Rael

By The Who

>From The Who Sell Out, 1967

Written by Pete Townshend

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transcribed by

litgo@aol.com

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Tune down whole step:

DGCFAD

[note: add one whole tone to each chord below to find shapes, e.g., C = D, F

= G, Bb = C ]

|| C C F G | C C F G ||

Ooh...

The Red-chins in their millions

Will overspill their borders

And chaos then will reign in our Rael

The country of my fathers

A proud land of old order

Like a goldfish being swallowed by a whale

Rael, the home of my religion

To me the center of the earth

The Red-chins in their millions

Will overspill their borders

And chaos then will reign in our Rael

My heritage is threatened

My roots are torn and cornered

And so to do my best I'll homeward sail

And so to do my best I'll homeward sail

Bb (Bb/A) (Bb/G) F (F/Eb) (F/D) (F/C)

Now captain, listen to my instructions

Return to this spot on christmas day

Look toward the shore for my signal

And then you'll know if in Rael I'll stay

|| G G G/F# C/G C/G G ||

If a yellow flag is fluttering

Sickly herald against the morn

Then you'll know my courage has ended

And you'll send your boat ashore

But if a red flag is flying

Brazen bold against the blue

Then you'll know that I am staying

And my yacht belongs to you

Now captain, listen to my instructions

Return to this spot on christmas day

Look toward the shore for my signal

And then you'll know if in Rael I'll stay

|| G G G/F# C/G C/G G || A A A/Ab D/A D/A A || G...

|| Bb Bb Bb/A Eb/Bb Eb/Bb Bb ||

Ooh ooh ooh

D/C Dsus4 D(no3)/C D/C

|---4----||--5---0-------|-4----||

|---5----||--5---5-------|-5----||

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D/C Dsus4/C D(no3)/C D/C Dsus4/C D(no3)/C

He's crazy if he thinks we're coming back again

He's crazy if he thinks we're coming back again

C C5 Csus2 D/C Dsus4/C D(no3)/C

He's crazy if he thinks we're coming back again

He's crazy, anyway

[bass only these 2 meas] D/C C D/C C D/C

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|-----3x--|-----3--2--0-----0-|

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|---5---3----|--5---3---5--|---5---3----|--5---3---5--|

|---4---2----|--4---2---6--|---4---2----|--4---2---4--|

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|---0---0---|---0---0---0--|---0----|-0------|

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F/C Fsus4/C F/C Fsus2/C F/C x2 F/C Fsus4/C F5/C

||--7-----8-----7----|-------------||-7-----8----|-10------|

||--8-----8-----8----|-10---10-8---||-8-----8----|-8-------|

||--7-----7-----7----|-----------7-||-7-----7----|-7-------|

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|-7-----8----|-7-------||----------------|---------------||

|-8-----8----|-8-------||----------------|---------------||

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|------------|-0-------||------------4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||

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If a yellow flag is fluttering

D(no3)/C D/C Dsus4/C

Sickly herald against the morn

D(no3)/C C C5

Then you'll know my courage has ended

And you'll send your boat ashore

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Part II

[approx organ changes; can be played tuned down or in standard tuning:

EADGBE]

What I see is all I've seen

In my sweetest sleeping dreams

What I feel is all I've felt

When by newborn babes I've knelt

What I know now is all I've known

That has been good while I have grown

Bless the thoughts that made me sail

And the god who made Rael