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Baba O'Riley | bass tab
By The Who
>From Who's Next, 1971
Written by Pete Townshend (c)1971 Fabulous Music Ltd.
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Transcribed by John Chance for WHO TABS at www.thewho.net/whotabs
Jc1033@gmail.com 2007-07-24 www.thewho.net/whotabs
Previous transcription:
tabbed by Amir M. Whotabs
(segacdman2001@msn.com) 2002-04-20 www.thewho.net/whotabs/
I am re-re-tabbing this song for WHOTABS. This one is user friendly so you don't
have to count for 33 seconds before you start AND because it's a simple song, it
is interchangeable with the live versions. At the bottom of the page are some
notes on how John E. and Pino P. play it live.
(Synthesizer intro)
1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& X13
G|--------|--------| Before THE WHO had their own pianist John E. would
D|3-------|--------| play the piano part by himself (at live versions), but on the
A|------3-|1-------| album version he doesn't come in until Roger starts
E|--------|--------| singing. The number of repeats are from the album version.
G|--------|--------|--------|
D|3-------|3-------|3-------|
A|--------|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|
(vocals only)
Don't cry.
Don't raise your eye.
It's only teenage wasteland
(Come back in)
1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4&
G|--------|--------| Just keep on playing until the solo.
D|3-------|--------|
A|------3-|1-------|
E|--------|--------|
(guitar solo)
1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4&
G|--------|--------| Now keep playing until Roger shouts WE'RE ALL WASTED!
D|3-------|--------|
A|------3-|1-------| PS. There's a tempo change here.
E|--------|--------|
1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4&
G|--------|--------|
D|--------|--------|
A|3-------|3-------|
E|--------|--------|
1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4&
G|--------|--------|
D|--------|--------|
A|1-------|1-------|
E|--------|--------|
12341234 12341234 12341234 12341234 x3
G|--------|--------|--------|--------| After the 2nd repeat the violin comes in.
D|--------|--------|3-------|1-------|
A|3-------|1-------|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|
12341234 12341234 12341234
G|--------|--------|--------|
D|--------|--------|3-------|
A|3-------|1-------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|
Here while the violin is going crazy the guitar and BASS will fade up with:
1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4&
G|:--------|--------:|
D|:--3---3-|--3---3-:| repeat this until the violin starts going
A|:3---3---|3---3---:| really fast on that single note.
E|:--------|--------:|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G|:----------------|----------------:|
D|:----------------|----------------:|
A|:3333333333333333|3333333333333333:|
E|:----------------|----------------:|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|3---------------|
A|3333333333333333|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
WHAT A GREAT SONG!
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NOTES ON LIVE VERSIONS:
There are little alterations when it comes to live versions.
John E:
G|--------|--------|
D|3-------|--------|
A|------3-|1-------|
Instead of the normal E|--------|--------| that John plays he
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G|--------|----------------|
D|3-------|------------333-|
A|------3-|1-------111-----|
often plays E|--------|----------------| or some other variation.
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Pino P.
Pino usually starts out with the normal opening but when Zak kicks in on the drums
he goes like this
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G|--------|----------------|
D|3-------|--------8-------|
A|------3-|1---------------|
E|--------|---------6-6-66-|
And for the main riff he does this
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G|------10-10-10-----|----------------|
D|-------------------|--------8-------|
A|8------------------|----------------|
E|---------------8---|6--------6-6-6\8|
I've heard him do many variations and if you play with it for a while you'll get some
cool riffs.
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HAVE FUN!
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