Slip Kid Chords by The Who

Tempo:
152.05 bpm
Chords used:

C

G

F

D

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Slip Kid chords
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[G] [C] I'm [D] [F]
[G] [C] [Dm]
[G] [C] [F]
[Am] [G] [C] [D] [F]
[G] a clipboard [C] textbook, [F] lead me to the station, yeah [G] I'm off to the [C] Civil [F] War.
[Gb] I'm [G] a kick bag, [C] my heavy boots [D] are [F] burning in the rain, going [G] round till [C] my feet [F] all roar.
[C] Slipkid, [F] Slipkid, [Eb] second [Bb] generation, [C] I'm a soldier [F] at [Gm] thirteen.
[Am] [D] Slipkid, [Am] Slipkid, [D] realization [Am] there's no easy [D] way to be [Bb] free.
100%  ➙  152BPM
C
3211
G
2131
F
134211111
D
1321
Am
2311
C
3211
G
2131
F
134211111
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To learn The Who - Slip Kid chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: G, C, F, G, C, D, Eb, Bb and C. For best results, commence at 76 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 152. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: C Major.

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_ [G] _ _ [C] I'm _ [D] _ [F] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [F] _
_ [G] a clipboard [C] textbook, [F] lead me to the station, yeah [G] I'm off to the [C] Civil [F] War. _
[Gb] I'm [G] a kick bag, [C] my heavy boots [D] are [F] burning in the rain, going [G] round till [C] my feet [F] all roar.
_ [C] _ Slipkid, [F] Slipkid, [Eb] second [Bb] generation, [C] I'm a soldier [F] at [Gm] thirteen. _
_ _ [Am] _ [D] Slipkid, [Am] Slipkid, [D] realization [Am] there's no easy [D] way to be [Bb] free. _
_ No easy way [C] to [G] be free.
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[C] _ _ [D] _ [F] The hard [G] hard way.
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ I left [G] my doctor's [C] prescription [F] bungalow behind [G] me, I left the [C] door [F] ajar.
_ I left [G] my vacuum [C] bag full [Dm] of hot tea and [Am] sugar, left [G] the keys [C] right in [F] my car.
_ [C] _ Slipkid, [F] _ [Eb] Slipkid, second [Bb] _ generation, [C] only [F] halfway [Gm] up the tree.
_ _ [Am] Slipkid, [D] Slipkid, [Am] I'm a [D] relation, [Am] I'm a soldier [D] at sixty [Bb]-three.
_ No easy [F] way to [G] be free. _ _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
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[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C] Keep away [G] old man, you won't [D] fool me.
[Cm] [G] You and your history won't rule me.
[Cm] You might have been a bottle, but I'll let you [C] fail, _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ [Dm] fail me.
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[F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Am] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
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[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _
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_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
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_ _ [A] _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] I'm a clipboard textbook, [D] lead me [F] to the station, [G] yeah I'm off to the [C] Civil War.
[D] I _ [G] got my kit [C] bag, my heavy boots, [F] I'm running in the rain.
[G] Gonna run [C] until my feet [F] are raw.
[Am] _ [C] _
[F] Slipkid, [Eb] Slipkid, slip [Bb] out of trouble, [C] step over [F] here and set [G] me free.
_ _ [Am] _
Slipkid, [D] [Am] Slipkid, second [D] generation, [Am] you're sliding [D] down things a little [Bb] like me.
_ _ No easy way to be free.
No _ _ _ easy way to be free.
No easy way to be free.
_ _ No easy way to be free.
No easy way to be [C] free.
_ _ [Bb] No [C] easy way [Bb] to be free.
_ No [C] easy way to [F] be free.
_ _ [Bb] No easy way to be free.
_ No [Gm] easy way to be free.
_ [Bb] No easy way to be [Gm] free.
_ No easy way to be free.
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] No easy way to be free. _
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] _ _
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[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
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