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)