From: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 00:37:14 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: CRD: Athena by: Who
Athena
By The Who
From It’s Hard, 1982
Written by Pete Townshend
A5 x02255
E/D xx0454 or xx0100 (bridge)
G5 xx0033
E xx6454
Dii xx4232
Dmaj9 xx0220 or xx0655 or xx09 10 9
Dmaj7 xx0222 or xx0675 (F#m/D)
D6 xx0202
[intro] 2
A5/|| A5 | (A5) A5/||
[acoust] 2
|| G D G D G D G D | G D G D G D G D ||
||[elec] | ||
G/|| G5 | (12fr harm.G&B) ||
A5 E Dii E A5 E
Athena, I had no idea how much I need her
Dii E A5 E
In peaceful times I hold her close and I feed her
Dii E A E
My heart starts palpitating when I think my guess was wrong
Dii E
But I think I’ll get along
G D G D…(as above)
She’s just a girl, she’s a bomb
Athena, all I ever want to do is please her
My life has been so settled and she’s the reason
Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone
But I think I’ll get along
She’s just a girl, she’s a bomb
She’s just a girl, she’s a bomb
E5
A D E E/D
Just a girl, just a girl
A D E E/D
Just a girl, just a girl
A D E E/D
Just a girl, just a girl
A D
She’s just a girl
Athena, my heart felt like a shattered glass in an acid bath
I felt like one of those flattened ants you find on a crazy path
I’d have topped myself to give her time, she didn’t need to ask
Was I a suicidal psychopath?
She’s just a girl, she’s a bomb
She’s just a girl, she’s a bomb
Consumed, there was a beautiful white horse I saw on a dream stage
He had a snake the size of a sewer pipe living in his ribcage
And I felt like a pickled priest who was being flambed
You’ve got me requisitioned blondie
She’s just a girl, she’s a bomb
She’s just a girl, she’s a bomb
Just a girl…
A/C# D
She’s just a girl…
A5 | G | D | E/D |
Dmaj9 D | Dmaj7 D | E/D D6 | E/D D6 |
|Dmaj9 D | Dmaj7
Look into the face of a child
D | E/D D | E/D D |
Measure how long you smiled before the memory claimed
E/D D | E/D D|E/D D | E/D D |
How long would children remain, how long could children remain?
Athena, you picked me up by my lapel and screamed leave her.
I felt like waking up in heaven on an empty meter
And now you’re stuck with a castrated leader
And I hate the creep
I didn’t mean that….
Athena, I had no idea how much I need her
My life has been so settled and she’s the reason
Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone
But I think I’ll get along
She’s just a girl…
[acoust] 2
|| G D G D G | G D G D G ||
||[elec] | ||
G/|| G5——* | G5——* ||
[note: elec. should sustain until *]
A5
