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Athena | guitar tab
By The Who
>From It's Hard, 1982
Written by Pete Townshend (c)1982 Eel Pie Publishing Ltd.
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transcribed by Whotabs
litgo@aol.com 2000-03-26 www.thewho.net/whotabs
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A5 x02255
E/D xx0454 or xx0100 (bridge)
G (3)x0033
D xx0232
E/A x06454
D/A x04232
Dmaj9 xx0650 and xx09 10 9
Dmaj7 xx0222 and xx0675 (F#m/D)
D6 xx0202
[intro] 2
A5/|| A5 | (A5) A5/||
[acoustic] x2
||:G D G D G D G D |G D G D G D G D:||
||[electric] | ||
G /||:G | G /:||
-3-3||-3---------------|------------3-3-||
-3-3||-3---------------|------------3-3-||
-0-0||.0---------------|<12>~-------0-0.||
-0-0||.0---------------|<12>~-------0-0.||
----||-----------------|----------------||
-3-3||-3---------------|------------3-3-||
[acoustic]
|A5 E/A |D/A E/A |A5 E/A
Athena, I had no idea how much I need her
[electric; palm mute]
||--------------|------------------------||
||--------------|------------------------||
||.9--9--9-9-9-9|9-----9--9-9-9-9-------.||
||.-------------|-----------------------.||
||-7--7--7-7-7-7|7-----7--7-7-7-7--------||
||--------------|------------------------||
|D/A E/A |A5 E/A
In peaceful times I hold her close and I feed her
|D/A E/A |A E/A
My heart starts palpitating when I think my guess was wrong
|D/A E/A
But I think I'll get along
[acoustic]
|G D G D G D G D |G D G D G D G D|
She's just a girl, she's a bomb
|[electric] | |
G/G|G | |
-3-3|3---------------|---------------|
-3-3|3---------------|---------------|
-0-0|0---------------|<12>~----------|
-0-0|0---------------|<12>~----------|
----|----------------|---------------|
-3-3|3---------------|---------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/who/athena_tab.html ]
Athena, all I ever want to do is please her
My life has been so settled and she's the reason
Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone
But I think I'll get along
She's just a girl, she's a bomb
She's just a girl, she's a bomb
[chorus]
|E5 E/D ||A D |E E/D ||
Just a girl, just a girl--l (Just a)
|0---------||-------------------|----------------||
|0---------||-------------------|----------------||
|9---9-9-9-||.14\----------7-6-7|7/9-9----9--9-9.||
|----------||.------------------|---------------.||
|7---7-7-7-||-12\----------5-4-5|5/7-7----7--7-7-||
|0---------||-------------------|----------------||
|A D |E
Just a girl, just a girl
E/D |A D |E
Just a girl, just a girl
E/D |A D |
She's just a girl
Athena, my heart felt like a shattered glass in an acid bath
I felt like one of those flattened ants you find on a crazy path
I'd have topped myself to give her time, she didn't need to ask
Was I a suicidal psychopath?
She's just a girl, she's a bomb
She's just a girl, she's a bomb
Consumed, there was a beautiful white horse I saw on a dream stage
He had a snake the size of a sewer pipe living in his ribcage
And I felt like a pickled priest who was being flambed
You've got me requisitioned, blondie
She's just a girl, she's a bomb
She's just a girl, she's a bomb
Just a girl...
|A/C# D |
She's just a girl...
|A5 |G |D |E/D |
[bridge]
[horn solo]
|Dmaj9 D |Dmaj7 D |E/D D6 |E/D D6 |
|Dmaj9 D |Dmaj7
Look into the face of a child
D |E/D D |E/D D |
Measure how long you smiled before the memory claimed
|E/D D |E/D D|E/D D |E/D D |
How long would children remain, how long could children remain?
Athena, you picked me up by my lapel and screamed "leave her."
I felt like waking up in heaven on an empty meter
And now you're stuck with a castrated leader
And I hate the creep
I didn't mean that....
Athena, I had no idea how much I need her
My life has been so settled and she's the reason
Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone
But I think I'll get along
[acoust] 2
||:G D G D G |G D G D G :||A5
She's just a girl She's a bomb (She's just a)
||[elec] | ||
G/||:G-------* |G-------* :||A5
[note: elec. should sustain until *]
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#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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