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Is It In My Head? By The Who >From Quadrophenia, 1973 Written by Pete Townshend ©1972 Fabulous Music Ltd.
============== transcribed by litgo@aol.com 04-03-1999 ==============
Note: acoustic tacit in chorus; I have supplied 'optional' voicings for one-guitar arrangements. Note 2: All leads are approximate.
Chord Gtr 1 (electric) Gtr 2 (acoustic; capo on 5) G 3x0003 (optional) xx5787 C/G 3x2013 (optional) (8)x5588 F (1)3321x x87565 C x3201x 8x5588 D xx0232 x577 10 10 (optional) A x022xx and x02255 577955 and 577655 (optional) Bb/C x3333x and x33366 6x8768 (optional) D(x) xxx 11 10 10 - D(xiv) xxx 14 15 14 - A(ix) xxx 9 10 9 - A(xii) xxx 14 14 12 -
< = volume swell () = harmonic ~ = vibrato
[intro] |G C/G |G C/G |G |-----------|---------------|---- |-----------|----------<12>-|<15- |-----------|-------<12>----|---- |-----------|----<12>-------|---- |-----------|---------------|---- |-----------|---------------|---- harm. vol. swell
|G C/G |G C/G | I see a man without a problem |G C/G |F C | I see a country always starved |------------------------|----------------| |------------------------|1---------1-----| |------------------------|2---------0-----| |------------------------|3---------2-----| |------------------------|3---------3-----| |------------------------|---------------3|
|G C/G |G C/G | I hear the music of a heartbeat |3----------------------|-----------------| |3----------------------|-----------------| |0----------------------|-------------<12>| |0----------------------|-----------<12>--| |-----------------------|-----------------| |3----------------------|-----------------|
|G C/G |F C | I walk and the people turn and laugh |--------------------------------|--------| |--------------------------------|1-----1-| |--------------------------------|2-----0-| |<12>----------------------------|3-----2-| |--------------------------------|3-----3-| |--------------------------------|--------|
[chorus; acoustic tacit] |D D(x) |D D(xiv) Is it in my head? Is it in my head? |--------------------10~--|2-----------------14~--| |3-------------------10~--|3-----------------15~--| |2-------------------11~--|2-----------------14~--| |0------------------------|0----------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------|
|D |A G D | Is it in my head here at the start? |--------2---------------------|-------5-------------------------| |--------3---------------------|-------5-------------------------| |2-------2---------------------|2------2--4^(6)\2-0------2-------| |0-------0---------------------|2------2-------------------------| |---------------------------3/-|0-------------------0h3h4--0h3h4-| |------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|A A(xii) |A A(ix) | Is it in my head? Is it in my head? |5-------------------12~----|--------5------------9-----| |5-------------------14~----|--------5------------10----| |2-------2-----------14~----|--------2------------9-----| |2-------2------------------|2--------------------------| |--------0------------------|0--------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------|
|A |C Bb/C |C Bb/C|C Bb/C |Bb/C | Is it in my head or in my heart? |---------------------------|-----------|-------|-----6------|-6-----| |---------------------------|------6----|---6---|-5---6------|-6-----| |2-------2------------------|5-----3----|5--3---|--5--3--3-3-|3------| |2-----2-2------------------|5-----3----|5--3---|---5-3---3-3|3------| |0-----0-0------------------|3-----3----|3--3---|3-----------|-------| |---------------------------|-----------|-------|------------|-------|
[repeat verse; acoustic in] |G C/G |G C/G | I pick up phones and hear my history |------------------------------|---------------<13-| |------------------------------|--------<13-<15----| |------------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------------|-------------------|
|G C/G |F C | I dream of all the calls I miss |<15--------------------------|-------------| |-----------------------------|1------1-----| |-----------------------------|2------0----0| |-----------------------------|3------2----0| |-----------------------------|3------3-----| |-----------------------------|------------3|
|G C/G |G C/G | I try to number those who love me |----------------------------|---------------------| |----------------------------|---------------------| |0---------------------------|---------<<12>----(7)| |0---------------------------|---------------(7)---| |----------------------------|---------------------| |3---------------------------|---------------------|
|G C/G |F C | And find exactly what the trouble is |-----------------------------------|-------------| |-----------------------------------|1------1-----| |-----------------------------------|2------0-----| |-----------------------------------|3------2-----| |-----------------------------------|3------3-----| |-----------------------------------|-------------|
[repeat chorus; acoustic out] Is it in my head? Is it in my head? Is it in my head here at the start? |-----5----9~-9\-----|--- |--------------------|--- |2--/6--/9----9\-6\4p|2-- |--------------------|--- |--------------------|--- |--------------------|--- Is it in my head? Is it in my head? Is it in my head or in my heart?
