Baba Oriley tab by The Who

Baba O'Riley
by the Who
from Who's Next, 1971
written by Pete Townshend

original transcription by:
Kevin Cherry
lancelot@pipeline.com
00cherry@cua.edu

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revised by
litgo@aol.com
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Capo on 1

F     1335(1)(1)
C     x355xx
Bb    x133xx
Eb    xx134(3)
Csus4 8 10 10 10 xx

[synth intro; see Kevin's original transcription below for hints on copying
the synth pattern]

[Piano and bass; guitar tacit]
|| F  C | Bb   ||

Out here in the ....

I don't need to ....

[guitar]
|| F..C | Bb...||

| C   | C   | C   |    |

Don't cry ....

Sally, take my ....

The exodus is here....

  F         C    Bb                  Eb   F                 C
|-13~--13------|---------------13-15-13-|-15^-15-13----------------|
|--------13-13/|15-15-15----------------|-----------15-13-15/13/15-|
|--------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|--------------------------|

  Bb
|-----------------------|
|-13--------------------|
|----------15^15^15^15^-|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|

Teenage .....

            C       C    Bb    Bb
They're ....

  C                               Bb
|-12-13-15--12-|13-15--12-13-15-|-12-13-15--12-|13-15--12-13-15-|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|

  F                               Eb
|-12-13-15--12-|13-15--12-13-15-|-11-13-15--11-|13-15--11-13-15-|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|

  C
|-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-|12-13-12-13-12-13-12----|
|-------------------------|---------------------13-|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|

  Bb
|-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-|12-13-12-13-15-12-13-12-|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|

  F
|-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-|15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|

  Eb
|-11-13-11-13-11-13-11-13-|11-13-11-13-11-13-11-13-|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|

[violin break; guitars and drums return and repeat til end]

|| F F F F | F F F F ||

[end]

| Csus4 Csus4 Csus4 Csus4 | % | % | % | F




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Kevin Cherry's note on synthesizer arrangement:

Starts out on a synth, but using two guitars:

Guitar 1:

Finger
e  x
B  x
G 10
D 10
A   8
E  x

Pick quickly A-A-D-D-G-G-D-D-A-A-D-D-G-G-D-D (all sixteenth notes) over and
over
(Technically, this is until the end of the song, when the violin comes in.)


Guitar 2:

Finger:
e  13
B 13
G 10
D  x
A  x
E  x

Pick quickly G-G-B-B-e (The G and B strings are played as sixteenth, the e
is picked as an eighth)

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