A Quick One While He's Away

A Quick One While He's Away (studio version)
>From A Quick One/Happy Jack, 1966/1967
Written by Pete Townshend ©1967 TRO-Essex Music, Inc.

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D       xx0232                    Fsus4/C 1(3)3311
G/D     xx0433                    Cadd2   x30010
D7      xx0535                    G6sus4  3x2010
G       3x0003 and 3x0033         A7sus4  x02233
C/G     3x2013                    D/A     x002xx
G7      xx3033                    D/C     x302xx
A6      x02222                    D5      xx0235
Bm7     x24232 and 7x7777         G5      3x00xx
Gadd9/B 3x0233                    A5      x022xx
Am      x02210

[Her Man's Been Gone]

Her man's been gone for nearly a year
He was due home yesterday but he ain't here
Her man's been gone for nigh on a year
He was due home yesterday but he ain't here

[Crying Town]

[Intro]

   D       G/D    D7     G/D     D       G/D     D7       2
||-----2-----3---|--5-----3-----|----2-----3----|5-------||
||------------3--|----3-----3---|------------3--|3-------||
||.--2----/4---4/|5-----5-----4-|--2----/4----4/|5------.||
||.0----0--------|-------0------|0----0---------|0------.||
||---------------|--------------|---------------|--------||
||---------------|--------------|---------------|--------||

|D         G/D        |D7          G/D    
||   |D     G/D | D7  G/D | 

 Down your street your crying is a well-known sound
|D              G/D      |D7     G/D      
||      |D    G/D | D7    | 

 Your street is very well-known, throughout your town
|G            C/G |G7     C/G           |
||G    C/G  |G7   C/G | 

 Your town is very famous for the little girl
     |D      G/D      |D7      G/D      |
 |D     G/D | D7  G/D | 

                                                                 2
||:D       G/D    | D7       G/D    | D       G/D   | D7   G/D :||
   Ooh ooh ooh  ooh ooh  ooh ooh ooh  Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

[We Have A Remedy]

   A (Asus2)(Asus4) etc.
||-------------0----|--------0-0---||
||---2-0-2-3-0-2----|--0-3-0-2-2---||
||.--2-2-2-2-2-2----|--2-2-2-2-2--.||
||.--2-2-2-2-2-2----|--2-2-2-2-2--.||
||-0-------------(0)|0-------------||
||------------------|--------------||

|A                   A|A                | 

   Fa la la la la la     Fa la la la la
   Fa la la la la la     Fa la la la la

|A6                A|A6                  | 

   We have a remedy    you'll appreciate,
|A                     A|A               | 

   No need to be so sad,   he's only late
|D                                    D|D        
||           | 

   We'll bring you flowers and things,    help pass your time
|D                             | 

   We'll give him eagle's wings
|D                   |A   Asus4 |Asus2  
||A |E     Esus4 |E7 

   Then he can fly to you
|--------------------|----------|---------|---4--5-----|7-----| 
|--------------------|-2---3----|0------2-|----5---5---|5-----| 
|--------------------|--2---2---|2------2-|-/4-------6-|7-----| 
|--------------------|----2--2--|2------2-|------------|------| 
|--------------------|0--------0|-------0-|------------|------| 
|--------------------|----------|--------0|0-----------|------| 

|E                  EE|E                | 

   Fa la la la la la     Fa la la la la
|A                  AA|A                | 

   Fa la la la la la     Fa la la la la
   Fa la la la la la     Fa la la la la

|E   Esus4 |E         | D    Dsus4 
||| D        | 

 La
|-4--5-5---|-4--5---4-|---2--3-2---|-3-2--3-2-| 
|--5-5-5---|--5-5-5---|---3--3-3---|-3-3--3-3-| 
|4---4-4---|4---4-----|-2-2--2-2---|-2-2----2-| 
|----------|----------|-0-0--0-0---|-----0----| 
|----------|----------|------------|----------| 
|----------|----------|------------|----------| 

||:A                  AA|A                      AA:||4
     We have a remedy      Fa la la la la la la

[spoken]

A
  We have a remedy. We have!
E                     D
  Little girl (guide), why don't you stop your crying?
Asus4                   A
I'm gonna make you feel all right


[Ivor The Engine Driver]

   E                2
||------------------||
||------------------||
||.----------------.||
||.--2---2---2---2-.||
||-----2-------2----||
||-0-------0--------||

|        E           |B       D              |E                 |
           My name is Ivor,     I'm an engine driver

|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------| 
|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------| 
|--------------------|--4---4---7--------7---|------------------| 
|--2---2---2-------2-|----4------------7-----|---2---2----2---2-| 
|----2--------2------|2------/5--------------|-----2--------2---| 
|0-------0-----------|-----------------------|0--------0--------| 

|E                      |B       D           |
||E              

              I know him well,     I know why you feel blue 
|-----------------------|--------------------|-------------- 
|-----------------------|--------------------|-------------- 
|-----------------------|--4---4---7------7--|---9--------9- 
|--2------2---2------2--|----4-------7-------|--------9----- 
|----2----------2-------|2------/5-----------|7------------- 
|0----------0-----------|--------------------|-------------- 

