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Slip Kid
By The Who
>From The Who By Numbers, 1975
Written by Pete Townshend, ©1975 Fabulous Music Ltd.

==============
transcribed by
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==============

Guitar 1: Capo on 3 (to play piano chords)
Guitar 2: standard
Guitar 3: Capo on 3, volume pedal
Guitar 4: standard
Guitar 5: Capo on 3, acoustic (removed from remaster)

Chord    Gtr 1&5 (piano) Gtr 2            Gtr 3       Gtr 4
G        355433          355xxx           355733      xx000x
C        x35553          8 10 10xxx                   xx555x
F        xx3565          x8 10 10xx       xx3565      xx10 10 10x
Eb       x65343          x688xx                       xx888x
Bb       6x3366          688xxx                       xx333x
Dm       x57765                                       
Gm       355333          x10 12 12xx                  
Am       577555          577xxx                       
D        x5777x          x577xx                       

Note: chords in () are piano/acoustic chords; all patterns and 
leads approximate

[intro; verse pattern]
[gtr 1; piano arr. for gtr]
||:G    (C)  (Dm)  (F)(C) |G   (C)  (Dm)  (F)  (C):||
[gtr 2]
||-----------|------------|----------|-------------||
||-----------|------------|----------|-------------||
||.----------|--------5/6/|7---------|------------.||
||.5---------|------------|--5-------|--------3/4/.||
||-----------|--------3/4/|5---------|-------------||
||-3---------|------------|--3-------|--------1/2/-||
||[gtr 5; acoustic, removed from remaster]
||-3-3-3-3---|5-5-5-5-3-3-|3-3-3-3---|5-5-5-5-3-3--||
||-3-3-5-5---|6-6-6-6-5-5-|3-3-5-5---|6-6-6-6-5-5--||
||.4-4-5-5---|7-7-7-5-5-5-|4-4-5-5---|7-7-7-5-5-5-.||
||.5-5-5-5---|7-7-7-3-5-5-|5-5-5-5---|7-7-7-3-5-5-.||
||-5-5-3-3--5|--5-5-3-3-3-|5-5-3-3--5|--5-5-3-3-3--||
||-3-3-------|-----------3|3-3-------|-----------3-||

           |G         (C
I've got my clipboard, textbooks
|Dm             F        C)
 Lead me to the station, yeah
   |G         (C          |Dm  F  
I'm off to the Civil War
     C)    |G          (C
I've got my kit bag, my heavy boots
   |Dm             F   
I'm runnin' in the rain
C)   |G         (C          |Dm F C)
Gonna run 'til my feet are raw

[chorus]
|C         F        |Eb          Bb
(Slip kid, slip kid) second generation
         |C       F     |Gm
And I'm a soldier at thirteen
|Am        D        |Am   D
(Slip kid, slip kid) realization
          |Am   D        |(Bb)      |              |G   |    |
There's no easy way to be free,   no easy way to be free
                         |----------|--------------|----|----|
                         |----------|--------------|----|----|
                         |----------|--------------|----|----|
                         |8-10-12---|14---15-------|17--|----|
                         |----------|--------------|----|----|
                         |6-8--10---|12---13-------|15--|----|

[repeat intro]
|G    (C)  (Dm)     (F)   (C)   G   (C)  (Dm) (F)  (C)   |
              It's a hard, hard world           (I left my...)
[guitar 2]                                               |
|----------|-------------------|---------|---------------|
|----------|-------------------|---------|---------------|
|----------|---------------5/6/|7--------|---------------|
|5---------|-------------------|--5------|-----3---------|
|----------|---------------3/4/|5--------|3-4-5----------|
|3---------|-------------------|--3------|---------------|

[repeat verse]
I left my doctor's prescription bungalow behind me
I left the door ajar
I got my vacuum flask
Full of hot tea and sugar
Left the keys right in my car

(Slip kid, slip kid) second generation
Only half way up the tree
(Slip kid, slip kid) I'm a relation

     |Am         D    |Bb        |              |G   |    |
I'm a soldier at sixty-three,  no easy way to be free
                      |----------|--------------|----|----|
                      |----------|--------------|----|----|
                      |----------|--------------|----|----|
                      |8-10-12---|15----14---15-|17--|---x|
                      |----------|--------------|----|----|
                      |6-8--10---|13----12---13-|15--|---x|

[bridge]

|G        |   (F)  |G      |(Bb  F) |G      |  (F)  |G     |(Bb  F) |
[gtr 3]
|3--------|--------|3------|--------|3------|-------|3-----|--------|
|3--------|--------|3------|--------|3------|-------|3-----|--------|
|7--------|--------|7------|--------|7------|-------|7-----|--------|
|5--------|--------|5------|--------|5------|-------|5-----|--------|
|5--------|--------|5------|--------|5------|-------|5-----|--------|
|---------|--------|-------|--------|-------|-------|------|--------|

