Substitute
The WhoVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
|--5--2--5---33-22| x2
|--7--3--5---33-33|
|--7--2--6---44-22|
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You think we look pretty good together
You think my shoes are made of leather
But I'm a substitute for another guy
I look pretty tall but my heels are high
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young but I'm just back dated yeah
Subsitute lies for fact
I can see right through your plastic mack
I look all white but my dad was black
My fine looking suit's really made out of sack
I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth
The north side of my town faced east and the east was facin' south
And now you dare to look me in the eye
These crocodile tears are what you cry
It's a genuine problem you won't try
To work it out at all just pass it by pass it by
Substitute me for him
Substitute my coke for gin
Substitute you for my mum
At least I'll get my washin' done
Then for the solo I just play the verse a few times
But I'm a substitute for another guy
I look pretty tall but my heels are high
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young but I'm just back dated yeah
|--5--2--5---33-22| x4
|--7--3--5---33-33|
|--7--2--6---44-22|
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I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth
The north side of my town faced east and the east was facin' south
And now you dare to look me in the eye
These crocodile tears are what you cry
It's a genuine problem you won't try
To work it out at all just pass it by pass it by
Substitute me for him
Substitute my coke for gin
Substitute you for my mum
At least I'll get my washin' done
Subsitute lies for fact
I can see right through your plastic mack
I look all white but my dad was black
My fine looking suit's really made out of sack
There you go. I hope you guys enjoy!
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Readable chord sheet for Substitute by The Who
|--5--2--5---33-22| x2 |--7--3--5---33-33| |--7--2--6---44-22| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| [D]You think we l[G]ook pretty good t[D]ogether [D]You think my s[G]hoes are made of [D]leather But I'm a [Em]subs[G]tit[D]ute [Em]for a[G]nother g[D]uy I l[Em]ook [G]pretty t[D]all [Em]but my h[G]eels are h[D]igh The s[Em]imple t[G]hings you s[D]ee are [Em]all c[G]ompli[D]cated I l[Em]ook [G]pretty y[D]oung [Em]but I'm j[G]ust back d[D]ated y[A]eah [D]Subsit[A]ute l[G]ies for f[D]act I can s[D]ee right t[A]hrough your p[G]lastic m[D]ack I l[D]ook all w[A]hite but my d[G]ad was b[D]lack My f[D]ine looking s[A]uit's really m[G]ade out of s[D]ack [D]I was born with a p[G]lastic spoon in [D]my mouth The n[D]orth side of my town f[G]aced east and the east was f[G]acin' south And now you d[Em]are [G]to l[D]ook [Em]me [G]in the [D]eye These c[Em]roco[G]dile t[D]ears [Em]are w[G]hat you [D]cry It's a [Em]genu[G]ine [D]problem [Em]you [G]won't t[D]ry To [Em]work it o[G]ut at a[D]ll just p[Em]ass [G]it [D]by pass it [A]by [D]Substit[A]ute [G]me for h[D]im [D]Substit[A]ute my c[G]oke for [D]gin [D]Substit[A]ute you [G]for my m[D]um At l[D]east I'll [A]get my w[G]ashin' d[D]one Then for the solo I just play the verse a few times But I'm a [Em]subs[G]tit[D]ute [Em]for a[G]nother g[D]uy I l[Em]ook [G]pretty t[D]all [Em]but my h[G]eels are h[D]igh The s[Em]imple t[G]hings you s[D]ee are [Em]all c[G]ompli[D]cated I l[Em]ook [G]pretty y[D]oung [Em]but I'm j[G]ust back d[D]ated y[A]eah |--5--2--5---33-22| x4 |--7--3--5---33-33| |--7--2--6---44-22| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| [D]I was born with a p[G]lastic spoon in [D]my mouth The n[D]orth side of my town f[G]aced east and the east was f[G]acin' south And now you d[Em]are [G]to l[D]ook [Em]me [G]in the [D]eye These c[Em]roco[G]dile t[D]ears [Em]are w[G]hat you [D]cry It's a [Em]genu[G]ine [D]problem [Em]you [G]won't t[D]ry To [Em]work it o[G]ut at a[D]ll just p[Em]ass [G]it [D]by pass it [A]by [D]Substit[A]ute [G]me for h[D]im [D]Substit[A]ute my c[G]oke for [D]gin [D]Substit[A]ute you [G]for my m[D]um At l[D]east I'll [A]get my w[G]ashin' d[D]one [D]Subsit[A]ute l[G]ies for f[D]act I can s[D]ee right t[A]hrough your p[G]lastic m[D]ack I l[D]ook all w[A]hite but my d[G]ad was b[D]lack My f[D]ine looking s[A]uit's really m[G]ade out of s[D]ack There you go. I hope you guys enjoy!