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              Don’t Let Go the Coat – The Who
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Written by: Pete Townshend
From: "Face Dances" (1981)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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[Intro]
  G     D       C       D/F#        G     D       C          D
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
E|3-----2---------|----------------|--3---2---------|--------2-------|
B|3-----3---3-----|--1---------3---| 3-----3---3-----|--1-----3-------|
G|0-----2---2-----|--0-----2-------| 0-----2---2-----|--0-----2-------|
D|0---------------|----------------| 0---0-----------|--------0-------|
A|------------0-3-|----------------|------------0-3-|----------------|
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[Intro]
| G D | C D/F# | G D | C D |
| G D | C D | G D | C D |


[Verse]
G   D                C            D       G
  I can't be held responsible for blown behavior
  D        C               D    G
I lost all contact with my only savior
D                 C             D         G
 No one locked me out because I failed to phone up
D                C            D     [ G ]
 I can't bear to live forever like a loner


[Chorus]
G  D  C         D     [ G ]
     (Don't let go the coat)
G  D  C         D     [ G ]
      Don't let go the coat
G  D  C         D     [ G ]
      Don't let go the coat
G  D  C         D     [ G ]
     (Don't let go the coat)


[Verse]
G      D          C            D      G
  It's easy to be sad when you lack a partner
    D             C        D      G
But how would I react to a broken heart now
D                C             D      G
 It ain't really true rock 'n' roll unless I'm
D             C              D      [ G ]
 Hanging onto you and when I hold it next time


[Chorus]
G  D   C         D     [ G ]
     I won't let go the coat
G  D  C         D     [ G ]
     (Don't let go the coat)
G  D  C         D     [ G ]
     Don’t let go the coat
     (Don't let go the coat)
G  D  C         D     [ G ]
     (Don't let go the coat)


[Solo]
| G D | C D | G D | C D |
| G D | C D | G D | C D |


[Middle 8]
Em           D                         C          C D 
  I try to explain but you never understand it
Em            D                       C
  I need your body but I can't just demand it
Bm7                           C  D
                                 Never let him out of your sight
 (I won't let go like a stray at heel)
Bm7                                C D
                                     Don't let go tonight
  (Every lonely wife knows the way I feel)
               [ G ]
Don't let go the coat


[Chorus]
G  D  C         D     [ G ]
      Never let go the coat
     (Don't let go the coat)
G  D  C         D     [ G ]
                   Don’t let go
     (Don't let go the coat)
G  D  C         D     [ G ]
     Don’t let go the coat
     (Don't let go the coat)
G  D  C         D     [ G ]
     (Don't let go the coat)


[Verse]
G      D           C                 D      G
  Your friends all pass, for life is just a market
D                C           D         G
 But you have to finish everything you started
D             C            D        G
 So I live my life tearing down the runway
D                C               D        [ G ]
 Sure to get the hang of hanging in there someday


[Chorus]
G  D  C         D     [ G ]
      Don’t let go the coat
     (Don't let go the coat)
G  D  C         D     [ G ]
      Don’t let go the coat
     (Don't let go the coat)
G  D  C         D     [ G ]
      Never let go the coat
     (Don't let go the coat)
G  D  C         D     [ G ]
     (Don't let go the coat)


[Coda] (lead vocals ad lib)
G  D  C         D     [ G ]
     (Don't let go the coat)
G  D  C         D     [ G ]
     Don't get no more chances
     (Don't let go the coat)
G  D  C         D     [ G ]
    Ooo forget the war dances
     (Don't let go the coat)
G  D  C         D     [ G ]
    Don't let go, don't let go
     (Don't let go the coat)
G  D  C         D     [ G ]
      Don’t let go the coat
     (Don't let go the coat)
G  D  C         D     [ G ]
      Never let go the coat
     (Don't let go the coat)