Who Are You
By The Who
>From Who Are You, 1978
Written by Pete Townshend, ©1978 Eel Pie Publishing
[note: leads, patterns and timing are approximate]
E (chorus) (0)7999x and 022100
D/E (chorus) (0)7777x and 002232
A/E (chorus) xx11 9 10 x and xx2220
E (verse) 0799(9)x
D (verse) 0577(7)x
A (verse) 0022(2)x
D/E (outro) x(0)2232
A/E (outro) x(0)2220 and 3x2220
G (outro) xx12 12 12 x
C/G (outro) xx14 12 13 x
[intro]
E [no chord]
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|--------|--14|^------14^\p12~|----14^\p12------|---------|
|--------|----|---------------|-----------14-12^|---------|
|--------|----|---------------|-----------------|14-------|
|--------|----|---------------|-----------------|---------|
|--------|----|---------------|-----------------|------12\|
|----15-15-|-15-15-12--------|-------12-----------|----------------|
|----15^15^|-15^15^15-12-----|----------14^\p12---|----------------|
|----------|----------14^\^--|------------------12|----------------|
|----------|-----------------|----------------14--|-14\------------|
|----------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|----------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|-----------|----------|
|----------------------|-----------|-3-3--3-3-|
|----------------------|-----------|-0-0--0-2-|
|----------------------|-----------|-0----0-0-|
|10h12-12^(14)-12^(14)-|12^(14)----|----------|
|----------------------|------12\--|----------|
[chorus]
[intro leads]
|E |D/E |A/E E A/E |E |E |D/E |A/E E A/E |E |
Who are you, who who, who who Who are you, who who, who who
|----|--------|-------------|------|----|--------|9---7----5---|0-----|
|----|--------|10--9----10--|9-----|----|--------|-------------|------|
|----|--------|-------------|------|----|--------|-------------|------|
|----|--------|-------------|------|----|--------|-------------|------|
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|----|--------|-------------|------|----|--------|-------------|------|
[main chorus rhythm pattern] |
|----|--------|-------------|------|
|9---|7-------|10--9----10--|9-----|
|9---|7-------|9---9----9---|9-----|
|9---|7-------|11--9----11--|9-----|
|7---|7-------|-------------|------|
|----|--------|-------------|------|
|E |D/E |A/E E A/E |E |E |D/E |A/E E A/E |E |
Who are you, who who, who who Who are you, who who, who who
|0--|--------|-------------|-------|0--|--------|5---4----0---|0-------|
|---|--------|2---0----2---|5---2p0|---|--------|-------------|--------|
|---|--------|-------------|-------|---|--------|-------------|--------|
|---|--------|-------------|-------|---|--------|-------------|--------|
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|---|--------|-------------|-------|---|--------|-------------|-----12\|
[verse]
|E |D |A |C G |
I woke up in a Soho doorway, a policeman knew my name. He said,
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------3-----|
|----9-----------|------7---------|---------2------|---------0-----|
|----9-----------|------7---------|---------2------|---------------|
|----7-----------|------5---------|---------0------|3p2-0----------|
|0-0-------------|0-0-0-----------|0-0-0-----------|------2h3------|
You can go sleep at home tonight if you can get up and walk away
I staggered back to the underground and the breeze blew back my hair
|E |D |
I remember throwin' punches around and
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|---------------------|------------------|
|------9--------------|---------7--------|
|------9--------------|---------7--------|
|------7--------------|---------5--------|
|0-0-0----------------|0-0-0-------------|
|A |C G D/F# A |
preachin' from my chair Well, who are...
|-----------------|3-3-3-3--2-2-----0-----|
|-----------------|1-3-3-3--3-3-----2-----|
|----------2------|0-0-0-0--2-2-----2-----|
|----------2------|-----------------------|
|----------0------|-----------------------|
|0-0-0------------|--------(2)------3^----|
[chorus]
|E |D/E| A/E E A/E|E |
Who are you
(Who are you, who who, who who),
I really want to know
(Who are you, who who, who who)
Tell me who are you
(Who are you, who who, who who)
'Cause I really wanna know
(Who are you, who who, who who)
[verse]
I took the tube back out of town, back to the rollin' pin
I felt a little like a dying clown with a streak of rin tin tin
I stretched back and I hiccupped and looked back on my busy day
Eleven hours in the tin pan, god, there's got to be another way.
