Bell Boy by The Who

Bell Boy tab by The Who

Guitar tabs

{intro}

{synth}
   |Eb   Cm|Db/Eb  Ab/Eb|Eb    Ab/Eb|Db/Eb |
{electric}
  //|Eb5   |       |       |  / /|
------|---------|-------------|--------------|----6/6|
---4/4|---------|(5)----------|(5)-----------|----4/4|
---3/3|3--------|(3)----------|(3)-----------|----3/3|
---1/1|1--------|(1)----------|(1)-----------|----1/1|
---1/1|1--------|(1)----------|(1)-----------|----1/1|
---1/1|1--------|(1)*---------|(1)*----------|----1/1|
      * = feedback


{synth}
|Eb   Cm|Db/Eb  Ab/Eb|Eb    Ab/Eb|Db/Eb |
|Eb5   |       |       |    |
|---------|-------------|--------------|-------|
|---------|(5)----------|(5)-----------|-------|
|3--------|(3)----------|(3)-----------|-------|
|1--------|(1)----------|(1)-----------|-------|
|1--------|(1)----------|(1)-----------|-------|
|1--------|(1)*---------|(1)*----------|-------|

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{verse; acoustic in; electric out}
{synth}
||Eb        Ab/Eb |Db/Eb      Ab/C|
||            |           |
A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the
||{acoustic}                  |
||3-----3-----------4---4-|1----1-------1----4--|
||4-----4-----------4---4-|2----2-------2----1--|
||3-----3-----------1---1-|1----1-------1----1--|
||1-----1-----------1---1-|3----3-------3----1--|
||------------------------|4----4-------4---(3)-|
||------------------4---4-|------------------4--|


{synth}                |
|Eb    Ab/Eb |Db/Eb      Ab/Eb|
 Only soul in the world that's real
{acoustic}               |
|3-----3----4---1|1----1-----------1-4-|
|4-----4----4---2|2----2-----------2-1-|
|3-----3----1---1|1----1-----------1-1-|
|1-----1----1---3|3----3-----------3-1-|
|---------------4|4----4-----------4-x-|
|----------------|-------------------4-|


|Eb   Ab/Eb|Db/Eb   Ab/Eb|Eb   Ab/Eb|Db/Eb    Ab/C   ||
{acoustic}                            ||
|3--3----4--1|1--1--------1-4-|3--3----4--1|1--1--------1-4----3/3||
|4--4----4--2|2--2--------2-1-|4--4----4--2|2--2--------2-1----4/4||
|3--3----1--1|1--1--------1-1-|3--3----1--1|1--1--------1-1----3/3||
|1--1----1--3|3--3--------3-1-|1--1----1--3|3--3--------3-1----1/1||
|-----------4|4--4--------4-x-|-----------4|4--4--------4-x-------||
|------------|--------------4-|------------|--------------4-------||

But I see a face coming through the haze
I remember him from those crazy days, crazy days, crazy days


{electric in}
   |Cm7             Ab   |Cm7        F  |
      Ain't you the guy who used to  set the paces
{electric}                           |
   |C5                 |           |
-----|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
-----|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
-----|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
10-10|-10--------------------------------|-----------------10-10|
-----|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
10-10|-10--------------------------------|-----------------10-10|
{acoustic}                           |
   |Cm7             Ab   |Cm7        F  |
  ||-3--3-----------------------4------|3--3---------1/1-1--1-||
  ||-4--4-----------------------4------|4--4---------1/1-1--1-||
  ||.3--3-----------------------1------|3--3---------2/2-2--2.||
  ||.5--5-----------------------1------|5--5---------3/3-3--3.||
  ||-3--3------------------------------|3--3------------------||
  ||----------------------------4------|----------------------||


|Cm7        Ab |Cm7        F|
Riding up in front of a hundred faces
{electric}                 |
|C5           |          |
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|10---------------------|--------------10-10|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|10---------------------|--------------10-10|
{acoustic}                 |
|:    %       |     %    :|


|Cm7        Ab     |Cm7     F |
  I don't suppose you would remember me  but
{electric}                   |
|C5              |       //|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|10---------------------------|-----------10-10|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|10---------------------------|-----------10-10|
{acoustic}                   |
|:    %          |    %    :|


|Cm7         Ab   |Cm7       |
I used to follow you back in '63
{electric}                   |
|C5              |        |
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|10---------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------|---------xxxxxxx|
|10---------------------------|---------xxxxxxx|
{acoustic}                   |
|:    %          |Cm7      :|


