Rael 1 And 2

Rael By The Who From The Who Sell Out 1967 Written by Pete Townshend ©1967 Fabulous Music Inc./Towser Tunes Ltd ============== transcribed by         09-29-1997          Whotabs       rev 08-31-2001          www.thewho.net/whotabs ============== Tune down whole step: DGCFAD (Note: add one whole tone (transpose +2) to each chord below to find shapes .. = = = )     Ooh...          The Red-chins in their millions Will overspill their borders And chaos then will reign in our Rael The country of my fathers     A proud land of old order    Like a goldfish being swallowed by a whale Rael the home of my religion To me the center of the earth   The Red-chins in their millions Will overspill their borders And chaos then will reign in our Rael My heritage is threatened My roots are torn and cornered And so to do my best I’ll homeward sail And so to do my best I’ll homeward sail                 Now captain listen to my instructions            Return to this spot on christmas day Look toward the shore for my signal And then you’ll know if in Rael I’ll stay ||:     / / /   :|| If a yellow flag is fluttering Sickly herald against the morn Then you’ll know my courage has ended And you’ll send your boat ashore      But if a red flag is flying Brazen bold against the blue Then you’ll know that I am staying And my yacht belongs to you                             Now captain listen to my instructions Return to this spot on christmas day Look toward the shore for my signal And then you’ll know if in Rael I’ll stay   ||     /  / / || / / / || ... || /  / / || Ooh ooh ooh                     /   D|-4----||--5---0-------|-4----|| |-5----||--5---5-------|-5----|| C|(0)---||.-0---0-------|(0)--.|| |------||--------------|------|| |------||--------------|------|| D||-2----|-5---0--||--4-----| A||-3----|-3---3--||--5-----| C||.0----|-0---0-.||--------| ||------|--------||--------| ||------|--------||--------| He’s crazy if he thinks we’re coming back again                  He’s crazy if he thinks we’re coming back again He’s crazy if he thinks we’re coming back again             He’s crazy         anyway  |(bass only            )|/     |/ /    | |--------|--------------|---------|-------------| |--------|--------------|---------|-------------| C|2-0x----|--2-0---------|2-0x-----|-2-0---------| G|--------|------3-2-0---|---------|-----3-2-0---| D|--------|------------3-|---------|-----------3-|  |   / |    /          | |---------|-------------------| |---------|-------------------| C|0--------|--0----------------| G|---3x----|-----3--2--0-----0-| D|---------|--------------3----|  ||               |               || ||----------------|---------------|| ||----------------|---------------|| ||----------------|---------------|| ||------------4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|| ||-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|| ||----------------|---------------||  (Open C pedal throughout)  |/       | /     /|/      | /    / | A|5---3------|--5---3---5--|5---3-----|--5---3---5--| C|0---0------|--0---0---0--|0---0-----|--0---0---0--| |-----------|-------------|----------|-------------| |-----------|-------------|----------|-------------|  |/ /  |  /  / /|/    |       | A|7---5----|---7---5---7--|8------|-------| C|0---0----|---0---0---0--|0------|0------| |---------|--------------|-------|-------| |---------|--------------|-------|-------| D||-7-----8-----7----|-------------||7-----8-----|10------| A||-8-----8-----8----|-10-8-10-8---||8-----8-----|8-------| C||(0)---------------|-------------||------------|0-------| ||------------------|-------------||------------|--------| ||------------------|-------------||------------|--------| D|7-----8----|-7-------||----------------|---------------|| A|8-----8----|-8-------||----------------|---------------|| C|-----------|-0-------||------------4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|| |-----------|---------||-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|| |-----------|---------||----------------|---------------||      D/C            Dsus4 If a yellow flag is fluttering Sickly herald against the morn   Then you’ll know my courage has ended Csus2      C               D And you’ll send your boat ashore ------------- Part II (Approx organ changes; can be played tuned down or in standard tuning: EADGBE) What I see is all I’ve seen In my sweetest sleeping dreams What I feel is all I’ve felt When by newborn babes I’ve knelt What I know now is all I’ve known That has been good while I have grown Bless the thoughts that made me sail And the god who made Rael