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Pure And Easy

Pete Townshend

Chord: Principal (acoustic and electric guitars)
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key: A 
    A            A        E/G#        D/F#     E/G#
E|--9-----| |----5--5-----4--4----|-2---2-------4--4------||
B|--10----| |----5---6----5---5---|-5-----5-----5----5----||
G|--9-----| |:---6----7---4----6--|-2-------2---4-----6--:|| x2
D|--------| |----7--------6-------|-4-----------6---------||
A|--------| |---------------------|-----------------------||
E|--------| |---------------------|-----------------------||


       A        E/G#        D/F#     E/G#
e||----5--5-----4--4----|-2---2-------4--4------||
B||----5---6----5---5---|-5-----5-----5----5----||
G||----6----7---4----6--|-2-------2---4-----6--:|| x2
D||----7--------6-------|-4-----------6---------||
A||---------------------|-----------------------||
E||---------------------|-----------------------||
  There once was a note pure and easy      
  Playing so free like a breathe rippling by
                 
     Dmaj7             D6       Dmaj7       D6   
E|----2----------------2------|---2---------2-----|
B|----2----------------0------|---2---------0-----|
G|----2----------------2------|---2---------2-----|
D|----0----------------0------|---0---------0-----|
A|----------------------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------|
   The note is      eternal I hear it, it sees me
   Forever we    blend as       forever   we... 
 
     A        E/G#      D/F#         E/G#  
E|----5--5-----4--4----|-2---2-------4--4------| |
B|----5---6----5---5---|-5-----5-----5----5----| |
G|----6----7---4----6--|-2-------2---4-----6--| :|| x2
D|----7--------6-------|-4-----------6---------| |
A|---------------------|-----------------------| |
E|---------------------|-----------------------| |
   die...

[Chorus]
 A               Bm            D             E       
E|--------------|------------|--------------|------------|
B|--------------|---------0--|--------------|---------0--|
G|--------------|-------1----|--------------|-------1----|
D|-------0--4---|-0-0-2------|---------0-4--|-0-0-2------|
A|-0-0-2--------|------------|---0-0-2------|------------|
E|--------------|------------|--------------|------------|
  I listened and I heard music in a word
  And words when you played your guitar

 Bm              C#m          E             F#m            
E|-------------|-------------|--0--0-------|--2-2--------|
B|----------2--|----------4--|--0----0-----|--2---2------|
G|--------3----|--------4----|--1------1---|--2-----4----|
D|------4------|------6------|--2----------|--4----------|
A|---2---------|---4---------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering And a... 


     E         Esus4    E7        Esus4 E
E|---4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-|-5-5--4--|
B|---5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5--5--|
G|---4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|-7-7-7-7-|-4-4--4--|
D|-----------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-----------|---------|---------|---------|
E|-----------|---------|---------|---------|
 child flew past me    riding in a star
                                               
    Bsus4     B                 E        Esus4     E7alt  Esus4
E|----------------------------|-0-------|-0-------|-0-----0---|
B|---5-5-5-5--4---------------|-0-------|-5-------|-5-----5---|
G|---4-4-4-4--4---------------|-1-|-|-|-|-2-|-|-|-|-4-----2---|
D|---4-4-4-4--4---------------|-2-------|-0-------|-0-----0---|
A|----------------------------|-2-------|-4-------|-5-----4---|
E|----------------------------|---------|-0-------|-0-----0---|
As people assemble Civilization is trying to find | new way to die

    F#m          Esus4   E
E|---2----------|---------------------|
B|---2----------|--7-----6------------|
G|---2----------|--6-----6------------|
D|---4----------|--6-----6------------|
A|---4----------|--4-----4------------|
E|---2----------|---------------------|
But killing is really merely scene changer
                        
   F#m                 Bm/D          F#m       Bm/D   F#m
E|--2----------------|--2------------2------|--2-2------2-2----|
B|--2----------------|--3------------2------|--3---3----2---2--|
G|--2----------------|--4------------2------|--4----4---4----2-|
D|--4----------------|--0------------4------|--0--------4------|
A|--4----------------|---------------4------|-----------4------|
E|-------------------|----------------------|------------------|
  All men are bored with other men's lives