||:F  Dm Eb|   Ab  Bb|   C Db|    Eb  :||
{electric}                      ||
||--------3/3|-----4-----6|-----------|--------------||
||-1----6-4/4|-----4-6/6-6|-----------|--------------||
||-2----7-3/3|-----1-3/3-3|------5-6/6|-------8------||
||-3----7-1/1|-----1-3/3-3|------5-6/6|-------8------||
||-3----5----|-----3-1/1-1|------3-4/4|-------6------||
||-----------|------------|-----------|--------------||
{acoustic}                      ||
||:F  Dm Eb|   Ab  Bb|   C Db|    Eb  :||
||-1--------3|-----4-----6|--6--------|--------------||
||-1----6---4|-----4-----6|--6--------|-----------1/1||
||-2----7---3|-----1-----3|--3---5---6|--6-6--8---2/2||
||-3----7---1|-----1-----3|--3---5---6|--6-6--8---3/3||
||-3----5----|-----3-----1|--1---3---4|--4-4--6---3/3||
||-1---------|------------|-----------|--------------||


||:F  Dm Eb|   Ab Bb|   C Db|   Eb   :||
{electric}                     ||
||----------3|-----4---6|-----------|--------------||--
||------6---4|-----4-6-6|-----------|--------------||--
||-10---7---3|-----1-3-3|------5-6-6|-----8--------||--
||-10---7---1|-----1-3-3|------5-6-6|-----8--------||3-
||-8----5----|-----3-1-1|------3-4-4|-----6--------||3-
||-----------|----------|-----------|--------------||3-
{acoustic}                     ||
||-1--1-----3|--3--4---6|--6--------|--------------||
||-1--1-6---4|--4--4---6|--6--------|-----------1/1||
||-2--2-7---3|--3--1---3|--3---5---6|--6-6--8---2/2||
||-3--3-7---1|--1--1---3|--3---5---6|--6-6--8---3/3||
||-3--3-5----|-----3---1|--1---3---4|--4-4--6---3/3||
||-1--1------|----------|-----------|--------------||

{electric out; acoustic only, repeat pattern with fill variations}
  |F           Dm  Eb |
{spoken}
I've got a good job and I'm newly born

|  Ab    Bb         |  C Db |  Eb
  You should see me dressed up in my uniform

Eb   |F       Dm  Eb |     Ab Bb
I work in an hotel, all gilt and flash
 |        C     Db |         Eb
Remember the gaff where the doors we smashed?


|(Bb) F7/A Bb|            |
|       |            |
 Bell Boy, I got to get running now
||-----1----1-|------------------------||
||-----1----3-|------------------------||
|.-----2----3-|------------------------.|
|.-----1----3-|------------------------.|
||------------|------------------------||
||------------|------------------------||

 Bell Boy, Keep my lip buttoned down
 Bell Boy, Carry this baggage out
 Bell Boy, Always running at someone's bleedin'


|F7sus4 |Bb         |Eb7sus4 |Ab6  |
 Heel     You know how I feel
|{acoustic}                 |
|--------|-------------------|--------|1-----|
|6-------|6------------------|4-------|4-----|
|8-------|7------------------|6-------|5-----|
|8-------|8------------------|6-------|6-----|
|8-------|8------------------|6-------|6-----|
|--------|-------------------|--------|------|


|Abm6   |          |Ebsus2  |     |     |     |
   Always running at someone's heel
{acoustic}                               |
|1---1-----|1----------1--------|1----1---|1----1---|1----1---|1----1---|
|4---4-----|4----------4--------|4----4---|4----4---|4----4---|4----4---|
|4---4-----|4----------4--------|3----3---|3----3---|3----3---|3----3---|
|1---1-----|1----------1--------|1----1---|1----1---|1----1---|1----1--3|
|----------|--------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|----------|--------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|


