Slip Kid Lyrics

By The Who
>From The Who By Numbers, 1975
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Guitar 1: Capo on 3 (to play piano chords)
Guitar 2: standard
Guitar 3: Capo on 3, volume pedal
Guitar 4: standard
Guitar 5: Capo on 3, acoustic (removed from remaster)
Chord Gtr 1&5 (piano) Gtr 2 Gtr 3 Gtr 4
leads approximate
intro; verse pattern
gtr 1; piano arr. for gtr
||:G (C) (Dm) (F)(C) |G (C) (Dm) (F) (C):||
gtr 2
gtr 5; acoustic, removed from remaster
I've got my clipboard, textbooks
Lead me to the station, yeah
I'm off to the Civil War
I've got my kit bag, my heavy boots
I'm runnin' in the rain
Gonna run 'til my feet are raw
(Slip kid, slip kid) second generation
And I'm a soldier at thirteen
(Slip kid, slip kid) realization
There's no easy way to be free, no easy way to be free
repeat intro
It's a hard, hard world (I left my...)
guitar 2
repeat verse
I left my doctor's prescription bungalow behind me
I left the door ajar
I got my vacuum flask
Full of hot tea and sugar
Left the keys right in my car
(Slip kid, slip kid) second generation
Only half way up the tree
(Slip kid, slip kid) I'm a relation
I'm a soldier at sixty-three, no easy way to be free
gtr 3
gtr 1 arr for piano
||:(Bb G) | :||:(Bb G) |(Bb G) :||
Slip kid
gtr 5; acoustic; removed from remaster
Keep away old man, you won't fool me
You and your history won't rule me
You might have been a fighter, but admit you failed
pick slide
I'm not affected by your blackmail
You won't blackmail me
(blackmail me...)
|3^(5)------|3^\^\^\-|
gtr 1
gtr 4
||3^(5)------|---------------|---------|--------------||
gtr 2
|:G (C) (Dm) (F) (C) |G (C) (Dm)(F)(C)|
gtr 4
gtr 2
gtr 4
gtr 2
gtr 4
|------------|--5---8^(10)-|10^\-5-------|
|7^\(7)5-7--5|7^-----------|------7------|
gtr 2
gtr 4
gtr 2
gtr 3