[Chorus]
   A              Bm           D             E                    
E|--------------|------------|--------------|------------|
B|--------------|---------0--|--------------|---------0--|
G|--------------|-------1----|--------------|-------1----|
D|-------0--4---|-0-0-2------|---------0-4--|-0-0-2------|
A|-0-0-2--------|------------|---0-0-2------|------------|
E|--------------|------------|--------------|------------|
 I listened and I heard music in a word
 And words when you played your guitar

 Bm              C#m         E              F#m
E|------------|------------|-0--0---------|--2-2---------|
B|---------2--|----------4-|-1----1-------|--2---2-------|
G|-------3----|--------4---|-2------2-----|--2-----2-----|
D|-----4------|-----6------|--------------|--4-----------|
A|---2--------|--4---------|--------------|--------------|
E|------------|------------|--------------|--------------|
 The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering And a
                                      
     E            Esus4         E7alt    Esus4 E
E|---4-4-4-4------|-5-5-5-5----|-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-4-4-|
B|---5-5-5-5------|-5-5-5-5----|-5-5-5-7-|-5-5-5-5-|
G|---4-4-4-4------|-4-4-4-4----|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|
D|----------------|------------|---------|---------|
A|----------------|------------|---------|---------|
E|----------------|------------|---------|---------|
 child flew past me riding in a star

[Break]
 F#m         F#m              F#m          F#m
E|----------|-----------------|----------|------------------| |
B|----------|-----------------|----------|------------------| |
G|----------|-----------------|----------|-----------------| :||  x2
D|-------4--|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-------4--|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| |
A|----------|-----------------|----------|------------------| |
E|--2-2-----|-----------------|-2-2------|------------------| |

      F#m       A      Dmaj7        G/A
E|----2-----|-------|----2------|---0--------| |
B|----2-----|---2---|----2------|---0--------| |
G|----2-----|---2---|----2------|---1-------| :|| x4
D|----4-----|---2---|----0------|---2--------| |
A|----4-----|---0---|-----------|---2--------| |
E|----2-----|-------|-----------|---2--------| |
 We all know success when we all find our own dream
 And our love is enough to knock down any wall
 And the future's been seen as men try to realize
 The simple secret of the note.... in us all........In us all.
     
[Solo]
      F#m       A     Dmaj7/F#      G/A 
E|----2-----|-------|----2------|----0--------| |
B|----2-----|---2---|----2------|----0--------| |
G|----2-----|---2---|----2------|----1-------| :|| x2
D|----4-----|---2---|----0------|----2--------| |
A|----4-----|---0---|-----------|----2--------| |
E|----2-----|-------|----2------|----2--------| |


[Chorus]
 A               Bm            D             E       
E|--------------|------------|--------------|------------|
B|--------------|---------0--|--------------|---------0--|
G|--------------|-------1----|--------------|-------1----|
D|-------0--4---|-0-0-2------|---------0-4--|-0-0-2------|
A|-0-0-2--------|------------|---0-0-2------|------------|
E|--------------|------------|--------------|------------|
  I listened and I heard music in a word
  And words when you played your guitar

 Bm              C#m          E             F#m            
E|-------------|-------------|--0--0-------|--2-2--------|
B|----------2--|----------4--|--0----0-----|--2---2------|
G|--------3----|--------4----|--1------1---|--2-----4----|
D|------4------|------6------|--2----------|--4----------|
A|---2---------|---4---------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering And a... 

     E               Esus4    E7        Esus4 E
E|---4-4-4-4-------|-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-|-5-5--4-4-|
B|---5-5-5-5-------|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5--5-5-|
G|---4-4-4-4-------|-4-4-4-4-|-7-7-7-7-|-4-4--4-4-|
D|-----------------|---------|---------|----------|
A|-----------------|---------|---------|----------|
E|-----------------|---------|---------|----------|
  child flew past me riding in a star

