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  Athena
  By The Who 
  >From It's Hard, 1982
  Written by Pete Townshend ©1982 Eel Pie Publishing Ltd.
  
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  transcribed by
  litgo@aol.com
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  A5      x02255
  E/D     xx0454 or xx0100 (bridge)
  G       (3)x0033
  D       xx0232
  E/A     x06454
  D/A     x04232
  Dmaj9   xx0650 and xx09 10 9
  Dmaj7   xx0222 and xx0675 (F#m/D)
  D6      xx0202
  
  [intro]                    2
   A5/|| A5    | (A5)     A5/||
  
        [acoustic]                        x2
      ||:G D G D G D G D |G D G D G D G D:||
      ||[electric]       |                ||
   G /||:G               |            G /:||
  -3-3||-3---------------|------------3-3-||
  -3-3||-3---------------|------------3-3-||
  -0-0||.0---------------|<12>~-------0-0.||
  -0-0||.0---------------|<12>~-------0-0.||
  ----||-----------------|----------------||
  -3-3||-3---------------|------------3-3-||
  
  [acoustic]
    |A5    E/A    |D/A       E/A           |A5        E/A
    Athena,        I had no idea how much I need her
  [electric; palm mute]
  ||--------------|------------------------||
  ||--------------|------------------------||
  ||.9--9--9-9-9-9|9-----9--9-9-9-9-------.||
  ||.-------------|-----------------------.||
  ||-7--7--7-7-7-7|7-----7--7-7-7-7--------||
  ||--------------|------------------------||
  
    |D/A              E/A                 |A5         E/A
  In peaceful times I hold her close and I feed her
    |D/A                  E/A                 |A               E/A
  My heart starts palpitating when I think my guess was wrong
                  |D/A        E/A
  But I think I'll get along
  
              [acoustic]                        
              |G D G D G D G D |G D G D G D G D|
  She's just a girl,    she's a bomb
              |[electric]      |               |
           G/G|G               |               |
          -3-3|3---------------|---------------|
          -3-3|3---------------|---------------|
          -0-0|0---------------|<12>~----------|
          -0-0|0---------------|<12>~----------|
          ----|----------------|---------------|
          -3-3|3---------------|---------------|
  
  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
  
  [chorus]
  |E5  E/D   ||A             D    |E       E/D     ||
         Just a girl, just a girl--l       (Just a)
  |0---------||-------------------|----------------||
  |0---------||-------------------|----------------||
  |9---9-9-9-||.14----------7-6-7|7/9-9----9--9-9.||
  |----------||.------------------|---------------.||
  |7---7-7-7-||-12----------5-4-5|5/7-7----7--7-7-||
  |0---------||-------------------|----------------||
  
        |A            D    |E 
  Just a girl, just a girl
  E/D   |A            D    |E 
  Just a girl, just a girl
  E/D         |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  |
  
  [bridge]
  
  [horn solo]
  |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
  
              [acoust]                               2
            ||:G D G D G       |G D G D G           :||A5
  She's just a girl     She's a bomb    (She's just a)
            ||[elec]           |                     ||
          G/||:G-------*       |G-------*           :||A5
              [note: elec. should sustain until *]
  
  
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