The Who - A Legal Matter Tab

  THE WHO - A LEGAL MATTER (Townsend) Released as a single on
            11th March 1966 with INSTANT PARTY as the B side.


I told you why I changed my mind
I got bored by playing with time
I know you thought you had me nailed
But I've freed my head from your garden rails

Now it's a legal matter, baby
You got me on the run
It's a legal matter, baby
A legal matter from now on

My mind's lost in a household fog
Wedding gowns and catalogs
Kitchen furnishings and houses
Maternity clothes and baby's trousers

Now it's a legal matter, baby
Marryin's no fun
It's a legal matter, baby
A legal matter from now on

I told you why I changed my mind
I got bored by playing with time
I know you thought you had me nailed
Well, I've freed my head from your garden rails

Now it's a legal matter, baby
You got me on the run
It's a legal matter, baby
A legal matter from now on

You ain't the first and you ain't the last
I gain and lose my women fast
I never want to make them cry
I just get bored, don't ask me why

Just wanna keep doing all the dirty little things I do
And not work all day in an office just to bring my money back to you
Sorry, baby


  
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  told    you     why     I       changed my mind

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  I       got     bored   by      playing with    time

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  know    you     thought you     had     me      nailed

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                                                      But I've

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  freed   my  head    from your   garden          rails

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                                                  It's    a

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  legal           matter,     baby                             you

   D               E               A

  
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  got     me      on      the run                              a

   D               E               A

  
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  legal           matter,     baby                             A

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  legal                           matter      from    now

  E

  
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  on


  
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  My      mind's  lost    in  a   household       fog

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  Wedding     gowns       and     catalogs

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  Kitchen         furnishings             and     houses

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                                                               Ma..

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 .ternity         clothes and     baby's          trousers

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                                                  It's    a

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  legal           matter,     baby                             you

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  got     me      on      the run                              a

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  legal           matter,     baby                             A

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  legal                           matter      from    now

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  on

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  told    you     why     I       changed my mind

          A

  
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  I       got     bored   by      playing with    time

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  know    you     thought you     had     me      nailed

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                                                      But I've

                                  D               E

  
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  freed   my  head    from your   garden          rails

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                                          Now     it's    a

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  legal           matter,     baby                             you

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  got     me      on      the run                              a

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0       0           0   0      
  
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  legal           matter,     baby                             A

  D

  
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  legal                           matter      from    now

  E

  
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  on


  
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                                                               You

  A                               D               E

  
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3               0       0      
  
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  ain't   the first       and you ain't   the last              I

  A                               D               E

  
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2       2       1       1      
  
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  gain    and     lose    my      women       fast             I

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2       2       0       0      
  
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3       3       0       0      
  
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2       2       1       1      
  
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2       2       2   2   2      
0       0       2       2      
  
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                2       2      
  
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                0       0      
  never       want        to make    them         cry          I

  A                               D               E

  
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0       0           0   0      
2       2       0       0      
  
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2       2           2   2      
3       3       0       0      
  
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2       2           2   2      
2       2       1       1      
  
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2       2           2   2      
0       0       2       2      
  
A
0       0           0   0      
                2       2      
  
E
                               
                0       0      
  just    get bored,      don't ask   me      why

  D

  
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2       2   2   2   2   2   2  
  
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3       3   3   3   3   3   3  
3       3   3   3   3   3   3  
  
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2       2   2   2   2   2   2  
2       2   2   2   2   2   2  
  
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0       0   0   0   0   0   0  
0       0   0   0   0   0   0  
  
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                             Just wanna   keep   doing    all the


  
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2       2   2   2   2   2      
  
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2       2   2   2   2   2   2  
2       2   2   2   2   2      
  
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  dirty   little  things  I       do

  E

  
e
0       0   0   0   0   0   0  
0       0   0   0   0   0   0  
  
B
0       0   0   0   0   0   0  
0       0   0   0   0   0   0  
  
G
1       1   1   1   1   1   1  
1       1   1   1   1   1   1  
  
D
2       2   2   2   2   2   2  
2       2   2   2   2   2   2  
  
A
2       2   2   2   2   2   2  
2       2   2   2   2   2   2  
  
E
0       0   0   0   0   0   0  
0       0   0   0   0   0   0  
          Not     work all        day in  an  office      just to


  
e
0       0   0   0   0   0      
0       0   0   0   0   0      
  
B
0       0   0   0   0   0      
0       0   0   0   0   0      
  
G
1       1   1   1   1   1      
1       1   1   1   1   1      
  
D
2       2   2   2   2   2      
2       2   2   2   2   2      
  
A
2       2   2   2   2   2      
2       2   2   2   2   2      
  
E
0       0   0   0   0   0      
0       0   0   0   0   0      
  bring   my      money   back        to  you               Sorry,

  A                               G

  
e
0       0                      
3               3              
  
B
2       2                      
3               3              
  
G
2       2                      
0               0              
  
D
2       2                      
0               0              
  
A
0       0                      
2               2              
  
E
                               
3               3              
      baby

  A                                       G               A

  
e
0       0                      
        3               0      
  
B
2       2                      
        3               2      
  
G
2       2                      
        0               2      
  
D
2       2                      
        0               2      
  
A
0       0                      
        2               0      
  
E
                               
        3                      


  
e
5               3           5  
    5           3              
  
B
        5               5      
        5               5      
  
G
                               
                               
  
D
                               
                               
  
A
                               
                               
  
E
                               
                               


  
e
5               3           5  
    5           3              
  
B
        5               5      
        5               5      
  
G
                               
                               
  
D
                               
                               
  
A
                               
                               
  
E
                               
                               


  
e
5               3           5  
    5           3              
  
B
        5               5      
        5               5      
  
G
                               
                               
  
D
                               
                               
  
A
                               
                               
  
E
                               
                               
  .............................Fade..............................


  
e
5               3           5  
    5           3              
  
B
        5               5      
        5               5      
  
G
                               
                               
  
D
                               
                               
  
A
                               
                               
  
E
                               
                               
  ...............................................................

        B  Bend
        R  Release
        /  Slide up
        \  Slide down
        H  Hammer-on
        P  Pull-off
        ~  Vibrato
        +  Harmonic
        x  Mute note
        .  Play note like a dot in standard notation
        ^  Ties two notes together
        (. Pause