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Pictures of Lily
By the Who
Written by Pete Townshend, 1967

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F:    13321x (use thumb)
F#:   24432x (use thumb)
GII:  355433
G:    3x0033
G7:   3x0001 or 3x3001

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C:       8 x 10 9 8 8
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G:       3 5 5 4 3 3
F:       1 3 3 2 1 1
A:       5 x 7 6 5 5
C#m/Ab:  4 x 6 6 5 4
F#m:     2 x 4 2 2 2
C#m      x x 2 1 2 0


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I used to wake up in the morning
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I used to feel so bad
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I got so sick of having sleepless nights
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I went and told my dad
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He said, "Son now here's some little something,"
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And stuck them on my wall
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Now my nights ain't quite so lonely, in fact I
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I don't feel bad at all
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I don't feel bad at all

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Pictures of Lily made my life so wonderful
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Pictures of Lily helped me sleep at night
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Pictures of Lily     solved my childhood problem
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Pictures of Lily    helped me feel alright

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Pictures of Lily
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Lily, oh Lily
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Lily, oh Lily
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Pictures of Lily!

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Then one day things weren't quite so fine
I fell in love with Lily
I asked my dad where Lily I could find
He said, "Son, now don't be silly.
She's been dead since 1929."
Oh how I cried that night
If only I'd been born in Lily's time
It would have been alright
It would have been alright

Pictures of Lily made my life so wonderful
Pictures of Lily helped me sleep at night

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For me and Lily are together in my dreams

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And I ask you, hey, mister, have you ever seen

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Pictures of Lily?