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I’m A Boy (Live) – bass tab

I'm A Boy (Live) | bass tab
By The Who, 14 February 1970
>Originally released as a single, 1966; appears on Who's Missing, 1987
(Live version source: Live At Leeds remaster)
Written by Pete Townshend ©1966 TRO-Hampshire House Publishing Corp.

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transcribed by             2020-09-16          Whotabs                          
Ruari                                          www.thewho.net/whotabs           


Tempo = 132

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A |-------|--------------------------------------------5--5----|
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--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-------|-----------7-----7----------|
-----------------------7----|--5-----------------5--x----|

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----------------------------|--7-----------7-------------|
--------------7--------7----|-----------7-----7----------|
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--0-----------------7-----------------------7--7----|

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-----------7-----7----------|--7-----------7--------7----|
--5-----------------5--x----|-----------7----------------|

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--------------------------------------------0-------|


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


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


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--4-----0-----4-----0-------|--4-----0-----4-----0-------|


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--4-----0-----4-----0-------|--4^-0--4^-0----|


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--0-----------------0--0--0-----0-------------------|
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--------------------------------------------0--0----|


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--------------7-------------|--------------------5--6----|
--0--------7-----7--4-------|--7-----------7--9----------|
----------------------------|-----------7----------------|

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--------------------7-----------------------7--7----|

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-----------7-----7--4--x----|--7-----------7-----x--7----|
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--0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------


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--0--0--0--0--0--------0----|
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--7-----7-------|-------||
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#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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