{3/2}
|Fmaj7           Cmaj7    |D        |
|                   |         |
    Some nights I still sleep on the beach,
{acoustic; doubled by two guitars}            |
|5---------------5---------------------|5------5----5----|
|5---------------5---------5-----------|7------7----7----|
|5---------------5---------4-----------|7------7----7----|
|----------------3---------5-----------|7------7----7----|
|--------------------------3---------5-|-------5--5------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------5-|


|Fmaj7       Cmaj7   |D      D6  |
|               |         |
  Remember when stars were in reach
{acoustic; doubled by two guitars}        |
|5---------5-------------------|5------5----7----|
|5---------5------5------------|7------7----7----|
|5---------5------4------------|7------7----7----|
|3---------3------5------------|7------7----7----|
|---------------3------------5-|-------5--5------|
|------------------------------|-----------------|


|Fii       Fmaj7ii  |F7ii       |
|              |         |
   I wander in early to work
{acoustic; doubled by two guitars}       |
|5--5----5----5--5-----5----|5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|6--6----6----6--5-----5----|4--4--4--4--4--4--|
|5--5----5----5--5-----5----|5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|3--3----3----3--3-----3----|3--3--3--3--3--3--|
|---------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------|


|Abii                 |Eb        Ebsus2|
   Spend my day lickin' boots for my perks
{acoustic 1}                          |
|4----4--------4-------4-----4-------4-|3---3---3---3---3---3--1|
|4----4--------4-------4-----4-------4-|4---4---4---4---4---4--4|
|5----5--------5-------5-----5-------5-|3---3---3---3---3---3--3|
|6----6--------6-------6-----6-------6-|1---1---1---1---1---1--1|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------|
                   ||{acoustic 2; palm mute} ||
                   ||------------------------||
                   ||4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
                   |.3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-.|
                   |.1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-.|
                   ||------------------------||
                   ||------------------------||


            {4/4}      {drums in}
|Eb        Ebsus2|Eb       |Eb    Ebsus2 |
                          (A...)
|{acoustic 1}                      |
|3---3---3---3-1-3---3-1|3---3---3---3-1|3---3---3---3---|
|4---4---4---4-4-4---4-4|4---4---4---4-4|4---4---4---4---|
|3---3---3---3-3-3---3-3|3---3---3---3-3|3---3---3---3---|
|1---1---1---1-1-1---1-1|1---1---1---1-1|1---1---1---1---|
|-----------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|----------------|
|{acoustic 2; w/palm mute}                ||
||:   %       |     %   |     %   :||


{repeat verse; acoustics out; electric in}
{synth}                       |
   |Eb        Ab/Eb |Db/Eb      Ab/C|
   A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the
{electric}                      |
  //|Eb5           |          /|
------|6-----------------------|--------------------6|
------|4-----------------------|(5)-----------------4|
---3/3|3-----------------------|(3)-----------------3|
---1/1|1-----------------------|(1)-----------------1|
---1/1|1-----------------------|(1)-----------------1|
------|1-----------------------|(1)-----------------1|


{synth}                |
|Eb    Ab/Eb |Db/Eb      Ab/Eb|
 Only soul in the world that's real
{electric}               |
|Eb5       |           |
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|--------------------1|
|3---------------|--------------------1|
|1---------------|--------------------1|
|1---------------|---------------------|
|1---------------|---------------------|


{synth}
||Eb        Ab/Eb|Db/Eb      Ab/Eb||Eb    Ab/Eb|Db/Eb  Ab/C|
||{electric}                                 |
||Eb5          |           ||       |       |
||----------------------|----------------------||--------------|-------------|
||5---------------------|(5)*------------------||(5)-----------|(5)----------|
||3---------------------|(3)-------------------||(3)-----------|(3)----------|
||1---------------------|(1)-------------------||(1)-----------|(1)----------|
||1---------------------|(1)-------------------||(1)-----------|(1)----------|
||1---------------------|(1)-------------------||(1)-----------|(1)----------|
||             *feedback                    |
||:{synth; arr for gtr}            :||              |
||--------16-18-16-18-16|--------16-18-16-18-16||--------------|-------------|
||20-18-20--------------|20-16-20--------------||--------------|-------------|
||.---------------------|---------------------.||-------%------|------%------|
||.---------------------|---------------------.||--------------|-------------|
||----------------------|----------------------||--------------|-------------|
||----------------------|----------------------||--------------|-------------|