[gtr 1 arr for piano]    x2                               x2
||:(Bb  G)       |       :||:(Bb  G)       |(Bb  G)       :||
                             Slip kid               
||---------------|--------||---------------|---------------||
||-8/6/8/6/8-----|--------||-8/6/8/6/8-----|8/6/8/6/8------||
||.--------------|-------.||.--------------|--------------.||
||.5-------------|-------.||.5-------------|5-------------.||
||---------------|--------||---------------|---------------||
||---------------|--------||---------------|---------------||
||[gtr 5; acoustic; removed from remaster]
||3--3--3--3--3--|--------||3--3--3--3--3--|---------------||
||3--3--3--3--3--|--------||3--3--3--3--3--|---------------||
||12-12-12-12-12-|--------||12-12-12-12-12-|---------------||
||12-12-12-12-12-|--------||12-12-12-12-12-|---------------||
||10-10-10-10-10-|--------||10-10-10-10-10-|---------------||
||---------------|--------||---------------|---------------||

Keep away old man, you won't fool me
You and your history won't rule me
You might have been a fighter, but admit you failed
I'm not affected by your blackmail   [pick slide]
You won't blackmail me

[solo]
|G                   |
(blackmail  me...)
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|
|3^(5)------|3^\^\^\-|
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|

|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|-----5/5|
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|-----3/3|

[gtr 1]
||G   (C)    (Dm)   (F)  (C) |G   (C)  (Dm)  (F)  (C) ||
||[gtr 4]                                             ||
||-----------|---------------|---------|--------------||
||-----------|-10^-10-8-10-10|8--8-----|--6-8/8/8/8-6h||
||3^(5)------|---------------|---------|--------------||
||-----------|---------------|---------|--------------||
||-----------|---------------|---------|--------------||
||-----------|---------------|---------|--------------||
||[gtr 2]                                             ||
||-----------|---------------|---------|--------------||
||-----------|---------------|---------|--------------||
||.----------|-----------5/6/|7--------|-------------.||
||.5---------|---------------|--5------|---------3/4/.||
||-----------|-----------3/4/|5--------|--------------||
||-3---------|---------------|--3------|---------1/2/-||

|:G    (C)     (Dm)  (F)  (C)  |G   (C) (Dm)(F)(C)|
|[gtr 4]                                          |
|--------------|---------------|--------|---------|
|8-6h8-6h8-6-5-|6--6-5-3---5-3-|5-3-----|-------6x|
|--------------|---------------|---3^---|---------|
|--------------|---------------|------5~|---------|
|--------------|---------------|--------|---------|
|--------------|---------------|--------|---------|
|[gtr 2]                                          |
|--------------|---------------|--------|---------|
|--------------|---------------|--------|---------|
|--------------|-----------5/6/|7-------|---------|
|5-------------|---------------|--5-----|---------|
|--------------|-----------3/4/|5-------|---------|
|3-------------|---------------|--3-----|--------8|

|C   F        |Eb    Bb   |C   F           |Gm          |
|[gtr 4]                                                |
|-------------|-----------|----------------|------------|
|------10-----|-8----6----|8~--------------|------------|
|-5-----------|-----------|----------------|------------|
|5---/10-----/|8----------|----------------|-----------7|
|-------------|-----------|----------------|------------|
|-------------|-----------|----------------|------------|
|[gtr 2]                                                |
|-------------|-----------|----------------|------------|
|-------------|-----------|----------------|------------|
|----x-10--x-8|8-8--------|---------10---10|12----------|
|10--x-10--x-8|8-8---8---x|10x10x10-10---10|12----------|
|10--x--8--x-6|6-6---8---x|10x10x10-8----8-|10----------|
|8------------|------6---x|8-x8-x8---------|-----------5|

|Am      D   |Am      D    |Am     D     |
|[gtr 4]                                 |
|------------|---5---------|-------------|
|------------|--5---8^(10)-|10^\-5-------|
|7^\(7)5-7--5|7^-----------|------7------|
|------------|-------------|-------5h7-7-|
|------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|
|[gtr 2]                                 |
|------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|
|--------7---|--------7----|-------7-----|
|7-x-7---7---|7-x-7---7----|7-x-7--7-----|
|7-x-7---5---|7-x-7---5----|7-x-7--5-----|
|5-x-5------5|5-x-5-------5|5-x-5--------|


