C         x35553 and xxx553 and x32010 (chorus only)

G/C       xx5433 and xxx433

Fadd9/C   xx3213 and xxx213

Fmaj7     xx3555

Dm6       xx3435

F6        xx3231

Dm        xx0231

F         x33211

G         x55433

Em        022000

Am        x02210

G5        3x0033

C/G       3x2013

G7        xx3033

Fmaj9/A   x03553

Emsus4    022200

E         022100

A/G       3x222x

G/D       xx0033 (D implied by bass)



[intro]



|[drums]   ||:C   G/C |F9/C   G/C :||[organ]

           ||:C       |           :||[12-str acoust guitar]



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

There once was a note, pure and easy



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

 Playing so free like a breath  rippling by



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

(by)

[additional gtr from version 1 (Who's Next reissue)]

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

|--5--4---|--1------4--|--5--4---|--1------4--|

|5--5-----|2--2------5-|5--5-----|2--2------5-|

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

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

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



   |Fmaj7             |Dm6

The note is eternal, I hear it, it sees me

  |Fmaj7               |F6     |C  G/C  |Fadd9/C G/C|C G/C |Fadd9/C G/C|

Forever we blend and forever we die



[chorus]

 |C            C Dm    Dm|F        F G

I listened and I heard    music in a word

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

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

-|-----------------------|-------------4/7---|

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

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

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



G  |C          C   Dm          Dm|F    F G

and words when you played your guitar

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

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

---|-----------------------------|---------4/7-------|

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

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

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



G  |Dm           Dm  Em         Em|G          G   Am            Am|

The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering, then a

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

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

---|------------------------------|------------------5------7^(9)-|-7~-|

---|--------------------5-7/9-----|5-----------5--7---------------|----|

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

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



|G5                |C/G        |G7         |C/G           |

 Child flew past me riding in a star



  |Dsus4           |D       Dsus2 D

As people assemble, civilization

  |3------3-3--3---|2---2-2-0/2---|

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

  |2------2-2--2---|2---2-2-2/2---|

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

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

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

  [slight palm mute        ]



  |G5              |G7  G6    |G    |G7  C/G G

Is trying to find a new way to die            (but)

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

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

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

  |0--------------2|/3--2-----|0---2|/3---2--0---|

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

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



   |Am               |Emsus4       E

But killing is really merely scene changer



|Am                |Fmaj9/A  F6/A       |Am     |Fmaj9/A F6/A Am

 All men are bored      with other men's lives

|0-----------------|3--------1----------|0------|3-------1--------|

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

|2-----------------|5--------2----------|2------|5-------2----2-2-|

|2-----------------|3--------3----------|2------|3-------3----2-2-|

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

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



[repeat chorus]

I listened and I heard music in a word

And words when you played your guitar

The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering, when a

|G                 |C/G        |G7         |C/G           |

 Child flew past me riding in a star

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

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

|7~----------------|-----------|-----------|--------------|

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

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

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



Gas on the hillside, oil in the teacup

Watch all the chords of life lose their joy

Distortion becomes somehow pure in its wildness

   |Am                 |Fmaj9/A  F6/A      |Am     |Fmaj9/A F6/A |

The note that began all          can also destroy



|Am     |C     |Fmaj7   |G6      |

                              (We)

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

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

|2------|0-----|2-------|4-------|

|2------|2-----|3-------|5-------|

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

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



  |Am         |C           |Fmaj7       |G6

We all know success when we all find our own dreams

And our love is enough to knock down any wall

And the future's been seen as men try to realize

|Am          |C            |Fmaj7  |G6     |

   The simple secret of the note      in us all



|Am     |C/A      |Fmaj7/A |G6/A    |

(all)

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

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

|2------|0--------|2-------|4-------|

|2------|2--------|3-------|5-------|

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

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



|Am     |C/A      |Fmaj7/A |G6/A         |

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

|1------|5~-------|10~-----|(12)~--------|

|2------|5~-------|10~-----|(12)~--------|

|2------|5~-------|10~-----|(12)~--------|

|0--0-0-|0----0-0-|0---0-0-|-----0-0/0/0-|

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



[solo]

|Am           |C            |Fmaj7                     |G6             |

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

|-------------|-------------|--------------------------|-------------10|

|--5-----5----|-------------|--------------------------|------5---7h9--|

|7---7/7---5h7|7------------|--------------------------|---5h7-7~------|

|-------------|--7\-0h3~-0--|0---------------------3p0-|5h7------------|

|-------------|------------3|-3-5-0h3h5-0h3h5-0h3h5----|---------------|



|Am                          |C                                    |

|--------------------8--8-12p|8--12p8--12p8--12p8--12p8--12p8--8---|

|10-10/10/10-10/10/10-10-----|-10----10----10----10----10----10--10|

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

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

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

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

[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/w/who/229480.html ]

|Fmaj7              |G6       |

                           (I)

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

|-10-/13-15^\13-----|---------|

|--------------12h14|14-------|

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

|-------------------|---12\---|

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



[repeat chorus]

I listened and I heard music in a word

And words when you played your guitar

The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering and a

|G                 |C/G        |G7         |C/G           |

 Child flew past me riding in a star

|-----------7------|--8--8-8h10|--7---7----|7h8---8-------|

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

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

|(12)--------------|-----------|-----------|--------------|

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

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

[harm]



[final verse from demo]

Today is the day when sound curdles mountains

Flowing and blowing each man it its wake

Destroying itself in the end with vibration

There's nothing on earth its challenge can take

Excepting one note...



