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Something In The Air Bass Tab by Thunderclap Newman

Something In The Air bass tab by Thunderclap Newman

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SOMETHING IN THE AIR (Bassline)

As recorded by Thunderclap Newman
(From the 1969 Album HOLLYWOOD DREAM)

Words and Music by John "Speedy" Keen

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Pete "Bijou Drains" Townshend - Bass'


 Intro
  Q=89
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          H    S S S S S S E   H    +Q.   E
|----------|------------------6-|------------6--|
|----------|--------------------|---------------|
|----------|----------7---7-9---|-7----(7)------|
|----------|------7-9---9-------|---------------|
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                  1st Verse
  H    E. S E E    Q  Q  E Q  E   E. S S E S S S E +E  E   Q  Q  E E Q
|-----------6-6-||--------------|----------------------6-|---------------|
|-4----4--4-----||--------------|------------------------|-4--4--4-4-4---|
|---------------||-7--7--7-7--7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)---|---------------|
|---------------||--------------|------------------------|---------------|


  E. S Q  S S E E S S   Q  E S S E. S E E
|---------------------|-----------------6-|
|-4--4-4--------------|-2--2-2-2-2--2-2---|
|---------2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|


  Q  E. S E E +E  E   Q  E. S E E +E  E
|-----------------6-|-----------------6-|
|-------------------|-4--4--4-4-4-(4)---|
|-7--7--7-7-7-(7)---|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|


                      Bridge                           Chorus
  E. S Q  E E +E  E    Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E    Q.   E Q.   E
|-------------------||---------------|---------------||----------------|
|-4--4-4--4-4-(4)-4-||-2----2-0----0-|---------------||-2----2-0----0--|
|-------------------||---------------|-4----4-2----2-||----------------|
|-------------------||---------------|---------------||----------------|


  H    Q.   E   S E S Q  S S S S S S S S   S E S Q  S S S S S S S S
|-------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------|-2-4-4-4--2-------2-------|-2-4-4-4--4-------4-------|
|-4----2----2-|--------------4-------4---|--------------4-------4---|
|-------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|


                                                  Bridge
  E S S E S S S S S S S S S S   E E S S E Q  Q     W
|-----------------------------|-2-1-------------||------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------4-------|-----4-2---2--4--||-2----|
|-----------------4-------4---|---------4-------||------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------||------|


                                   Interlude
  W          W          W           E S S E S S E S S E S S
|----------|----------|----------||--------------------------|
|----------|----------|----------||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|----------|----------|----------||--------------------------|
|----------|----------|----------||--------------------------|


  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------|---6-6-6-------6-6-6-----|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-------4-4-4-------6-6-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  S S S S E S S E S S S S S S
|-----------------------6-6-6-||
|-6-6-----------4-4-4-4-------||
|-----4-4-4-4-4---------------||
|-----------------------------||


 2nd Verse
  E. S E. S S S E S E.   E. S E S S S E. +S  S E
|----------------------|---------------------6-6-|
|-4--4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4--|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4--(4)-----|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|


  E. S E S S S E. E S S   E. S E. S S S E S S S S   E. S S S E S E. E E
|-------------------8-8-|-------------------------|-------------------6-|
|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6--6-----|-6--6-6--6-6-6-6---------|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4--4---|
|-----------------------|-----------------4-4-4-4-|---------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|


  E. S E S S E E +E  E   E. S E. S S E. E E   E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------6-|--------------------|-----------------------------||
|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-(4)---|-6--6-6--6-6-6--6-6-|-----6-6-6-6---------6-6-----||
|----------------------|--------------------|-4-4---------4-4-4-4-----6-6-||
|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------||


 Bridge                   Chorus
  W          +W            W          +W
|----------|------------||----------|--------|
|-4--------|-(4)--------||-4--------|-(4)----|
|----------|------------||----------|--------|
|----------|------------||----------|--------|


  Q..   S S S S S S S S S   Q..   S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-6-----6-6-------6-------|-6-----6-6-------6-------|
|-------------6-------6---|-------------6-------6---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  Q..   S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|
|-6-----6-6-------6---------|
|-------------6-------6-----|
|---------------------------|


                      Piano Break
  Q  Q  S E S E S S    W          +W           W
|-------------------||----------|------------|------|
|-6--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-||-4--------|-(4)--------|------|
|-------------------||----------|------------|------|
|-------------------||----------|------------|------|


  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|


  W          E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q
|----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|-3---3---3------|----------------|
|----------|-3---3---3------|----------------|-3---3---3------|
|----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


  E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-3---3---3------|-3---3---3------|-3---3---3------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-3---3---3------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


  E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-5---5---5------|----------------|-3---3---3------|----------------|
|----------------|-3---3---3------|----------------|-3---3---3------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


  E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q
|----------------|----------------|-1---0---1---0---|-------------||
|-3---3---3------|----------------|-----------------|-------3-----||
|----------------|-3---3---3------|-----------------|-3-----------||
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------||


 Interlude
  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E S S S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------------8-|
|-------------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  E S S E S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S
|---------8-8-8---8-8-8---8-8-|-8---8-8-8---8-8-8----------------||
|-6-6-6-6-------6-------6-----|---8-------8-------8----------6-8-||
|-----------------------------|---------------------10-8-6-8-----||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------||


 3rd Verse
  E S S E S S E S S S S S S   E S S E S S S S S S S S E   E S S E S S E S S Q
|-----------------------8-8-|---------------------------|----------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|-6-6-6-6-6-6-----6-6-6---6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|---------------------------|-------------6-8-------6---|----------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|


  +S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S  S
|-------------8-8-8-8-----------------|
|-(8)---------------------------------|
|-----6-6-6-6---------6-6-6-6-8-10-11-|
|-------------------------------------|


   +E   S  S  E  E  E.  S  +S   E.    +E   E  Q   Q   E  E
|----------------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------13----|
|-(11)-11-11-11-11-11--11-(11)-11--|-(11)----11--11--------|
|----------------------------------|------11------------11-|


   E.  S  E.  S  E.  S  E  E    E.  S  Q   +E   S  S  S  S  S  S
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-------------------------15-|-----------------------------------||
|-13--13-13--13-13--13-13----|-13--13-13--(13)-------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------11-13-11-13-11-13-||


 Bridge
   Q.    E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------||
|-11----11-9----9-|-8----8-6----6--||
|-----------------|----------------||


 Chorus
   Q.    E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   E. S E. S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|---------------|-3--3-3----3-------3-------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------3-----3-------3---|
|-11----11-9----9-|-8----8-6----6-|---------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------------------|


  E. S E. S S S S S S S S S
|-3--3-3----3-------3-------|
|---------3-----3-------3---|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|


  E. S E. S S S S S S S S S   S S E E E E E E E   W
|-3--3-3----3-------3-------|-3-5-3-------------|------*|
|---------3-----3-------3---|-------6-3-3-------|-6----*|
|---------------------------|-------------6-4-4-|------*|
|---------------------------|-------------------|------*|


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





Call out the instigators
Because there's something in the air
We've got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right
And you know that it's right

We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together now

Lock up the streets and houses
Because there's something in the air
We've got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right
And you know that it's right

We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together now

Hand out the arms and ammo
We're going to blast our way through here
We've got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right
And you know that it's right

We have got to get it together

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