Chord/Tab song: My Wife

by the Who
from Who's Next, 1971
written by John Entwistle

Original transcription by Andy Dennis

transcribed by
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B x2444x
A/B x2222x
C#m x4665x
G 3x0033
F# 244(3)xx
F#7 044xxx
Bb/C#m x4444x

(intro)

||: B | B A/B :||

[B]My life's in [G]jeopardy
[G]Murdered in cold blood is what I'm [E]gonna be
I [D]ain't been home since [Dsus4]Friday[D] night and [E]now my wife is comin' [B]after me

[C#m]Give me police protection,
Gonna [G]buy a gun so I can look after [E]number o[Esus4]ne[E]
[D]Give me a bodygua[Dsus4]rd, a bl[D]ack belt [G]Judo expert
With a [F#]machine gun.[(F#7][F][F#7][F)]

(repeat intro)

[B]Gonna buy a tank and an [G]aeroplane
When she [G]catches up with me won't be no [E]time to[Esus4] explain[E]
She [D]thinks I've bee[Dsus4]n with[D] another woman and [E]that's enough
To send her half [B]insane[B][A/B][B]

[C#m]Gonna buy a fast car, put [G]on my lead boots and take a [E]long, long[Esus4] drive[E]
D Dsus4 D G F#....
I may end up spending all my money, but I'll still be alive.

[E]All I did was have a [F#]bit too much to drink
And I [B]picked the wrong [C#m]precinct[C#m][B/C#m]
Got [E]picked up by the law and [F#]now I ain't got time to [B]think.

||: B | B A/B :||

(horn for guitar)


b|---12--10---|
g|---11--9----|


(repeat second verse)

And I'm oh, so tired of running
Gonna lay down on the floor
I gotta rest sometime
So I can get to run some more, yeah!

She's comin'
She's comin'


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