[repeat chorus]
Well, who are you
(Who are you, who who, who who)
Oh, who are you
(Who are you, who who, who who)
Come on tell me who are you
(Who are you, who who, who who)
Oh, who the fuck are you
(Who are you, who who, who who)
[interlude]
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-14^\-12^--|--------|<12>--|<7>----|----------|--------
-14^\-12^--|--------|<12>--|<7>----|----------|--------
-----------|--------|<12>--|<7>----|----------|--------
-----------|<12>----|------|-------|----------|--------
-----------|<12>----|------|-------|------12/\|--------
[acoust. solo; approx patterns and timing]
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|----------------------|-----0|--0--0--|-0---0|---0---0|---0---0-|
|----------------------|------|--------|4---4-|--7-----|--9------|
|----------------------|-2----|2--2--2-|--2---|5---5---|7---7----|
|5h7/7/7/7/7--5-4-2-0--|------|--------|------|--------|---------|
|--------------------3-|0-----|0-------|------|--------|---------|
|---------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------5/7|------------------------|-----------5h7-------5h7-|
|-5h7/7/7/7/7---|--7/7/7/7-7\5--------5/7|-7/7/7/7/7-----7/7/7-----|
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|------5h6h7-----5h6h7|------5h6h7-----5h6h7|------5h6h7-----5h6h7|
|-7/7/7-----7/7/7-----|-7/7/7-----7/7/7-----|-7/7/7-----7/7/7-----|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/who/who_are_you_tab.html ]
|E G |D |E G |D |E G |D |E G |D |
Who................are you
|0-----3-|2---|0-----3-|2---|0-----3-|2---|0-----3-|2---|
|0-----3-|3---|0-----3-|3---|0-----3-|3---|0-----3-|3---|
|4-----0-|2---|4-----0-|2---|4-----0-|2---|4-----0-|2---|
|2-----0-|----|2-----0-|----|2-----0-|----|2-----0-|----|
|2-------|----|2-------|----|2-------|----|2-------|----|
|0----(3)|----|0-------|----|0----(3)|----|0-------|----|
||:E E6 E :||
|| Who wa-ooh..||
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||-9---12-9----||
||.9---9--9---.||
||.9---11-9---.||
||-------------||
||(0)----------||
[piano line arr. for guitar]
E E6 E....
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|----|---------14-14-|14-16-14-16--|-----|-----|-----|
|-14-|14-16-16-------|-------------|-----|-----|-----|
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|-16-14-16----------|------------------|
|----------14-12-14-|------------------|
|-------------------|-13-11-13---------|
|-------------------|----------11-9-11-|
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|E E | G D |E E | G D |E E | G D |E E | G D |
|--0--|---3-2-|--------|---3-2-|--0--|---3-2-|---0----|---3-2-|
|--0--|---3-3-|--------|---3-3-|--0--|---3-3-|---0----|---3-3-|
|--4--|---0-2-|--------|---0-2-|--4--|---0-2-|---4----|---0-2-|
|--2--|---0-0-|---2----|---0-0-|--2--|---0-0-|---2----|---0-0-|
|--2--|-------|---2----|-------|--2--|-------|---2----|-------|
|0-0--|--(3)--|3^-0----|-------|0-0--|--(3)--|0--0----|-------|
[repeat chorus]
|E |D/E |A/E E A/E|E |
(Who are you, who who, who who)
|---|----------|------------|-----------------|
|---|----------|14--12------|--14-12-12-------|
|9--|7---------|14--13------|--14-13-13-12^---|
|9--|7---------|------------|--------------14-|
|7--|7---------|------------|-----------------|
|---|----------|------------|-----------------|
|E |D/E |A/E E A/E|E |
(Who are you, who who, who who)
|---------|-----------|---------12-|---12------|
|---------|-----------|------------|15^--15^---|
|---12p9--|----12p9-9-|------------|-----------|
|---------|-----------|------------|-----------|
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|E |D/E |A/E E A/E |E |
(Who are you, who who, who who)
|12--|-16^\---|--16\----12---------|-------------------------|
|15^-|--------|------15----15/12---|-------------------------|
|----|--------|------------------14|----------12-----------12|
|----|--------|--------------------|-----12/14--------12/14--|
|----|--------|--------------------|12/14--------12/14-------|
|----|--------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|E |D/E |A/E E A/E|E |
Oh, I really wanna
(Who are you, who who, who who)
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|---------|-----------|------------|----9------|
|12-------|-----------|------------|----9------|
|---------|-----------|------------|----9------|
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||:E |D/E |A/E E A/E|E :||x3
Know I really wanna know
(Who are you, who who, who who) (Who...)
