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Athena | guitar tab
By The Who
>From It's Hard, 1982
Written by Pete Townshend (c)1982 Eel Pie Publishing Ltd.
A5 x02255
E/D xx0454 or xx0100 (bridge)
G (3)x0033
D xx0232
E/A x06454
D/A x04232
Dmaj9 xx0650 and xx09 10 9
Dmaj7 xx0222 and xx0675 (F#m/D)
D6 xx0202
[intro] 2
A5/|| A5 | (A5) A5/||
[acoustic] x2
||:G D G D G D G D |G D G D G D G D:||
||[electric] | ||
G /||:G | G /:||
| 3 3 | 3 | 3 3 |
| 3 3 | 3 | 3 3 |
| 0 0 | .0 | <12>~ 0 0. |
| 0 0 | .0 | <12>~ 0 0. |
| | | |
| 3 3 | 3 | 3 3 |
[acoustic]
|A5 E/A |D/A E/A |A5 E/A
Athena, I had no idea how much I need her
[electric; palm mute]
| | |
| | |
| .9 9 9 9 9 9 | 9 9 9 9 9 9 . |
| . | . |
| 7 7 7 7 7 7 | 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| | |
|D/A E/A |A5 E/A
In peaceful times I hold her close and I feed her
|D/A E/A |A E/A
My heart starts palpitating when I think my guess was wrong
|D/A E/A
But I think I'll get along
[acoustic]
|G D G D G D G D |G D G D G D G D|
She's just a girl, she's a bomb
|[electric] | |
G/G|G | |
| 3 3 | 3 | |
| 3 3 | 3 | |
| 0 0 | 0 | <12>~ |
| 0 0 | 0 | <12>~ |
| | | |
| 3 3 | 3 | |
Athena, all I ever want to do is please her
My life has been so settled and she's the reason
Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone
But I think I'll get along
She's just a girl, she's a bomb
She's just a girl, she's a bomb
[chorus]
|E5 E/D ||A D |E E/D ||
Just a girl, just a girl--l (Just a)
| 0 | | |
| 0 | | |
| 9 9 9 9 | .14\ 7 6 7 | 7/9 9 9 9 9. |
| | . | . |
| 7 7 7 7 | 12\ 5 4 5 | 5/7 7 7 7 7 |
| 0 | | |
|A D |E
Just a girl, just a girl
E/D |A D |E
Just a girl, just a girl
E/D |A D |
She's just a girl
Athena, my heart felt like a shattered glass in an acid bath
I felt like one of those flattened ants you find on a crazy path
I'd have topped myself to give her time, she didn't need to ask
Was I a suicidal psychopath?
She's just a girl, she's a bomb
She's just a girl, she's a bomb
Consumed, there was a beautiful white horse I saw on a dream stage
He had a snake the size of a sewer pipe living in his ribcage
And I felt like a pickled priest who was being flambed
You've got me requisitioned, blondie
She's just a girl, she's a bomb
She's just a girl, she's a bomb
Just a girl...
|A/C# D |
She's just a girl...
|A5 |G |D |E/D |
[bridge]
[horn solo]
|Dmaj9 D |Dmaj7 D |E/D D6 |E/D D6 |
|Dmaj9 D |Dmaj7
Look into the face of a child
D |E/D D |E/D D |
Measure how long you smiled before the memory claimed
|E/D D |E/D D|E/D D |E/D D |
How long would children remain, how long could children remain?
Athena, you picked me up by my lapel and screamed "leave her."
I felt like waking up in heaven on an empty meter
And now you're stuck with a castrated leader
And I hate the creep
I didn't mean that....
Athena, I had no idea how much I need her
My life has been so settled and she's the reason
Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone
But I think I'll get along
[acoust] 2
||:G D G D G |G D G D G :||A5
She's just a girl She's a bomb (She's just a)
||[elec] | ||
G/||:G-------* |G-------* :||A5
[note: elec. should sustain until *]