Substitute
The Who

INTRO:
D  A/D  G/D  D
D  A/D  G/D  D

D            G                  D
You think we look pretty good together
             G                 D
You think my shoes are made of leather
          Em
But I'm a substitute for another guy
Em
Look pretty tall but my heels are high
    Em
The simple things you see are all complicated
  Em                                         A  
I look pretty young, but I'm just backdated, yeah
 
D     A/D       G/D      D
Substitute your lies for fact
  D         A/D          G/D     D
I see right through your plastic mac
  D        A/D           G/D     D
I look all white, but my dad was black
   D            A/D            G/D         D
My fine looking suit is really made out of sack
 
D                 G                D
I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth
                            G                            D
The north side of my town faced east, and the east was facing south
            Em
And now you dare to look me in the eye
      Em
Those crocodile tears are what you cry
       Em
It's a genuine problem, you won't try   
   Em                                      A
To work it out at all you just pass it by, pass it by

D     A/D  G/D    D
Substitute me for him
D     A/D     G/D      D
Substitute my coke for gin
D     A/D      G/D    D
Substitute you for my mum
   D          A/D    G/D     D
At least I'll get my washing done
 
BREAK
D G D D
G D
 
          Em
But I'm a substitute for another guy
Em
Look pretty tall but my heels are high
    Em
The simple things you see are all complicated
  Em                                         A  
I look pretty young, but I'm just backdated, yeah

BREAK
D  A/D  G/D  Dsus2  D
D  A/D  G/D  Dsus2  D
PAUSE THEN DRUM ROLL

D                 G                  D
I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth
                            G                            D
The north side of my town faced east, and the east was facing south
            Em
And now you dare to look me in the eye
      Em
Those crocodile tears are what you cry
       Em
It's a genuine problem, you won't try   
   Em                                      A
To work it out at all you just pass it by, pass it by

D     A/D  G/D    D
Substitute me for him
D     A/D     G/D      D
Substitute my coke for gin
D     A/D      G/D    D
Substitute you for my mum
   D          A/D    G/D     D
At least I'll get my washing done
D     A/D       G/D      D
Substitute your lies for fact
  D         A/D          G/D     D
I see right through your plastic mac
  D        A/D           G/D     D
I look all white, but my dad was black
   D            A/D            G/D         D
My fine looking suit is really made out of sack