Is It In My Head - The Who
Electric Guitar - Standard Tuning Acoustic Guitar - Capo 5
[intro]
|G C/G |G C/G |G
|Acoustic:
|D G/D |D G/D |D
|-----------|---------------|----
|-----------|----------<12>-|<15-
|-----------|-------<12>----|----
|-----------|----<12>-------|----
|-----------|---------------|----
|-----------|---------------|----
harm. vol. swell
|G C/G |G C/G |
|Acoustic:
|D G/D |D G/D |
I see a man without a problem
|G C/G |G C |
|Acoustic:
|D G/D |C G |
I see a country always starved
|------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------|1---------1-----|
|------------------------|2---------0-----|
|------------------------|3---------2-----|
|------------------------|3---------3-----|
|------------------------|---------------3|
|G C/G |G C/G |
|Acoustic:
|D G/D |D G/D |
I hear the music of a heartbeat
|3----------------------|-----------------|
|3----------------------|-----------------|
|0----------------------|-------------<12>|
|0----------------------|-----------<12>--|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|3----------------------|-----------------|
|G C/G |F C |
|Acoustic:
|D G/D |C G |
I walk and the people turn and laugh
|--------------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------------|1-----1-|
|--------------------------------|2-----0-|
|<12>---------------------------|3-----2-|
|--------------------------------|3-----3-|
|--------------------------------|--------|
[chorus; acoustic tacit]
|D D(x) |D D(xiv)
Is it in my head? Is it in my head?
|--------------------10~--|2-----------------14~--|
|3-------------------10~--|3-----------------15~--|
|2-------------------11~--|2-----------------14~--|
|0------------------------|0----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|D |A G D |
Is it in my head here at the start?
|--------2---------------------|-------5-------------------------|
|--------3---------------------|-------5-------------------------|
|2-------2---------------------|2------2--4^(6)\2-0------2-------|
|0-------0---------------------|2------2-------------------------|
|---------------------------3/-|0-------------------0h3h4--0h3h4-|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|A A(xii) |A A(ix) |
Is it in my head? Is it in my head?
|5-------------------12~----|--------5------------9-----|
|5-------------------14~----|--------5------------10----|
|2-------2-----------14~----|--------2------------9-----|
|2-------2------------------|2--------------------------|
|--------0------------------|0--------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|A |C Bb/C |C Bb/C|C Bb/C |Bb/C |
Is it in my head or in my heart?
|---------------------------|-----------|-------|-----6------|-6-----|
|---------------------------|------6----|---6---|-5---6------|-6-----|
|2-------2------------------|5-----3----|5--3---|--5--3--3-3-|3------|
|2-----2-2------------------|5-----3----|5--3---|---5-3---3-3|3------|
|0-----0-0------------------|3-----3----|3--3---|3-----------|-------|
|---------------------------|-----------|-------|------------|-------|
[repeat verse; acoustic in]
|G C/G |G C/G |
|Acoustic:
|D G/D |D G/D |
I pick up phones and hear my history
|------------------------------|---------------<13-|
|------------------------------|--------<13-<15----|
|------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------|
|G C/G |F C |
|Acoustic:
|D G/D |C G |
I dream of all the calls I miss
|<15--------------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------------|1------1-----|
|-----------------------------|2------0----0|
|-----------------------------|3------2----0|
|-----------------------------|3------3-----|
|-----------------------------|------------3|
|G C/G |G C/G |
|Acoustic:
|D G/D |D G/D |
I try to number those who love me
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|0---------------------------|---------<<12>----(7)|
|0---------------------------|---------------(7)---|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|3---------------------------|---------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/w/who/337621.html ]
|G C/G |F C |
|Acoustic:
|D G/D |C G |
And find exactly what the trouble is
|-----------------------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------------------|1------1-----|
|-----------------------------------|2------0-----|
|-----------------------------------|3------2-----|
|-----------------------------------|3------3-----|
|-----------------------------------|-------------|
[repeat chorus; acoustic out]
Is it in my head?
Is it in my head?
Is it in my head here at the start?
|-----5----9~-9\-----|---
|--------------------|---
|2--/6--/9----9\-6\4p|2--
|--------------------|---
|--------------------|---
|--------------------|---
Is it in my head?
Is it in my head?
Is it in my head or in my heart?
|C Bb/C |C Bb/C |C Bb/C | Bb/C |
(heart?)
|-------------|-----------|-----------------------8-|-8h10-10h12-----|
|-------------|---5---6-6-|6h8p6-8-8-8h10p8--8-10---|------------8~--|
|-------------|5----------|-------------------------|----------------|
|----5----5/5-|-----------|-------------------------|----------------|
|3------------|-----------|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------|-----------|-------------------------|----------------|
[acoustic in]
|G C/G |G C/G |
|Acoustic:
|D G/D |D G/D |
|--------------------------|------------15~--|
|-------<12>---10-12-12h13p|12----12--15-----|
|-----<12>-----------------|----12-----------|
|---<12>-------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------|
harm.
[bridge; acoustic out]
|Bb (Eb) F |Bb (Eb)F
I feel I'm being followed My head is empty
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------10\8-6|--6--6----6----------10--10-10-|
|---------8---7---------------------|--7--7----7----------10--10-10-|
|8---8----------------------10------|8-8--8----8-------10-10--10-10-|
|-------------------8--8------------|--------------8----------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|C F |C
Yet every word I say turns out a sentence
---|8---8--8---8------8----8----|---8---8-------------|
---|8---8--8---8------8----8----|---8---8-------------|
---|9---9--9---9---9--9----9----|---9---9--10-9-------|
---|-------------10-10----------|---------------10---\|
---|----------------------------|---------------------|
---|----------------------------|---------------------|
|Bb (Eb) F |Bb (Eb) F
Statements to a stranger just asking for directions
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------6-8-6-|
|----------------------------------|--------------------/7-------|
|8---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------8---------6-----|---5-6-5---6h8---------------|
|-------6-8-8-6--5---------8--8\---|6--------6-------------------|
[acoustic in]
|C F |C | C C C|
|Acoustic:
| G G G|
Turn from being help to being questions
|-------8----8-----8\------8----|8-------8----|----------|
|-------8----8-----8\------8----|8--------8-6-|-5--------|
|-------9----9-----9\------9----|9------------|--5-------|
|-------------------------------|-------------|----------|
|-------------------------------|-------------|----------|
|-------------------------------|-------------|----------|
[solo; verse pattern]
|G C/G |G C/G |G C/G |F C |
|Acoustic:
|D G/D |D G/D |D G/D |C G |
|--------------|--------------|----------|-------|
|<12-----------|----0h1-3-0h1p|0---------|<1-<1--|
|<12---\5-<5--<|5-------------|----------|<2-<0--|
|--------------|--------------|----------|<3-<2--|
|--------------|--------------|----------|<3-<3--|
|--------------|--------------|----------|-------|
|G C/G |G C/G G C/G |F C |
|Acoustic:
|D G/D |D G/D D G/D |C G |
|----------------------|---3--------------|-------------|-------|
|0---------------------|---3--------------|-------------|<1-<1--|
|0---------------------|---0--------------|-------------|<2-<0--|
|0----------0-2p0------|---0------0-2p0h2-|0------------|<3-<2--|
|x------0h2-------2p0--|-------0h2--------|-------------|<3-<3--|
|3----3----------------|3----3------------|-------------|-------|
|G C/G |G
|Acoustic:
|D G/D |D
I see a man without a problem
|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|3------------|
|0----------------------|0------------|
|0----------------------|0------------|
|-----------------------|-------------|
|3----------------------|3------------|