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Circles Instant Party guitar tab
Circles (Instant Party) -- second version
By The Who, 1966
Originally released as b-side of Substitute
>Available on Two's Missing and Rarities Vol. 1: 1966-1969
Written by Pete Townshend ©1966 TRO-Essex Music, Inc.
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transcribed by
litgo@aol.com
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A x022xx
A/G 3x22xx
A/F# 2(t)x22xx
Bb/Ab 4(p)1333x
[main pattern]
||:A A/G A A/G|A/G A/F# A/G :||
||-----------------|-----------------||
||-----------------|-----------------||
||.2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---.||
||.2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---.||
||-0---0---0---0---|----0---0--------||
||-------3(0)----3-|3-----3---3-2-3--||
||[horn arr for gtr; enters on 4th measure]
||-----------------|-----------------||
||-----5-----------|3------/7---3----||
||.----------------|----------------.||
||.----------------|----------------.||
||-----------------|-----------------||
||-----------------|-----------------||
||[bass; enters on 4th measure] ||
||-----------------|-----------------||
||.----------------|----------------.||
||.----------------|----------------.||
||-5---5-3-0---5-3-|3---5-3-5-3-2-3--||
[with above pattern]
|A A/G A |A/G... A/F# A/G|A A/G A A/G
Circles, my head is going round in circles
|A/G... A/F# A/G|A A/G A |A/G |
My mind is caught up in a whirlpool, draggin' me down
|G D/G|G D/G|
|3---2--|3---2--|
|3---3--|3---3--|
|0---2--|0---2--|
|0---0--|0---0--|
|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|
|A A/G A |A/G... A/F# A/G|A A/G A A/G |
Time will tell if I'll take the homeward track
|A/G... A/F# A/G|A A/G A |A/G |A/G | |
Dizziness will make my feet walk back, walk on back to you
|----3-2|0-----|
|----3-3|2-----|
|----0--|------|
|-------|------|
|-------|------|
|-------|------|
|Bm |Bm/F#
Everything I do, I think of you
|Bm | |
No matter how I try, I can't get by
|A A/G A|A/G... A/F# A/G|A A/G A A/G|A/G... A/F# A/G|
These circles, leading me back to you
|A A A/G A A A/G|A/G... A/F# A/G |A A A/G A |
Round and around and around and around and around and around and a-
|--------------------|----------------------|
|----------8~-8~-8~--|8~--------------------|
|----------7--7--7---|7---------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|A/G... A/F# A/G |A | | | |
round and around and around
|--------------------|------|----------|-----------|--------|
|--------------------|------|-----8-7-7|5--5/3-3/5-|5~------|
|7-----------7---5--/|7--7-7|5-5-------|-----------|--------|
|--------------------|------|----------|-----------|--------|
|--------------------|------|----------|-----------|--------|
|--------------------|------|----------|-----------|--------|
[bass only, guitar tacit]
|Bm C#m D |E F#m D |E |
Just one thing could kill the pain of losin' you
|Bm C#m D |E F#m D |E
But it gets me so dizzy that I walk right back again
|
Back to you
[guitar in]
|E D|E |D | |E | |
Yeah
|---------|----------------|-------|----------|---------|--------|
|7-7/9----|----------------|7-10-7-|10-10-7---|9---10--9|-10-10-9|
|7-7/9-9-9|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|7-7--7-|7--7--7---|9---9---9|-9--9--9|
|7-7/9-9-9|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|7-7--7-|7--7--7---|9---11--9|-11-11-9|
|------7-7|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------|----------|---------|--------|
|---------|----------------|-------|----------|---------|--------|
|E | | |D |E | |
|---------|----------|--------|---------|---------|---------|
|9---10--9|-10-9-10-9|9-9-9--9|7-7-7-7--|9--------|---------|
|9---9---9|-9--9-9--9|9-9-9--9|7-7-7-7--|9--------|---------|
|9---11--9|-11-9-11-9|9-9-9--9|7-7-7-7--|9--------|---------|
|---------|----------|--------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|----------|--------|--------0|0-0xx--xx|xxxxxxxx-|
| | |
One two three four!
|----0----------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|
|x-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||:Bb Bb/F Bb |Bb/Ab Eb :||Bb Bb/F |
Time will tell if I'll take the homeward track
||----------------|-----------------------||
||-3-3---3----3---|3----3------------4-4--||
||.3-3---3----3---|3----3------------3-3-.||
||.3-3---3----3---|3----3--------1---5-5-.||
||-1-1---1----1---|1----1-----------------||
||-----4(1)-----4-|4-------4--------------||
|Bb/Ab Eb |Bb Bb/F Bb |
Dizziness will make my feet walk back
|Bb/Ab Eb |Bb Bb/F Bb |Bb/Ab Eb |
Walk on back to you
|Bb Bb/F |Bb/Ab Eb |Bb Bb/F |
Down and down and down in the pool I go
|Bb/Ab Eb |Bb Bb/F Bb |
Round and round like a fool I go
|Bb/Ab |
Draggin' me down
|Bb |Ab |Bb |Ab |Bb
|-------|--------|----------|--------|-------
|-------|--------|----------|--------|-------
|3------|--------|3----3-3-3|--------|3------
|3------|1---1---|3----3-3-3|1---1---|3------
|1------|-1---1--|1----1-1-1|-1---1--|1------
|-------|--4---4-|----------|--4---4-|-------
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