Bass Tab Anthology

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BASS TAB ANTHOLOGY

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ISBN-10: 1-4706-1956-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-4706-1956-5

Cover and interior photos used by permission

Album art: The Who Sings My Generation © 1965 MCA Records • A Quick One © 1966 MCA Records • Tommy © 1969 MCA Records • Live at Leeds © 1970 MCA Records • Who’s Next © 1971 MCA Records • Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy © 1971 MCA International • Quadrophenia © 1973 MCA Records • Who Are You © 1978 MCA Records • It’s Hard © 1982 MCA Records

CONTENTS

Title Release Page

Baba O’Riley ...... Who’s Next...... 4

Bargain...... Who’s Next...... 10

Behind Blue Eyes ...... Who’s Next...... 30

Boris the Spider...... A Quick One ...... 20

Eminence Front...... It’s Hard...... 24

Happy Jack...... 1966 single...... 35

Love, Reign O’er Me...... Quadrophenia...... 40

My Generation...... The Who Sings My Generation ...... 45

Pinball Wizard...... Tommy...... 52

The Punk and the Godfather ...... Quadrophenia...... 66

The Real Me...... Quadrophenia...... 58

Substitute...... 1966 single...... 73

Summertime Blues...... Live at Leeds...... 78

Who Are You...... Who Are You...... 84

Won’t Get Fooled Again...... Who’s Next...... 90 4 BABA O’RILEY

Words and Music by Moderately = 116 PETER TOWNSHEND Intro: q N.C. Organ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ *RecordingF sounds a half step higher than written.

3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & b ‰® ‰® Œ

œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ & b œ J œ J œ œ

5 Play 7 times, simile œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & b . .

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & b . œ œ œ œ .

7 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & b ®œ œ ‰ ®œ œ ‰ ®œ œ ‰ ®œ œ

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & b œ œ œ œ œ

1.–7. 8. F C B 9 Piano b b . ˙ . & . ˙. œ w . w ˙ œ w w . ? b . ˙. œ w . w Drums˙. enter 5th time. œ w w

Baba O’Riley - 6 - 1 © 1971 (Renewed) FABULOUS MUSIC LTD. Published by FABULOUS MUSIC LTD. Administered in the U.S. and Canada by SPIRIT ONE MUSIC (BMI) o/b/o SPIRIT SERVICES HOLDINGS, S.à.r.l., SUOLUBAF MUSIC and ABKCO MUSIC INC., 85 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10003 International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved 20 BORIS THE SPIDER

Composed by JOHN ENTWISTLE Fast Œ = 204 Intro: D5 D 5 C5 B5 B 5 F5 G5 Bass Gtr.b b

? bb 4 . œ œb œ œn ˙A . ˙ œ. P.M.œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w/pickf T A . 5 4 3 2 1 . B . 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 .

Verses 1–3: D5 B 5 F5 G5 C5 5 % b b & b . œ œ w ˙. Œ 1.Look,œ he’sœ crawl - ing upœ myœ ˙wall. 2.Now he’s dropped on - to the floor. 3.There he is wrapped in a ball. Bass Fig. 1 j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? bb . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . P.M.

3 3 T 3 3 3 5 5 A . 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 B .

C5/G B 5 F5 G5 9 b b & b œ œ œ œ œ œ w ˙. Œ Black and ti - ny, ver - y ˙small. Edg - ing for the bed - room door. Does - n’t seem to move at all. Per - œ œ ? b œ œ œ œ œœœ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b P.M.

5 5 T A 5 5 8 8 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 B

Boris the Spider - 4 - 1 TRO-© 1965 (Renewed) FABULOUS MUSIC LTD., London, England TRO-ESSEX MUSIC, INC., New York Controls all Publication Rights for the U.S. and Canada All Rights Reserved Used by Permission 30 BEHIND BLUE EYES

Words and Music by PETER TOWNSHEND Moderately slow = 60 q Intro: Verse 1: Esus Em G (Acous. Gtr.) # & 4 ∑ ∑ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ≈ œ œ œ No one knows what it’s like to be the

( ) 4 D Dsus D C 9 Asus2 # œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ ≈ œ œ Œ‰œ #œ œ #œœ œ œ Ó & œ. œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bad man, toœ be the sad man behind blue eyes.

7 Em G D Dsus D C(9) œ œ œ # . œ # œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ≈ œ œ œ. œ œ Œ ≈ œ œ œ. œ œ ‰ r œ œ œ No one knows what it’s like to be hat - ed, to be fat- ed toœ tell-- ing on

10 Asus2 C D G C/G G # œ # œ œ œœ. œ œ œ. œ œ & œ œ œ ‰Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ Œœœ - ly lies. But my dreams, they are-n’t as emp- ty as my Bass ? # œ œ œ œ . œ œ œ. œ. œ Ó Œ œ œ œ œ ≈ R œ J F T A 7 5 5 4 5 0 5 5 B 7 5 3 3 5

C D E Asus2/E E Bm C 13 # œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ. œ œ j ‰Œ Œ œœ ˙ œ œ œ œ Œ‰. r œ œ œ con- science seems toœ be. œ I have hours on --ly lone ly, myœ love is ven- œ œ œ œ œ œ ? # œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ. œ . œ ˙ œ œ œ# œ œ œ œ ˙ 5 2 T 5 7 4 5 2 A 3 3 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 3 3 4 B 0 0

Behind Blue Eyes - 5 - 1 © 1971 (Renewed) FABULOUS MUSIC LTD. Published by FABULOUS MUSIC LTD. Administered in the U.S. and Canada by SPIRIT ONE MUSIC (BMI) o/b/o SPIRIT SERVICES HOLDINGS, S.à.r.l., SUOLUBAF MUSIC and ABKCO MUSIC INC., 85 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10003 International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved