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Naked Eye – bass tab

Naked Eye | bass tab
By The Who
>From Odds & Sods, 1974
Written by Pete Townshend, 1970 ©1974 Towser Tunes, Inc.

#----------------------------------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. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

Transcribed by Nick Key (nkey@ionet.net)

Added 2001-01-23               Whotabs               www.thewho.net/whotabs/

Intro:
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-2-0---5-----0-3-|
|-----3-----3-----|

Verse 1
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------3-----------------|
|-5--0-3-2----2-3-5--0-3-5---5--0-3-2-0---5--|
|-----------3---------------------------3----|

|-----------2----------|
|-------3-5---5-3------|
|-----5-----------5-3--|
|-3-5------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------3--------------------|
|-3h5-0-3--0-2--0-2-3-5--0-3-5---5-3-3h5-3-2-0---5--|
|----------------------------------------------3----|

-verse 2
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------3---------------------------------------|
|-5-0-3-5---0-3h5-0--3-2--2-3-5---0-3-5-3-2-0---5-|
|-------------------------------3-------------3---|

|---------------------------------|
|---------3-5-3-2-----------------|
|-----3-5-----------5-0-3-----3-5-|
|-3-5---------------------3-5-----|

Pre-Chorus
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-X-X-3/10-8-88888888-/3--|
|-------------------------|

Chorus 
 First time                  2x
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------3h5-5-5-5p3-|
|-3h5-5-5-5-5-3-------------|-3h5-5-5-5-5-3-------------|
|---------------3-3-3-3-3p1-|---------------------------|

Last time
|-----------------------------|
|---------------3h5-5-5-5-----|
|-3h5-5-5-5-5-3-----------0-3-|
|-----------------------------|

Verse 3
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------3-----------------|
|-5-3-2---2-3-5--0-3-5---5--3-3-2-0---5--|
|-------3---------------------------3----|

|-------------2-----------------------------------------|
|---------3-5---5---------------------------------------|
|-----3-5---------0-3-5-0-3-2---2-3-5-----3-5-3-2-0---5-|
|-3-5-------------------------3-------3-5-----------3---|

|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------3-5/7-------------------------------------|
|------3-3-5-------3-2-2-0-2-3-5-----2-3-3h5-3-2-0---5-|
|--3-5---------------------------3-5---------------3---|

Pre-chorus
Chorus

Solo section
|-10---------------------------9-10---------------------|
|----10--------9-9-10-10-12-12------7-9-10--------------|
|-------10--10-----------------------------5-7-8-10-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
                                   2x
|-----------------10-12-14-12-10--|-------|
|---------9-10-12-----------------|-3-----|
|-8-10-10-------------------------|---3---|
|---------------------------------|-----3-|

|---5---------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----------------------3-5-7-5--3-3-0-3-3------------|
|-----3-------------2-3-5--------------------3-3-0-3-3--|
|-------0-2-3-0-3-3-------------------------------------|

|------------------5-2-----------------|
|--------------2-3-------2-3-5-555555--|
|------2-2-3h5---------3---------------|
|--3-3---------------------------------|

Chorus

Verse 4 (play this two times)
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-5-3-2-0-2-3-5---0-3-5-3-2-0---5-|
|---------------3-------------3---|

|---------------2-------------------|
|-----------3-5---5-----------------|
|-------3-5---------3-5-3-2---2-3-5-|
|-3-5-5---------------------3-------|

Pre-chorus (play an extra G at the end)
Long pause where guitar plays

Solo (F C G)
|-------------------3-5-7-5-------5-----5-2--------|
|-3-0h3---------3-5---------8-5-8---5-3------------|
|-------3---3-5-----------------------------0-2-3--|
|---------3----------------------------------------|
                                         Play a fill here^
|-777777777-7p5-------5-3-------------------------3h5-3---|
|---------------8-5-3-----5-0-3h5-3h5-0-3-----3h5-------5-|
|-----------------------------------------0-3-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

|---5-2---------------------------------2-3p2---2-|
|-3---------------------------------3-5-------5---|
|-------0-2-3-333---------3-5---3-5---------------|
|-----------------3-0-3-5-----5-------------------|

|---5-2-----------3----|
|-3-----------3-5---5--|
|-------0-2-3----------|
|----------------------|

|-777777777-7p5-----------------------------------|
|---------------8-5-8-5-3-5-3-------3-5-3-3-------|
|-----------------------------5-3-5---------0-2-3-|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|-----3-----------------------------5-2--------------------|
|-3h5---5-3-555--------------22-333-----------333----5-3---|
|----------------------223355-----------0-333------------3-|
|---------------000-33----------------------------3*-------|

*=play eight notes for one measure

#----------------------------------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. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

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