[repeat intro; acoustic and organ only]

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



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

There once was a note, pure and easy



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

 Playing so free like a breath  rippling by



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

(by)



[outro]

||A     A/G G D        A     A/G G D          ||

                                          There

||[acoustic]

||---------|3-2-------|---------|3-2----------||

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

||.--2-----|0-2-------|---2-----|0-2---------.||

||.--2-----|0-0-------|---2-----|0-0---------.||

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

||------3^-|----0-2-3^|------3^-|------0-2-3^-||

||[electric]                                  |

||---------|3-2~------|---------|3-2----------|

||---------|3-3~------|---------|3-3----------|

||---2~----|0-2~------|---2~----|0-2-4^4^-2---|

||---2~----|0-0-------|---2~----|0-0--------4-|

||0--0~----|--------0-|0--0~----|-------------|

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



[repeat acoustic as above]

|A          A/G  |G  D           |A          A/G  |G  D           |

 once was a note, listen!   There once was a note, listen!   There

[electric]

|----------------|----5----------|----------------|3--2-----------|

|----------------|---------------|----------------|3--3--/13\-----|

|2~--------------|4^4^-4^\p2-----|----------------|0--2--/14\-----|

|----------------|---------------|2----2----------|0--0--0--------|

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

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



|A          A/G  |G  D            |A          A/G  |G  D           |

 once was a note, listen!    There once was a note, listen!   There

|----------------|3--2------------|----------------|3--2~----------|

|----------------|3--3------------|----------------|3--3~----------|

|2----2----------|0--2-4p2--------|-----2----------|0--2~----------|

|-----2----------|0--0----4p2-0---|-----2----------|0--0------2----|

|-----0----------|--------------3^|~----0----------|----------0----|

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



|A          A/G  |G  D                    |A          A/G  |

 once was a note, listen!            There once was a note,

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

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

|-----2----------|--------5-7^\-5---5-----|-----/9---------|

|2----2----------|-----5h7--------7---7---|----------------|

|0----0----------|0-3h5-------------------|----------------|

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



              [drums in]

|G  D                       |A          A/G  |G  D              |

 listen!               There once was a note, listen!      There

|--------10^-10p8-----------|----------------|3--2--------------|

|8/10~-----------10-10\-----|----------------|3--3--/13-13\-----|

|---------------------------|-----2----------|0--2--/14-14\-----|

|---------------------------|-----2----------|0--0--------------|

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

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



|A          A/G  |G  D                |A          A/G  |

 once was a note, listen!        There once was a note,

|----------------|3--2----------------|----------------|

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

|-----2----------|0--2---5-7^-7^7^\p5-|5---------------|

|-----2----------|0--0---------------7|--7-7-----------|

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

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



|G/D D                                               |

 listen!                                        There

|-----------------------------------------------12p8-|

|8h10/10/10-8h10/10/10-8h10/10/10-8h10/10/10-10------|

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

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

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

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



|A          A/G          |G/D D                        |

 once was a note,         listen!                 There

|--10p8--12p8--10p8--12p8|--10p8--12p8--10p8---8----8--|

|10----10----10----10----|10----10----10----10---10----|

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

|------------------------|---------------------------12|

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

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

                          [begin fade....]

|A          A/G  |G/D D                  |A          A/G       |

 once was a note, listen!           There once was a note,

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

|-------14----14-|-----------------------|---------------------|

|----------------|-------------------2---|4^--\^-----4^\p2-2---|

|-12h14----14----|/12\-/12\--------------|----------------4----|

|----------------|----------0-3^-0-------|------------------3^\|

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



|G/D D                  |A          A/G  |G/D D

 listen!           There once was a note, listen!   There

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

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

|-----------------------|----------------|----------2----|

|-----------------------|----------------|----------2----|

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

|-3^\--3-0/3/5-0/3/5----|----------------|5~-5~-5~-------|



|A          A/G  |G  D           |A          A/G  |G  D

 once was a note, listen!   There once was a note, listen!   There

|----------------|3--2-----------|----------------|---------------|

|----------------|3--3-----------|----2---2---2--/|15-15~---------|

|2---------------|0--2--------2--|4^--4^--4^--4^-/|14-14~---------|

|2---------------|0--0-----------|---------------/|16-16~---------|

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

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



|A          A/G  |G/D D        |A          A/G  |G  D          |A

 once was a note, listen! There once was a note, listen!  There once was

|----------------|3--2---------|12-12~---12---12|---12--12---12|--12---|

|----------------|3--3---3-----|14-14~-----10---|10---10---10~-|10--10-|

|-----2----------|0--2---------|14-14~--9----9--|--9-----------|-------|

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

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

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