The Song Is Over

By The Who

>From Who's Next, 1971

Written by Pete Townshend

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transcribed by

litgo@aol.com

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Capo on 3 (to play piano chords)

[Note: on record for chord progressions, guitar plays leads, roots but few

chords; most progressions are piano only. Chords below with '*' are guitar

chords, rest are piano. Leads are approximate.]

[break]

Ebmaj7/F xx3786 C/G 33555x

Bbmaj9 x33365 or xx8565 F/G 335565

Cm7/G xx5343 A only* 5x7xxx and 577xxx

F xx3565 D/A 55777x

G/A 555433

F only* 1x3xxx G/D* x55433

F6 xx3765 C/D* x55588

G only* 3x5xxx Cmaj7/D x55587

Fmaj7/G (33)5555 [bridge]

Dm7/G 355565 E* x7999x

G6 355453 D/E* x777 10 10

F/C* x37565 Dmaj7/E x777 10 9

Bb/C* x33366 (or C7sus4) D/C* x55588

Bmaj7/C x33365 Cadd9/D x55788

Db only* x4xxxx [last verse]

Gb/Db x4467x Fsus4 x33566

Cb/Db x44477 [outro]

Db6 x4866x G/C x35433

Eb only* x6xxxx Fadd9/C x33563

Ab/Eb x6689x C5* x355xx

Db/Eb x66699

||: Ebmaj7/F Bbmaj9 | Cm7/G F :||

Ebma.. Ebma.. Ebma.. Ebma..

|---|---6-5-------|---------|--|-------|-6-5/6/5-|----------|----|

|-6-|------6------|---------|--|-------|--------6|----------|----|

|---|-------5/7/5-|-5-3-----|--|-------|---------|-5\-3-5-5-|----|

|-3-|-------------|-----3---|--|--3-3--|---------|-------3--|-3--|

|---|-------------|---------|--|-------|---------|----------|----|

|---|-------------|---------|--|-1-----|---------|----------|----|

The song is over

It's all behind me

I shoulda known it

She tried to find me

Ebma.. Ebma..

|-------|--|-------------------|----------|

|-------|--|-------------------|----------|

|-------|--|-------------------|----------|

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

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

|-------|--|-------------5--3--|-1--------|

Our love is over

They're all ahead now

I've got to learn it

I'm gonna sing out

I'll sing my song to the wide open spaces

I'll sing my heart out to the infinite sea

I'll sing my visions to the sky-high mountains

I'll sing my song to the free To the free

|-6----5----|----------|

|--6----6---|--5-------|

|---3----3--|-3-3------|

|-----------|----3-----|

|-----------|---------4|

|-----------|----------|

I'll sing my song to the wide open spaces

I'll sing my heart out to the infinite sea

I'll sing my visions to the sky-high mountains

I'll sing my song to the free To the free

|-6--5------|------------------|----------6-|--|

|-----6-5---|------------------|----------6-|--|

|-----------|-5^--3/5-3--------|---3------3-|--|

|-----------|------------------|---3------3-|--|

|--------3--|----------3-3-----|-3-3---3--3-|--|

|-----------|------------------|------------|--|

|-------------------------|--------------15-----------|

|-13/15-13/15-13/15-13/15-|-13/15-13/15-15--13/15-----|

|-------------------------|-----------------------15^-|

|-------------------------|---------------------------|

|-------------------------|---------------------------|

|-------------------------|---------------------------|

|---------------------------|-----------------------|

|---------------------------|-----------------------|

|-12-12-12-12\------3-3/3---|-3-----------------3---|

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

|---------------------------|--------------------3^-|

|---------------------------|-----------------------|

|-----5---5-|--------------------|--------|-8----|---|-7------|---|

|-----5-----|--------------------|--------|-8----|---|--8-----|---|

|-----2-4^--|\4-2-2---------2----|--------|-5----|---|---5----|---|

|-----2-----|----4--4/2-----2----|-5--5/7-|-5----|---|------5-|---|

|-0---------|----------3^-0---3^-|-5------|-5----|---|--------|---|

|-----------|--------------------|--------|------|---|--------|---|

When I walked in through the door

Thought it was me I was looking for

She was the first song I ever sang

But it stopped as soon as it began

Our love is over

It's all behind me

They're all ahead now

Can't hope to find to me

I'll sing my song to the wide open spaces

I'll sing my heart out to the infinite sea

I'll sing my visions to the sky-high mountains

I'll sing my song to the free To the free

|-6------6|-6-------|-6--5-----|--------------|

|-6-------|--6------|--6-------|--------------|

|-3-------|---------|---3---5^\|3-5--3--------|

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

|-3-------|---------|----------|-------------4|

|---------|---------|----------|--------------|

I'll sing my song to the wide open spaces

I'll sing my heart out to the infinite sea

I'll sing my visions to the sky-high mountains

I'll sing my song to the free To the free

|-6----5--|------------|-----------|----------|

|--6----6-|-6--5-------|-----------|----------|

|---3----3|--3---------|-----------|----------|

|----3----|---3--------|-3---------|----------|

|---------|------------|-3--3--3---|-3--------|

|---------|------------|-----------|----------|

||: C/G G | F/G G :||: D/A A | G/A A :||

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

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

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

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

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

|-------|------|---------|

[rake down]

|---------|-6-------|-5------5--|-3--------|-----------|

|-6----5--|-6-------|--6---6----|--6-------|-5---------|

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

|-7----5--|-3-------|-----------|----------|-----------|

|---------|-3-------|-----------|----------|-----------|

|---------|---------|-----------|----------|-----------|

The song is over

I'm left with only tears

I must remember

Even if it takes a million years

The song is over

The song is over

Excepting one note, pure and easy

Playing so free like a breath rippling by

x6

||: C G/C | Fadd9/C G/C :|| C

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