By The Who
>From Tommy, 1969
Written by Pete Townshend
Mike (sef@icbr.ufl.edu) -- original compilation on Nevada
revised by
litgo@aol.com
[note: Townshend has a couple of guitars going. This transcribed for
one (in most parts).]
[INTRO]
x4
||[gtr 2] ||
[MAIN RIFF]
[G] [D] [G] [D]
[VERSE]
G D G D [repeat MAIN RIFF]
Come to this house. Be one of the comfortable people.
G D G D [repeat MAIN RIFF]
Lovely bright home. We're drinking all night, never sleeping.
[(F#)] [Em] Milkman [Bm7]come in[Em], and you [Bm7]baker.
[Em]Little old lady [Bm7]welcome, and [Em]you, shoe[Bm7]maker.
[CHORUS 1]
[G] [F] [Bb] [F] [C]
G D G D [repeat MAIN RIFF]
Come to this house. Be one of us.
G D G D [repeat MAIN RIFF]
Make this your house. Be one of us.
[(F#)] [Em]You can [Bm7]help col[Em]lect some [Bm7]more in.
[Em]Young and old [Bm7]people, let's [Em]get them all [Bm7]in.
[CHORUS 2]
[A]Come to this house. [A/G] I[D]nto this hous-[D/C]-se.[Bm7][E]
[BRIDGE]
[Play this riff eight times. Actually, after the first time,
Pete plays Em, not E. Listen to the record.]
E D/E E F x8
[D] [E]Ask along that man who's wearing a carnation.[D]
[E]Bring every single person from Victoria station[D].
[E]Go into that hospital and bring the nurses and patient[D]s.
[E]Everyone go home and fetch their relations.
[A]Come to this [E]house, [A]be one of the [E]comfortable [A]people.
[(A)] [E] [A] [E]
[A]Lovely bright [E]home, drinki[A]ng all night, never [E]sleeping.
[A] [E]
[INTERLUDE]
(Spoken) "E[D]xcuse me s[D/C]ir, there's m[D]ore at the d[D/C]oor."
D Cadd9 [x7]
There's more at the door.
There's [D]more at the [Cadd9]door, [D]there's [E]more.
[Em]We need [Bm7]more room. [Em]Build an [Bm7]extension.
A [Em]colorful [B7]palace. [Em]Spare no ex[B7]pense now.
G D7 G D7 [repeat MAIN RIFF]
Come to this house, be one of us.
G D7 G D7 [repeat MAIN RIFF]
Come into this house, be one of us.
[SOLO; 12 string]
| Em Bm7 | Em Bm7 | Em Bm7 | Em Bm7 |
[Repeat CHORUS 2]
[A]Come to this house[A/G]. [D]Into this hous[D/C]e[Bm7]
| E . . . . . . | . . . . . |
[Piano arr. for guitar; Ab mixolydian scale]
| E | |
Welcome.
litgo@aol.com
>From Tommy, 1969
Written by Pete Townshend
Mike (sef@icbr.ufl.edu) -- original compilation on Nevada
revised by
litgo@aol.com
[note: Townshend has a couple of guitars going. This transcribed for
one (in most parts).]
[INTRO]
x4
||-------7-----7--||
||-----8-----8----||
||.--7-----7-----.||
||.--------------.||
||----------------||
||----------------||
||[gtr 2] ||
||----------------||
||-------3-----3--||
||-----0-----0----||
||---0-----0------||
||----------------||
||---3-----3------||
[MAIN RIFF]
[G] [D] [G] [D]
||--3----3----2--3--5-|---3--2--0-(2)--||
||--3---------3-------|---3--------3---||
||.-0---------2-------|---0--------2--.||
||.-0---------0-------|---0--------0--.||
||--------------------|----------------||
||--3-----------------|---3------------||
[VERSE]
G D G D [repeat MAIN RIFF]
Come to this house. Be one of the comfortable people.
G D G D [repeat MAIN RIFF]
Lovely bright home. We're drinking all night, never sleeping.
[(F#)] [Em] Milkman [Bm7]come in[Em], and you [Bm7]baker.
[Em]Little old lady [Bm7]welcome, and [Em]you, shoe[Bm7]maker.
