Eminence Front
By The Who
Written by Pete Townshend
From It's Hard, 1982
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transcribed by
litgo@aol.com
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[optional voicings]
Dbmaj7 x43111 and xx6564
C7sus4 x35566
Fm x x 10 10 13 13 (for final chorus)
[Keyboard intro]
[Main riff]
Fm
||-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|
||-3--1/3-3---x-x-x--|-3--1/3-3---x-x-x--|
||-------------------|-------------------|
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Dbmaj7
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-3--1/3-3---x-x-x--|-3--1/3-3---x-x-x--||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
Fm
---|-------------|--------------|
-4-|-6--------4/\|--6-6-----4---|
---|-------------|------------5-|
---|-------------|--------------|
---|-------------|--------------|
---|-------------|--------------|
Dbmaj7
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------1-------|----1/0-----------1/0----------1---|
|-------3-1-----3---3-1-3-|--------3/1/0---------3/1/0------3-|
|---1-------3-1-----------|--3-----------3-------------3------|
|-3-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Fm
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----4-3-----------|-------------------|
|-1~------3----1----|-------------------|
|---3--------3---3/1|-------------------|
|-------------------|--3-1---1----------|
|-------------------|------4---4-1-1-4>-|
Dbmaj7 Fm
|-------------------|-------|----13---13---16-13-|
|-------------------|----13-|-16/--16-16/--------|
|---------1-3/5-3-1-|-13/---|--------------------|
|-----1-3-----------|-------|--------------------|
|---3---------------|-------|--------------------|
|-1-----------------|-------|--------------------|
Dbmaj7
|-----------------------|-13-13------|
|-16-13----13-13---16-16|-16/16/-----|
|-------15--------------|--------13\-|
|-----------------------|------------|
|-----------------------|------------|
|-----------------------|------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/who/eminence_front_tab_ver_2.html ]
|-------13---------------------------------------------|
|-----13--16-13-------------13-------------------------|
|-15/-----------15-13----15----15-13---------------13--|
|---------------------15-------------15-13----13-15----|
|------------------------------------------15----------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
Fm Dbmaj7
|-------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|-13-15-13-15-|-13-15-13--16--16-----|-13------------------------|
|-13-15-13-15-|-13-15-13--15/-15--15-|----15-13-15-13------------|
|-------------|----------------------|----------------15\--------|
|-------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------9-8----4-6--4---4-------|
|------10---------------5---5-3-1-|
|---10----------------------------|
|-8-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
[verse; follows intro pattern]
Sun shines, people forget
The spray flies as the speed boat glides, people forget, forget they're
hiding
The girls smile, people forget
The snow packs as the skier tracks, people forget, forget they're hiding
Behind an eminence front, eminence front
It's a put on
It's an eminence front, it's an eminence front, it's a put on
It's an eminence front, eminence front, it's a put on
It's an eminence front, it's an eminence front, it's a put on
It's a put on, it's a put on, it's a put on, it's a put on,
| Ab Eb Eb Bb | Ab Eb Bb Bb F |
|-------------|----------------|
|-13-11-11-11-|-13-11-11-11-10-|
|-13-12-12-10-|-13-12-10-10-10-|
|-13-13-13-12-|-13-13-12-12-10-|
|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|----------------|
Fm Dbmaj7
Come and join the party dress to kill
Won't you come and join the party dress to kill
Dress to kill
| C7sus4 | | | / / |
Drinks flow, people forget
That big wheel spins, the hair thins, people forget, forget they're hiding
The news slows, people forget
The shares crash, hopes are dashed, people forget, forget they're hiding
[repeat chorus]
Fm Dbmaj7
Come and join the party, dress to, Come and join the party, dress to
Fm Dbmaj7 C7sus4
Come and join the party, dress to, Come and join the party, dress to kill
Fm
Dress yourself to kill
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