Chord/Tab song: So Sad About Us

by The Who
>From A Quick One, 1966
written by Pete Townshend


transcribed by
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[intro]
|| A Asus2 A Asus4 | A Asus2 A ||

---||--(0)---------------|(0)-----------||
---||---2-0-----2--3-----|-2-0-----2----||
---||---2-2-----2--2-----|-2-2-----2----||
---||---2-2-----2--2-----|-2-2-----2----||
---||-0------------------|(0)-----------||
-0-||--------------------|------------0-||

[see note below]
| A Asus2 A Asus4|A Asus2 A | F#m | | D | | E | |
la la la la la la la

A | D | A
So sad 'bout us

|--------------|----------|
|---10-9-10-12-|-10-9-10--|
|---9--9-9--9--|-9--9-9---|
|---11-9-11-12-|-11-9-11--|
|-0------------|(0)-------|
|--------------|----------|

A | D | A [repeat as above; - see note 2 below]
So sad 'bout us
[F#m]Sad that the news is out now
[Bm]Sad 'spose we can't turn back now
D E | A Asus2 A Asus4 | A Asus2 A | A Asus2 A Asus4 | A Asus2 A
|
Sad 'bout us

So bad 'bout us
So bad 'bout us
Bad, never meant to break up
Bad, 'spose we'll never make up
Bad 'bout us

[F#m] Apologies mean nothing [Bm]when the damage is done
[D] But you can't switch off my lovin' like you can't switch off the sun[E]

[as above]
la la...

[B]la la la la...

B | E | B
So sad 'bout us

|---------------|-----------|
|---12-11-12-14-|-12-11-12--|
|---11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11--|
|---13-11-13-14-|-13-11-13--|
|---------------|-----------|
|---------------|-----------|

B | E | B [repeat as above; - see note 2 below]
So sad 'bout us
[G#m]Sad, never meant to break up
[C#m]Sad, 'spose we'll never make up
[E]Sad [F#] 'bout [B]us[B]

|---------------|-----------|
|---12-11-12-14-|-12-11-12--|
|---11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11--|
|---13-11-13-14-|-13-11-13--|
|---------------|-----------|
|---------------|-----------|

[outro]
B | | G#m | | E | | F# | | B
Ooh


note: the F#m, D and E are played as straight chords and the voices (la's)
provide the changes. However, they changes can be played as below:

| F#m | | D (Dmaj7) | | E | |

|--(2)---------|---------|--------------|---------|--(0)------|(0)-----|
|---2-0--2--3--|-2-0--2--|(3)2-0--2--3--|-2-0--2--|---0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0--|
|---2-2--2--2--|-2-2--2--|(2)2-2--2--2--|-2-2--2--|---1-1-1-2-|-1-2-1--|
|---4-4--4--4--|-4-4--4--|-0-0-0--0--0--|-0-0--0--|---2-4-2-2-|-2-2-2--|
|(0)-----------|---------|(0)-----------|---------|---2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2--|
|--------------|---------|--------------|---------|-0---------|(0)-----|

note 2: play transition riff:
A D [or] B E

|-----------------|----| |-----------------|----|
|-----------------|----| |-----------------|----|
|-----------------|----| |-----------------|----|
|-----------2-0---|-0--| |-----------4-2-1-|-2--|
|-------2/4-----4-|----| |-------4/6-------|----|
|-----------------|----| |-----------------|----|

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