|Bb      |              |G      |   (C)|(G)       |           (C)|
|[gtr 4]                                                         |
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|8------|------|----------|--6h8p6h8p6h8p|
|3-5--7--|10-9/----10---|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|1-3--5--|8--7/----8----|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|[gtr 2]                                                         |
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|8-10-12-|15-14/15-14/15|17--x17|x17--5|5---------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|6-8--10-|13-12/13-12/13|15--x15|x15--3|3---------|--------------|
|[gtr 3]                                                         |
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|-------|------|----------|--------------|
|--------|--------------|-------|------|<<10>*----|(<10>)--------|
                                        *vol. swell harmonic

|(G)    |   (C) |(G)    |       |
[gtr 3]                         |
|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|(<10>)-|(<10>)-|(<10>)-|(<10>)-|
 *harmonic feedback

[gtr 3]                                                              |
|----------|-----|----------|-------------|-------|-----|-------|----|
|----------|-----|----------|-------------|-------|-----|-------|----|
|<7--------|--<9-|<10-------|-------------|<5-----|--<9-|<7-----|----|
|----------|-----|----------|-------------|-------|-----|-------|----|
|<5--------|--<7-|<8--------|-------------|<3-----|--<7-|<5-----|----|
|----------|-----|----------|-------------|-------|-----|-----3-|----|
|[gtr 2]                                                             |
|----------|-----|----------|-------------|-------|-----|-------|----|
|----------|-----|----------|-------------|-------|-----|-------|----|
|----------|-----|----------|-------------|-------|-----|-------|----|
|----------|-----|----------|-------------|-------|-----|-------|----|
|----------|-----|----------|-0-1-2-3-0-1-|2------|-----|-------|----|
|----------|-----|----------|-------------|-------|-----|-------|----|
|[gtr 5; acoustic, removed from remaster]                            |
|3-3-3-3-3-|-----|3-3-3-3-3-|-------------|-------|-----|-------|----|
|3-3-3-3-3-|-----|3-3-3-3-3-|-------------|-------|-----|-------|----|
|7-7-7-7-7-|-----|7-7-7-7-7-|-------------|--%----|-----|--%----|----|
|----------|-----|----------|-------------|-------|-----|-------|----|
|5-5-5-5-5-|-----|5-5-5-5-5-|-------------|-------|-----|-------|----|
|----------|-----|----------|-------------|-------|-----|-------|----|

|       |        |     |         |       |       |(G)   |            |
                                                         (I've got my)
[gtr 3]                                                              |
|-------|--------|-----|---------|-------|-------|------|------------|
|-------|--------|-----|---------|-------|-------|------|------------|
|<7-----|----<9--|<10--|---------|<5-----|---<9--|<7----|---\--------|
|-------|--------|-----|---------|-------|-------|------|------------|
|<5-----|----<7--|<8---|---------|<3-----|---<7--|<5----|---\--------|
|-------|--------|-----|---------|-------|-------|------|------------|
|[gtr 2]                                                             |
|-------|--------|-----|---------|-------|-------|------|------------|
|-------|--------|-----|---------|-------|-------|------|------------|
|-------|--------|-----|---------|-------|-------|------|------------|
|-------|--------|-----|---------|-------|-------|------|------------|
|-------|--------|-----|---------|-------|-------|------|------------|
|-------|--------|-----|---------|-------|-------|xxxxxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx|
|[gtr 5; acoustic, removed from remaster]                            |
|-------|--------|-----|---------|-------|-------|------|------------|
|-------|--------|-----|---------|-------|-------|------|------------|
|--%----|--------|--%--|---------|--%----|-------|------|------------|
|-------|--------|-----|---------|-------|-------|------|------------|
|-------|--------|-----|---------|-------|-------|------|------------|
|-------|--------|-----|---------|-------|-------|------|------------|
                                                  x pick slide
                                                         \ vibrato down

[repeat first verse]
I've got my clipboard, textbooks
Lead me to the station, yeah
I'm off to the Civil War
I've got my kit bag, my heavy boots
I'm runnin' in the rain
Gonna run 'til my feet are raw

