Baba Oâ??Riley The Who
Transcribed by John Chance for WHO TABS at www.thewho.net/whotabs Jc1033@gmail.com 2007-07-24 www.thewho.net/whotabs Previous transcription: tabbed by Amir M. Whotabs (segacdman2001@msn.com) 2002-04-20 www.thewho.net/whotabs/ I am re-re-tabbing this song for WHOTABS. This one is user friendly so you don't have to count for 33 seconds before you start AND because it's a simple song, it is interchangeable with the live versions. At the bottom of the page are some notes on how John E. and Pino P. play it live. (Synthesizer intro) 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& X13 G|--------|--------| Before THE WHO had their own pianist John E. would D|3-------|--------| play the piano part by himself (at live versions), but on the A|------3-|1-------| album version he doesn't come in until Roger starts E|--------|--------| singing. The number of repeats are from the album version. G|--------|--------|--------| D|3-------|3-------|3-------| A|--------|--------|--------| E|--------|--------|--------| (vocals only) Don't cry. Don't raise your eye. It's only teenage wasteland (Come back in) 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& G|--------|--------| Just keep on playing until the solo. D|3-------|--------| A|------3-|1-------| E|--------|--------| (guitar solo) 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& G|--------|--------| Now keep playing until Roger shouts WE'RE ALL WASTED! D|3-------|--------| A|------3-|1-------| PS. There's a tempo change here. E|--------|--------| 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& G|--------|--------| D|--------|--------| A|3-------|3-------| E|--------|--------| 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& G|--------|--------| D|--------|--------| A|1-------|1-------| E|--------|--------| 12341234 12341234 12341234 12341234 x3 G|--------|--------|--------|--------| After the 2nd repeat the violin comes in. D|--------|--------|3-------|1-------| A|3-------|1-------|--------|--------| E|--------|--------|--------|--------| [12341234] [12341234] [12341234] G|--------|--------|--------| D|--------|--------|3-------| A|3-------|1-------|--------| E|--------|--------|--------| Here while the violin is going crazy the guitar and BASS will fade up with: 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& G|:--------|--------:| D|:--3---3-|--3---3-:| repeat this until the violin starts going A|:3---3---|3---3---:| really fast on that single note. E|:--------|--------:| [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] G|:----------------|----------------:| D|:----------------|----------------:| A|:3333333333333333|3333333333333333:| E|:----------------|----------------:| G|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|3---------------| A|3333333333333333|----------------| E|----------------|----------------| WHAT A GREAT SONG! [///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////] NOTES ON LIVE VERSIONS: There are little alterations when it comes to live versions. John E: G|--------|--------| D|3-------|--------| A|------3-|1-------| Instead of the normal E|--------|--------| that John plays he [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] G|--------|----------------| D|3-------|------------333-| A|------3-|1-------111-----| often plays E|--------|----------------| or some other variation. [///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////] Pino P. Pino usually starts out with the normal opening but when Zak kicks in on the drums he goes like this [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] G|--------|----------------| D|3-------|--------8-------| A|------3-|1---------------| E|--------|---------6-6-66-| And for the main riff he does this [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] G|------10-10-10-----|----------------| D|-------------------|--------8-------| A|8------------------|----------------| E|---------------8---|6--------6-6-6\8| I've heard him do many variations and if you play with it for a while you'll get some cool riffs. [//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////] [//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////] HAVE FUN!
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