Bell Boy by The Who
Key: EE | Capo: 1fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Intro; synth arr for acoustic]
//|E     C#m|D/E   A/E|E       A/E|D/E |
//|D#5      |             |              |    //|
|E     C#m|D/E   A/E|E       A/E|D/E |
|E       |             |              |      |
Verse; acoustic in]
||E               A/E  |D/E             A/C#|
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A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the 
|E        A/E |D/E           A/E|
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 Only soul in the world that's real
|E     A/E|D/E    A/E //|E         A/E|D/E    A/C#||
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But I see a face coming through the haze
I remember him from those crazy days, crazy days, crazy days
//|C#m7                  A        |C#m7           F#|
//|Cm7                            |             //|
     Ain't you the guy who used to set the paces
|C#m7                A  |C#m7          F#|
|C#m7                    |            //|
 Riding up in front of a hundred faces
|C#m7               A         |C#m7       F#  |
|C#m7                          |           //|
   I don't suppose you would remember me but
|C#m7                  A      |C#m7       F#|
|Cm7                          |[pick slide]
 I used to follow you back in '63
||:F#    D#m|E     A|B      C#|D    E :||[repeat through spoken]
||:F#    D#m|E     A|B      C#|D    E :||2
[spoken]
I've got a good job and I'm newly born
You should see me dressed up in my uniform
I work in an hotel, all gilt and flash
Remember the gap where the doors we smashed?
|B  F#7/A# B|                      |
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 Bell Boy,  I got to get running now
 Bell Boy,  Keep my lip buttoned down
 Bell Boy,  Carry this baggage out
 Bell Boy, Always running at someone's bleedin'
|F#7sus4  |B                 |E7sus4 |A6   |
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 Heel          You know how I feel
|Am6                           |Esus2     |        |        |       |
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     Always running at someone's heel
|F#maj7                  C#maj7       |D#        |
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    Some nights I still sleep on the beach, 
|F#maj7              C#maj7      |D#     |
|                              |      |
    Remember when stars were in reach
|Fii            Fmaj7ii   |F7ii    |
|                         |        |
    I wander in early to work
|Abii                                |E    Esus2|E   Esus2|E    |
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    Spend my day lickin' boots for my perks
[repeat Verse
A beach is a place where a man can feel
He's the only soul in the world that's real
But I see a face coming through the haze
I remember him from those crazy days, crazy days, crazy days, crazy days
Ain't you the guy who used to set the paces
Riding up in front of a hundred faces
I don't suppose you would remember me 
But I used to follow you back in '63
People often change but when I look in your eyes
You can learn a lot from a life like mine
The secret to me, it ain't flown up a flag
I carry it behind this bleeding little badge, what says:
Bell Boy, I gotta get running now
Bell Boy, Keep your lip buttoned down
Bell Boy, Carry the bloody baggage out
Bell Boy, Always running at someone's heel,
You know how I feel, always running at someone's heel