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From: Litgo@aol.com
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: CRD: Drowned by: Who
Drowned
By The Who, from Quadrophenia, 1973, written by Pete Townshend
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transcribed by
litgo@aol.com
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Capo on 5th
Chords
C (8)x 5 5 5 8 G2/F x 8 5 7 8 5
F x x 7 5 6 8 C/6E x 7 5 5 8 5
C7(no3) x x 8 5 8 8 Gsus4/F x 8 5 5 6 6
G2 x x 5 7 8 5
C F C7(no3) F
||-----8-----------8------|-------8----------8------||
||---5---5----/6-6---6----|-----8---8------6---6----||
||---------5-----------5--|-----------5----------5--||
||-5----------/7----------|-7/8----------7----------||
||------------------------|-------------------------||
||(8)---------------------|-------------------------||
hammer-on slide
[main rhythm figure for verse, approx.]
C F C7(no3) F
||-----8-8-------8-----|-----8-8------8----||
||-x---5-5----/6-6-----|-x---8-8----6-6----||
||-x---5-5-----x-x-----|-x---5-5----x-x----||
||-5---5-5----/7-7-----|-8---8-8----7-7----||
||-------------x-x-----|------------x-x----||
||(8)------------------|-------------------||
x = mute
C F C7(no3) F
There are men high up there fishing
Haven't seen quite enough of the world
Ooh, I ain't seen a sign of my hero
And I'm still diving down for pearls
G F/G Em/G F C F C7 F
||--10-10-8--8---7-7--8-8-|--8---8---8---8--------||
||--12-12-10-10--8-8--6-6-|--5---6---8---6--------||
||--12-12-10-10--9-9--5-5-|--5---5---5---5--------||
||--5--5--5--5---5-5--5-5-|--5---7---8---7--------||
||------------------------|-----------------------||
||------------------------|--8--(8)---------------||
Let me flow into the ocean
Let me get back to the sea
Let me be stormy and let me be calm
Let the tide in and set me free
I'm flowing under bridges
Then flying through the sky
I'm traveling down cold metal
Just a tear in a baby's eye
Let me flow into the ocean
Let me get back to the sea
Let me be stormy and let me be calm
Let the tide in and set me free
Set me free
G2 G2/F
I am not the actor
C6/E G2/F
This can't be the scene
G G2/F
But I am in the water
F6 F7
C6/E Gsus4/F.
As far as I can see
D G D7 G
||--5-----5----|--5------5----||
||--7-----8----|--10-----8----||
||--7-----7----|--7------7----||
||--7-----9----|--10-----9----||
||--5----(5)---|-(5)----(5)---||
||-------------|--------------||
[riff]
A A D/A
||--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------------||
||--------7-5/6*|--------------||
||--7-7-5-------|--7-7-5-------||
||--------------|--------9-5-7-||
||--------------|--------------||
*trill the 5/6
Oh, I'm remembering distant memories
Recalling other names
Rippling over canyons
And boiling in the train
Let me flow into the ocean
Let me get back to the sea
Let me be stormy and let me be calm
Let the tide in and set me free
Set me free
Set me free
I wanna drown in cold water
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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No Picture
That One Guy Musical Genius |
#1 by That One Guy at Dec 11, 1993 at 1:21 PM EST |
| Throughout the album, water has been a symbol of the spiritual unity that Jimmy craves. He wants to feel peace within his four personalities, and with other people, hence his strong reliance on being part of a group (mods). The ocean is made up of millions of drops of water to form one body, and Jimmy and his four personalities are like those drops of water. | |
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No Picture
hey u by the th Average |
#2 by hey u by the that thing. SHUTUP!! at Oct 15, 1997 at 6:25 AM EST |
| This song is not about suicide, but about grace flowing over Jimmy like the tide. | |
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