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The Real Me | guitar tab
By The Who
>From Quadrophenia, 1973
Written by Pete Townshend (c)1973 Fabulous Music Ltd.
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============== orig 1996-03-19
transcribed by rev1 1997-10-03 Whotabs
litgo@aol.com rev2 1999-04-03 www.thewho.net/whotabs
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Capo on 3
Cm x35588 Fadd9/C x37563
Bb xx3366 F/C x33568
F xx3565 Cm7 x38888
[intro]
|Cm Cm | Bb C Bb C|Cm Cm | Bb F |Cm | Bb F |Cm | Bb F |
|8-------|----------|----8--|---6--5-|8---8--|---6--5-|----8--|---6--5-|
|8-------|----------|----8--|---6--6-|8---8--|---6--6-|----8--|---6--6-|
|5---5---|----5---5-|5---5--|---3--5-|5---5--|---3--5-|5---5--|---3--5-|
|5---5---|----5---5-|5---5--|---3--3-|5---5--|---3--3-|5---5--|---3--3-|
|3---3---|----3---3-|3------|--------|3------|--------|3------|--------|
|--------|--6---6---|-------|--------|-------|--------|-------|--------|
[verse]
|Cm | Bb Cm Bb Cm Bb |
I went back to the doctor to
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|5--------------------|--------(3)-5-(3)-5-(3)-|
|5--------------------|--------(3)-5-(3)-5-(3)-|
|3--------------------|------------3-----3-----|
|---------------------|---------6-----6-----6--|
|Cm Cm | Bb Cm Bb Cm Bb |
Get another shrink I sit and
|-----------|----------------------|
|-----8-----|----------------------|
|5----5-----|------(3)-5-(3)-5-(3)-|
|5----5-----|------(3)-5-(3)-5-(3)-|
|3----3-----|----------3-----3-----|
|-----------|-------6-----6-----6--|
|Cm Cm | Bb Cm Bb Cm Bm |
Tell him 'bout my weekend but he
|-----------------|----------------------|
|----------8------|----------------------|
|5---------5------|------(3)-5-(3)-5-(3)-|
|5---------5------|------(3)-5-(3)-5-(3)-|
|3---------3------|----------3-----3-----|
|-----------------|-------6-----6-----6--|
|Cm Cm | Bb F |
Never betrays what he thinks
|8-------8------------|-------6--5--------|
|8-------8------------|-------6--6--------|
|5-------5------------|-------3--5-----5/5|
|5-------5------------|-------3--3-----5/5|
|3-------3------------|----------------3/3|
|---------------------|-------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/who/the_real_me_tab_ver_4.html ]
[chorus]
|Cm |Cm7 |Fadd9/C|F/C |
Can you see the real me? Doctor, doctor
|8-------------8/8|8-------|3------|8----------|
|8-------------8/8|8-------|6------|6----------|
|5-------------8/8|8-------|5------|5-------5/5|
|5-------------8/8|8-------|7------|3-------5/5|
|3-------------3/3|3-------|3------|3-------3/3|
|-----------------|--------|-------|-----------|
|Cm |Cm7 |Fadd9/C| |
Can you see the real me? Doctor, whoa,
|8-------------8/8|8--------|3------|8------|
|8-------------8/8|8--------|6------|6------|
|5-------------8/8|8--------|5------|5------|
|5-------------8/8|8--------|7------|3------|
|3-------------3/3|3--------|3------|3------|
|-----------------|---------|-------|-------|
[repeat intro]
|Cm Cm | Bb F |Cm | Bb F |
Doctor...
|----8----|---6--5-|-------|----6--5-|
|----8----|---6--6-|-------|----6--6-|
|5---5----|---3--5-|-------|----3--5-|
|5---5----|---3--3-|-------|----3--3-|
|3---3----|-------3|6^/3---|---------|
|---------|--------|-------|---------|
[repeat verse]
I went back to my mother, I said, I'm crazy, ma, help me
She said, I know how it feels, son, 'cause it runs in the family
[repeat chorus]
Can you see the real me? Mother, Mother
Can you see the real me? Mother, whoa, mama
|Cm |Cm7 |Fadd9/C |F/C |Cm
Can you see, can you see, can you see, can you see the real me?
|8------------|8------------|3------------|8----8---8----8------|
|8------------|8------------|6------------|6----6---6----6------|
|5---x--5-5-5-|8---x--------|5---x--------|5----5---5----5------|
|5-5-x--5-5-5-|8---x-8--8-8-|7---x-7-7-7--|3----3---3----3------|
|3-3----3-3-3-|3-3---3--3-3-|3-3---3-3-3--|3----3---3----3------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------|
|Cm7 |Fadd9/C | |
Can you see, can you see the real me me me me?
|Cm |Cm7 |Fadd9/C |F/C
The cracks between the paving stones look like rivers of flowing veins
Strange people who know me peeping from behind every window pane
The girl I used to love lives in this yellow house
Yesterday she passed me by, she doesn't want to know me now
[repeat chorus]
|Cm |Cm7 |Fadd9/C |F/C |
Can you see the real me? Can you, can you?
Can you see the real me? Can ya, oh, yeah.
Cm Bb Cm Bb Cm Bb Cm Bb Bb F
||--------------------|-----------6--5----||
||--------------------|-----------6--6----||
||.-5--(3)-5--(3)--5--|(3)-5--(3)-3--5---.||
||.-5--(3)-5--(3)--5--|(3)-5--(3)-3--3---.||
||--3------3-------3--|----3--------------||
||------6------6------|-6------6----------||
I ended up with the preacher, full of lies and hate
I seemed to scare him a little, so he showed me to the golden gate
[repeat chorus]
|Cm |Cm7 |Fadd9/C |F/C |
Can you see the real me? Preacher, Preacher?
Can you see the real me? Preacher?
||:Cm |Cm7 |Fadd9/C |F/C :||
Can you see, can you see, can you see, oh
Can you see the real me? Doctor?
|Cm |Cm7 |Fadd9/C|F/C
Can you see the real me? Mo......ther
Can you see the real me..............
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litgo@aol.com
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