Chord/Tab song: You Didn't Hear It

You Didn't Hear It (1921)
By The Who
>From Tommy, 1969
Written by Pete Townshend

Previous transcription by:
Mike (sef@icbr.ufl.edu) -- original compilation on Nevada

transcribed by
litgo@aol.com


Eb/D x5888x
C/G 3x2013
G7 3x0001
Bbsus4 6Tx886x
Bb 6Tx876x

[INTRO]
| C | G/B | C/Bb| C/A | C/Ab | C/G |

|----------------------|-----|-----|-5---|------|-----|
|-5--------------------|-----|-----|-5---|-5----|-5---|
|-5--------------------|-5---|-5---|-5---|-5----|-5---|
|-5--------------------|-5---|-5---|-5---|-5----|-5---|
|----------------------|-----|-----|-----|------|-3---|
|-8--------------------|-7---|-6---|-5---|-4----|-3---|

|[piano arr for bass; from stage versions]

|-9-10-12-10-9-10-12-10|-----|-----|-----|------|-----|
|----------------------|--%--|--%--|--%--|--%---|--%--|
|----------------------|-----|-----|-----|------|-----|
|----------------------|-----|-----|-----|------|-----|

|Dsus4/F# | Gsus4 | G |

|--------------------|-3-----3--|-3-3--3---|
|--------------------|-3-----3--|-3-3--3---|
|--------------------|-5-----5--|-5-5--4---|
|-5-------5--5-------|-5-----5--|-5-5--5---|
|-5-------5--5----0--|----------|----------|
|-2-------2--2------2|-3---3-3--|-3-3--3---|

| |

|11-12-14-12-11-12-14|-12-------|----------|
|--------------------|-----5-5--|-5-5--5-5-|
|--------------------|---------5|----------|
|--------------------|----------|----------|

[VERSE pattern]
Gsus4 | G x2

--||------3-------3--|-----3-------3---||
--||----3---3---3---3|---3---3---3---3-||
--||.-5-------5------|-4-------4------.||
-5||.----------------|----------------.||
--||-----------------|-----------------||
--||-----------------|-----------------||

Gsus4 G |Gsus4 G |
Got a feeling twenty-one is gonna be a good year
Gsus4 G |Gsus4 G |
Especially if you and me see it in together.
Eb Bbsus4 Bb |Eb Bbsus4 Bb |
So you think twenty-one is gonna be a good year
Eb Bbsus4 Bb |Eb Eb Eb/D |
Could be good for me and her but you and her, no never.

[Cm] I had no[Cmaj/min7] reason to be over-opti[Cmin7]mistic [Cmin/maj6] but

|-8--------|-8-------------------|-8-------|-8------|
|-8--------|-8-------------------|-8-------|-8------|
|-8---/----|-8------------/------|-8-----/-|-8--/---|
|-10-------|-9-------------------|-8-------|-7------|
|----------|---------------------|---------|--------|
|----------|---------------------|---------|--------|

|[on stage Pete plays:] |

A-3--------|-2-------------------|-1-------|-0------|

[Abmaj7]Somehow when you smile I can brave bad [Bbsus4]weather[Bb]. [Gsus4][G]

|8---------------|--------------------|-6------6---|3-------3-------|
|8---------------|--------------------|-6------6---|3-------3-------|
|8-------/-------|-/----------/-------|-8---/--7-/-|5-/-/-/-4---/-/-|
|6---------------|--------------------|-8------8---|5-------5-------|
|----------------|--------------------|------------|----------------|
|----------------|--------------------|-6T-----6T--|3T------3T------|

[G] What about the [C/G]boy? [G7] What about the [C/G]boy?

[G] What about the [C/G]boy he saw it [G7]all.[G][C]

[CHORUS]
You didn't [F]hear it. You didn't [D7/F#]see it. You won't say

|-1------------------|-2-------------------|
|-1------------------|-1-------------------|
|-2----/-------------|-2--/----------------|
|-3------------------|-0-------------------|
|-3------------------|---------------------|
|-1T-----------------|-2T------------------|

[G]nothing to no one [E7/Ab]never in your life. You never

|-3---------------|-4-------------------------|
|-3---------------|-3-------------------------|
|-4----------/----|-4-------------/-----------|
|-5---------------|-0-------------------------|
|-5---------------|---------------------------|
|-3T--------------|-4T------------------------|

[Am]heard it. How ab[C7/Bb]surd it all seems with[Bb]out any [F]proof

|-5-------------|(6)-----------------|
|-5-------------|-5------------------|
|-5-----/-------|-5-----------/------|
|-7-------------|-5------------------|
|-7-------------|--------------------|
|-5-------------|-6------------------|

You didn't [F]hear it. You didn't [D7/F#]see it.
You never [G]heard it, not a [E7/Ab]word of it.
You won't say [Am]nothing to no one. [C7/Bb]Never tell a soul
What you [Bb]know is the [F]truth.[C/G][G7]

|Gsus4 G |Gsus4 G |
Got a feeling twenty-one is gonna be a good year

|---------3--------------------3----------|
|------3----3----------------3---3--------|
|---5----------5------5----4-------4----4-|
|-5---------------5------5------------5---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

Gsus4 G |Gsus4 G |
Especially if you and me see it in together.

|Eb(sus2) Bbsus4 Bb |Eb(sus2) Bbsus4 Bb |
Got a feeling twenty-one is gonna be a good year

|---------6---------------------6---------|
|-------6----6---------------6----6-------|
|---8-----------8----8-----7--------7---7-|
|-8---------------8------8------------8---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

Eb(sus2) Bbsus4 Bb |Eb Eb Eb/D |
Especially if you and me see it in together.

Cm Cmaj/min7 |Cmin7 Cmin/maj6
I had no reason to be over-optimistic
|Abmaj7 |Bbsus4 | Bb |
But somehow when you smiled I could brave bad weather

[OUTRO]
Eb Absus4/Eb Abm/Eb x4 Eb
What about the boy?

||--3----------|----4---------4---||
||--4----------|----4---------4---||
||.-3----------|----6---------4--.||
||.-5----------|----6---------6--.||
||-------------|------------------||
||-------------|------------------||

[note: for stage versions, the Eb is played at the 6th position:]

|-----------|
|-----------|
|-7/8-------|
|-7/8-------|
|-5/6-------|
|-----------|

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