Chords for 🎵 The Who - Behind Blue Eyes REACTION

[C] Maybe he's like a Jeffrey Dahmer, you know what I mean?
Blue eyes, but dark soul, you know what I mean?
I don't know.
_ [Bb] _
[E] All right, today we're checking out The Who.
We're listening to the song, Behind Blue Eyes.
Let's get into it. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] No one [G] knows what it's like to be [D] the bad man,
_ to [C] be the [G] sad [C] man _ _ [D]
[A] behind the blue eyes. _ _ _
[Em] No one knows what [G] it's like to [D] be hated,
_ _ _ to [G] be fated, [C] _ to [A] telling only lies.
_ _ But [C] my _ _ _ [D] _ dreams, they [G] aren't as empty
_ _ as _ [C]
my conscience _ [D] _ _ seems [E] to be.
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ My [D] love is vengeance _ that's _ [A] never _ free. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] No one knows what it's like to [D] feel these feelings _ _ like I [C] do.
_ _ _ _ And I [A] blame you. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] No one bites back as hard on [D] their anger.
_ _ _ None of [C] my pain and woe _ _ can [A] show through.
_ _ _ _ But [C] my _ _ _ [D] _ dreams, they [G] aren't as empty
_ _ as [C] my conscience _ [D] _ _ seems [E] to be.
[A] _ [E] _ _ _ I [Bm] have only _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] lonely.
My _ _ _ love [D] is vengeance _ that's _ [A] never free. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] I _ like this version better.
Yeah?
Yeah.
I don't know.
I guess, though, I would have to listen to the other version,
like the cover that we checked out already,
and see if it holds up.
Like, now that I get it, this just has the emotion in it,
you know?
Yeah, everything goes together so well in this one.
Right?
The instruments, the vocals, vocals almost sound like another instrument.
It just all meshes together really well.
And I don't fully understand what he's talking about,
but it sounds like his heart's broken.
Yes, but also he's been the bad guy?
Faded to tell only lies?
Like, what?
_ _ [Bb] _ Maybe it's like [G] she was backing him into a corner.
I feel like it's a pivotal point where the villain
wants to be a good guy or something.
[A] Ooh.
Ooh, like some kind of, like, old Western movie or something.
Like _ a_ Yeah, triumphant.
Like, yeah.
Interesting. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] He_ He_
_ _ _ [Bm] [E] Knows. _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
When my [Bm] first strength [A] is gliding [E] over, _
[Bm] before I [G] accuse and lose [D] my cool,
when [Bm] I [A] smile, [D] tell me some bad news [Bm] before I [A] laugh
and act like [E] a fool. _
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ And if [Gb] I squander [A] [E] when it be evil,
[Gb] Put your [G] fingers [D] down my throat
And if [Bm] I [A] shiver, please [D] give me a blanket
Keep me warm, [A] make me [E] wear your clothes
_ [D] _ _
[A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
[Em] No one knows what it's [G] like
To be [D] the bad man
_ To be [C] the sad [G] man _ _ _
[A] Behind blue eyes _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Oh, that's it.
_ [Bb] _
_ Wait, okay, whoa.
What does he mean?
I mean, he's just telling you what it's like to be him.
Yeah, he must have blue eyes.
Okay.
I mean, he sounds kind of_
crazy.
_ Okay.
So his heart's _ probably perpetually broken?
_ Uh, I don't know.
He was talking about some odd stuff.
I feel like crazy people.
Put your finger down my throat.
Heart's broken all the time.
If I'm smiling, tell me some bad news.
What?
Yeah.
Uh, okay.
Maybe he's like a Jeffrey Dahmer.
You know what I mean?
Blue eyes, but dark [Ebm] soul.
You know what I'm [Gb] saying?
You know what I'm saying? _ _
[Db] _ I thought he was saying he's a better person than he appears. _
[Bb] Oh.
_ Okay.
That's what I was thinking.
It's like the villain's pivotal point where they want to be the good guy.
Don't know if they're gonna make it. Okay.
But he's thinking about it.
_ Okay.
[Ab] I don't know. _
_ _ _ Tell me, man.
What do you know? _
What do you know?
Yeah, my boy's on the road.
Where'd he go?
She told [Eb] me, boy, where'd he go? _
Like I don't [Ab] know.
_ But I don't know. _