[CHORUS 1]
[G] [F] [Bb] [F] [C]
Come to this house. Into this hou-------se.
|-3--------------------------|------------------------|
|-0--------------------------|---------------------5--|
|-0--------------------------|---------------------5--|
|-0---------------------3-3--|-3-------------------5--|
|-2------------------3--1-0--|-3-------------------3--|
|-3------------------1-------|-1----------------------|
G D G D [repeat MAIN RIFF]
Come to this house. Be one of us.
G D G D [repeat MAIN RIFF]
Make this your house. Be one of us.
[(F#)] [Em]You can [Bm7]help col[Em]lect some [Bm7]more in.
[Em]Young and old [Bm7]people, let's [Em]get them all [Bm7]in.
[CHORUS 2]
[A]Come to this house. [A/G] I[D]nto this hous-[D/C]-se.[Bm7][E]
|-------------------|--------|--------------|-----|-2-----|-0---|
|-------------------|--------|-3------------|-3---|-3-----|-0---|
|-2-----------------|--------|-2------------|-2---|-2-----|-1---|
|-2-----------------|--------|-0------------|-0---|-------|-2---|
|-0-----------------|----3-2-|--------------|-3---|-2-----|-2---|
|-------------------|-3------|--------------|-----|-------|-0---|
[BRIDGE]
[Play this riff eight times. Actually, after the first time,
Pete plays Em, not E. Listen to the record.]
E D/E E F x8
||---------------------|----------------------||
||--------9x--9--9---7-|-------9x--9--9---10--||
||.-------9x--9--9---7-|-------9x--9--9---10-.||
||.-------9x--9--9---7-|-------9x--9--9---10-.||
||--------7x--7--7---7-|-------7x--7--7---8---||
||--0--0---------------|-0--0-----------------||
[D] [E]Ask along that man who's wearing a carnation.[D]
[E]Bring every single person from Victoria station[D].
[E]Go into that hospital and bring the nurses and patient[D]s.
[E]Everyone go home and fetch their relations.
[A]Come to this [E]house, [A]be one of the [E]comfortable [A]people.
[(A)] [E] [A] [E]
|-------5----|-0---------|-------5----|-0---------|
|-------5----|-0---------|-------5----|-0---------|
|-------2----|-1---------|-------2----|-1---------|
|---2--------|-2---------|------------|-2---------|
|-0----------|---------0-|-0----------|---------0-|
|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
[A]Lovely bright [E]home, drinki[A]ng all night, never [E]sleeping.
[A] [E]
|-------5----|-4------|-----------|
|-------5----|-5------|-------5---|
|-----2------|-4------|-----2-2---|
|------------|-6------|---2-------|
|-0----------|------0-|-0---------|
|------------|--------|-----------|
[INTERLUDE]
(Spoken) "E[D]xcuse me s[D/C]ir, there's m[D]ore at the d[D/C]oor."
D Cadd9 [x7]
There's more at the door.
There's [D]more at the [Cadd9]door, [D]there's [E]more.
[Em]We need [Bm7]more room. [Em]Build an [Bm7]extension.
A [Em]colorful [B7]palace. [Em]Spare no ex[B7]pense now.
G D7 G D7 [repeat MAIN RIFF]
Come to this house, be one of us.
G D7 G D7 [repeat MAIN RIFF]
Come into this house, be one of us.
[SOLO; 12 string]
| Em Bm7 | Em Bm7 | Em Bm7 | Em Bm7 |
|------------|-----------|--------------|----------|
|------------|-----------|--------------|----------|
|------------|-0---------|--------------|----------|
|-2-2-2-2----|-5-2-2-----|--2-2-2/5-2-0-|-2-2-0-2--|
|------------|------2-0--|--------------|----------|
|------------|---------3^|-0------------|----------|
[Repeat CHORUS 2]
[A]Come to this house[A/G]. [D]Into this hous[D/C]e[Bm7]
| E . . . . . . | . . . . . |
[Piano arr. for guitar; Ab mixolydian scale]
|--------------------------8-11--|
|---------------------8-11-------|
|----------------8-11------------|
|-----------8-10-----------------|
|------9-11----------------------|
|-8-11---------------------------|
| E | |
Welcome.
|--------------------------8-11-14-16-18-20--|
|---------------------8-11-------------------|
|----------------8-11------------------------|
|-----------8-10-----------------------------|
|------9-11----------------------------------|
|-8-11---------------------------------------|
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