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Requests

Here are requests we’ve received for transcriptions. If you’ve transcribed one of these songs, or are aware of a transcription that meets our submission criteria, please let us know. If you’d like to give it a try, check out Want to transcribe.

• Cry If You Want (Live)
• Eminence Front (Bass)
• One of the Boys
• Under a Raging Moon
• Save it For Later (for sax solo)
• Rocks In the Head (all tracks)
• It’s Hard (Bass)
• Bargain (bass)
• Squeeze Box (solo for banjo)
• Cookin’
• The Seeker (lead)
• Call Me Lightning (lead and bass)
• I Don’t Even Know Myself (live)
• Waiting For A Friend (McVicar)
• Just A Dream Away (McVicar)
• Going To New York (PT Roundhouse)
• Eyesight to the Blind (Live at the Fillmore, 1996)
• Peppermint Lump (by Angie)
• Forever’s No Time At All (Billy Nicholls)
• Who Are You (solo only from Concert From New York 2001)
• Whiskey Man (bass)
• Shout and Shimmy (bass)
• Bell Boy (bass and keyboards)
• In The Ether (piano)
• April Fool
• Heaven and Hell (live bass)
• Who Are You (drums)
• Long Live Rock (bass)
• Relay (bass)
• My Size (guitar solo)
• Eminence Front (Live – Toronto)
• Drowned (live for acoustic – interlude)
• Wistful
• Baby Don’t You Do It (Live, with solos)
• Ooh Poo Pah Doo (High Numbers)
• The Song Is Over (bass)
• McVicar
• No Face, No Name, No Number (live PT – 2007)
• White City Fighting (bass)
• Hall of the Mountain King (bass)
• Eyesight to the Blind (Soundtrack version; bass)
• I’m A Boy (bass)
• Pictures of Lily (bass)
• Let’s See Action (bass)
• Pure And Easy (bass)
• Love Reign O’er Me (bass)
• Join Together (live from The Kids Are Alright soundtrack)
• Squeeze Box (drums)

Welcome to Whotabs. Whotabs is dedicated to exploring the music of The Who and its members’ solo careers. Within this site you’ll find over 450 transcriptions for guitar, bass and drums, including guitar transcriptions for most every song released by The Who since 1964. Some are full tablature, others basic chord charts. All are faithful interpretations intended to preserve and celebrate the musical legacy of The Who.

A growing presence on Whotabs is the Equipment section, presenting work-in-progress references to the genre-defining musical instruments and gear the group employed (and destroyed) throughout their careers.

Latest Site Updates

19th May 2012

Updates made since 1st March 2012.

Tablature updates

• Bass
  • White City Fighting (Bass) ~New: Transcription for bass, thanks to Stebbele. 13 March 2012

Site and information updates

• Site
  • Whotabs site ~General site cleanup. 19 May 2012
• John’s gear:
  • John’s gear: 1968–71 ~Update: Leeds photos by John Rettie, courtesy Joe G’s thewho.org. 18 May 2012
  • John’s gear: 1986–2002 – Buzzard basses ~Update: Added more details about 1991 prototype Modulus Buzzard, including that it was sold. 13 March 2012
  • John’s gear: 1974–1985 – Boss Chorus Ensemble pedal ~Update: Corrected date reference, thanks to John Viehweg. 13 March 2012
• Keith’s drumkits
  • Keith’s Drums – 1970–73 ~Update: Photo of Keith recording at Stargroves in May 1973 with this kit, courtesy Simon Bedford. 18 May 2012
  • Keith’s Drums – 1968–70 ~Update: Photos from Amsterdam gigs, by Nico Gabel, courtesy Joe G’s thewho.org. 18 May 2012
• Pete’s gear:
  • Gibson SG EDS-1275 double-neck ~Update: Photos of Washington, D.C., date in August 1967, courtesy Joe G’s thewho.org. 19 May 2012
  • Gibson SG Specials and Hiwatt CP103 ~Update: Photos from Amsterdam gigs, by Nico Gabel, courtesy Joe G’s thewho.org. 18 May 2012
  • Gibson SG Specials ~Update: Leeds photos by John Rettie, courtesy Joe G’s thewho.org. 18 May 2012
  • Martin acoustic, Gibson J-200 acoustics ~Update: photos of these guitars, courtesy Kenny F. 18 May 2012
  • Fender Eric Clapton Stratocasters ~Update: Added model number for EMG buffer preamp used in these guitars, thanks to TommyGuitars. 10 April 2012
• PA
  • The Who’s PA – 1975–76 ~Update: Photos from Ludwigshafen, Germany, courtesy Affendaddy. 18 May 2012
  • The Who’s Lighting and The Who’s PA – 1975–76 ~Update: Photos from Ludwigshafen, Germany, courtesy Affendaddy. 18 May 2012
  • The Who’s PA – 1969–70 ~Update: Leeds photos by John Rettie, courtesy Joe G’s thewho.org. 18 May 2012
  • The Who’s PA – 1969–70 ~Update: Photos from Amsterdam gigs, by Nico Gabel, courtesy Joe G’s thewho.org. 18 May 2012
  • The Who’s Lighting and The Who’s PA – 1969–70 ~Update: Boston, October 1969 photos by Roland Boisjoly, courtesy Joe G’s thewho.org. 18 May 2012
  • The Who’s PA – 1971–72 ~Update: Photos of Boston, August 1971, by Roland Boisjoly, courtesy Joe G’s thewho.org. 18 May 2012

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