Athena The Who
<br/> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 00:37:14 -0400 (EDT)<br/> Subject: CRD: Athena by: Who<br/> <br/> Athena<br/> By The Who<br/> From It's Hard, 1982<br/> Written by Pete Townshend<br/> <br/> <br/> A5 x02255<br/> E/D xx0454 or xx0100 (bridge)<br/> G5 xx0033<br/> E xx6454<br/> Dii xx4232<br/> Dmaj9 xx0220 or xx0655 or xx09 10 9<br/> Dmaj7 xx0222 or xx0675 (F#m/D)<br/> D6 xx0202<br/> <br/> [intro] 2<br/> A5/|| A5 | (A5) A5/||<br/> <br/> [acoust] 2<br/> || G D G D G D G D | G D G D G D G D ||<br/> ||[elec] | ||<br/> G/|| G5 | (12fr harm.G&B) ||<br/> <br/> A5 E Dii E A5 E<br/> Athena, I had no idea how much I need her<br/> Dii E A5 E<br/> In peaceful times I hold her close and I feed her<br/> Dii E A E<br/> My heart starts palpitating when I think my guess was wrong<br/> Dii E<br/> But I think I'll get along<br/> <br/> G D G D...(as above)<br/> She's just a girl, she's a bomb<br/> <br/> Athena, all I ever want to do is please her<br/> My life has been so settled and she's the reason<br/> Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone<br/> But I think I'll get along<br/> <br/> She's just a girl, she's a bomb<br/> She's just a girl, she's a bomb<br/> <br/> E5<br/> <br/> A D E E/D<br/> Just a girl, just a girl<br/> A D E E/D<br/> Just a girl, just a girl<br/> A D E E/D<br/> Just a girl, just a girl<br/> A D<br/> She's just a girl<br/> <br/> Athena, my heart felt like a shattered glass in an acid bath<br/> I felt like one of those flattened ants you find on a crazy path<br/> I'd have topped myself to give her time, she didn't need to ask<br/> Was I a suicidal psychopath?<br/> <br/> She's just a girl, she's a bomb<br/> She's just a girl, she's a bomb<br/> <br/> Consumed, there was a beautiful white horse I saw on a dream stage<br/> He had a snake the size of a sewer pipe living in his ribcage<br/> And I felt like a pickled priest who was being flambed<br/> You've got me requisitioned blondie<br/> <br/> She's just a girl, she's a bomb<br/> She's just a girl, she's a bomb<br/> <br/> Just a girl...<br/> <br/> A/C# D<br/> She's just a girl...<br/> <br/> A5 | G | D | E/D |<br/> <br/> Dmaj9 D | Dmaj7 D | E/D D6 | E/D D6 |<br/> <br/> |Dmaj9 D | Dmaj7<br/> Look into the face of a child<br/> D | E/D D | E/D D |<br/> Measure how long you smiled before the memory claimed<br/> E/D D | E/D D|E/D D | E/D D |<br/> How long would children remain, how long could children remain?<br/> <br/> Athena, you picked me up by my lapel and screamed leave her.<br/> I felt like waking up in heaven on an empty meter<br/> And now you're stuck with a castrated leader<br/> And I hate the creep<br/> <br/> I didn't mean that....<br/> <br/> Athena, I had no idea how much I need her<br/> My life has been so settled and she's the reason<br/> Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone<br/> But I think I'll get along<br/> <br/> She's just a girl...<br/> [acoust] 2<br/> || G D G D G | G D G D G ||<br/> ||[elec] | ||<br/> G/|| G5------* | G5------* ||<br/> [note: elec. should sustain until *]<br/> <br/> <br/> A5<br/> </div> </div> <div class="breadcrumbs">
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