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Subject: TAB:"My Wife" by The Who
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 96 22:00:01 -0500
From: Andy Dennis 

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"MY WIFE"  words and music by John Entwistle From The Who's 1971 recording,
"Who's Next" TAB by Andy Dennis

Intro: 
       B5          B5 A5
G-----4-------------4---2----------
D-----4-------------4---2----------
A-----2-------------2---0-----------

The first 'B' chord is strummed on the guitar, but if you are mimicking the
horn part on the guitar, it is held for a full count.

The chords for the rest of the song are:
B(5)      D(5)     Evii     C#(5)    G     E     F#    C(5)       A(5)      
 x           x          x         x       x      0     x        x          
x
(4)         (7)        (9)       (6)      x      0     x       (5)         
(2)
 4           7          9         6       4      1     3        5          
2
 4           7          9         6       5      2     4        5          
2
 2           5          7         4       5      2     4        3          
0 
 x           x          x         x       3      0     2        x          
x

I use these chords, which I believe Pete uses, too.....he might use a few
open variations (G, C, and D), but I don't think he does.

First Verse:

B(5)                D(5)
My life is in jeopardy
D(5)                                             Evii
Murdered in cold blood is what I'm gonna be
D(5)                                                   Evii
I ain't been home since friday night and now my wife
Evii                B(5)
Is coming after me
C#(5)
Give me police protection
           G                                       E         
Gonna buy a gun so I can look after number one
        G                                       C(5)                      E
(vii)
Give me a bodyguard, a blackbelt judo expert with a machine gun.

Second verse...same as the first......

Third verse:
E                           F#(5)         
All I did was have a bit too much to drink
         B(5)                          E
And I picked the wrong precinct
      E
Got picked up by the law
       F#(5)                        B(5) 
And now I ain't got time to think.......

Fourth verse....same as the third......

The intro is also used as a filler between the verses......

B     BA

That's all.......

Here are the lyrics......

My life is in jeopardy
Murdered in cold blood is what I'm gonna be
I ain't been home since friday night and now my wife
Is coming after me
Give me police protection
Gonna buy a gun so I can look after number one
Give me a bodyguard, a blackbelt judo expert with a machine gun.

Gonna buy a tank and an aeroplane
When she catches up with me 
Won't be no time to explain
She thinks I've been with another woman
And that's enough...to send her half insane
Gonna buy a fast car,
Put on my lead boots,
And take a long, long drive.....
I May end up spendin' all my money
But I'll still be alive.......

All I did was have a bit too much to drink
And I picked the wrong precinct
Got picked up by the law
And now I ain't got time to think......

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!

ENJOY!!!