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  Drowned
  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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  Capo on 5th 
  
  C            (8)x5558      C/6E          x75585
  F             xx7568       Gsus4/F       x85566
  C7(no3rd)     xx8588       D             x57775 and x577 10 10 
  Gsus2         xx5785       G/D           x59785
  Gsus2/F       x85785       D7            x5 10 7 10 5
  A             5779(5)(5)   D/A           5577(7)(5)
  G             xx5 12 12 10 F/G           xx5 10 10 8
  Em/G          xx5987       F/Gii         xx5568
  
  
  [intro - piano arr for gtr; main riff]
  ||: C           F         |  C7(no3)    F         :||
  ||------8-----------8-----|------8----------8------||
  ||----5---5----h6-6---6---|----8---8------6---6----||
  ||.---------5-----------5-|----------5----------5-.||
  ||.-5----------h7---------|7/8----------7---------.||
  ||------------------------|------------------------||
  ||------------------------|------------------------||
               hammer-on    slide
  
  [main rhythm figure for verse, approx.]
  ||: C           F       | C7(no3)    F     :||
  ||------8-8-------8-----|-----8-8------8----||
  ||--x---5-5----h6-6-----|-x---8-8----6-6----||
  ||.-x---5-5-----x-x-----|-x---5-5----x-x---.||
  ||.-5---5-5----h7-7-----|-8---8-8----7-7---.||
  ||--------------x-x-----|------------x-x----||
  ||-(8)------------------|-------------------||
            x = mute
  
           |C        F       |C7(no3)   F
  There are men high up there fishing
  Haven't seen quite enough of the world
  Ooh, I ain't seen a sign of my hero
  And I'm still diving down for pearls
  
  || G           F/G    | Em/G  F/Gii C          F         | C7no3 F     |
     Let me flow into the ocean,      Let me get back to the sea        
  ||-10--10------8--8---|-7-7---8-8-|-----8-----------8----|---8-----8---|
  ||-12--12------10-10--|-8-8---6-6-|---5--5----h6--6---6--|--8-5---6-6--|
  ||-12--12------10-10--|-9-9---5-5-|--------5-----------5-|-----5-----5-|
  ||-5---5-------5--5---|-5-5---5-5-|-5---------h7---------|/8-----7-----|
  ||--------------------|-----------|----------------------|-------------|
  ||--------------------|-----------|(8)-------------------|-------------|
  
  | G         F/G      | Em/G      F/Gii  
    Let me be stormy and let me be calm   
  |-10--10----8---8----|-7---7-----8--8--
  |-12--12----10--10---|-8---8-----6--6--
  |-12--12----10--10---|-9---9-----5--5--
  |-5---5-----5---5----|-5---5-----5--5--
  |--------------------|-----------------
  |--------------------|-----------------
  
        | C         | F     | C7(no3)| F        ||
  Let the tide in and set me free
  ------|-8---------|-8-----|-8------|-8--------||
  ------|-5---------|-6-----|-8------|-6--------||
  ------|-5---------|-5-----|-5------|-5--------||
  ------|-5---------|-7-----|-8------|-7--------||
  ------|-----------|-------|--------|----------||
  ------|-8---------|-------|--------|----------||
  
  [repeat intro]
  
  I'm flowing under bridges
  Then flying through the sky
  I'm traveling down cold metal
  Just a tear in a baby's eye
  
  Oh, let me flow into the ocean
  Oh, let me get back to the sea
  Let me be stormy and let me be calm
  Let the tide in and set me free
  Set me free
  
  Gsus2       |Gsus2/F
  I am not the actor
  
  C6/E             |Gsus2/F
  This can't be the scene
  
     |G          |Gsus2/F
  But I am in the water
  
    |C6/E        |Gsus4/F   |     |
  As far as I can see
  
  [piano break rhythm pattern]
  ||: D      G      |  D7        G      :||x10
  ||--10-10--5---5--|--5---5-----5---5---||
  ||--10-10--8---8--|--10--10----8---8---||
  ||.-7--7---7---7--|--7---7-----7---7--.||
  ||.-7--7---9---9--|--10--10----9---9--.||
  ||--5--5--(5)-(5)-|-(5)-(5)---(5)-(5)--||
  ||----------------|--------------------||
  
  [riff]                        
  ||: A                 | A A     D/A :||x6
  ||--------------------|--------------||
  ||--------------------|--------------||
  ||.-------7-5h6p5h6p5*|-------------.||
  ||.-7-7-5-------------|-7-7-5-------.||
  ||--------------------|-------9-5-7--||
  ||--------------------|--------------||
              *trill the 5/6
  
  [repeat intro]
  
  Ooh, I'm remembering distant memories
  Recalling other names
  Rippling over canyons
  And boiling in the train
  
  Oh, let me flow into the ocean
  Let me get back to the sea
  Let me be stormy and let me be calm
  Let the tide in and set me free
  Set me free
  Set me free
  I wanna drown in cold water
  
  [repeat intro]
  
  [repeat main rhythm; below pattern and fade]
  
  ||:  C7(no3) F     | C       F     :||
  ||-----8-------8---|---8-------8----||
  ||----8-8-----6-6--|--5-5-----6-6---||
  ||.------5-------5-|-----5-------5-.||
  ||.7/8-----5h7-----|-5-----5h7-----.||
  ||-----------------|----------------||
  ||-----------------|----------------||
  
  
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