E                 |B       D                 |E
  Just 'cause he's late      don't mean he'll never get through

------------------|--------------------------|------0-----------0-0- 
------------------|--------------------------|------0-----------0-0- 
--9-----------9---|--4---4---7----------7----|------1-----------2-1- 
-------9----------|----4-----------7---------|------2-----------2-2- 
7-----------------|2------/5-----------------|------2-----------2-2- 
------------------|--------------------------|0--------------------- 

  |A                                |E                  
 |  

He told me he loves you, he ain't no liar, I ain't either
  |B                        |D          E       
 |E Esus4 |E     |E 

So let's have a smile for an old engine driver
  |B                        |D          E       
 |E Esus4 |E     |E  

So let's have a smile for an old engine driver

Please take a sweet (take a sweet)
Come take a walk with me (take a walk with me)
We'll sort it out (sort it out)
Back at my place (back at my place, maybe)

It'll come right, you ain't no fool, I ain't either
So why not be nice to an old engine driver?
Better be nice to an old engine driver
Better be nice to an old engine driver


[Soon Be Home]

   C                   Dm7
||------------------||------------------||
||------------------||------------------||
||.--0-2-0---0-2-0-.||.--0-2-0---0-2-0-.||
||.----------------.||.0-------0-------.||
||-3-------3--------||------------------||
||------------------||------------------||

   ||:C      |           |       |
We'll soon be home, we'll soon be home

     |Dm7        |                   |C      |        :|
 || 

We'll soon, we'll soon, soon, soon be home        We'll

Come on, old horse

Soon be home, soon be home
We'll soon, soon, soon be home

We'll soon, we'll soon, soon, soon be home


[You Are Forgiven]

|D    |A    |C    |Gadd9/B|F    |
||Fsus4/C|Esus4|A 

 Dang, dang, dang, dang,   dang, dang,   dang, dang

|D    |Asus4   |D    |Asus4  A | 

||:D                          |Asus4         A           :||4
   Cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello

         |D       DDD|Asus4 A           |
 |D         DDD|Asus4   

I can't believe it          Do my eyes deceive me?
A           |D         DDD|Asus4 A            |D        D D Dsus4 |D |
Am I back in your arms?          Away from all harm?

           |Cadd2      |         |D  D  D/A D/C D D/C| D D   

It's like a dream to be with you again
           |-----------|---------|2--2---------------|-2-2------ 
           |1-111-1111-|1111-1111|3--3---------------|-3-3------ 
           |0-000-0000-|0000-0000|2--2----------2----|-2-2------ 
           |0-000-0000-|0000-0000|0--0--0---0---0-0--|-0-0------ 
           |3-333-3333-|3333-3333|------0---3-----3--|---------- 
           |-----------|---------|-------------------|---------- 

            [palm mute           ]


       |Cadd2         |         |D  D   D/A D/C D D/C| D D     

Can't believe that I'm with you again

|D   D       D/A D/C D  D/C 
|||D   D        | 

 Mow mow     ma--mow-ma-mow  mow mow

|D5 [palm mute]| Dsus4 [palm mute] |

 |D               |Asus4  A    |D         
 |      |Asus4    A 

I missed you and I must admit I kissed a few and once did sit
  |Cadd2          |G6sus4          |Cadd2         |G       |D       
 |DD| 

On Ivor the Engine Driver's lap and later with him,   had a nap

||:G  A7sus4 |D     DD:||4


                                         [repeat w/ below fills]

|G5      A5    |D           ||:G5     
||A5    |D             :|| 

     You are forgiven             You are forgiven
                  (you are for-giv----en)        (you are for-)

[fills]

| G       A      | D        || G      A     |D        ||
                                          ...baby

|----------------|----------||--------------|---------|| 
|---12------14---|---15~----||--------------|3---*----|| 
|-----12------14-|----------||.-------------|2-------.|| 
|/12-----/14-----|-0--------||.-------------|0-------.|| 
|----------------|----------||---2-5----4-7-|---------|| 
|----------------|----------||/3-----/5-----|---------|| 

                                               [*toggle pickup 
selector]

|G             Asus4 A |D D 
||DCDC|G G   A   A | 

                 [pause]           You are for-
   (You are forgiv------e........n)

||:D             |G G   A   A  :||
  -given            You are for-
      (You are forgiv---e...n)

|D              ||:G5       A5      |D    
||    D         :|| 

-given forgiven Forgiven Forgiven Forgiven Forgiven For-
       (you are forgiv------en)            (you are forgiv-

[end]                    [spoken] 
|G G A    A        |D              
||           |A  D 

     Know you're forgiven
                          You're all forgiven

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• A
• A5
• A6

  4
• A7sus4
• Asus2
• Asus4
• B
• C
• C/G
• D
• D/A
• D/C
• D7
• Dm7

  5
• Dsus4
• E
• E7
• Esus4
• F
• Fsus4/C

  3
• G
• G/D
• G5
• G7
• Gadd9/B

  5