Tom: C
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Beads on one String – The Who
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Written by: Pete Townshend
From: “WHO” (2019)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
The synth-arpeggio in the verses features the notes of “e” and “f”, so the
third chord (basically an Am) might also be played as F/A or even Fmaj7/A
to make it more interesting. The Bb might also be played as Bbsus2. The same
can be done in the outro which is played one full note higher. Possible
voicings are suggested below, choose what you think sounds best.
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Am* x-0-2-2-1-0 or x-0-3-2-1-1 (F/A) or x-0-3-2-1-0 (Fmaj7/A)
Bb x-1-3-3-3-1 or x-1-3-3-1-1 (Bbsus2)
Bm** x-2-4-4-3-2 or x-2-0-0-0-3 (G/A) or x-2-5-4-3-2/x-2-0-0-0-2 (Gmaj7/B)
C x-3-2-0-1-0 or 3-5-5-3-3 (Csus2)
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[Intro]
| F | Dm7 | Am* | Bb
[Verse 1]
F
Don't you ever say never
Dm7
It don't mean a thing
Am*
Goin’ to get us together
Bb
Like beads on one string
F [ Dm7 ]
There's always someone to blame
Dm7
You don't have to look far, but ...
Am* Bb
Now the world is a fleeting dot in the stars
F
I don't care how you name Him
Dm7
He is always the same
Am*
I just know that we shame Him
Bb
When we kill in His name
[Chorus]
C Am
This can't go on forever
F Bb
This war in a ring
C Am
Gotta bring us together
F G
Like beads on one string
[Verse 2]
F
Don't you ever say never (Don't you ever say never)
Dm7
'Cause it don't mean a thing (It don't mean a thing)
Am*
Gonna get us together (Gonna get us together)
Bb
Like beads on one string (Like beads on one string)
F
Every one of us perfect
(Like beads on one string)
Dm7
But we all have a flaw
(Like beads on one string)
Am* Bb
Then we look for the defects and we go off to war
(Like beads on one string)
F
And we send all our children
(Like beads on one string)
Dm7
Again and again
(Like beads on one string)
Am*
It's our fear that we're building
(Like beads on one string)
Bb
And we're really the same
[Chorus]
C Am
This can't go on forever
F Bb
This war in a ring
C Am
Gotta bring us together
F G
Like beads on one string
[Verse 3]
F
Don't you ever say never (Don't you ever say never)
Dm7
'Cause it don't mean a thing (It don't mean a thing)
Am*
Gonna get us together (Gonna get us together)
Bb
Like beads on one string (Like beads on one string)
F
Don't you ever say never
(Like beads on one string)
Dm7
'Cause it don't mean a thing
(Like beads on one string)
Am* Bb | F | % | % |
Don't you ever say never
(Like beads on one string) [break]
[Outro]
G Em7
(Like beads on one string)
Bm*
(Like beads on one string)
C
(Like beads on one string)
G
Don’t you ever say never
(Like beads on one string)
Em7
To never
(Like beads on one string)
Bm*
Got to know me a ring
(Like beads on one string)
C [ G ]
Gotta get us together ... like beads on one string
(Like beads on one string)
G Em7
Ooh-mh
(Like beads on one string)
Bm*
Like beads on a string
(Like beads on one string)
C
(Like beads on one string)
[ G ]
(Like beads on one string)
[break]
[Coda]
| G | % | % | % |
(synth-arpeggio)
