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Baba Oriley Bass Tab by The Who

Baba Oriley bass tab by The Who

Bass Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: F

Difficulty: Intermediate

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John Entwistle - Bass'

  Intro:
  Q=118
  4/4
  Gtr I
   Wx56
G|---------||
D|---------||
A|---------||
E|---------||

 1st Verse:
   H.      Q    W          H    +E  E Q    W
G|------------|----------|---------------|------|
D|-3----------|----------|-3----(3)------|------|
A|---------3--|-1--------|----------0-3--|-1----|
E|------------|----------|---------------|------|


   H.      E E   W          H.      Q    W
G|-------------|----------|------------|------|
D|-3-----------|----------|-3----------|------|
A|---------3-3-|-1--------|---------3--|-1----|
E|-------------|----------|------------|------|


   H    +E  E E E   W          H    +E  E Q    W
G|----------------|----------|---------------|------|
D|-3----(3)-------|----------|-3----(3)------|------|
A|----------0-3-0-|-1--------|----------0-3--|-1----|
E|----------------|----------|---------------|------|


   H    +E  E Q    W          H    +E  E Q    W
G|---------------|----------|---------------|------||
D|-3----(3)------|----------|-3----(3)------|------||
A|----------0-3--|-1--------|----------0-3--|-1----||
E|---------------|----------|---------------|------||


  Interlude:
     H    +E  E Q    W          H    +E  E Q    W
G||----------------|----------|---------------|-------||
D||o-3----(3)------|----------|-3----(3)------|------o||
A||o----------0-3--|-1--------|----------0-3--|-1----o||
E||----------------|----------|---------------|-------||


   H    +E  E Q    W          W          W
G|---------------|----------|----------|------|
D|-3----(3)------|----------|----------|------|
A|----------0-3--|-1--------|-3--------|-3----|
E|---------------|----------|----------|------|


                           Bridge:
   W          +W            +H.      Q    Wx7
G|----------|------------||-------------|--------||
D|----------|------------||-------------|--------||
A|-3--------|-(3)--------||-(3)---------|--------||
E|----------|------------||-------------|--------||


  2nd Verse:
     H    +E  E Q    W          H    +E  E Q    W     4x
G||----------------|----------|---------------|-------||
D||o-3----(3)------|----------|-3----(3)------|------o||
A||o----------0-3--|-1--------|----------0-3--|-1----o||
E||----------------|----------|---------------|-------||


   Q  Q  H      W          W          W
G|------------|----------|----------|------||
D|-3----------|----------|----------|------||
A|------------|----------|----------|------||
E|------------|----------|----------|------||


  Chorus:
   H    +E  E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E
G|----------------|------3---------|----------------|------3-1-------|
D|-3----(3)-------|--------0-1-2-1-|-3----------3---|----------0-1-2-|
A|----------0-3-0-|-1--1-----------|------1-3-------|-1--------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------1---1-|----------------|


   H    +E  E Q    Q.   E +E  E E S    +S    H    +E  E E E   H.      E E
G|---------------|------3-(3)--------------|----------------|-------------||
D|-3----(3)------|-------------------------|----------------|-----------1-||
A|----------0-3--|-1----------0------------|----------0-3-0-|-1-------3---||
E|---------------|--------------3-3pb5r(3)-|-1----(1)-------|-------------||


  Outro:
  Slower Q=88
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    W          W
G|-------------|-------------|----------|------|
D|-------------|-------------|----------|------|
A|-3-----3-----|-1-----1-----|-3--------|-1----|
E|-------------|-------------|----------|------|


   W          W          W          W
G|----------|----------|----------|------|
D|-3--------|-1--------|----------|------|
A|----------|----------|-3--------|-1----|
E|----------|----------|----------|------|


   W          W          W          W
G|----------|----------|----------|------|
D|-3--------|-1--------|-3--------|-3----|
A|----------|----------|----------|------|
E|----------|----------|----------|------|


                          Double-time Q=176
   W          +W           +H      H      W          W
G|----------|------------|--------------|----------|------|
D|----------|------------|--------------|----------|------|
A|-6--------|-(6)--------|-(6)\---------|----------|------|
E|----------|------------|--------------|----------|------|


     q  q  q  q    q  q  q  q    q  q  q  q    q  q  q  q    8x
G||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
D||o----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3---o||
A||o-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3------o||
E||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||


   q  q  q  q    q  q  q  q    q  q  q  q    q  q  q  q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------*|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------3--*|
A|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3-----*|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------*|

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Duration Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

|  (n)  -  note tied to previous
|   pb  -  pre-bend
|   r   -  bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
|   \   -  slide out of (to "nowhere")
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