 |Asus2 A |E Esus4 |E7
Then he can fly to you
|--------------------|----------|---------|---4--5-----|7-----|
|--------------------|-2---3----|0------2-|----5---5---|5-----|
|--------------------|--2---2---|2------2-|-/4-------6-|7-----|
|--------------------|----2--2--|2------2-|------------|------|
|--------------------|0--------0|-------0-|------------|------|
|--------------------|----------|--------0|0-----------|------|
|E EE|E |
Fa la la la la la Fa la la la la
|A AA|A |
Fa la la la la la Fa la la la la
Fa la la la la la Fa la la la la
|E Esus4 |E | D Dsus4 | D |
La
|-4--5-5---|-4--5---4-|---2--3-2---|-3-2--3-2-|
|--5-5-5---|--5-5-5---|---3--3-3---|-3-3--3-3-|
|4---4-4---|4---4-----|-2-2--2-2---|-2-2----2-|
|----------|----------|-0-0--0-0---|-----0----|
|----------|----------|------------|----------|
|----------|----------|------------|----------|
||:A AA|A AA:||4
We have a remedy Fa la la la la la la
[spoken]
A
We have a remedy. We have!
E D
Little girl (guide), why don't you stop your crying?
Asus4 A
I'm gonna make you feel all right
[Ivor The Engine Driver]
E 2
||------------------||
||------------------||
||.----------------.||
||.--2---2---2---2-.||
||-----2-------2----||
||-0-------0--------||
| E |B D |E |
My name is Ivor, I'm an engine driver
|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|--4---4---7--------7---|------------------|
|--2---2---2-------2-|----4------------7-----|---2---2----2---2-|
|----2--------2------|2------/5--------------|-----2--------2---|
|0-------0-----------|-----------------------|0--------0--------|
|E |B D |E
I know him well, I know why you feel blue
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------
|-----------------------|--4---4---7------7--|---9--------9-
|--2------2---2------2--|----4-------7-------|--------9-----
|----2----------2-------|2------/5-----------|7-------------
|0----------0-----------|--------------------|--------------
E |B D |E
Just 'cause he's late don't mean he'll never get through
------------------|--------------------------|------0-----------0-0-
------------------|--------------------------|------0-----------0-0-
--9-----------9---|--4---4---7----------7----|------1-----------2-1-
-------9----------|----4-----------7---------|------2-----------2-2-
7-----------------|2------/5-----------------|------2-----------2-2-
------------------|--------------------------|0---------------------
|A |E
He told me he loves you, he ain't no liar, I ain't either
|B |D E E Esus4 |E |E
So let's have a smile for an old engine driver
|B |D E E Esus4 |E |E
So let's have a smile for an old engine driver
Please take a sweet (take a sweet)
Come take a walk with me (take a walk with me)
We'll sort it out (sort it out)
Back at my place (back at my place, maybe)
It'll come right, you ain't no fool, I ain't either
So why not be nice to an old engine driver?
Better be nice to an old engine driver
Better be nice to an old engine driver
[Soon Be Home]
C Dm7
||------------------||------------------||
||------------------||------------------||
||.--0-2-0---0-2-0-.||.--0-2-0---0-2-0-.||
||.----------------.||.0-------0-------.||
||-3-------3--------||------------------||
||------------------||------------------||
||:C | | |
We'll soon be home, we'll soon be home
|Dm7 | |C | :||
We'll soon, we'll soon, soon, soon be home We'll
Come on, old horse
Soon be home, soon be home
We'll soon, soon, soon be home
We'll soon, we'll soon, soon, soon be home
[You Are Forgiven]
|D |A |C |Gadd9/B|F |Fsus4/C|Esus4|A
Dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang
|D |Asus4 |D |Asus4 A |
||:D |Asus4 A :||4
Cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello
|D DDD|Asus4 A |D DDD|Asus4
I can't believe it Do my eyes deceive me?