{acoustic in}
{synth}
|Eb     Ab/Eb|Db/Eb    Ab/Eb|Eb      Ab/Eb|Db/Eb    Ab/C |
|{electric 1}                               |
|Eb5       |         |          |         |
|----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|(5)-------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|(3)-------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|(1)-------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|(1)-------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|(1)-------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|{electric 2}                               |
|----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------11-|--11^-11^11^11^11^|11-11^--11^-11^11^-|11^11^11^-11^11^--|
|-------------12-|--12^-12^12^12^12^|12-12^--12^-12^12^-|12^12^12^-12^12^--|
|----------------|------------------|13-----------------|13-13-------------|
|----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|{acoustic; with variations}                        |
|3---3-------4--1|1---1---------1-4-|3----3---------4--1|1----1--------1-4-||
|4---4-------4--2|2---2---------2-1-|4----4---------4--2|2----2--------2-1-||
|3---3-------1--1|1---1---------1-1-|3----3---------1--1|1----1--------1-1-||
|1---1-------1--3|3---3---------3-1-|1----1---------1--3|3----3--------3-1-||
|---------------4|4---4---------4-x-|------------------4|4----4--------4-x-||
|----------------|----------------4-|-------------------|----------------4-||


{synth}
|Eb     Ab/Eb|Db/Eb       Ab/Eb|Eb    Ab/Eb|Db/Eb  Ab/C |
                                  (But I)
|{electric}
|Eb5       |            |       |        |
|----------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------------|
|(5)*------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------------|
|(3)-------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------------|
|(1)-------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------------|
|(1)-------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------------|
|(1)-------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------------|
|{gtr}                                 |
|----------------|-----------------------|--------------|11----------11-|
|11^\---------11^|-----11^-11^\-----11---|-----8-8--8---|11---11-11^-11-|
|12^\---------12^|12^--12^-12^\--10-12-10|8----8-10-8---|-----12-12^----|
|----------------|13---------------------|--------------|---------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------------|
|{acoustic}                               |
|Eb     Ab/Eb|Db/Eb       Ab/Eb|Eb    Ab/Eb|Db/Eb   Ab/C |


   |Eb    Ab/Eb |Db/Eb      Ab/Eb|
But I see a face coming through the haze
 {electric}                 |
   |Eb5       |           |
   |----------------|---------------------|
   |----------------|---------------------|
   |3---------------|(3)------------------|
   |1---------------|(1)-----------------x|
   |1---------------|(1)-----------------x|
   |1---------------|(1)------------------|
{acoustic}                 |
   |Eb     Ab/Eb|Db/Eb      Ab/C |


  |Eb    Ab/Eb |Db/Eb      Ab/Eb|
I remember him from those crazy days
 {electric}                |
  |Eb5       |           |
  |----------------|---------------------|
  |---5------------|---------------------|
  |---3------------|---------------------|
  |---1------------|------------------x/x|
  |---1------------|------------------x/x|
  |1---------------|------------------1/1|
{acoustic}                |
  |Eb     Ab/Eb|Db/Eb      Ab/C |


|Eb  Ab/Eb|Db/Eb  Ab/Eb|Eb    Ab/Eb|Db/Eb Ab/Eb|
 crazy days, crazy days,  crazy days,  crazy days
|{electric}                      |
|Eb5    |       |       |      |
|-----------|-------------|--6-----------|------------|
|--5-----4-4|4------------|--5--------4-4|4-----------|
|--3-----1-1|1----------x-|--3--------1-1|1-----------|
|--1-----1-1|1----------x-|--1--------1-1|1------10-10|
|--1--------|-----------x-|--1-----------|------------|
|1----------|-------------|1-------------|-------10-10|
{acoustic}                      |
|Eb  Ab/Eb|Db/Eb  Ab/C|Eb    Ab/Eb|Db/Eb    |


|Cm7         Ab    |Cm7      F|
  Ain't you the guy who used to  set the paces
|{electric}                   |
|Cm7              |        |
|-------------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------|
|10-----------------------------|(10)------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------|
|10-----------------------------|(10)------------|
|{acoustic; as above}              |
|Cm7         Ab    |Cm7      F|


|Cm7        Ab |Cm7        F|
Riding up in front of a hundred faces
|{electric}                 |
|Cm7          |          |
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|9/10-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|------------xxxxxxx|
|9/10-------------------|------------xxxxxxx|
|{acoustic}                 |
|Cm7        Ab |Cm7        F|


|Cm7        Ab     |Cm7       F |
  I don't suppose you would remember me   but
{electric}                    |
|Cm7             |          |
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|10---------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------1---|
|10---------------------------|---------3--5------|
|{acoustic; as above}               |
|Cm7        Ab     |Cm7      F  |


