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I’m A Boy – bass tab

I'm A Boy | bass tab
by The Who, 1966
>From Then And Now! 1964-2004, 2004
Written by Pete Townshend ©1966 TRO-Hampshire House Publishing Corp.

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Tabbed by Colin

2012-01-27                                       Whotabs www.thewho.net/whotabs/


This is my first bass transcription and I've only been playing for about two years, so 
bear with me. I've noticed this in the requests column for a while now, so I decided 
to get this one done. I know that this might not be exact to what The Ox is playing, 
but it's as close as I could get.

Intro
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-5-55-5-5555-0-00-0-0000-|

Verses
|-----------------|
|-----7-----------|
|---7--7------7---|
|-5-----5-0-7---7-| x4

This is the "my name is Bill and I'm a headcase" part
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-55-0-4-0-4-0-4-0-4-0-| x3

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-55-0-4-0-4-0-4-0-4-0-4-0|

Chorus
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-5555-7777-----------|
|-----------5555-5555-|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-5555-7777-7777-----------------------------|
|----------------5555-5555-5555-000000000000-|

Then there is another verse and then another chorus

Bridge (the rhythm changes a little as the bridge goes on)
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

There is one more verse after this

Then play the chorus but play this instead of the original last part
|----------------------------------------------|---|
|----------------------------------------------|---|
|-5555-7777-----------5555-7777-7777-7777-7777-|---|
|-----------5555-5555--------------------------|-5-|

Like I said earlier, I've only been playing for about only two years, so I'm not that 
experienced with playing the bass. So I hope you guys could get some use out of 
this.

Long live rock!



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