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La-La-La-Lies – bass tab

La-La-La-Lies | bass tab
By the Who
>From My Generation, 1965
Written by Pete Townshend ©1965 TRO-Devon Music, 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 Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John Entwistle - Bass'


 Intro
  Q=163(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-3----3-(3)-----|-3----3-(3)-----|-3----3-(3)-----|-3----3-(3)-----||


   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o----------------|----------------|-3----3-(3)-----|-5----5-(5)------|
||--3----3-(3)-----|-3----3-(3)-----|----------------|-----------------|


  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-3----3-(3)-----|-5----5-(5)-----|
|-3----3-(3)-----|-3----3-(3)-----|----------------|----------------|


 Chorus
                                    To Coda
  Q  E E H      Q  E E H      W          W
|-------------|-------------|----------|--------||
|-------------|-------------|----------|-------o||
|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3--------|-5-----o||
|------3------|------3------|----------|--------||


 Interlude
  Q  E E +H       Q  E E +H       Q  E E +H       Q  E E +H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-5----5-(5)----|-5----5-(5)----|-5----5-(5)----|-5----5-(5)----||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||


 Bridge
  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-5----5-(5)-----|-5----5-(5)-----|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-3----3-(3)-----|-3----3-(3)-----|


                                                   D.S. al Coda
  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------||
|----------------|----------------|-5----5-(5)----|-5----5-(5)----||
|-5----5-(5)-----|-5----5-(5)-----|---------------|---------------||


 Instrumental Bridge
  &
  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q  E E +H       Q.   E +H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|-5----5-(5)----|-7----7-(7)----|
|-5----5-(5)----|-5----5-(5)----|---------------|---------------|


  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q  E E +H       Q.   E +H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|-5----5-(5)----|-7----7-(7)----|
|-5----5-(5)----|-5----5-(5)----|---------------|---------------|


  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       W          W
|---------------|---------------|----------|------||
|---------------|---------------|----------|------||
|-5-------------|-5-------------|-5--------|-7----||
|------5-(5)----|------5-(5)----|----------|------||


 4th Verse
  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-5----5-(5)-----|-7----7-(7)------|
|-5----5-(5)-----|-5----5-(5)-----|----------------|-----------------|


  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|-5----5-(5)-----|-7----7-(7)------||
|-5----5-(5)-----|-5----5-(5)-----|----------------|-----------------||


 Chorus
  Q.   E H      Q.   E H      W          W
|-------------|-------------|----------|------||
|-------------|-------------|----------|------||
|-5-----------|-5-----------|-5--------|-7----||
|------5------|------5------|----------|------||


 5th Verse
  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|-5----5-(5)----|-7----7-(7)----|
|-5----5-(5)----|-5----5-(5)----|---------------|---------------|


  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|-5----5-(5)----|-7----7-(7)----||
|-5----5-(5)----|-5----5-(5)----|---------------|---------------||


 Out-Chorus
  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|-5----5-(5)----|
|-5----5-(5)----|-5----5-(5)----|---------------|


  W          W          +H     H
|----------|----------|-------------*|
|----------|----------|-------------*|
|-7--------|----------|-------------*|
|----------|-5--------|-(5)---------*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths



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