4th March 2001, 15.44pm
DISGUISES by THE JAM
Written by Pete Townshend
B-side to ‘Funeral Pyre’ (Polydor, 1981)
E (w/echo effect – play once every bar)
on the fifth time E is played
this little riff comes in:
Riff 1:
E
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————4–2–0———|
—————————-| (x4)
—————————-|
—————————-|
E
I used to know everything about you
But today when I tried to point you out
F#
To one of my friends
B
I’d picked the wrong girl again
F#
Don’t see you in the crowd anymore
B
I think it’s you but I can’t be sure
E (w/riff 1 x2)
You’re wearing disguises
F#
Occasionally a girl surprises me
B D
When she turns out to be you.
E (w/riff 1 x4)
Wearing disguises.
E
I don’t think you want me to see you ever again
F#
Just today I saw you dressed as a flower-bed
B
Last week you had a wig on your head
F#
Mis-directing traffic in the street
B
And your shoes were too big for your feet
E (w/riff 1 x2)
You’re wearing disguises
F#
Occasionally a girl surprises me
B D
When she turns out to be you.
E (w/riff 1 x4)
Wearing disguises.
F# (tacet) (instrumental)
E (w/riff 1 x4)
F#
I used to know everything about you
But today when I tried to point you out
G#
To one of my friends
C#
I’d picked the wrong girl again
G#
Don’t see you in the crowd anymore
C#
I think it’s you but I can’t be sure
F#
You’re wearing disguises
G#
Occasionally a girl surprises me
C# E
When she turns out to be you.
F# E
Wearing disguises.
F# E
You’re wearing disguises
F# E
Wearing disguises
F# E
Wearing disguises
F# E
You’re wearing disguises
F# E
Wearing disguises
F# E
Wearing disguises
F# E
Wearing disguises
F# E (x3)
F#
(drums til fade)
