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Pictures Of Lily Chords & Tabs

Who Chords & Tabs

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Pictures Of Lily Bass Tab

Pictures Of Lily
By The Who
Written by Pete Townshend
Bass performance by John Entwistle
Tabbed by BIG TOMMY P
STANDARD TUNING

Intro
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|--33333333333333333--------------|

Verse:
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3------------2---------------0-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------1-1-2------------------|
    “I used to wake up in the morning”
    “I got so     sick of having sleepless nights”

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---3---------------------3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2---------------------------|
     “I used to feel so bad”
     “I went and told my dad”

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------5------------------3------------1---------------1-0-------|
“He said ‘son now here’s some little somethings,’”

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--5-------------------------------3-----3-2-3-2-----------------------------|
        “and stuck them on my wall”

G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------2--------------------0----------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------1---1—2------|
   “now my nights ain’t quite so lonely, in fact I”

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---3-----------------------3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2------------|
      “I don’t feel bad at all,  (I don’t feel bad at all)”
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/who/pictures_of_lily_btab.html ]
Chorus:
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---3----------3-2---2-0-------0--------------------------5555------------|
E|-----------------------------------3----3-1----------1-0---------3333----|
     “pictures of lily, made my life so wonderful”

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3------------3-2--2-0----------0----------------------5555----------------|
E|--------------------------------------3----3-1111-0000--------00000000------|
   “pictures of lily, helped me sleep at night”

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------5---5-4-----4-2---2-/-7777--|
E|--5------------5-4--4-2----------2-0--------------------------------------|
“pictures of lily, solved my childhood problem”

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------5555--77777777-------------------|
E|----5-----------5-4--4-2--------2-5---5-------------------------------------|
     “pictures of lily, helped me feel alright”

G|---------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------------------|
D|---------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------------------|
A|--7-7-7-5-7----|-----------------------|--7-7-7-5-7---|---------------------|
E|---------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------------------|
                  “pictures of lily”                        “lily, oh, lily”

G|--------------|------------------|--------------|---------------------|
D|--------------|------------------|--------------|---------------------|
A|--------------|------------------|--------------|---------------------|
E|--5-5-5-3-5---|------------------|-5-5-5-3-5----|---------------------|
                    “lily oh, lily” 			“PICTURES OF LILY!”

G|---------------|---------------|--------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------|---------------|--------------|---------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-3-5-----|--5-5-5-3-5----|--------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------|---------------|--3-3-3-1-3---|-3~------------------------|

Repeat the verses and chorus again

Then finish with
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----7--7-----7-5-7-------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
        “Pictures of Lily?”

there, that’s good enough, some bits may be a bit off,
but you can figure them out, the timing may fuck you, so be on guard.
Have fun.