    Bsus4     B                 E        Esus4     E7alt  Esus4
E|----------------------------|-0-------|-0-------|-0-----0---|
B|---5-5-5-5--4---------------|-0-------|-5-------|-5-----5---|
G|---4-4-4-4--4---------------|-1-|-|-|-|-2-|-|-|-|-4-----2---|
D|---4-4-4-4--4---------------|-2-------|-0-------|-0-----0---|
A|----------------------------|-2-------|-4-------|-5-----4---|
E|----------------------------|---------|-0-------|-0-----0---|
Today is the day the sound curdles mountains
Flowing and blowing each man in its wake

    F#m          Esus4   E
E|---2----------|---------------------|
B|---2----------|--7-----6------------|
G|---2----------|--6-----6------------|
D|---4----------|--6-----6------------|
A|---4----------|--4-----4------------|
E|---2----------|---------------------|
 Destroying itself in the end with vibration There's 
                        
   F#m                 Bm/D          F#m       Bm/D   F#m
E|--2----------------|--2------------2------|--2-2------2-2----|
B|--2----------------|--3------------2------|--3---3----2---2--|
G|--2----------------|--4------------2------|--4----4---4----2-|
D|--4----------------|--0------------4------|--0--------4------|
A|--4----------------|---------------4------|-----------4------|
E|-------------------|----------------------|------------------|
  nothing on earth it's challenge can take.....

 (spoken) NC
 Excepting one note.....

     A             NC             NC           NC
E|--------------|-------------|-----------|----------------|
B|--------------|-------------|-----------|----------------|
G|--------------|-------------|-----------|----------------|
D|--------------|-------------|-----------|----------------|
A|---0----------|--0----------|--0--------|--0-------------|
E|--------------|-------------|-----------|----------------|
 A pedal............................................

       A        E/G#        D/F#     E/G#
e||----5--5-----4--4----|-2---2-------4--4------||
B||----5---6----5---5---|-5-----5-----5----5----||
G||----6----7---4----6--|-2-------2---4-----6--:|| x4
D||----7--------6-------|-4-----------6---------||
A||---------------------|-----------------------||
E||---------------------|-----------------------||
   Excepting one note pure and easy
   Playing so free like breath rippling by

       A        E/G#        D/F#     E/G#
e||----5--5-----4--4----|-2---2-------4--4------||
B||----5---6----5---5---|-5-----5-----5----5----||
G||----6----7---4----6--|-2-------2---4-----6--:|| x5
D||----7--------6-------|-4-----------6---------||
A||---------------------|-----------------------||
E||---------------------|-----------------------||          
   Excepting one note         
   Excepting one note ..............    

     A                          D/F#     Dsus2/F#     
E|---5-5-------|---5-5-------|---5--5------0--0-----| |
B|---5---6-----|---5---6-----|---3----3----3---3----| |
G|---6-----7---|---6-----7---|---2------2--2-----2-| :||
D|---7---------|---7---------|---4---------4--------| |
A|---0---------|---0---------|----------------------| |
E|-------------|-------------|----------------------| |
                                 ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh
 
     D/F#     Dsus2/F#     
e||---5--5------0--0-----||
B||---3----3----3---3----||
G||---2------2--2-----2-:|| x4
D||---4---------4--------||
A||----------------------||
E||----------------------||
            
E|---5------------| |-----------------||
B|---5------------| |--10-10----------||
G|---2-----------| :||--9---9---------:||
D|---2------------| |--7---7-7-7-7-7--||
A|---0--0-0-0-0---| |--0---0-0-0-0-0--||
E|----------------| |-----------------||
  Ohhh...

(lightly strum)
                    
E|---5---5--------------------| |
B|---5---5--------3-----3--3--| |
G|---2---2---0--0-2--2--0--0--| | x4
D|---2---2---0--0-2--2--4--4--| |
A|---0---0---2--2-0--0--0--0--| |
E|-----------3--3-------------| |

[Outro] Strident

    A         G/A Dsu2/A(no5)D/A           
E|--------------0-----0------2--2-----| |
B|---2---2------3-----3------3--3-----| |
G|---2---2------0-----0------2--2----| :|| x infinity(fade)
D|---2---2------5-----4------0--0-----| |
A|---0---0------0-----0---------------| |
E|---------3^---5------------------3^-| |
 Listen.....
 There once was a note... listen...Pure and easy


{Legend]
T - Thumb
^ - half bend
| - strum stroke
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