Baba O'Riley The Who
Baba O'Riley
By the Who
>From Who's Next, 1971
Written by Pete Townshend ©1971 Fabulous Music Ltd.
Electric (gtrs 1&2): Capo on 1
[F]C [133(5)(1)(1)]x355xx
Bb x133xx
Eb xx134(3)
F (outro) x 8 10 10 x x
Csus4 8 10 10 (10) x x
Acoustic (gtr 3): Capo on 3
F xx3565
Fsus4 xx3566
C7sus4 xx5566
Piano and bass; no guitar]
||:F C |Bb :||
|F C |Bb |
Out here in the fields
|F C |Bb |
I fight for my meals
|F C |Bb |F C |Bb |
I get my back into my living
I don't need to fight
To prove I'm right
I don't need to be forgiven
Yeah, yeah....
[guitar 1 in]
|F C |Bb |F C |Bb |F C |Bb |
|----------|-------|---------|--------|------------|--------| |----------|-------|---------|--------|------------|--------| |-------5--|3------|------5--|3-------|---------5--|3-------| |-------5--|3------|----5-5--|3-------|---------5--|3-------| |3------3--|1------|3---3-3--|1-------|3------3----|1-------| |1---------|-------|1--------|--------|1-----------|--------|
|F C |Bb |F C |Bb |C |C |C | |
|----------|-------|-------------|--------|------|------|------|------| |----------|-------|-------------|--------|------|------|------|------| |-----5-5--|3------|----------5--|3-------|5-----|5-----|5-----|------| |3----5-5--|3------|----------5--|3-------|5-----|5-----|5-----|------| |3----3-3--|1------|3--(3x)---3--|1-------|3-----|3-----|3-----|------| |1---------|-------|1------------|--------|------|------|3-----|------|
Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland
|F C |Bb |
Sally, take my hand
|--------------------|--------------| |--------------------|--------------| |--------------5-----|3-------------| |--------------5-----|3-------------| |3-------------3-----|1-------------| |1-------------------|--------------|
|F C |Bb |
We'll travel south 'cross land
|--------------------|--------------| |--------------------|--------------| |--------------5-----|3-------------| |--------------5-----|3-------------| |--------------3-----|1-------------| |1-------------------|--------------|
|F C |Bb |F C |Bb |
Put out the fire and don't look past my shoulder
|--------------------|-----------------------|-------|-----------| |--------------------|-----------------------|----5^-|-----------| |----------------5---|3----------------------|----5^-|3----------| |----------------5---|3----------------------|----5^-|3-----x/x/x| |3---------------3---|1----------------------|3---3--|1-----x/x/x| |1-------------------|-----------------------|1------|------1/1/1|
|F C |Bb |
The exodus is here
|--------------------|--------------| |--------------------|--------------| |--------------5-----|3-------------| |------------5-5-----|3-------------| |3-----------3-------|1-------------| |1-------------------|--------------|
|F C Bb |
The happy ones are near
|----------------------|--------------| |----------------------|--------------| |--------------5-5-----|3-------------| |--------------5-5-----|3-------------| |3---------------3-----|1-------------| |1---------------------|--------------|
|F C |Bb |F C |Bb |
Let's get together before we get much older
|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|----------| |--------------------|-----------------|------------------|----------| |------------5/5/5^--|3----------------|------------5-----|3---------| |------------5/5/5^--|3----------------|------------5-----|3---------| |3-----------3/3/3---|1----------------|3---------3-3-----|1---------| |1-------------------|-----------------|1-----------------|----------|
[solo]
[gtr 2]
|F C |Bb Eb |
|13~----13------|---------------13-15-13-| |---------13-13h|15--15-15---------------| |---------------|------------------------| |---------------|------------------------| |---------------|------------------------| |---------------|------------------------|
|[gtr 1] |
|---------------|------------------------| |---------------|------------------------| |---------------|------------------------| |---------------|------------------------| |3--------------|------------------------| |1?-------------|------------------------|
|F C |Bb |
Teenage
|15^-13-13-----------------|-------------------------| |----------15-13--15-13-15-|13-----------------------| |--------------------------|------15^15^15^15^15^15^-| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------|
| |
|--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------|
|F C |Bb C |F C |Bb C |
wasteland It's only teenage wasteland Teenage
|------------|-----------------------|-----------------|--------------| |------x-----|x------x---------------|-----------------|--------------| |15^\---15^--|---15^---15^-15^-15-14-|14h15~-14--------|--------------| |------------|-----------------------|---------15------|----------8h10| |------------|-----------------------|------------13h15|13------------| |------------|-----------------------|-----------------|--------8-----|
| |
|------------|-----------------------|-----------------|--------------| |------------|-----------------------|-----------------|--------------| |---------5--|3--------3----------5--|-------------5---|3-----x---5---| |---------5--|3-----x--3----------5--|-------------5---|3--x--x---5---| |3--xxx---3--|1-----x----------------|3---x-3------3---|1--x-1--------| |1--xxx-1----|-----------------1-----|1---x-1-1--1-----|--------1-----|
|F C |Bb C |F C|Bb |
wasteland, oh hey teenage wasteland They're all
|-----------------|--(1)--1-----|-------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------1-1---|-------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| |8--6-6-8-8-------|-------------|-----------3-|1----------------| |------------8----|6------------|---------1---|-----------------|
| |
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------1---------| |------------5----|3---------5--|----------5--|3------x-----5^--| |------x-----5----|3--x------5--|3-----x---5--|3---x--x---3-5^--| |3-----x--3--3----|1--x-x-------|3-----x-3-3--|1---x-1--3-1-3---| |1--x-1-----------|-----x--1----|1--x-1-------|-----------------|
[slowed tempo]
|C C |Bb Bb |
Wasted!
