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From: Litgo
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 19:20:27 EST
Subject: CRD: The_Dirty_jobs BY: Who
The Dirty Jobs
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 3 for voicings as on record (can also be played open position chords
or higher on electric -- acoustic capoed on 3, electric standard on record)
Chords (voicings with capo)
C x35588 Gm (Em) xx 12 12 11 10
G xx9787 Bb/F xx3666 or x x 12 10 11 10
Fadd9 x37563 Bbmaj7 (6)x3365
Bb (G) 6x3366 Bb6 (6)x3363
[horn arranged for guitar]
e|-8------------------|
b|------------8-------|
g|---5-7-9-10---------|
C G Fadd9 G
C G Fadd9 G
I am a man who looks after the pigs
C G Fadd9 G
Usually I get along OK
C G Fadd9 G
I am a man who reveals all he digs
C G Fadd9 G
Should be more careful, what I say
C F Bb/F Bb/F F
I'm getting put down
C F Bb/F Bb/F F
I'm getting pushed round
Dm C Bb5 Bbmaj7 Bb6 Bbmaj7
I'm being beaten every day
C F Bb/F Bb/F F
My life's fading
C F Bb/F Bb/F F
But things are changing
Dm C Bb5 Bbmaj7 Bb6 Bbmaj7
I'm not gonna sit and weep again
I am a man who drives the local bus
I take miners to work but the pit's all closed today
It's easy to see that you are one of us
Ain't it funny how we all seem to look the same
[repeat chorus]
F C Bb F
My Karma tells me you've been screwed again
Gm F
If you let them do it to ya
Eb Bb (Bbxv) Bb (Bbxv)...
You've got yourself to blame
F (Fxiiv)....
It's you who feels the pain
C G Fadd9 G
It's you who takes the shame
I am a young man, I ain't done very much
You men should remember how we used to fight
Just like a child, I've been seeing only dreams
I'm all mixed up, but I know what's right
[repeat chorus]
C G Fadd9 G
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Ale Wanna Be |
#1 by Ale Rosado at May 24, 1972 at 4:01 AM EST |
| I think the first two verses are the voices of two people Jimmy meets after he leaves home, both stuck in dead end jobs. He criticises them for not fighting against the system that put them there. The guy in the first verse looks after pigs, which is a reference to the story of the Prodigal Son, which suggests that Jimmy's rebuke is probably motivated by guilt at leaving his parents to go off on his own. | |
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rikiscorner Average |
#2 by rikiscorner at Oct 10, 1977 at 12:03 PM EST |
| wow only a few comments... Great song! | |
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Vinnie Rhythm Player |
#3 by Vinnie Valium at Jan 17, 1995 at 6:41 AM EST |
| It's a song talking about the working man, and how he gets put down. | |
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