There's A Doctor bass tab by The Who

THERE'S A DOCTOR (Bassline)

As recorded by The Who
(From the 1969 Album TOMMY)

Words and Music by Pete Townshend

Transcribed by Slowhand


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


 Q=92
 4/4
 Gtr I
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-7-7-5-5-----|-8-8---------8-8-|
|-------------8-8-|-----8-8-6-6-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|

 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-7-7-5-5-----|-8-8-7-7-5-5-----|
|-------------8-8-|-------------8-8-|
|-----------------|-----------------|


 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-7-7-5-5-----|-8-8---------8-8-|
|-------------8-8-|-----8-8-6-6-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|


 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E Q  +W
|-----------------|----------------|--------*|
|-8-8-7-7-5-5-----|-8-8-7-7-5-5----|--------*|
|-------------8-8-|-------------8--|-(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