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Song: 1921
Artist: The Who
Album: Tommy
Transcribed by: Jarred Venti, jcventi@gmail.com
Intro:
G--5---4---3---2---1-----------|--------------|
D----------------------5---4---|—-55555-------|
A------------------------------|---------3h5--|
E------------------------------|--------------|
G-----------|----------|
D—-5---5---5|5---5---5-| (7x)
A-----------|----------|
E-----------|----------|
So you think ’21 is gonna be a good year……
G-----------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|------8----------|
A--6---6----------|--6--------------|
E----------6---6--|----------6---6--|
G-----------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|
A--6---6----------|--6---6---6---5--|
E----------6---6--|-----------------|
I had no reason to be over optimistic……
G-----------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|
A--3-------2------|--1--------------|
E-----------------|----------5------|
G-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D-----------------|-------------------|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
A-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E--4-444-4-4-4-4--|-6---6-66-6-6-6-6--|-------------------|
What about the boy……
G-------------------|
D--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| (4x)
A-------------------|
E-------------------|
You didn’t hear it……
G------------------------1-2---2-3----3--|-------|
D--3---3-4---4-5---5-6-------------------|--3----| (2x)
A----------------------------------------|-------|
E----------------------------------------|-------|
Got a feeling ’21……
G--------| |-----------|---------|
D-----5--| |--5---5--5-|5---5--5-| (4x)
A--3-----| |-----------|---------|
E--------| |-----------|---------|
Got a feeling ’21 is gonna be a good year……
G-----------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|
A--6---6----------|--6---6----------|
E----------6---6--|----------6---6--|
G-----------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|
A--6---6----------|--6---6---6---5--|
E----------6---6--|-----------------|
I had no reason to be over optimistic……
G-----------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|
A--3-------2------|--1--------------|
E-----------------|----------5------|
G-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
G--------------------|--------------------|
D--------------------|--------------------| (3x)
A--6-----66-6-----66-|--6-----66-6-----66-|
E--------------------|--------------------|
What about the boy?
G--------------------|--------------------|----------|
D--------------------|--------------------|----------|
A--6-----66-6-----66-|--6-----66-6-----66-|-6--------|
E--------------------|--------------------|----------|
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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silent Rhythm Player |
#1 by silent support at Apr 20, 2006 at 5:20 PM EST |
| Yeah, the 1951 switch in the movie Tomym makes more sense. On the album it states Sally Simpson married a rock star from California, but assuming she is 14ish in 1930, then by the time there were any rock stars to marry she'd be like 45-50ish... it is possible, but highly improbable. | |
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Zach Average |
#2 by Zach King at Apr 29, 2006 at 9:32 AM EST |
| The film is a little strange I guess, and not that great, but the album is great. Really like this song. | |
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Tom Rhythm Player |
#3 by Tom at Apr 30, 2006 at 11:22 AM EST |
| The album is fantastic, this song is amazing to sing along with, the movie's kind of weirdly amusing and funny, and I agree, Ann Margaret is a bit disgusting and unnerving when she's rolling around in beans, chocolate, and soapsuds that are being blasted out of a television screen. | |
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Plead the 5th, Professional |
#4 by Plead the 5th, Cuz You Can't Plead the 1st at May 18, 2006 at 6:18 PM EST |
| yeah...but the album is way better than the movie..... | |
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RANDOM Lead Player |
#5 by RANDOM Doom at May 29, 2006 at 4:24 PM EST |
| It's not about being age 21, it's about the year 1921. In the movie, they changed it to 1951. | |
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Timmibob Average |
#6 by Timmibob The Great at Jun 30, 2006 at 7:09 AM EST |
