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Brilliant Blues- Pete Townshend
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Tuning: Standard
Pete Townshend
Brilliant Blues (1985)
(Pete Townshend)
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Whatever your strumming pattern may be, try to incorporate the riff into
your accompaniment.
Capo 1st fret
RIFF (Intro/Verse)
GDGDD/G
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|
G|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|
D|0---0-0-0-0-----|0-0-0-0-0-------|0---0-0-0-0-----|0-0-0-0-0-------|
A|x---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|
EEEEE7sus4
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
e|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|0---0-0-0-3-----|0-0-0-0-3-------|
G|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|0---0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0-2-------|
D|2---2-2-2-2-----|2-2-2-2-2-------|2---2-2-2-2-----|2-2-2-2-2-------|
A|2---------------|2---------------|----------------|----------------|
E|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
D/G 3-x-0-2-3-x
E7sus4 0-2-2-2-3-x
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Capo 1st fret
INTRO (RIFF)
GD/GGG/D
Say goodbye to the brilliant blues
GD/GGG/D
Say goodbye to the brilliant blues
EmE7sEEEEFB[C4
Say goodbye ... It's ...]
VERSE
CGDD/G
It's time
GDD/G
To live
EmE7E7sus4
So make me
EmE7sus4
Take me
VERSE
GD/GD/G
It's time,
GDD/G
To give
EmE7suE7sus4
So don't betray me,
EmECbus4
Pay me
CHORUS
GCD
The brilliant blues, don't want to be frozen
GCD
I'll spend my mornings at the sunshine cafe
GCD
I've read the news and the clique-ridden notions
GCD
I know that now is the time to say
VERSE
GD/GGD/G
It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
GD/GGD/G
To teach (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
EmE7sus4EmE7sus4
So tell me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
EmE7sus4EmE7sus4
Come on tell me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
VERSE
GD/GGD/G
It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
GD/GGD/G
To preach (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
EmE7sus4EmE7sus4
So help me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
EmE7sus4FBbC
Come on and help me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
CHORUS
G
G C D
The brilliant blues will never flow this way again
GCD
The colour of the Mersey's grey
G
G C D
The brilliant blues have faded into sadness and pain
GCDGDGG
And now is the time to say ... It's time
MIDDLE 8
Em
Em
You and me are going to finally sail away
Cmaj7
Em
We'll get far away from the blues and the mist in the rain
Cmaj7
Cmaj7
You and me are going to fight until we win the day
Cmaj7FBb [C
For now is the time that we must say goodbye to the ...]
CHORUS
C
G C D
To the brilliant blues, I don't want to be frozen
GCD
I'll spend my mornings at the sunshine cafe
GCD
I've read the news and the clique-ridden notions
GCD
I know that now is the time to say
VERSE
GD/GGD/G
It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
GD/GGD/G
To trust (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
EmE7sus4EmE7sus4
So buy me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
EmE7sus4EmE7sus4
Come on and try me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
VERSE
GD/GGD/G
It's time (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
GD/GGD/G
To thrust (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
EmE7sus4EmE7sus4
So guide me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
EmE7sus4FBbC
Stay beside me (say goodbye to the brilliant blues)
CHORUS
G
G C D
The brilliant blues will never flow this way again
GCD
The colour of the Mersey's grey
G
G C D
The brilliant blues have faded into sadness and pain
GCDG
And now is the time to say ... It's time