Beads On One String chords by The Who

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)



CHORDS
    E-A-D-G-B-e
Am*   x-0-2-2-1-0 or x-0-3-2-1-1 (F/A) or x-0-3-2-1-0 (Fmaj7/A)
Bb   x-1-3-3-3-1 or x-1-3-3-1-1 (Bbsus2)

Bm**   x-2-4-4-3-2 or x-2-0-0-0-3 (G/A) or x-2-5-4-3-2/x-2-0-0-0-2 (Gmaj7/B)
C    x-3-2-0-1-0 or 3-5-5-3-3 (Csus2)


Intro:
| F | Dm7 | Am* | Bb

Verse 1:
     F
Don't you ever say never
  Dm7
It don't mean a thing
     Am*
Goin’ to get us together
   Bb
Like beads on one string
F              Dm7 :
 There's always someone to blame
Dm7
 You don't have to look far, but ...
Am*             Bb
 Now the world is a fleeting dot in the stars
F
 I don't care how you name Him
Dm7
 He is always the same
Am*
 I just know that we shame Him
    Bb
When we kill in His name


Chorus:
C        Am
 This can't go on forever
F        Bb
 This war in a ring
C         Am
 Gotta bring us together
F          G
 Like beads on one string


Verse 2:
     F
Don't you ever say never (Don't you ever say never)
     Dm7
'Cause it don't mean a thing (It don't mean a thing)
   Am*
Gonna get us together (Gonna get us together)
   Bb
Like beads on one string (Like beads on one string)
F
 Every one of us perfect
    (Like beads on one string)
Dm7
 But we all have a flaw
  (Like beads on one string)
Am*                Bb
 Then we look for the defects and we go off to war
    (Like beads on one string)
F
 And we send all our children
 (Like beads on one string)
Dm7
 Again and again
  (Like beads on one string)
Am*
 It's our fear that we're building
 (Like beads on one string)
Bb
 And we're really the same


Chorus:
C        Am
 This can't go on forever
F        Bb
 This war in a ring
C         Am
 Gotta bring us together
F          G
 Like beads on one string


Verse 3:
     F
Don't you ever say never (Don't you ever say never)
     Dm7
'Cause it don't mean a thing (It don't mean a thing)
   Am*
Gonna get us together (Gonna get us together)
   Bb
Like beads on one string (Like beads on one string)
     F
Don't you ever say never
          (Like beads on one string)
     Dm7
'Cause it don't mean a thing
         (Like beads on one string)
Am*         Bb               | F | % | % |
                  Don't you ever say never
 (Like beads on one string)             break:


Outro:
G          Em7
 (Like beads on one string)
          Bm*
(Like beads on one string)
          C
(Like beads on one string)
              G
    Don’t you ever say never
(Like beads  on  one  string)
          Em7
       To never
(Like beads on one string)
           Bm*
Got to know me a ring
  (Like beads on one string)
               C          G :
 Gotta get us together ...   like beads on one string
     (Like beads on one string)
G          Em7
         Ooh-mh
 (Like beads on one string)
          Bm*
       Like beads on a string
(Like beads on one string)
          C
(Like beads on one string)
          G :
(Like beads on one string)
         break:

Coda:
| G | % | % | % |
(synth-arpeggio)