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SQUEEZE BOX
(the Who)
Main: Optional: Optional:
Guitar 1 Guitar 2 (capo 5) Guitar 3 (elec, tune: DGDGBD)
G/D xx0033 x59787 & x59785 x(12)(12)(12)xx
Dsus4 xx0233 x57785 & x59785 000030
D xx0232 x57775 020030
G 3(2)0003 x55787 000000
C/G 3x2013 xx5587 002010
C x32010 875558 x02012
Csus4 x32011 8x7568 x02013
[intro] 2
||:G/D D |G/D D :||
[Gtr 3 ]
(12th (12th
harm) harm)
x2
||:G G C/G G |G/G C/G G :||
|G C/G G C/G |G C/G G C/G
Mama's got a squeeze box she wears on her chest and when
|G C/G G C/G |G C/G G C/G |
Daddy comes home he never gets no rest 'cause she's
|D Dsus4 D Dsus4 |D Dsus4 D Dsus4 |
Playing all night and the
|C Csus4 C Csus4 |C Csus4 C |
Music's al----right
|D Dsus4 D Dsus4|C Csus4 C Csus4|
Mama's got a squeeze box, Daddy never sleeps at
|G G C/G G |G/G C/G G :|
Night
Well, the kids don't eat and the dog can't sleep
There's no escape from the music in the whole damn street
'Cause she's playing all night and the music's alright
Mama's got a squeeze box, Daddy never sleeps at night
|G C/G G C/G|G C/G G C/G|G C/G G C/G|G C/G G C/G|
She goes in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out
'Cause she's playing all night and the music's alright
Mama's got a squeeze box, Daddy never sleeps at night
|G | |G |
She goes squeeze me, come on and squeeze me, come on and
|D |D |C |C
Tease me like you do, I'm so in love with you
|D |C |G | |
Mama's got a squeeze box, Daddy never sleeps at night
[interlude; verse pattern]
She goes in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out
'Cause she's playing all night and the music's alright
Mama's got a squeeze box, Daddy never sleeps at night
[2/4] [4/4]
|C G C G |C G C/G |G
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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zach Wanna Be |
#1 by zach miles at May 12, 1974 at 5:22 AM EST |
| I'm sure it does have to do with sex...that's how I first thought of it. | |
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JUSTIN Lead Player |
#2 by JUSTIN LOCKHART at Jan 12, 1982 at 9:25 AM EST |
| She wears her vagina on her chest? | |
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Rhythm Player |
#3 by riotsk8team001 (jason) at May 31, 1991 at 10:07 AM EST |
| who gives a crap what it means. its a good song right? | |
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Erin Rhythm Player |
#4 by Erin at Aug 31, 1994 at 7:35 PM EST |
| Great sex song, which it is definetly about. The sex part is well hidden but it is a great song. Love the Who. | |
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Toby Musical Thunder |
#5 by Toby at Dec 30, 1998 at 4:13 PM EST |
| well it could be both, boobs and an accordian, who knows? get it WHO knows! ahahaha, ok bad one, anyway tis a great song! i love the part when it goes " im soooooo in love with you"! | |
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MysticCat Wanna Be |
#6 by MysticCat (Janis *johnny* Udodovs) at Sep 18, 1999 at 1:38 PM EST |
| i always thought it had to do with the mom masterbading or something. either way, i have always found this song to have some soft of sexual meaning behind it | |
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pat Wanna Be |
#7 by pat smear at Oct 23, 2000 at 4:40 PM EST |
| If it was about sex, SHE wouldn't be going in and out, the vagina is STATIONARY. Maybe up and down, back and forth, kleft to right, but the Man is going in and out. | |
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Scott Average |
#8 by Scott Anderson at Aug 13, 2003 at 7:17 PM EST |
| You're all idiots (well, not all of you, but most). It's called INNUENDO. It's not supposed to completely make sense literally, unless of course it really is just about an accordian. | |
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Steven Average |
#9 by Steven Daniel at Sep 5, 2005 at 2:24 PM EST |
| the part that makes it kinda obvious that its about sex is the part that goes "she goes in and out and in and out..." hahaha sweet song whatever it's about! | |
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Zach Wanna Be |
#10 by Zach Honeycutt at Sep 14, 2005 at 9:12 AM EST |
| The "squeeze box" is something else entirely. It's the same thing as a "snapper". If you thinking of a lawnmower, then you might want to ask George Carlin about his thoughts on the subject. | |
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The other James Wanna Be |
#11 by The other James Molina at Dec 8, 2005 at 7:15 AM EST |
| It looks like its pohead, hoyden and me against all...I like these odds...yea...its about boobs...but from mom and daddy telling about the birds and the bees. I wouldnt be able to eat if I knew about my parents 'squeezing the box'...theres no escape in the whole damn street...eww... | |
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Guitar Master Wanna Be |
#12 by Guitar Master J at Mar 28, 2006 at 8:36 AM EST |
| The song is just about an accordian... right...? I dunno, the "squeeze me... I'm so in love..." bit sounds like something else entirely. | |
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Chase Wanna Be |
#13 by Chase Hendrix at Aug 14, 2006 at 8:49 PM EST |
| I think that it is about sex. A squeeze box is an accordion, but if they didn't intentionally make this a song about sex, it really doesn't make sense any other way. | |
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little Average |
#14 by little emo at Oct 29, 2006 at 10:34 AM EST |
| Pete said he acquired an accordian, figure out how to play it, came up with the melody, wrote the song as a "poorly-intended dirty joke," and reproduced the sound with guitars and banjos and to his great surprised, the band liked it enough to put it on the album (Who By Numbers) and further to his surprise, the song became a hit in the US. | |
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Zac Wanna Be |
#15 by Zac Fielder at Nov 23, 2006 at 4:30 AM EST |
| i think its gotta have a double meaning. this about it, a box is slang for a girls snatch, squeeze means its a tight one. a squeeze box is any instrument you squeeze to play... like an acordian. so it could mean she plays the acordian and he cants sleep and she goes in and out of the house cause she plays out all night cause shes could and he cants sleep cause shes out. and you wear an acoridan on your chest. and the other meaning could be that daddy cant sleep at night because shes got a tight uhhh... self.... ha and he cant stop gettin it. and playin all night means their doin it all night.. tell me if you think im right or if i missed anything, i love this song and i wounder about it all the time. | |
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spence Average |
#16 by spence o'brien at Jun 11, 2007 at 8:56 PM EST |
| I love this ong, it's a greta double entendre which is obviously about sex. The squeeze box is the woman's boobs, you can guess all the rest. | |
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nick Wanna Be |
#17 by nick at Sep 11, 2007 at 5:41 PM EST |
| It seems to be more sophosticated than that....? I have no idea. Maybe sexual overtones? (when in doubt, it probably has to do with sex :) | |
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danielle Lead Player |
#18 by danielle woodley at Sep 22, 2007 at 3:24 AM EST |
| haha ... well i agree with poghead on that it seems to be written from a child's point of view... interesting. :) | |
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Steven Average |
#19 by Steven Daniel at Sep 30, 2007 at 1:25 AM EST |
| it says in the then and now booklet "...the track was full of double entendres...". so yeh, maybe its about both sex AND accordians...thats screwed up but yeh | |
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