Apron Strings – bass tab

Apron Strings | bass tab
By John Entwistle
>from the album Whistle Rymes, 1972
Written by John Entwistle

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1998-05-16                   Whotabs   www.thewho.net/whotabs/


Tabbed By : Joe

Tuning: Standard

Piano intro... (first 22 sec.)

             C#M        C#M/B       B            A
Guide me..  Now that.. I'll make.. Theres no one behind me
          G|-----------------------------------------------|
          D|-----------------------------------------------|
          A|-4-4---4---4-2-2---2---2-2---2---2-------------|
          E|-----4---4-------2---2-----2---2----5-5-0-5-5--|

   G#Min7    E        A         C#sus2
   I Do my... Do my... Nobody.. to relay
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----6-6\--2-2---2---2-----------------------------------|
A|---------------2---2-------------4-4---4---4-------------|
E|-4--4------------------5-5-0-5-5-----4---4---------------|

   G#Min7     E         A         C#sus2
  Do my own.. Do my...  Never let.. untie
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----6-6\--2-2---2---2-----------------------------------|
A|---------------2---2--------------4-4---4---4------------|
E|-4--4-------------------5-5-0-5-5-----4---4--------------|

  A     B   G#Min7  A     C#              A
said im sorry that..gone/ id  be ly - ying
G|----------------------------66-6-6---6-------------------|
D|-------------------------4h6------4h6-------77-7-7-------|
A|------/2-2--------------4----------------5h7------5h7----|
E|-5-5-------4-4-0-4--5-5-----------------5-------------5--|

  A     B    G#Min7    A   C#             A
G|----------------------------66-6-6---6-------------------|
D|-------------------------4h6------4h6-------77-7-7-------|
A|------/2-2--------------4----------------5h7------5h7----|
E|-5-5-------4-4-0-4--5-5-----------------5-------------5--|

 C#               A
G|-----66-6-6---6------------------------------------------|
D|--4h6------4h6------77-7-7-------------------------------|
A|-4---------------5h7------5h7----------------------------|
E|----------------5-------------5--------------------------|

this next part was the first part where the piano was just playing w/o bass and now it does.

  C#M           E         B            A
  Wish you'd... and do it.. knowing... youd leave me
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------2-2---2-------------------------------------|
A|-4-4---4---4------2---2-2-2---2---2-----------------------|
E|-----4---4------------------2---2---5-5-0-5-0-5-----------|

Then swing around back to the top and repeat the same pattern even through the solo. 



| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#