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Bargain  The Who

By The Who
>From Who's Next, 1971
Written by Pete Townshend
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transcribed by
litgo@aol.com
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Electric: Tune down 1/2 step (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Acoustic: Capo on 1 (standard tuning)
[cbords] (electric) (acoustic)
Bb7sus4 xx4252 x13141
Bb7 xx4242 x13131
Bb x244xx x13331 or 13366
Ab x022xx 4x1144
Eb 022400 x(1)1343 or xx1346
Dbadd9 xx0230 x43144
Eb6sus4 042200 xx1344
Gb 3x00xx x44322
[bridge chords; electric tacit (I've put them in
for single guitar arrg, e.g., Who's Missing)]
Eb xx2100 xx1343 (xx1346; second time)
Ebmaj7/D xx1100 x51343
Ebadd9/Db xx0100 x41341
Ebsus4/Ab x02200 4x1141 (Ab6)
Dbadd9 xx0230 x43141
[Fsus4] [244422] [133311]  
[F] [244322] [133211]  
[Note: Leads are approximate. Leads are transcribed for electric/Eb tuning;
chords symbols above leads are for acoustic/capo]
[Bb7sus4] [Bb7] [Bb7sus4] [Bb]  
 
 |-------------|----------|-------------|---------------------|
 |-------------|----------|-------------|---------------------|
 |-6-13---11-9-|-11-8---9-|-6-13---11-9-|-16------------------|
 |-------------|----------|-------------|---------------------|
 |-4-11---9--7-|-9--6---7-|-4-11---9--7-|-14------------------|
 |-------------|----------|-------------|---------------------|

[witb volume pedal for swells] 
I'd [Bb]glady lose me to find you[Ab] [Eb]
I'd [Bb]gladly give up all I had[Ab] [Eb]
To [Bb]find you, I'd suffer [Dbadd9]anything and be glad[Eb] [Eb6sus4]
 
 e|-0--0--0--0--0--0--|
 b|-12-10-9--7--5--3--|

I'll [Bb]pay any price just to get you[Ab] [Eb]
I'll [Bb]work all my life, and I will[Ab] [Eb]
To [Bb]win you I'd stand [Dbadd9]naked, stoned and stabbed[Eb] [Eb6sus4]
 
 |-0---0--0---0-----|
 |-0-2--3---2-0-----|
 |-1-2--4---2-1-----|
 |------------2-----|
 |------------------|
 |------------------|

I'd call that a [Gb]bargain, the [Ab]best I ever [Eb]had [Eb]
The best I ever had..........
[Bb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Ab] [Eb]  
 
 |-----------------------------|-------------------|
 |-----------------------------|-------------------|
 |-2-4--2-4--2-4---------7-----|-2-4--2-4--2---x-x-|
 |-2-4--2-4--2-4----4-6/9-9----|-2-4--2-4--2---x-x-|
 |-----2---2-----2/6---------2-|----2----2---------|
 |-----------------------------|-------------------|

I'd gladly lose me to find you
I'd gladly give up all I got
To catch you I'm gonna run and never stop
 
 e|----0-0-0---0---0---|
 b|-/5-5-7-9--10--10---|

I'd pay any price just to win you
Surrender my good life for bad
To find you I'm gonna drown an unsung man
 
 |-0--0---0-------|
 |-0--------3-/5--|
 |-1-2--/4--------|
 |----------------|
 |----------------|
 |----------------|

I'd call that a bargain, the best I ever had
The best I ever...
had............
[Bb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Ab] [Eb]  
 
 |--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
 |---7--7--7--7--7---7-7--7-----7-7-7---|-7--7-7--7-----------------|
 |---6^-6^-6^-6^-6---6-6--4/6/4-6-4-4---|-6^-6-4--4-------4----2----|
 |--------------------------------------|--------6--4/2---4-2--2----|
 |--------------------------------------|--------------4----2-------|
 |--------------------------------------|-------------------------0-|

[bridge] 
[Eb]I sit looking round[Ebmaj7/D],
I look at my face [Ebadd9/Db]in the mirror
 
 b|-10-9--5---------|

I know I'm worth [Ebsus4/Ab]nothing without you[Dbadd9]
 
 b|-5/7-----|

And like [Eb]one and one don't make two[Ebmaj7]
One and one make [Ebadd9/Db]one
 
 b|-10-9-14------------|

And I'm [Ebsus4/Ab]looking for that [Dbadd9]free ride to me, I'm looking for...
you.....
| Fsus4 F | Fsus4 Bb | Bb7sus4 | Bb7 |
[syntb riff arr. for guitar] 
| Bb7sus4 | Bb7 | Bb7sus4 | Bb7 |
 
 g|-6-/13---11-9-|-11-8---9-|-6-13---11-9-|/11---------|

| Bb7sus4 | Bb7 | Bb7sus4 | Bb |
 
 g|-6-/13---11-9-|-11-8---9-|-6-13---11-9-|-16---------|

I'd gladly lose me to find you
I'd gladly give up all I got
To catch you I'm gonna run and never stop
 
 |---0-------12-----------------|
 |---0----12-12-------9---9\----|
 |--------11^--11\--9-9-7-9\----|
 |------------------------------|
 |------------------------------|
 |-0----------------------------|

I'll pay any price just to win you
Surrender my good life for bad
To find you I'm gonna drown an unsung man
 
 |----0---0-0-----0-----0-|
 |-----/5-3-2--/5--\3-2---|
 |--------------------2---|
 |------------------------|
 |-2----------------------|
 |-0----------------------|

I call that a bargain, the best I ever had
The best I ever...
had.................
[Bb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Ab] [Eb]  
 
 |----7---7---7---------|---------------------------|
 |--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----4-|--4---4---4---4-2----------|
 |--6^--6^--6^--6^\-4-4-|--4---4---4---4-2--4-------|
 |-------------------6--|-6---6---6---6--2----------|
 |----------------------|---------------------2---0-|
 |----------------------|-----------------------0---|

[Bb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Ab] [Eb]  
 
 |-------------------------------------7-7-|-----------7\-----------|
 |--------------------------------7----7-7-|--7-7--7-7-7\-----------|
 |---------------7^------------7^-7--------|--7-8--7-8--------4-2---|
 |---------4-6/9---9-9/9--9/9/9--9----9----|-9----9-----------4-2---|
 |-2-2--2/6--------------------------------|--------------0-2-------|
 |-----------------------------------------|------------------------|

[repeat intro pattern] 
[repeat post-bridge syntb arr. for guitar pattern] 
[repeat intro pattern] 
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