{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":87093,"song":"Slit Skirts","artist":"Pete Townshend","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11550364-slit-skirts-chords-by-pete-townshend/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/87093?type=chord","rating":4.36438,"votes":9,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n\r\n\r\nSLIT SKIRTS\r\nINTRO:\r\nBbm / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / ||\r\nVERSE I:\r\nI was just thirty-four years old and I was still\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nWandering in a haze[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Absus4[/ch]                 [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nI was wondering why everyone I met seemed like they were[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#sus4[/ch]                             [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nLost in a maze[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebsus4[/ch]          [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI don't know why I thought I should have some kind of[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nDivine right to the blues[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Absus4[/ch]                    [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nIt's sympathy not tears people need when they're the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#sus4[/ch]                             [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nFront Page sad news.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebsus4[/ch]         [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nThe incense burned away and the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch](add2)\r\nStench began to rise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd lovers now estranged avoided[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch](add2)\r\nCatching each others' eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebmaj7[/ch]\r\nPRE-CHORUS I:[/tab]\r\nAnd girls who lost their children cursed the\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nMen who fit the coil[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch]           [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd men not fit for marriage took their[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch]               [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nRefuge in the oil[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch]         [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nNo-one respects the flame quite like the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gmaj7[/ch]               [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nFool who's badly burned[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gmaj7[/ch]            [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\n>From all this you'd imagine that there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gmaj7[/ch]                [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nMust be something learned . . .[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C11[/ch]\r\nCHORUS I[/tab]\r\nSlit skirts, Jeanie isn't wearing those\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nSlit skirts, and I don't ever wear no[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch](add2)\r\nRipped shirts, can't pretend that growing older[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nNever hurts.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch](add2)\r\nKnee-pants, Jeanie never wears those[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nKnee-pants, have to be so drunk to try a[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch](add2)\r\nNew dance, so afraid of every little[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nRomance . . .[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch](add2)\r\nSlit skirts, slit skirts, Jeanie isn't wearing those[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSlit skirts, slit skirts, she wouldn't dare in those[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSlit skirts, slit skirts, wouldn't be seen dead in those[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nSlit skirts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C11[/ch]\r\nRomance, romance, why aren't we thinking up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nRomance?  Why can't we drink it up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTrue-heart romance, just need a brief new little[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nRomance . . .[/tab]\r\n[ch]C11[/ch]\r\n\r\nVERSE II\r\n\r\nLet me tell you some more about myself, you know I'm sitting at home\r\njust now.\r\nThe big events of the day have passed and the late TV shows have come\r\non.\r\nI'm number one on the home team, but I still feel unfulfilled. A\r\nsilent voice\r\nin a broken heart complains that I'm unskilled. And I know that when\r\nshe\r\nthinks of me, she thinks of me as him, but unlike me she don't workout\r\nher\r\nfrustrations in the gym.\r\n\r\nRecriminations fester and the past can never change, a woman's\r\nexpectations\r\nrun from both ends of the range.\r\n\r\nOnce she walked with untamed lovers face between her legs,\r\nNow he's cooled and stifled and it's she who has to beg...\r\n\r\n\r\n[Repeat VERSE I, PRE-CHORUS I & CHORUS I]\r\n\r\n\r\nFADE\r\n[Repeat last four lines of CHORUS I]\r","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n\n\nSLIT SKIRTS\nINTRO:\nBbm / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / ||\nVERSE I:\nI was just thirty-four years old and I was still\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd girls who lost their children cursed the\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSlit skirts, Jeanie isn't wearing those\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC11\n\nVERSE II\n\nLet me tell you some more about myself, you know I'm sitting at home\njust now.\nThe big events of the day have passed and the late TV shows have come\non.\nI'm number one on the home team, but I still feel unfulfilled. A\nsilent voice\nin a broken heart complains that I'm unskilled. And I know that when\nshe\nthinks of me, she thinks of me as him, but unlike me she don't workout\nher\nfrustrations in the gym.\n\nRecriminations fester and the past can never change, a woman's\nexpectations\nrun from both ends of the range.\n\nOnce she walked with untamed lovers face between her legs,\nNow he's cooled and stifled and it's she who has to beg...\n\n\n[Repeat VERSE I, PRE-CHORUS I & CHORUS I]\n\n\nFADE\n[Repeat last four lines of CHORUS I]","chords":["Bbm","Absus4","Ab","F#sus4","F#","Ebsus4","Eb","Bb","Ebmaj7","Fmaj7","Cmaj7","Gmaj7","Dmaj7","C11","C","F","Am7","D","Bm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,2,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"Gmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,2]}}}