--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brilliant Blues- Pete Townshend --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Pete Townshend Brilliant Blues (1985) (Pete Townshend) From: "White City" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Whatever your strumming pattern may be, try to incorporate the riff into your accompaniment. Capo 1st fret RIFF (Intro/Verse)

^G1 + 2 + 3 ^D/G+ 4 + ^G1 + 2 + 3 ^D/G+ 4 + ^G1 + 2 + 3 ^D/G+ 4 + ^G1 + 2 + 3 ^D/G+ 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---------------| ^Em1 + 2 + 3 ^E7sus4+ 4 + ^Em1 + 2 + ^E7sus43 + 4 + ^Em1 + 2 + 3 ^E7sus4+ 4 + ^Em1 + 2 + ^E7sus43 + 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---------------|

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-E D/G 3-x-0-2-3-x E7sus4 0-2-2-2-3-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capo 1st fret INTRO (RIFF) G D/G G G/D Say goodbye to the brilliant blues G D/G G G/D Say goodbye to the brilliant blues

Say good^Embye .^E7sus4.. ^Em ^E7sus4 ^Em ^E7sus4 ^F ^Bb [^CIt’s ...] VERSE ^CIt's ^Gtim^D/Ge ^G ^D/G To ^Gliv^D/Ge ^G ^D/G So ^Emmake ^E7sus4me ^Em ^E7sus4 ^EmTake me^E7sus4 ^Em ^E7sus4

VERSE

It's ^Gtim^D/Ge, ^G ^D/G To ^Ggiv^D/Ge ^G ^D/G So don't be^Emtray ^E7sus4me, ^Em ^E7sus4 ^EmPay m^E7sus4e ^F ^Bb ^C

CHORUS

The ^Gbrilliant blues, don't ^Cwant to be ^Dfrozen ^G I'll spend my mornings at the ^Csunshine ca^Dfe I've ^Gread the news and the ^Cclique-ridden ^Dnotions ^G I know that now is the ^Ctime to ^Dsay

VERSE

It's ^Gtime (say goodbye ^D/Gto the ^Gbrilliant ^D/Gblues) To ^Gteach (say goodbye ^D/Gto the ^Gbrilliant ^D/Gblues) So ^Emtell me (say goodbye ^E7sus4to the ^Embrilliant ^E7sus4blues) Come on ^Emtell me (say goodbye ^E7sus4to the ^Embrilliant ^E7sus4blues)

VERSE

It's ^Gtime (say goodbye ^D/Gto the ^Gbrilliant ^D/Gblues) To ^Gpreach (say goodbye ^D/Gto the ^Gbrilliant ^D/Gblues) So ^Emhelp me (say goodbye ^E7sus4to the ^Embrilliant ^E7sus4blues) Come on and ^Emhelp me (say goodbye ^E7sus4to the ^Fbrilliant ^Bbblues)^C

CHORUS G C D [G] The brilliant blues will never flow this way again

^G The colour of the ^CMersey’^Ds grey G C D [G] The brilliant blues have faded into sadness and pain G C D G D/G G And now is the time to say ... It's time

MIDDLE 8 Em [Em] You and me are going to finally sail away Em [Cmaj7] 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

For ^Cmaj7now is the time that we ^Fmust say good^Bbbye [^Cto the ...] CHORUS [C] G C D To the brilliant blues, I don't want to be frozen ^G I'll spend my mornings at the ^Csunshine ca^Dfe I've ^Gread the news and the ^Cclique-ridden ^Dnotions ^G I know that now is the ^Ctime to ^Dsay

VERSE

It's ^Gtime (say goodbye ^D/Gto the ^Gbrilliant ^D/Gblues) To ^Gtrust (say goodbye ^D/Gto the ^Gbrilliant ^D/Gblues) So ^Embuy me (say goodbye ^E7sus4to the ^Embrilliant ^E7sus4blues) Come on and ^Emtry me (say goodbye ^E7sus4to the ^Embrilliant ^E7sus4blues)

VERSE

It's ^Gtime (say goodbye ^D/Gto the ^Gbrilliant ^D/Gblues) To ^Gthrust (say goodbye ^D/Gto the ^Gbrilliant ^D/Gblues) So ^Emguide me (say goodbye ^E7sus4to the ^Embrilliant ^E7sus4blues) Stay be^Emside me (say goodbye ^E7sus4to the ^Fbrilliant ^Bbblues)^C

CHORUS G C D [G] The brilliant blues will never flow this way again

^G The colour of the ^CMersey’^Ds grey G C D [G] The brilliant blues have faded into sadness and pain ^G And now is the ^Ctime to ^Dsay ... It's ^Gtime

Pete Townshend - Brilliant blues