Biography:
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945 in Chiswick, London), is an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter, composer, and writer, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for The Who, as well as for his own solo career. His career with The Who spans more than forty years, during which time the band grew to be considered one of the most influential bands of the rock era, in addition to being "possibly the greatest live band ever."
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Other songs:
- Let My Love Open The Door
- A Little Is Enough
- Annie
- Behind Blue Eyes
- Brilliant Blues
- Face The Face
- Give Blood
- Heart To Hang On To
- Hiding Out
- I Am An Animal
- Keep Me Turning
- Keep On Working
- Mary
- Misunderstood
- Rough Boys
- Sleeping Dog
- Slit Skirts
- So Sad About Us
- Theres A Heartache Following Me
- You Came Back
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Brilliant Blues- Pete Townshend
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Written by: Pete Townshend
From: "White City" (1985)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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Whatever your strumming pattern may be, try to incorporate the riff into
your accompaniment.
Capo 1st fret
RIFF (Intro/Verse)
G D/G G D/G G D/G G D/G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|
G|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|
D|0---0-0-0-0-----|0-0-0-0-0-------|0---0-0-0-0-----|0-0-0-0-0-------|
A|x---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|
G|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|
D|2---2-2-2-2-----|2-2-2-2-2-------|2---2-2-2-2-----|2-2-2-2-2-------|
A|2---------------|2---------------|----------------|----------------|
E|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
D/G 3-x-0-2-3-x
E7sus4 0-2-2-2-3-x
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Capo 1st fret
INTRO (RIFF)
G D/G G G/D
Say goodbye to the brilliant blues
G D/G G G/D
Say goodbye to the brilliant blues
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 F Bb C
Say goodbye ... [It’s ...]
VERSE
C G D/G G D/G
It's time
G D/G G D/G
To live
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
So make me
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
Take me
VERSE
G D/G G D/G
It's time,
G D/G G D/G
To give
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
So don't betray me,
Em E7sus4 F Bb C
Pay me
CHORUS
G C D
The brilliant blues, don't want to be frozen
G C D
I'll spend my mornings at the sunshine cafe
G C D
I've read the news and the clique-ridden notions
G C D
I know that now is the time to say
VERSE
G D/G G D/G
It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
G D/G G D/G
To teach (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
So tell me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
Come on tell me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
VERSE
G D/G G D/G
It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
G D/G G D/G
To preach (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
So help me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 F Bb C
Come on and help me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
CHORUS
G C D [G]
The brilliant blues will never flow this way again
G C D
The colour of the Mersey’s grey
G C D [G]
The brilliant blues have faded into sadness and pain
G C D G D/G G
And now is the time to say ... It's time
MIDDLE 8
Em [Em]
You and me are going to finally sail away
Em [Cmaj7]
We'll get far away from the blues and the mist in the rain
Cmaj7 [Cmaj7]
You and me are going to fight until we win the day
Cmaj7 F Bb C
For now is the time that we must say goodbye [to the ...]
CHORUS
[C] G C D
To the brilliant blues, I don't want to be frozen
G C D
I'll spend my mornings at the sunshine cafe
G C D
I've read the news and the clique-ridden notions
G C D
I know that now is the time to say
VERSE
G D/G G D/G
It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
G D/G G D/G
To trust (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
So buy me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
Come on and try me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
VERSE
G D/G G D/G
It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
G D/G G D/G
To thrust (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
So guide me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 F Bb C
Stay beside me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
CHORUS
G C D [G]
The brilliant blues will never flow this way again
G C D
The colour of the Mersey’s grey
G C D [G]
The brilliant blues have faded into sadness and pain
G C D G
And now is the time to say ... It's time
Brilliant Blues- Pete Townshend
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Written by: Pete Townshend
From: "White City" (1985)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whatever your strumming pattern may be, try to incorporate the riff into
your accompaniment.
Capo 1st fret
RIFF (Intro/Verse)
G D/G G D/G G D/G G D/G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|
G|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|
D|0---0-0-0-0-----|0-0-0-0-0-------|0---0-0-0-0-----|0-0-0-0-0-------|
A|x---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|
G|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|
D|2---2-2-2-2-----|2-2-2-2-2-------|2---2-2-2-2-----|2-2-2-2-2-------|
A|2---------------|2---------------|----------------|----------------|
E|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
D/G 3-x-0-2-3-x
E7sus4 0-2-2-2-3-x
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Capo 1st fret
INTRO (RIFF)
G D/G G G/D
Say goodbye to the brilliant blues
G D/G G G/D
Say goodbye to the brilliant blues
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4 F Bb C
Say goodbye ... [It’s ...]
VERSE
C G D/G G D/G
It's time
G D/G G D/G
To live
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
So make me
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
Take me
VERSE
G D/G G D/G
It's time,
G D/G G D/G
To give
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
So don't betray me,
Em E7sus4 F Bb C
Pay me
CHORUS
G C D
The brilliant blues, don't want to be frozen
G C D
I'll spend my mornings at the sunshine cafe
G C D
I've read the news and the clique-ridden notions
G C D
I know that now is the time to say
VERSE
G D/G G D/G
It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
G D/G G D/G
To teach (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
So tell me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
Come on tell me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
VERSE
G D/G G D/G
It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
G D/G G D/G
To preach (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
So help me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 F Bb C
Come on and help me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
CHORUS
G C D [G]
The brilliant blues will never flow this way again
G C D
The colour of the Mersey’s grey
G C D [G]
The brilliant blues have faded into sadness and pain
G C D G D/G G
And now is the time to say ... It's time
MIDDLE 8
Em [Em]
You and me are going to finally sail away
Em [Cmaj7]
We'll get far away from the blues and the mist in the rain
Cmaj7 [Cmaj7]
You and me are going to fight until we win the day
Cmaj7 F Bb C
For now is the time that we must say goodbye [to the ...]
CHORUS
[C] G C D
To the brilliant blues, I don't want to be frozen
G C D
I'll spend my mornings at the sunshine cafe
G C D
I've read the news and the clique-ridden notions
G C D
I know that now is the time to say
VERSE
G D/G G D/G
It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
G D/G G D/G
To trust (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
So buy me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
Come on and try me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
VERSE
G D/G G D/G
It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
G D/G G D/G
To thrust (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 Em E7sus4
So guide me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
Em E7sus4 F Bb C
Stay beside me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
CHORUS
G C D [G]
The brilliant blues will never flow this way again
G C D
The colour of the Mersey’s grey
G C D [G]
The brilliant blues have faded into sadness and pain
G C D G
And now is the time to say ... It's time
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