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Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 00:37:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: Litgo@aol.com
Subject: CRD: Pictures_Of_Lily by: Who
To: guitar@olga.net
Pictures of Lily
By the Who
Written by Pete Townshend, 1967
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transcribed by
litgo@aol.com
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Verse chords:
C: x32010
Em/B: x22010
Am: x02210
F: 13321x (use thumb)
F#: 24432x (use thumb)
GII: 355433
G: 3x0033
G7: 3x0001 or 3x3001
Chorus chords: (use thumb for root note on all chords)
C: 8 x 10 9 8 8
Em/B: 7 x 9 9 8 7
Am: 5 x 7 5 5 5
G: 3 5 5 4 3 3
F: 1 3 3 2 1 1
A: 5 x 7 6 5 5
C#m/Ab: 4 x 6 6 5 4
F#m: 2 x 4 2 2 2
C#m x x 2 1 2 0
G(no3rd)
C Em/B Am F F F# GII
I used to wake up in the morning
G
I used to feel so bad
C Em/B Am F F F# GII
I got so sick of having sleepless nights
G
I went and told my dad
Am G F Em
He said, "Son now here's some little something,"
Am G
And stuck them on my wall
C Em/B Am
Now my nights ain't quite so lonely, in fact I
F F F# GII
I don't feel bad at all
G7
I don't feel bad at all
C Em/B Am G F Em D G
Pictures of Lily made my life so wonderful
C Em/B Am G F Em D E
Pictures of Lily helped me sleep at night
A C#m/Ab F#m E D C#m B E
Pictures of Lily solved my childhood problem
A C#m/Ab F#m A D E
Pictures of Lily helped me feel alright
E E E D E
Pictures of Lily
E E E D E
Lily, oh Lily
A A A G A
Lily, oh Lily
A A A G A
Pictures of Lily!
D5 D5 D5 C5 D5
D5 D5 D5 C5 D5
G5 G5 G5 F5 G5
G
Then one day things weren't quite so fine
I fell in love with Lily
I asked my dad where Lily I could find
He said, "Son, now don't be silly.
She's been dead since 1929."
Oh how I cried that night
If only I'd been born in Lily's time
It would have been alright
It would have been alright
Pictures of Lily made my life so wonderful
Pictures of Lily helped me sleep at night
A C#m/Ab F#m A D C#m B E
For me and Lily are together in my dreams
A C#m/Ab F#m A D
And I ask you, hey, mister, have you ever seen
E E E D E
Pictures of Lily?
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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phil Average |
#1 by phil gdfgr at Jan 19, 1973 at 8:07 AM EST |
| As Teerbigear pointed out, Pete Townshend demonstrates the power of the mnd in this song. The boy's dad knew a girl named lily & fell in love with her. And when she died, he missed loving her so much that he substituted her with her portrait. His son who felt lonely approached his dad for help & hs dad gave him the picture & asked him to use it. Pete also shows through the song how much of an impact your upbringing can have on you & if you are taught corrupt things, you end up behaving that - you do not know what is rght & what is wrong. Pete ends the song "mister, have you seen pictures of lily". A true masterpiece | |
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bobby Rhythm Player |
#2 by bobby volm at Jul 16, 1974 at 5:46 PM EST |
| i heard that its about some kid that couldnt sleep...he was like a freak insomniac and the only cure he found was when he was going thru some old porn mags from the 1920's (obviously) and found the pics of lily. he had to jerk off to pics of her. | |
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Pasquale Average |
#3 by Pasquale at Apr 11, 1983 at 7:00 PM EST |
| This song is about masturbation, obviously. But apparently the radio deejays didn't catch wise because they played the record! | |
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Mikel Average |
#4 by Mikel A. at Feb 13, 1985 at 11:32 PM EST |
| Yeah, I read in an article that "pictures of lily took the topic of masturbation firmly in hand..." | |
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Courtney Wanna Be |
#5 by Courtney L. at Jul 10, 1994 at 12:59 AM EST |
| this is the first who song i ever heard when i asked my mom what it was about she said it was about porn and that was pretty wierd comin from my mom | |
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Nathan Average |
#6 by Nathan Delvecchio at Jul 8, 1995 at 10:33 AM EST |
| I think a better word for the pictures would be "pinups" or "cheesecake." I was going to say they were probably old pictures of a flapper, but since she DIED in the 1920's, that might not even be right, unless she died young. But if she died of old age in 1929, and these are pictures of a young woman, then we're talking pictures from 19th century. Especially in that case, the mental image of the kind of nasty, show-all porn that is such a vice of the modern age, would not apply. | |
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phil Wanna Be |
#7 by phil taylor at Oct 24, 2002 at 11:55 PM EST |
| this song is about masturbation. i was watching a show about the who, and roger daltry came right out and said it. But when I first heard it, I thought the song was romantic. Guess not.... | |
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