|C Bb/C |C Bb/C |C Bb/C | Bb/C | (heart?) |-------------|-----------|-----------------------8-|-8h10-10h12-----| |-------------|---5---6-6-|6h8p6-8-8-8h10p8--8-10---|------------8~--| |-------------|5----------|-------------------------|----------------| |----5----5/5-|-----------|-------------------------|----------------| |3------------|-----------|-------------------------|----------------| |-------------|-----------|-------------------------|----------------|
[acoustic in] |G C/G |G C/G | |--------------------------|------------15~--| |-------<12>---10-12-12h13p|12----12--15-----| |-----<12>-----------------|----12-----------| |---<12>-------------------|-----------------| |--------------------------|-----------------| |--------------------------|-----------------| harm.
[bridge; acoustic out] |Bb (Eb) F |Bb (Eb)F I feel I'm being followed My head is empty |-----------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-----------------------------10\8-6|--6--6----6----------10--10-10-| |---------8---7---------------------|--7--7----7----------10--10-10-| |8---8----------------------10------|8-8--8----8-------10-10--10-10-| |-------------------8--8------------|--------------8----------------| |-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|C F |C Yet every word I say turns out a sentence ---|8---8--8---8------8----8----|---8---8-------------| ---|8---8--8---8------8----8----|---8---8-------------| ---|9---9--9---9---9--9----9----|---9---9--10-9-------| ---|-------------10-10----------|---------------10---\| ---|----------------------------|---------------------| ---|----------------------------|---------------------|
|Bb (Eb) F |Bb (Eb) F Statements to a stranger just asking for directions |----------------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------------|-----------------------6-8-6-| |----------------------------------|--------------------/7-------| |8---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |------------------8---------6-----|---5-6-5---6h8---------------| |-------6-8-8-6--5---------8--8\---|6--------6-------------------|
[acoustic in] |C F |C | C C C| Turn from being help to being questions |-------8----8-----8\------8----|8-------8----|----------| |-------8----8-----8\------8----|8--------8-6-|-5--------| |-------9----9-----9\------9----|9------------|--5-------| |-------------------------------|-------------|----------| |-------------------------------|-------------|----------| |-------------------------------|-------------|----------|
[solo; verse pattern] |G C/G |G C/G |G C/G |F C | |--------------|--------------|----------|-------| |<12-----------|----0h1-3-0h1p|0---------|<1-<1--| |<12---\5-<5--<|5-------------|----------|<2-<0--| |--------------|--------------|----------|<3-<2--| |--------------|--------------|----------|<3-<3--| |--------------|--------------|----------|-------|
|G C/G |G C/G G C/G |F C | |----------------------|---3--------------|-------------|-------| |0---------------------|---3--------------|-------------|<1-<1--| |0---------------------|---0--------------|-------------|<2-<0--| |0----------0-2p0------|---0------0-2p0h2-|0------------|<3-<2--| |x------0h2-------2p0--|-------0h2--------|-------------|<3-<3--| |3----3----------------|3----3------------|-------------|-------|
|G C/G |G I see a man without a problem |-----------------------|------------- |-----------------------|3------------ |0----------------------|0------------ |0----------------------|0------------ |-----------------------|------------- |3----------------------|3------------
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