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 Helpless Dancer
 By The Who
 >From Quadrophenia, 1973
 Written by Pete Townshend ©1973 Fabulous Music Ltd. 
 
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 transcribed by
 litgo@aol.com
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 acoustic voicings:     piano arr for gtr:
 E      022400          E5       07xxxx
 Asus2  x02200          E/D      05xxxx
 D      x00232          Asus2    002xxx
 Am     x02210          E        0799xx
                        Am       5775xx
                        D        x577xx
                        C        032xxx
 
 [intro; horn and piano arr for gtr]
 |E5       |         |    |E/D |    |         |    |
 |----|----|---------|7---|----|----|---------|7---|
 |----|----|9-7-9-10-|----|----|----|9-7-9-10-|----|
 |----|----|---------|----|----|----|---------|----|
 |----|----|---------|----|----|----|---------|----|
 |----|----|---------|----|----|----|---------|----|
 |----|----|---------|----|----|----|---------|----|
 
            [acoustic gtr in]             
 |Asus2|    |         |    |E5  |E5  |E5  |E5  |
 |-----|----|---------|7---|----|----|----|----|
 |-----|----|9-7-9-10-|----|----|----|----|----|
 |-----|----|---------|----|----|----|----|----|
 |-----|----|---------|----|----|----|----|----|
 |-----|----|---------|----|----|----|----|----|
 |-----|----|---------|----|----|----|----|----|
 
 [acoustic
 out]
 |E      E     |E       E       |
 
 |E             E               |Am               D              |E    
  When a man is running from his boss who holds a gun that fires "cost"
            E             |Am           D                   |E     
 And people die from being old or left alone because they're cold
               E                  |
 And bombs are dropped on fighting 
 Am                 |D                  |E
 cats and children's dreams are run with rats
           E             |Am                 D           |(E)
 If you complain you disappear just like the lesbians and queers
 
 |E    E   |Am  D |E    E  |Am  D  (E)|
 
 [acoustic in]
 |E        E   E        E   E  |Am            Am D              |E
    No one can love without the grace of some unseen and distant face
         E   E      E  E |Am                Am   D                 |E
 And you get beaten up by blacks who though they work still got the sack
          E    E          E   E |Am          Am D              E|E
 And when your soul tells you to hide your very right to die's denied
        E   E      E  E  |Am                Am D          E|E
 And in the battle on the streets you fight computers and receipts
          E E      E      E |Am          Am D         E   |E
 And when a man is trying to change it only causes further pain
                                                  [acoustic out]
     E  E         E  E|Am       Am    D       D  |D      |       |
 You realize that all along something in us going wrong
 
 [outro; piano & horn pattern arr for gtr]
 |E5  |    |         |    |E/D      |    |    |    |
 |----|----|---------|7---|---------|7---|----|----|
 |----|----|9-7-9-10-|----|9-7-9-10-|----|----|----|
 |----|----|---------|----|---------|----|----|----|
 |----|----|---------|----|---------|----|----|----|
 |----|----|---------|----|---------|----|----|----|
 |----|----|---------|----|---------|----|----|----|
 
 |C        |    |C   |          |    |
 |---------|7---|----|----------|7---|
 |8-7-8-10-|----|----|-8-7-8-10-|----|
 |---------|----|----|----------|----|
 |---------|----|----|----------|----|
 |---------|----|----|----------|----|
 |---------|----|----|----------|----|
 
 [acoustic in]
 |Asus2|    |         |Asus2        |E
                            You stop dancing
 |-----|----|---------|7------------|----------
 |-----|----|8-7-8-10-|-------------|----------
 |-----|----|---------|-------------|----------
 |-----|----|---------|-------------|----------
 |-----|----|---------|-------------|----------
 |-----|----|---------|-------------|----------
 
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