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  Sensation
  By The Who
  >From Tommy, 1969
  Written by Pete Townshend
  
  Previous transcription by:
  Mike (sef@icbr.ufl.edu) -- original compilation on Nevada
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  transcribed by
  litgo@aol.com
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  Eiv    006454 (chorus)
  A(no3) x02255 (chorus)
  D/A    x04232 (chorus)
  A7     x02223 (chorus)
  A7sus4 x02233
  F#     xx8676 (bridge)
  C#     x4666x (bridge)
  D7     xx0535 (bridge)
  G/D    xx0433 (bridge)
  E      xx21xx (verse 3) (alt. live) xxx454 
  Esus4  0222xx (verse 3) (alt. live) xxx455 
  
  
  [INTRO; main pattern]
      D       Dsus4
  ||----2-----3-------||
  ||------3---3--3----||
  ||.-------2-2----2-.||
  ||.-0-------0------.||
  ||------------------||
  ||------------------||
  
  [VERSE]
    D   Dsus4    D   Dsus4
  I overwhelm as I approach you
  D         Dsus4      D        C     C/B  |C/A   C/B  |C
  Make your lungs hold breath inside
                              |--------------------------------|
                              |-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3--|
                              |-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
                              |---2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
                              |-3-----2-----0-----2-----3------|
                              |--------------------------------|
  
  D      Dsus4   D      Dsus4   D      Dsus4       D         
  Lovers break caresses for me. Love enhanced when I've gone... 
  
  | C     C/B  | C/A    C/G |  A7sus4  Asus4 | A5   |
  | by...
  |-------------------------|
  |-----3-----3-----3-----3-|
  |-----0-----0-----0-----0-|
  |---2-----2-----2-----2---|
  |-3-----2-----0-----------|
  |-------------------3-----|
  
  [CHORUS]
         A(no3rd)      Eiv  D D   A            Eiv  D D
  You'll feel me coming.        A new vibration.
        A(no3rd)        Eiv  D D    E        E7      
  From afar you'll see me.          I'm a sensation. 
  A              A7
  I'm a sensation.
  
  D            Dsus4  D     Dsus4 
  They worship me and all I touch.
  D    Dsus4      D        C  C/B | C/A  C/B | C  |
  Hazy-eyed, they catch my glance.
  D        Dsus4    D           Dsus4
  Pleasant shudders shake their senses.
     D    Dsus4    D            C   C/B | C/A  C/G | A Asus4 | A   |
  My warm momentum throws their stance.
  
  [Repeat CHORUS]
  
  [BRIDGE]
  F#                  C#                     D    Dsus4|D7 G/D
  Soon you'll see me. Can't you feel me? I'm coming.
            F#                  C#                   D      |     
  Send your troubles dancing, I know the answer. I'm coming.
     |E         A
  I'm coming.   I'm a sensation.
  
  [VERSE 3]
    E       Esus4    E      Esus4
  I leave a trail of rooted people
  E     Esus4   E        D     D/C# |D/B   D/C# |D
  Mesmerized by just the sight.
                       |-------------------------------|
                       |-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-|
                       |-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|
                       |---4-----4-----4-----4-----4---|
                       |-5-----4-----2-----4-----5-----|
                       |-------------------------------|
                      [Same riff as before except now in D.
                       Barre 2nd fret and manipulate 4th finger 
                       and 3rd finger.]
                       |-2-----0-----0-----0-----0---0-|
                       |-3-----2-----0-----2-----3---3-|
                       |-2-----2-----2-----2-----2---2-|
                       |-0-----0-----0-----0-----0---0-|
                       |-------------2-----------------|
                       |-------------------------------|
                        [alternate riff from stage versions]
  
      E        Asus2       E      Asus2
  The few I've touched now are disciples.
  E       Asus2  E    ||:D  D/C# | D/B D/C :||
  Love as one. I am the  light.
  
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