A |D DDD|Asus4 A |D D D Dsus4 |D |
Am I back in your arms? Away from all harm?
|Cadd2 | |D D D/A D/C D D/C| D D
It's like a dream to be with you again
|-----------|---------|2--2---------------|-2-2------
|1-111-1111-|1111-1111|3--3---------------|-3-3------
|0-000-0000-|0000-0000|2--2----------2----|-2-2------
|0-000-0000-|0000-0000|0--0--0---0---0-0--|-0-0------
|3-333-3333-|3333-3333|------0---3-----3--|----------
|-----------|---------|-------------------|----------
[palm mute ]
|Cadd2 | |D D D/A D/C D D/C| D D
Can't believe that I'm with you again
|D D D/A D/C D D/C |D D |
Mow mow ma--mow-ma-mow mow mow
|D5 [palm mute]| Dsus4 [palm mute] |
|D |Asus4 A |D |Asus4 A
I missed you and I must admit I kissed a few and once did sit
|Cadd2 |G6sus4 |Cadd2 |G |D DD|
On Ivor the Engine Driver's lap and later with him, had a nap
||:G A7sus4 |D DD:||4
[repeat w/ below fills]
|G5 A5 |D ||:G5 A5 |D :||
You are forgiven You are forgiven
(you are for-giv----en) (you are for-)
[fills]
| G A | D || G A |D ||
...baby
|----------------|----------||--------------|---------||
|---12------14---|---15~----||--------------|3---*----||
|-----12------14-|----------||.-------------|2-------.||
|/12-----/14-----|-0--------||.-------------|0-------.||
|----------------|----------||---2-5----4-7-|---------||
|----------------|----------||/3-----/5-----|---------||
[*toggle pickup selector]
|G Asus4 A |D D DCDC|G G A A |
[pause] You are for-
(You are forgiv------e........n)
||:D |G G A A :||
-given You are for-
(You are forgiv---e...n)
|D ||:G5 A5 |D D :||
-given forgiven Forgiven Forgiven Forgiven Forgiven For-
(you are forgiv------en) (you are forgiv-
[end] [spoken]
|G G A A |D |A D
Know you're forgiven
You're all forgiven
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Mauricio Wanna Be |
#1 by Mauricio Tonon at Apr 5, 1970 at 2:17 AM EST |
| This song is damn rad. The Stones Rock And ROll Circus one is phenomenal. IT's got some great stuff besides the who, but this one is cool. Also, I maybe clueless but there's water (orsomething) exploding at the end of the "you are forgiven" part, that always confuses me. It's so great though. But really what is that? | |
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Drake Average |
#2 by Drake Bergman at Jun 17, 1970 at 3:15 AM EST |
| I wish the who wasnt so desparate for singles at the time that they shortened it down. It originally was a full length rock opera but they cut it down cause their management said they needed singles. this song is absolutely amazing though. | |
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Razzle Wanna Be |
#3 by Razzle jester at Jun 16, 1974 at 1:08 PM EST |
| This song is great. I love the performance on the Rolling Stones Rock n Roll circus, Keith makes alot of funny faces and grimaces when he drums. On the DVD to that Pete says what the song is about and such, and adds that it is sort of about him in a small way, in which the song is about child abuse. | |
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Tyler Average |
#4 by Tyler Hutchison at Aug 11, 1974 at 12:54 PM EST |
| the live at leeds version is the best most definately. the story about the song can be heard at the end of "i'm a boy" on live at leeds. pretty thorough and funny explanation. i love john's bass playin/singing in the live at leeds. must hear for who fans. | |
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chris Wanna Be |
#5 by chris valverde at Dec 7, 1976 at 6:04 PM EST |
| I'm a big fan of the version used in the film Rushmore, and the album version (from A Quick One) is pretty solid as well. Fantastic song. I love the story it tells, and the fact that The Who sang "cello, cello" instead of actually using cellos (I think a depleting budget had something to do with it) adds another quirky touch to the song. | |
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michael Wanna Be |
#6 by michael Dittrich at Mar 15, 1977 at 6:49 PM EST |
| Actually I just got the Rusmore soundtrack and it IS NOT the version from rock and roll circus sorry about that. I don't know where to get that version of the song on CD except the Kids are alright soundtrack and I heard the quality of that CD is not that good. | |
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austin Lead Player |
#7 by austin at Jan 18, 1980 at 6:09 AM EST |
| This song is awesome! The version of it on TKAA DVD is amazing | |
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Jesus Professional |
#8 by Jesus at Nov 24, 1980 at 7:01 PM EST |
| Squided, I think you're on the right track for Bohemian Rhapsody since that too is an opera. This song rocks live and the lyrics are amazing in telling the story of the girl. In the Live at Leeds version of the song, Pete said "little girl guide" possibly to make the audience assume that she was a molested young girl and "her man" is really her father. | |
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Steil Wanna Be |
#9 by Steil Lionhart at Dec 1, 1984 at 3:34 PM EST |
| I have the Live at Leeds version, and John's part at the end is even better than the one at the Rock and Roll circus. I love John Entwistle. | |
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ian Average |
#10 by ian mckinly at Mar 15, 1987 at 3:46 AM EST |
