MY GENERATION (Bassline)
As recorded by The Who
From the 1965 Album THE WHO SINGS MY GENERATION)
Words and Music by Pete Townshend
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John Entwistle - Bass'
Intro
Q=189(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3--|-5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3--||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
1st Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q a Q Q E E Q
||------------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
||o-0h5-5-5-0h5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5--|-5--5--5--5--|-5s3--3--3-3-0--|
||o-----------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
||------------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|---------------|-------------|--------------||
|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-|-3--3-3-3-5-5--|-5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3--o||
|-----------------|---------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-----------------|---------------|-------------|--------------||
Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-3-||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||
2nd Verse
Q Q H W Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 4x
||-------------|----------|-------------|---------------||
||o-5----------|----------|-5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3---o||
||o------------|----------|-------------|--------------o||
||-------------|----------|-------------|---------------||
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-5--5--5-5-5--|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-3--3--3-3-3-3-||
|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
Bass Solo
|-3-|
E E E +E E E Q Q E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---3-5b7==(5)r-5-5----|-3--------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5-----------------5--|----5-3---3-----|-5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3--|
|----------------------|--------5----5--|-------------|-------------|
|----------------------|----------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3-|
E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5-5-3---------------|--------3--4--|-5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3--|
|-------5-5-3--1b1.5--|----/5--------|-------------|-------------|
|---------------------|-3------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E +E E E E Q E E E Q a Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---3-5b7==(5)r-5-5-3-3--|------------------|-------------|--------------|
|-5----------------------|-5-3---3----------|-5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3---|
|------------------------|-----5----5s3--1--|-------------|--------------|
|------------------------|------------------|-------------|--------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E Q E E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E
|--------------------|--------------|-------3-----|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-3--3-3-0-|--------------|-5--5-----5--|-3--3--2-2-2-2---|
|--------------------|-3--3--1------|-------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|----------1-1-|-------------|-----------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|----------------|-------------|-------------||
|-5--5--5--5--|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--0--||
|-------------|----------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|----------------|-------------|-------------||
3rd Verse
Q Q H W Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 4x
||-------------|----------|-------------|--------------||
||o-7----------|----------|-7--7--7--7--|-5--5--5--5--o||
||o------------|----------|-------------|-------------o||
||-------------|----------|-------------|--------------||
1.
Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||---------------|-------------|----------------|-----------------||
||o-7--7--7-7-7--|-5--5--5--5--|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
||o--------------|-------------|----------------|----------------o||
||---------------|-------------|----------------|-----------------||
2.
Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E E
|----------------||---------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-7-7-||-8--8--8-8-8-8-|
|----------------||---------------|
|----------------||---------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-------------|---------------|--------------||
|-6--6--6--6--|-8--8--8-8-8-8-|-6--6--6--6---||
|-------------|---------------|--------------||
|-------------|---------------|--------------||
4th Verse
Q Q H W Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 4x
||-------------|----------|-------------|--------------||
||o-8----------|----------|-8--8--8--8--|-6--6--6--6--o||
||o------------|----------|-------------|-------------o||
||-------------|----------|-------------|--------------||
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q Q E E Q Q E E E E E E
|--------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-8--8--8-8-8--|-6--6--6-6-6-6-|-8--8--8-8-8--|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------||
|-8--8--8--8--|-6--6--6--6--|-8--8--8--8--|-6--6-6-6-6-8-9--||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------||
Guitar Solo
W H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H Q Q
|-----------|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
|-10--------|-8--------8--|-10--8---------|-------------|------10--8----|
|-----------|------10-----|--------10--9--|-8--6--------|---------------|
|-----------|-------------|---------------|-------8--6--|-8-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q +Q Q E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-------8-------------|
|---------------|--------8--10--|-(10)-----10-8-------|
|-10--9--8------|-8--10---------|---------------10-10-|
|-----------11--|---------------|---------------------|
a H Q Q +Q Q Q Q
|----------------|-------------------|
|-8h10--------8--|-(8)--10--8--------|
|---------10-----|-------------10----|
|----------------|-------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------|---------------|
|-10--10--8------|-10--8---------|
|------------10--|--------10--8--|
|----------------|---------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-10--8---------|---------------|----10--8------|
|--------10--9--|-8-------------|-----------10--|
|---------------|----11--10--9--|-8-------------|
Q E E E E E E H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q
|----------------|-------8------|------10-----|-------8------|------10-----||
|----------------|-10-------10--|-8--------8--|-10-------10--|-8--------8--||
|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------||
|----------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------||
Outro
H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q
|-------8------|-------------|-------8------|------10-----|
|-10-------10--|-8--------8--|-10-------10--|-8--------8--|
|--------------|------10-----|--------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
H Q Q H Q Q Q Q Q Q H Q Q
|--------------|-------------|----------------|------10-----||
|-10----8------|-------------|-10--8------10--|-8--------8--||
|----------10--|-8-----------|--------10------|-------------||
|--------------|------11--8--|----------------|-------------||
H Q Q H Q Q 4x H H
||--------8------|--------------||------------*|
||o-10-------10--|-8--------8--o||-10---------*|
||o--------------|------10-----o||------------*|
||---------------|--------------||-------8----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