|----------------|-------------| |----------------|-------------| |5-------5-------|3-----3------| |5-------5-------|3-----3------| |3-------3-------|1-----1------| |----------------|-------------|
|C |Bb |
|12--13--15--12--13--15--12-13-15-|12--13--15--12--13--15--12-13-15-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |5--------------------------------|3--------------------------------| |5--------------------------------|3--------------------------------| |3--------------------------------|1--------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|F |Eb |
|12--13--15--12--13--15--12-13-15-|11--13--15--11--13--15--11-13-15-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| |
|1--------------------------------|---------------------------------| |1--------------------------------|4--------------------------------| |5--------------------------------|3--------------------------------| |3--------------------------------|1--------------------------------| |3--------------------------------|---------------------------------| |1--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|C |
|12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-12----| |---------------------------------------------13-| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
| |
|------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |5-----------------------------------------------| |5-----------------------------------------------| |3-----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
|Bb |
|12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-15-12-13-13-| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
| |
|------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |3-----------------------------------------------| |3-----------------------------------------------| |1-----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
|F |
|15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
| |
|------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |3-----------------------------------------------| |3-----------------------------------------------| |1-----------------------------------------------|
|Eb |
|11-13-11-13-11-13-11-13-11-13-11-13-11-13-11-13-| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
| |
|------------------------------------------------| |4-----------------------------------------------| |3-----------------------------------------------| |1-----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
[violin solo; guitars and drums return and repeat until end]
|F |F |
|11^---------------------|------------------------| |----13~-----------------|------------------------| |----------------15^-15^-|15^--^15================| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|
| |
|------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |3-----------------------|3-----------------------| |3-----------------------|3-----------------------| |1-----------------------|1-----------------------|
[double time]
|Eb | | |
|------------------------|---------------|------------| |------------------------|---------------|------------| |\-------14--------------|---------------|------------| |----------15-13-------12|---------------|--------3x--| |------------------------|-13-12---------|------------| |------------------------|------13-11-10-|--8-\1------|
[bass fade in]
|--------|---------|---------|---------|----|----|----|----| |--------|---------|---------|---------|----|----|----|----| |--------|---------|---------|---------|----|----|----|----| |--------|---------|---------|1h3------|----|----|----|----| |--------|1h3~~~---|---------|---------|----|----|----|----| |--------|---------|---------|---------|----|----|----|----|
| |
|----|----|
|-3-3|-3-3|
|3-3-|3-3-|
|----|----|
| | | | |
[electric fade in, witb variations...]
x12
||:C F C F |C F C F :||
-------||-----------------|-----------------|| -------||-----------------|-----------------|| -------||.----10------10--|----10------10--.|| -------||.10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--10--.|| -------||-10--8---10--8---|10--8---10--8----|| -------||-8-------8-------|8-------8--------||
||[gtr 3 (acoustic)] ||
F || Fsus4 F Fsus4 F | Fsus4 F Fsus4 F ||
---5-5-||-6-6-5-5-6-6-5-5-|-6-6-5-5-6-6-5-5-|| ---6-6-||.6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6.|| ---5-5-||.5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5.|| ---3-3-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|| -------||-----------------|-----------------|| -------||-----------------|-----------------||
[end; speed up tempo]
x5
||:C F C F :||
[finale]
|C7sus4 | | | F ||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--10--|| |10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--10--|| |10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--8---|| |8---8---8---8---|8---8---8---8---|8---8---8---8---|8---8---8-------||
|[gtr 3 (acoustic)] | ||
|C7sus4 | | | F ||
|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-6-6-5---|| |6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|| |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|| |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-3---|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
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