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Bell Boy – bass tab

Bell Boy | bass tab
By The Who
>From Quadrophenia, 1973
Written by Pete Townshend ©1973 Fabulous Music Ltd.

#----------------------------------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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transcribed by          v1 2020-05-20          Whotabs                          
Ruari                   v2 2021-05-19          www.thewho.net/whotabs           



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D|---------------------------------|-----------------6--8---------8--------|
A|-6-------6-------6-------6-------|-6-------6-----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|


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D|---------------------------------|-----------------------------6--8--------|---------------------------------|
A|-6-------6-------6-------6-------|-6-------6-------------------------------|-6-------6-------6-------6-------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|


G|-----------------------6--6--------8--8--|---------------------------------|---------------------------8-------|
D|-----------------6--8--------8--10-------|---------------------------------|---------------------6--8----------|
A|-6-------6-------------------------------|-6-------6-------6-------6-------|-6-------6-------6-----------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

                                   (x4)
G||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------------8--8--|
D||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------6--8--------|
A||-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---||-6-------6-------6-------6-------|-6-------6-------6-------------------|
E||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


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D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------6--8--------------|
A|-6-------6-------6-------6-------|-6-------6-------6-------6-------|-6---6---6---6---6---------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|


G|-----------------------------------8---|---------------------------------|-------6--6--6----------8--8--8--8-------|
D|-----------------------------6--8------|---------------------------------|-6--8-------------8--10---------------8--|
A|-6---6--6--6---6--6--6---6-------------|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---|-----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|


G|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-6-------6-------6-------6-------|-6-------6-------6-------------6-----|-6-------6-------6-------6-------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------6---6--9-----9--|---------------------------------|


G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------\17-17-17--17\-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|-6-------6-------6---6---6---1---|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|-3-------3---------------------0--0--|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


G|-----------------------------------|--------------------5--5--5--5--5--5--|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|--------------3--5--------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-3-------3-------3--3------3-------|-3-------3----------------------------|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|
E|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------3---|


G|------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-3-------3----------------0---|-1---3---3-------3-------3----3--|-----------------0---1---2---3---|
E|--------------0---1---3-------|---------------------------------|-0---1---2---3-------------------|

                                                                       (x2)                                 (x4)
G||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||---------------------------------||
D||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||---------------------------------||
A||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||---------------------------------||
E||-1-------1-------1-------1-------|-1-------1-------1--1------1-------||||-1-------1-------1-------1-------||

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                                   (x2)                                                            (x4)
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D||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------||
A||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||-1-------0--------1--------||
E||-1---1---1---1---1---1-------1---||-1---1---1---1---1---1---1-------||---------------------------||


G|-------------|----------------|-----------------------------------|------------------|
D|-------------|------------15--|-----------------------------------|------------------|
A|-------------|----------------|-----15----------15-13-------------|------------13----|
E|--------6--/-|-13-------------|---------13------------13-----13---|-11---------------|


G|------------------|--------|-------------------------------|----------8------------------|
D|-13---------------|-13-----|-----13--15--13\18--15--13-----|-----\8-------10--8----------|
A|------------13----|--------|-------------------------------|----------------------10\8---|
E|------------------|--------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|


G|------------8-----------|----------------|-8----------8---8---8---|----------------|
D|-------8----------------|------------8---|-------8----------------|----------------|
A|-6--------------6---6---|-6--------------|------------------------|/8---------(8)\-|
E|------------------------|----------------|------------------------|----------------|


G|---------5-----------------|-7-----7---------------|----------------|---------5-----------------|
D|-----5-----------------7---|-----------7-----------|----------------|-----5-----------------7---|
A|-3-----------3---5---------|---------------5---x---|/8--------(8)\--|-3-----------3---5---------|
E|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------|---------------------------|


G|-7-----7---------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------5-/-|-8-------8-------8-------8-------8-------8---5-/-|-8-------8-------8-------8-------8-------8---3-/-|
E|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

                                                   (x3)
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D||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
A||-6-------6-------6-------6-------6-------6---3-/-||-6-------6-------6-------6-------6-------6-------|
E||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|

                                                     (x3)
G|-----------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------8--8--8--8--|
D|-----------------||---------------------------------||---------------------6--8--------------|
A|-6-------6-------||-6-------6-------6-------6-------||-6-------6-------6---------------------|
E|-----------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------------|


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D|---------------------------------|-----------------6--8---------8--------|---------------------------------|
A|-6-------6-------6-------6-------|-6-------6-----------------------------|-6-------6-------6-------6-------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|


G|\10-10-10-10-8--8--8--8--6--6--6--6--------------|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------8--8--8--8--|---------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|-6-------6-------6-------6-------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

                                   (x2)
G||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------8--8---|
D||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------8---------|
A||-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---||-6---6---6---6---6---6---6-------|-6-------6-------6-----------------|
E||---------------------------------||-----------------------------6---|-----------------------------------|


G|-----------------6--8--8--8--------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------6---------8---|
D|-----------------------------8--8--8--8--|---------------------------------|-----------------6--8------8--10-----|
A|-6-------6-------------------------------|-6-------6-------6-------6-------|-6-------6---------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


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D|---------------------------------|------------------------------|-6--8------------8--10-----------6--8--------|
A|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---|------6---6-------6---6---6---|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|


G|-6----6----------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------\10-10-10--8--8--8---|
D|---------8---8--8--6---6--6--------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------8--10-8--10-|-6-------6-------6-------6-------|-6-------6---6-----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


G|---------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-6-------6-------6-------6-------|-6-------6-------6-------6--\-|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|
E|---------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------|


G|----------------\17-17-17--17\-------|------------------------------|\17-17-17--------15-----------------|
D|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------15-17-----17\------------|
A|-3-------3---------------------0--0--|-3-------3-------3-------3----|--------------------------0--0--1---|
E|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------------|


G|------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|-----------------1---------------|---------------------------------|
A|-3-------3--------------------|-0---1---2---3-------3---0---1---|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|
E|--------------0---1---2---3---|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

                                                                     (x2)
G|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
A|-3-------3-------------------1---||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
E|-------------0---1---2---3-------||-1-------1-------1-------1-------||-1-------1-------1-------1---0---|

                                   (x5)                                 (x7)
G||---------------------------------||||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
D||---------------------------------||||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
A||---------------------------------||||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
E||-1-------1-------1-------1-------||||-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---||-1---1---1---1---1---1---1-------|

                             (x4)
G||---------------------------||-------------|----------------|---------------------------|
D||---------------------------||-------------|------------15--|--------------15-----------|
A||-1-------0--------1--------||-------------|----------------|-----15-----------15-------|
E||---------------------------||--------6--/-|-13-------------|---------13-----------13\--|

                                    (x2)
G|-----------------||----------------||-----------------------------|----------------|
D|-----------------||-13-------------||-13------------13--------13--|----------------|
A|-------------13--||------------13--||-----------13------11/13-----|----------------|
E|-11--------------||----------------||-------11--------------------|-11---------6---|


G|----------------|------------8---|----------------|----------------|------------8---|
D|------------8---|----------------|----------------|------------8---|----------------|
A|-6--------------|-6--------------|-6--------------|-6--------------|-6--------------|
E|----------------|----------------|------------6---|----------------|----------------|


G|----------------|------------8---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------8---|----------------|
A|-6--------------|-6--------------|-6--------------|-6--------------|-6--------------|
E|------------6---|----------------|------------6---|----------------|------------6---|


G|------------8---|----------------|------------8---|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|-6--------------|-6--------------|-6--------------|-6--------------|
E|----------------|------------6---|----------------|------------6---|



#----------------------------------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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