| Capital letters dont actually capture any sense of tone or meaning in Your VOIce yOu FoO!l | |
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The Angel of De Lead Player |
#7 by The Angel of Death at Aug 6, 2006 at 12:30 AM EST |
| Man I really hated the movie, (come one, the Beans! what was up with that? I mean I KNOW it was to illustrate excess, etc., but Ann Margaret really freaked me out); also the 21-51 switcharoo was unnecessary, Tommy was supposed to be gowing up in 20s/30s London... ahhh well artistic licence can still kick you in the ass | |
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Christian Average |
#8 by Christian Tinch at Nov 12, 2006 at 2:17 PM EST |
| AMAZING. IN ONE WORD. I LOVE TOMMY OF COURSE, AND THIS SONG, FOR SOME RESON, MAKES ME EMOTIONAL I DONT KNOW WHY.. IM NO WERE NEAR 21 IM 13 SO I GOTTA FELLING FOURTEENS GONNA BE A GOOD YEAR. | |
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Tradition Average |
#9 by Tradition Funk at Nov 16, 2006 at 5:27 AM EST |
| oh, another point on this song, very important: The husband walks in, Kills boyfirend, they realize Tommy had seen it and say "you didn't hear it, you didn't see it..." etc. if you notice on the album, the lyrics are echoed, this is Tommy seeing the murder through the mirror, and because of the trauma, the mirror is his gateway into being the deaf, dumb and blind boy as the shattering of the mirror will be his awakening out of that state later. | |
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Will Average |
#10 by Will Traylor (Gone) at Dec 11, 2006 at 9:01 AM EST |
| One of my favorites off the album. | |
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stuart Professional |
#11 by stuart finlayson at Jan 4, 2007 at 12:35 AM EST |
| I fell asleep watching tommy and had the weirdest dreams. | |
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Ryan Sutherland Rhythm Player |
#12 by Ryan Sutherland at Mar 14, 2007 at 11:59 PM EST |
| Actually, GABBA, The song isn't about being the age 21, It's about the year 1921. | |
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Diego Average |
#13 by Diego Rullansky at Mar 19, 2007 at 10:12 PM EST |
| oooooooooooooooooooooh i was gabba but i forgot my pass word | |
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Blake Average |
#14 by Blake B at Mar 30, 2007 at 9:38 PM EST |
| the album is good, but uncle ernie is way more twistedly funny in the movie when Keith Moon sings it. | |
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Travis Average |
#15 by Travis Nichols at Apr 29, 2007 at 8:12 PM EST |
| in the movie, the new guy is the one who kills captain walker. | |
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krystal Wanna Be |
#16 by krystal martin-hart at Jun 6, 2007 at 11:15 AM EST |
| IF TOMMY WAS 7 IN 1921 HOW WAS HE A PINBALL WIZARD IN HIS TEENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS MAKES NO SENSE. | |
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Splinter Average |
#17 by Splinter Cell at Jun 9, 2007 at 3:12 AM EST |
| Wow, interesting. It seems 90% of all Who songs are about Townsend in some way or another. Great Song, Great Album! | |
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Will Average |
#18 by Will Yost at Jun 10, 2007 at 6:50 PM EST |
| Gabba/Gustayus needs to take some medication or atleast invest ina dictionary. | |
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RHCP Average |
#19 by RHCP freak at Jun 24, 2007 at 8:50 PM EST |
| Yeah, absolutely fantastic song. Tommy very well may be my favorite album of all-time, and this song is one of the reasons why. I just love the whole concept behind the album. | |
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TiTO Average |
#20 by TiTO at Jul 29, 2007 at 8:56 AM EST |
| Yeah, some serious continuity issues going on in this album. 1951 would make much more sense. Also acid wasn't popular until the 60's (for the Acid Queen). | |
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Dany Average |
#21 by Dany at Aug 6, 2007 at 12:24 PM EST |
| but what goes on in this song? why wont they let tommy tell the truth? (or whatever happens) | |
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JAY Average |
#22 by JAY at Sep 8, 2007 at 6:35 AM EST |
| AGAIN. IF TOMMY IS 4 WHEN SHE SINGS THIS.. SHE HAD TOMMY WHEN SHE WAS(21 20 19 18) 18 YEARS OLD ( LIL BIT `O TRIVIA FOR YA) | |
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