||---12-12-12|------12-12-12-|----12-12-12|------12-12-12--||
||---12-12-12|------12-12-12-|----12-12-12|------12-12-12--||
||.9-9-------|9--------------|9---9-------|9-----9--------.||
||.9---------|9--------------|9---9-------|9-----9--------.||
||-----------|---------------|------------|----------------||
||0----------|---------------|------------|----------------||
...Know
(Who are you, who who, who who)
Come on, tell me who are you
(Who are you, who who, who who)
Cause I really wanna know
|E |D/E |A/E E A/E |E |
know
(Who are you, who who, who who)
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|---9-9-|----7-7-7--|-------------|--------|
|---9-9-|----7-7-7--|2-2------2-2-|--------|
|---9-9-|----7-7-7--|2-2-2----2-2-|2-------|
|---7-7-|----7-7-7--|----2----0-0-|2-------|
|-------|-----------|----0--------|00000000|
[repeat verse]
I know there's a place you walked where love falls from the trees
My heart is like a broken cup, I only feel right on my knees
I spit out like a sewer hole yet still receive your kiss
How can I measure up to anyone now after
|A |C D/F# G |
Such a love as this Well, who are...
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|1-1-1-1--3-3-----------|
|0-0-0-0--2-2-----0-----|
|2-2-2-2----------0-----|
|3-3-3-3----------------|
|--------(2)------3^----|
[repeat chorus]
Well, who are you
(Who are you, who who, who who)
Come on tell me who are you
(Who are you, who who, who who)
Oh, I really wanna know
(Who are you, who who, who who)
Tell me, tell me who are you
(Who are you, who who, who who)
Come on, come come, who
(Who are you, who who, who who)
Oh, who the fuck are you
(Who are you, who who, who who)
Who are you
(Who are you, who who, who who)
Oh, tell me who are you
(Who are you)
[outro]
|A/E |A/E |G G C/G | |
I really wanna know... Oh, I really wanna
(Who..............................)(Who.........................)
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|----------------|-----------------|12-12-13-13-|12-13-12-13-13-|
|2-2-2-2--2------|2--2-2--2--------|12-12-12-12-|12-12-12-12-12-|
|2-2-2-2--2------|2--2-2--2--------|12-12-14-14-|12-14-12-14-14-|
|----------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
|-------3^-3^----|-3^---3^--3^-----|------------|---------------|
|D/A A | D/A A |A A |A |E
know C'mon tell me who are you you you who are you
(Who..............................)(ahh.................... hey)
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|3-3-3-2-3|--3-3-3-2---3----2------|5-----5----|5-----------|-----
|2-2-2-2-2|--2-2-2-2---2----2------|2-2-2-2-2-2|2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----
|4-4-4-2-4|2-4-4-4-2---4----2------|2-2-2-2-2-2|2-2-2-2-2-2-|2----
|0-0-0-0-0|0-0-0-0-0---0----0------|0-0-0-0-0-0|0-0-0-0-0-0-|2----
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