| i saw a video clip of what i assume was the rock and roll circus performance. it went from about part IV. absoloutley amazing. i got the song off a mate but i had no idea the song was this long. i was amazed to hear that John Entwistle could sing that high (the realy high part in part IV.) listen to this than boris the spider, great vocal range. incedentaly, i think bohemian rhapsody would be more influenced by stairway than this. same structure i.e. 3 movements, slow acoustic/piano part at the start. moves to a slow ballard then to a faster, heavier rock finish. | |
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December Underg Average |
#11 by December Underground at Jun 12, 1990 at 12:48 PM EST |
| fantastic song. love watching the rock and roll circus version for keith. | |
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calvin Wanna Be |
#12 by calvin maynard at May 10, 1991 at 6:16 PM EST |
| This has got to be one of my favorite Who songs ever. I love how it's 6 different songs in one...this kind of music should have caught on more. | |
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phil Average |
#13 by phil gdfgr at May 17, 1994 at 6:01 PM EST |
| I love this...one of Pete's first rock operas and influenced recent music...there are two tracks on the American Idiot album by Green Day that are kinda like this, a bunch of different melodies smashed in one track. Awesome song/story. Love it! | |
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Bodom Lake Murd Average |
#14 by Bodom Lake Murderer at May 12, 1995 at 10:34 AM EST |
| I know exactly what this song means. It tells the story of a young girl whose boyfriend or husband has been gone for "nigh on a year". She is very sad about this and her friends come up with a remedy to fix her problem. They hire Ivor the Engine Driver to have sex with her. The husband comes back and catches the two having sex. The little girl confesses and is forgiven. There, I said it. Woman: "Pete, I've heard alot about you and the group taking drugs. Does this mean you're blocked up on stage?" Pete: "No, it means I'm blocked up all the time." | |
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austin Rhythm Player |
#15 by austin ballard at Nov 2, 1995 at 10:49 AM EST |
| I love this song, the version in The Kids Are Alright is great, excellent footage from the Rolling Stones' Rock n Roll Circus! | |
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Cicely aka Icic Badass |
#16 by Cicely aka Icicles and CSkank Shankle (if u stalk me i will shoot you.) at Mar 28, 1997 at 3:45 AM EST |
| No comments? This is one of the most influential rocks songs of all time and got the ball rolling on what would become Tommy. The version in The Kids are Alright is amazing. | |
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Matt Lead Player |
#17 by Matt Miller at Aug 23, 1997 at 2:12 AM EST |
| If you love The Who you HAVE to buy the Kids Are Alright DVD and see this song perfomed. WOW! They were supposed to air the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus performance on T.V, but they didn't cause The Who showed up the Rolling Stones and made them look bad. Its on the commentary on the DVD. Unbelievable song one of The Who's best. And the Rushmore soundtrack version is the Rock and Roll Circus version. I bought the Rushmore soundtrack just for this song. | |
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A.K.A. Steven Average |
#18 by A.K.A. Steven Stelacio at Apr 30, 2001 at 11:17 PM EST |
| anyone else think that this song influenced bohemian rhapsody? | |
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tom Average |
#19 by tom jenkins at Jan 17, 2002 at 5:47 AM EST |
| Ok I was able to extract the audio of this song from the DVD I own and convert it to MP3. Took me forever to figure out how to do it. But I have the best version in MP3 form it is about ten and half meg in size. If anyone wants it I might post it on the net or email it. If you would like it you can email me at timmybighands@hotpop.com The quality is very good a minor skip right at the beginning of the song, but other then that very good. It is 192bit rate. | |
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Sara Average |
#20 by Sara Sunshine at Mar 13, 2002 at 3:15 AM EST |
| I think this song inspired Bohemian Rhapsody with a handful of other Queen tracks. Especially the 4 part harmony at the start. I don't know what was going through Pete Townshend's head when he thought of writing a rock opera. Maybe it was excess that drove him to it but all I can say is "What a genius." | |
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Dylan Average |
#21 by Dylan Donovan at Aug 10, 2003 at 1:20 PM EST |
| I forgot to mention that the Rolling Stones R&R Circus was televised because The Who put on a better show than the Stones. Dig John at the end. | |
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† james † Average |
#22 by † james † at Mar 25, 2007 at 3:57 PM EST |
| Amazing, Amazing song. Keith Moon's drumming during the introduction and conclusion of 'Ivor the Engine Driver' could quite possibly be one of the best individual musical performances I've ever heard. Simply Incredible. | |
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