Love Ain't For Keeping (Pete Townshend)
The Who
Who's Next?
Intro (Notes aren't perfectly synchronized):
Guitar I
| 3 3 3 3 3 |
| 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 3 3 |
|Guitar II
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| /2 |
| 4 2 2 2 222 |
| 4 4 |
| 0 4 |
| 3 3 |
Chords:
G D
Layin' on my back
A
In the newly mown grass
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| 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| 2 4 4 4 4 |
| 0 2 4 |
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G D
Rain is coming down
A
But I know the clouds will pass
D
You bring me tears
D A
Say, the babes a-sleeping
C G
Lay down beside me
G A
Love ain't for keeping
| 3 3 2 2 |
| /5 5 5 3 3 |
| 2 2 2 2 |
| 2 4 4 |
| 4r2 0 0 0 0h4 |
| 2 |
G D
Black ash from the foundry
A
Hangs like a hood
G D
But the air is perfumed
A
By the burning firewood
D
The seeds are bursting
A
The spring is seeping
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| 15 15 14\12 1 |
| 12 14 0 |
| 14 2 |
| 3 |
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C
Lay down my darlin'
G A
Love ain't for keeping
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| /10 7 7 10 7 5 1 |
| 0 7 0 |
| 5 x 7 7 7 7 5 7 5 2 |
| 0 0 7 5 3 3 |
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C G
Lay down beside me
G A
Love ain't for keeping
Guitar Solo:
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| /10 7 7 10 7 5 |
| 0 7 |
| 5 x 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| 0 0 |
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| 12 12 12 9b10 |
| 12b14 12b14 12b14 14r12 10 10 10 10 10 12 10 10 |
| 11 11 11 11 11 |
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| 12 12 12 |
| 10 12b14 12b14 12b14 14r12 10 10 7r5 3 0 |
| 11 11 2 2 |
| 4 4 0 2 0 |
| 4 0 |
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| 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 9 7 5 |
| 3 /3 /3 5 5 5 5 10 7 5 |
| 2 9 7 6 |
| 0 7 5\ |
| 0 0 |
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C G
Lay down beside me
G A
Love ain't for keeping
| 5 x 5 0 |
| 5 x 5 x 2 1 |
| x 2 2 2 2 2 0 |
| 2 x 2 4 4 2 |
| 0 2b4 4 4 4 0 0 0h2h4 3 |
| 3 |
C
Lay down my darlin'
G A
Love ain't for keeping
Outro:
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| 6r4p2 2 2 2 |
| 4 2 2 2 2 2 |
| 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 |
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