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Bargain by The Who

Bargain tab by The Who

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Bargain
By the Who
>From Who's Next, 1971
Written by Pete Townshend

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transcribed by
litgo@aol.com
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Electric: Tune down 1/2 step (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Acoustic: Capo on 1 (standard tuning)
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
[chords] (electric) (acoustic)
Bb7sus4  xx4252   x13141
Bb7    xx4242   x13131
Bb     x244xx   x13331 or 13366
Ab     x022xx   4x1144
Eb     022400   x(1)1343 or xx1346
Dbadd9   xx0230   x43144
Eb6sus4  042200   xx1344
Gb     3x00xx   x44322

[bridge chords; electric tacit (I've put them in
for single guitar arrg, e.g., Who's Missing)]
Eb     xx2100   xx1343 (xx1346; second time)
Ebmaj7/D  xx1100   x51343
Ebadd9/Db xx0100   x41341
Ebsus4/Ab x02200   4x1141 (Ab6)
Dbadd9   xx0230   x43141
Fsus4   244422   133311
F     244322   133211

[Note: Leads are approximate. Leads are transcribed for electric/Eb tuning;
chords symbols above leads are for acoustic/capo]


 Bb7sus4    Bb7    Bb7sus4    Bb
|-------------|----------|-------------|---------------------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|---------------------|
|-6-13---11-9-|-11-8---9-|-6-13---11-9-|-16------------------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|---------------------|
|-4-11---9--7-|-9--6---7-|-4-11---9--7-|-14------------------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|---------------------|
 [with volume pedal for swells]

  Bb             Ab Eb
I'd glady lose me ....
  Bb             Ab Eb
I'd gladly give up ...
  Bb          Dbadd9        Eb Eb6sus4
To find you, I'd suffer ....
                         e|-0--0--0--0--0--0--|
                         b|-12-10-9--7--5--3--|

   Bb               Ab Eb
I'll pay any price just ...
   Bb               Ab Eb
I'll work all my ...
  Bb        Dbadd9          Eb Eb6sus4
To win you I'd stand naked, ...
                         |-0---0--0---0-----|
                         |-0-2--3---2-0-----|
                         |-1-2--4---2-1-----|
                         |------------2-----|
                         |------------------|
                         |------------------|

        Gb      Ab     Eb   Eb
I'd call that a bargain, ....

The best I ever had..........
        Bb        Ab Eb   Bb    Ab Eb
       |-----------------------------|-------------------|
       |-----------------------------|-------------------|
       |-2-4--2-4--2-4---------7-----|-2-4--2-4--2---x-x-|
       |-2-4--2-4--2-4----4-6/9-9----|-2-4--2-4--2---x-x-|
       |-----2---2-----2/6---------2-|----2----2---------|
       |-----------------------------|-------------------|

I'd gladly lose me ....
e|----0-0-0---0---0---|
b|-/5-5-7-9--10--10---|

I'd pay any price just to ....

|-0--0---0-------|
|-0--------3-/5--|
|-1-2--/4--------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|

I'd call that a bargain, .....
The best I ever...
 had............
 Bb           Ab  Eb    Bb       Ab Eb
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---7--7--7--7--7---7-7--7-----7-7-7---|-7--7-7--7-----------------|
|---6^-6^-6^-6^-6---6-6--4/6/4-6-4-4---|-6^-6-4--4-------4----2----|
|--------------------------------------|--------6--4/2---4-2--2----|
|--------------------------------------|--------------4----2-------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------0-|

[bridge]
Eb         Ebmaj7/D
I sit looking ....

         Ebadd9/Db
I look at my face ...
               b|-10-9--5---------|

         Ebsus4/Ab      Dbadd9
I know I'm worth ......
                  b|-5/7-----|

     Eb               Ebmaj7
And like one and one ...

         Ebadd9/Db
One and one ...
             b|-10-9-14------------|

    Ebsus4/Ab    Dbadd9
And I'm looking for that .....
 you.....
| Fsus4   F | Fsus4 Bb | Bb7sus4  | Bb7    |

[synth riff arr. for guitar]
 | Bb7sus4   | Bb7   | Bb7sus4   | Bb7    |
g|-6-/13---11-9-|-11-8---9-|-6-13---11-9-|/11---------|

 | Bb7sus4   | Bb7   | Bb7sus4   | Bb     |
g|-6-/13---11-9-|-11-8---9-|-6-13---11-9-|-16---------|

I'd gladly lose me to ....

|---0-------12-----------------|
|---0----12-12-------9---9\----|
|--------11^--11\--9-9-7-9\----|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-0----------------------------|

I'll pay any price just to .....

|----0---0-0-----0-----0-|
|-----/5-3-2--/5--\3-2---|
|--------------------2---|
|------------------------|
|-2----------------------|
|-0----------------------|

I call that a bargain, the ....
The best I ever...
 had.................
 Bb       Ab Eb  Bb       Ab  Eb
|----7---7---7---------|---------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----4-|--4---4---4---4-2----------|
|--6^--6^--6^--6^\-4-4-|--4---4---4---4-2--4-------|
|-------------------6--|-6---6---6---6--2----------|
|----------------------|---------------------2---0-|
|----------------------|-----------------------0---|

 Bb            Ab Eb     Bb       Ab Eb
|-------------------------------------7-7-|-----------7\-----------|
|--------------------------------7----7-7-|--7-7--7-7-7\-----------|
|---------------7^------------7^-7--------|--7-8--7-8--------4-2---|
|---------4-6/9---9-9/9--9/9/9--9----9----|-9----9-----------4-2---|
|-2-2--2/6--------------------------------|--------------0-2-------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------|

[repeat intro pattern]
[repeat post-bridge synth arr. for guitar pattern]
[repeat intro pattern]

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