Beads On One String
The Who
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beads on one String - The Who --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Pete Townshend From: “WHO” (2019) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard The synth-arpeggio in the verses features the notes of “e” and “f” so the to make it more interesting. The Bb might also be played as Bbsus2. The same can be done in the outro which is played one full note higher. Possible voicings are suggested below choose what you think sounds best. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS ----- Bb x-1-3-3-3-1 or x-1-3-3-1-1 (Bbsus2) C x-3-2-0-1-0 or 3-5-5-3-3 (Csus2) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | | | * | [Verse 1] Don’t you ever say never It don’t mean a thing Goin’ to get us together Like beads on one string There’s always someone to blame You don’t have to look far but ... Now the world is a fleeting dot in the stars I don’t care how you name Him He is always the same I just know that we shame Him When we kill in His name [Chorus] This can’t go on forever This war in a ring Gotta bring us together Like beads on one string [Verse 2] Don’t you ever say never (Don’t you ever say never) ’Cause it don’t mean a thing (It don’t mean a thing) Gonna get us together (Gonna get us together) Like beads on one string (Like beads on one string) Every one of us perfect (Like beads on one string) But we all have a flaw (Like beads on one string) Then we look for the defects and we go off to war (Like beads on one string) And we send all our children (Like beads on one string) Again and again (Like beads on one string) It’s our fear that we’re building (Like beads on one string) And we’re really the same [Chorus] This can’t go on forever This war in a ring Gotta bring us together Like beads on one string [Verse 3] Don’t you ever say never (Don’t you ever say never) ’Cause it don’t mean a thing (It don’t mean a thing) Gonna get us together (Gonna get us together) Like beads on one string (Like beads on one string) Don’t you ever say never (Like beads on one string) ’Cause it don’t mean a thing (Like beads on one string) Don’t you ever say never (Like beads on one string) [break] [Outro] (Like beads on one string) (Like beads on one string) (Like beads on one string) Don’t you ever say never (Like beads on one string) To never (Like beads on one string) Got to know me a ring (Like beads on one string) Gotta get us together ... like beads on one string (Like beads on one string) Ooh-mh (Like beads on one string) Like beads on a string (Like beads on one string) (Like beads on one string) (Like beads on one string) [break] [Coda] (synth-arpeggio)