|Cm7         Ab   |Cm7     |
I used to follow you back in '63
|{electric}                |
|Cm7             |      |
|-----------------------------|------------|
|-----------------------------|------------|
|10---------------------------|------------|
|10---------------------------|------------|
|-----------------------------|------------|
|10---------------------------|--------7\--|
|{acoustic}                |
|Cm7         Ab   |Cm7     |
|3----3---------------4------3|3--------1/1|
|4----4---------------4------4|4--------1/1|
|3----3---------------1------3|3--------2/2|
|5----5---------------1------5|5--------3/3|
|3----3----------------------3|3--------3/3|
|---------------------4-------|---------1/1|


||:F  Dm Eb|   Ab Bb|   C Db|    Eb  :||
||{electric}                    ||
||--------3-3|~----4----6|~----------|--------------||
||-1~---6-4-4|~----4--6-6|~----------|--------------||
||-2~---7-3-3|~----1--3-3|~-----5-6-6|--6----8------||
||-3~---7-1-1|~----1--3-3|~-----5-6-6|--6----8------||
||-3~---5----|-----3--1-1|~-----3-4-4|--4----6------||
||-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------||
||{acoustic}                    ||
||-1--------3|--3--4----6|--6--------|--------------||
||-1----6---4|--4--4----6|--6--------|-----------1/1||
||-2----7---3|--3--1----3|--3---5---6|--6-6--8---2/2||
||-3----7---1|--1--1----3|--3---5---6|--6-6--8---3/3||
||-3----5----|-----3----1|--1---3---4|--4-4--6---3/3||
||-1---------|-----------|-----------|--------------||

||:F Dm Eb|   Ab Bb|   C Db|    Eb  :||
||{electric}                   ||
||--------3|-----4---6|-----------|--------------||---
||------6-4|-----4-6-6|-----------|--------------||---
||------7-3|-----1-3-3|------5-6-6|-------8------||---
||-3----7-1|-----1-3-3|------5-6-6|-------8------||---
||-3----5--|-----3-1-1|------3-4-4|-------6-----x||8~~
||-3-------|----------|-----------|--------------||---
||{acoustic}                   ||
||-1------3|-----4---6|-----------|--------------||
||-1----6-4|-----4---6|-----------|-----------1/1||
||-2----7-3|-----1---3|------5---6|--6-6--8---2/2||
||-3----7-1|-----1---3|------5---6|--6-6--8---3/3||
||-3----5--|-----3---1|------3---4|--4-4--6---3/3||
||-1-------|----------|-----------|--------------||

{electric out; acoustic as above, with fill variations}

People often change but when I look in your eyes
You can learn a lot from a life like mine
The secret to me, it ain't flown up a flag
I carry it behind this bleeding little badge, what says:

Bell Boy, I gotta get running now
Bell Boy, Keep your lip buttoned down
Bell Boy, Carry the bloody baggage out
Bell Boy, Always running at someone's heel,

|F7sus4 |Bb         |Eb7sus4 |Ab6  |
(heel)     You know how I feel
{acoustic}                  |
|--------|-------------------|--------|------|
|6---6---|6--------------6---|4---4---|4-----|
|8---8---|7--------------7---|6---6---|5-----|
|8---8---|8--------------8---|6---6---|6-----|
|8---8--8|-------------------|6---6--6|------|
|--------|-------------------|--------|------|


|Abm6    |      Abm   |
   Always running at someone's
{acoustic}            |
|1----1-----|1----------1--------|
|4----4-----|4----------4--------|
|4----4-----|4----------1--------|
|1----1-----|1----------1--------|
|-----------|--------------------|
|-----------|--------------------|

|Ebsus2  |     |    |    |
 Heel..........
{electric}              |
|----1----|---------|--------|--------|
|---4-----|---------|--------|--------|
|--3------|---------|--------|--------|
|-1-------|------|
|1--------|---------|--------|--------|
|---------|---------|--------|--------|
|
{acoustic}              |
|1----1---|1---1----|1---1---|1---1---|
|4----4---|4---4----|4---4---|4---4---|
|3----3---|3---3----|3---3---|3---3---|
|1----1---|1---1----|1---1---|1---1---|
|---------|--------1|--------|-------1|
|---------|---------|--------|--------|

|Ebsus2 |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
|{electric}                                   |
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|-|--------|--------|--|--------|--------|--------|--------|--|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|{acoustic}                                   |
|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|
|4---4---|4---4---|4---4---|4---4---|4---4---|4---4---|4---4---|4---4---|4---4---|
|3---3---|3---3---|3---3---|3---3---|3---3---|3---3---|3---3---|3---3---|3---3---|
|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|1---1---|
|--------|-------1|--------|-------1|--------|-------1|--------|-------1|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

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