The Who - 905: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "905" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

 C            G           Am             F
Mother was an incubator, father was the contents
      C               G               F          C
Of a test tube in the ice box in the factory of birth
    C       G             Am           F
My name is 905, and I've just become alive
         C          G             F             C
I'm the newest populator of the planet we call Earth

       C         G          Am                  F
In suspended animation, my childhood passed me by
       C             G                 F               C
If I speak without emotion, then you know the reason why
  C              A#            Am          F
Knowledge of the universe was fed into my mind
      C           A#            Am        A#
As my adolescent body left its puberty behind

Chorus:
F              G             Am
Everything I know is what I need to know
F             G                  Am
Everything I do has been done before
       F              G
Every sentence in my head
Am      G         F
Someone else has said
        C          G         F    C
At each end of my life is an open door

Automatically defrosted, my manhood came on time
I became a man, I left the ice school behind
Now I'm to begin the life that I'm assigned
A life that's been used before a thousand times

   Am             G                A#           F
I have a feeling deep inside that something is missing
        Am            G          A#         F
It's a feeling in my soul and I can't help wishing
     Am               G               A#        G
That one day I'll discover that we're living a lie
          C              A#    Am          A#
And I'll tell the whole world the reasons why
            F
But until then,

Chorus:
all I know is what I need to know
Everything I do has been done before
Every idea in my head
Someone else has said
At each end of my life is an open door


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "905" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "905" by The Who.

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