Bass tabs
BABA O'RILEY (Bassline)
As recorded by The Who
(From the 1971 Album WHO'S NEXT)
Words and Music by Pete Townshend
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John Entwistle - Bass'
Intro
Q=116
4/4
Gtr I
Wx36
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1st Verse
H. Q W H +E S S Q W
|------------|----------|-----------------|------|
|-3----------|----------|-3----(3)--------|------|
|---------3--|-1--------|----------0-0-3--|-1----|
|------------|----------|-----------------|------|
H. Q W H. Q W
|------------|----------|------------|------|
|-3----------|----------|-3----------|------|
|---------3--|-1--------|---------3--|-1----|
|------------|----------|------------|------|
|-3-| |-3-|
H +E S S S E E W H +E S S S E E W 4x
||---------------------|----------|--------------------|-------||
||o-3----(3)-----------|----------|-3----(3)-----------|------o||
||o----------0-0-3-3-0-|-1--------|----------0-0-3-3-0-|-1----o||
||---------------------|----------|--------------------|-------||
W W W +W
|----------|----------|-5--------|-(5)----||
|----------|----------|----------|--------||
|-3--------|-3--------|-3--------|-(3)----||
|----------|----------|----------|--------||
Bridge
Wx8
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
2nd Verse
|-3-| |-3-|
H +E S S S E E W H +E S S S E E W 4x
||---------------------|----------|--------------------|-------||
||o-3----(3)-----------|----------|-3----(3)-----------|------o||
||o----------0-0-3-3-0-|-1--------|----------0-0-3-3-0-|-1----o||
||---------------------|----------|--------------------|-------||
Interlude
Q Q H W W W
|------------|----------|----------|------||
|------------|----------|----------|------||
|-3----------|----------|----------|------||
|------------|----------|----------|------||
Chorus
|-3-|
H +E S S S E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E
|--------------------|------3---------|----------------|------3-1---------|
|-3----(3)-----------|--------0-1-2-1-|-3----------3---|----------0-1-2---|
|----------0-0-3-3-0-|-1--------------|------1-3-------|-1----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|----------1---1-|------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
Q E S S S E S S S Q Q E E +E E Q
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3----------|-----------------|
|--------------0-0-0-3--|-1--1-1-(1)-0----|
|-----------------------|--------------3--|
|-3-|
Q E E +E S S S E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------------|----------------||
|------3-(3)-----------|--------------1-||
|------------0-0-0-3-0-|-1--1-1-1-1-3---||
|-1--1-----------------|----------------||
Interlude
Slower Q=88
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W
|-------------|-------------||-------|
|-------------|-------------||o------|
|-3-----3-----|-1-----1-----||o-3----|
|-------------|-------------||-------|
W W W
|----------|----------|-------||
|----------|-3--------|-1----o||
|-1--------|----------|------o||
|----------|----------|-------||
W W W +W
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|-1--------|-(1)----|
|-3--------|-3--------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
Outro
Double Time Q=176
W W W q q q q
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----3-----3--|
|----------|----------|----------|-3-----3-----|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
q q q q q q q q q q q q 7x
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
||o----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3--o||
||o-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----o||
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
a a q a a q a a q a a q
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|--------3-3-3---------3-3-3--|
|-3-3-3---------3-3-3---------|
|-----------------------------|
a a q a a q a a q a a q a a q a a q q q
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|--------3-3-3---------3-3-3--|--------3-3-3-----3---|
|-3-3-3---------3-3-3---------|-3-3-3---------3------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|
|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q e E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------3---*|
|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------*|
Duration 🏷Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