(Slip kid, slip kid) slip out of trouble
Slip over here and set me free

|Am       D        |Am          D    |Am                      D        |
(Slip kid slip kid) second generation You're slidin' down the hill like 
|------------------|-----------------|-------5-------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|----5-------------------7--------|
|---------7--------|7^\----5-7^---7^-|------------------------7--------|
|7-x--7---7--------|-----------------|------------------------7--------|
|7-x--7---5--------|-----------------|----------------------5-5--------|
|5-x--5------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|

|(Bb)    |              |(G)           |              |          |
 me,   No easy way to be free        No easy way to be free       [etc.]
[gtr 2]              (no easy way to be free)      (no easy way to be 
|--------|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------|
|--------|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------|
|3-5--7--|10---9--------|10------------|-------9-10-9-|10--------|
|--------|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------|
|1-3--5--|8----7--------|8-------------|-------7-8--7-|8---------|
|--------|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------|

|              |          |                 |       |                 |
[gtr 2]                                                               |
|--------------|----------|-----------------|-------|-----------------|
|--------------|----------|-----------------|-------|-----------------|
|--------10-7-9|10--------|----10-9-12-10\9/|10-----|---14\12-14\12-14|
|--------------|----------|-----------------|-------|-----------------|
|--------8--5-7|8---------|----8--7-10-8--7-|8------|---12\10-12\10-12|
|--------------|----------|-----------------|-------|-----------------|

|[gtr 4]         |              |                  |             |
|----------------|--------------|--13--------------|-------------|
|----------------|--------------|------------------|-------------|
|----------------|--------------|12----------------|-------------|
|----------------|--------------|------------------|-------------|
|----------------|--------------|------------------|-------------|
|----------------|--------------|------------------|-------------|
[gtr 2]                                                          
|----------------|--------------|------------------|-------------|
|----------------|--------------|------------------|-------------|
|14-12-----------|--14\12-14\12-|12-14-12-14/15-12-|14-12--------|
|----------------|--------------|------------------|-------------|
|12-10-----------|--12\10-12\10-|10-12-10-12/13-10-|12-10--------|
|----------------|--------------|------------------|-------------|

|              |             |        |                   |           |
[gtr 4]                                                               |
|-13-12-15-12--|-----------12|8/10----|-------------------|15-13-12-13|
|--------------|-------------|--------|15-13-15-13-15-13--|-----------|
|--------------|-------------|--------|-------------------|-----------|
|--------------|-------------|--------|-------------------|-----------|
|--------------|-------------|--------|-------------------|-----------|
|--------------|-------------|--------|-------------------|-----------|
[gtr 2]                                                                
|--------------|-------------|--------|-------------------|-----------|
|--------------|-------------|--------|-------------------|-----------|
|-9/10---------|---9/10-9\7--|---5/7--|-------10-9-10/9-7/|9-10-------|
|--------------|-------------|--------|-------------------|-----------|
|-7/8----------|---7/8--7\5--|---3/5--|-------8--7--8/7-5/|7-8--------|
|--------------|-------------|--------|-------------------|-----------|

|                    |               |       |          |       |
[gtr 4]                                                         |
|--------------------|---------------|-------|----------|-------|
|13------------------|------------13/|15---15|\13/15\13-|15/17--|
|--------------------|---------------|-------|----------|-------|
|--------------------|---------------|-------|----------|-------|
|--------------------|---------------|-------|----------|-------|
|--------------------|---------------|-------|----------|-------|
[gtr 2]                                                          
|--------------------|---------------|-------|----------|-------|
|--------------------|---------------|-------|----------|-------|
|--10/12-12/13\12--9/|10-----12\10-9/|10-----|-12\10--9/|10-----|
|--------------------|---------------|-------|----------|-------|
|---8/10-10/11\10--7/|8------10\8--7/|8------|-10\8---7/|8------|
|--------------------|---------------|-------|----------|-------|

|          |               |                    |          |          |
[gtr 4]                                                               |
|----------|---------------|--------------------|----------|----------|
|--17\15-13|13-------------|--------------------|----------|----------|
|----------|-------------14|15-14h15p14-12-12-10|7---------|----8^\-6-|
|----------|---------------|--------------------|----------|----------|
|----------|---------------|--------------------|----------|----------|
|----------|---------------|--------------------|----------|----------|
|[gtr 2]                                                              |
|----------|---------------|--------------------|----------|----------|
|----------|---------------|--------------------|----------|----------|
|-12\10--9/|10-----12\10-9/|10------------------|-12\10--9/|10--------|
|----------|---------------|--------------------|----------|----------|
|-10\8---7/|8------10\8--7/|8-------------------|-10\8---7/|8---------|
|----------|---------------|--------------------|----------|----------|

[gtr 4]
|----------|---------------|-------|-------
|8^--------|8^\-8-8^------6|-8---6-|-------
|----------|---------------|------5|7------
|----------|---------------|-------|-------
|----------|---------------|-------|-------
|----------|---------------|-------|-------
|[gtr 2]                                   
|----------|---------------|-------|-------
|----------|---------------|-------|-------
|-12\10--9/|10-----12\10-9/|10-----|-12\10-
|----------|---------------|-------|-------
|-10\8---7/|8------10\8--7/|8------|-10\8--
|----------|---------------|-------|-------


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