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Who Are You – bass tab

Who Are You | bass tab
By The Who
>From Who Are You, 1978
Written by Pete Townshend ©1978 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. #
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Transcribed by:
Johari Taylor (viking@powerup.com.au)

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

Common Time(4/4)
Standard Tuning(EADG)

INTRO:
|---------|-----------|---------|----.----.-----------|
|---------|-----------|---------|-r-14-r-12----.----.-|
|-r-e-s-t-|-r-r-19/12/|-7-r-r-r-|-----------r-14-r-13-|
|---------|-----------|---------|---------------------|
  1 2 3 4   1 2 3  4    1 2 3 4   1 &  2 &  3 &  4 &
                                                           .
|---------------------|---------------------|----.----.---12-r-9/|
|----.----.----.------|---------.----.----.-|-r-12-r-14-r--------|
|-r-12-r-10-r-12-r--.-|--.-----10-r-12-r-14-|--------------------|
|------------------10-|-r-12-r--------------|--------------------|
  1 &  2 &  3 &  4 &    1 &  2  & 3  & 4 &    1 &  2 &  3 &  4 &

                                                     (x16)
|-7-------|-------------|---------|---------|-------------|
|---------|---------5-7-|---------|---------|*---.-----.-*|
|---------|-r-r-5-7-----|-7-------|-r-r-r-7/|*---7-r---7-*|
|---------|-------------|---0-r-r-|---------|--0-----0----|
  1 2 3 4   1 2 3 & 4 &   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4    1 2 3 & 4

VERSES:
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------------------|
|*-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------*|
|*-----7---r-|-----5---r-|-----------|-3-2--------------*|(x4)
|--r-0-------|-r-0-------|-r-0-5---r-|-----5-3---3-3/12--|
   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

1ST CHORUS:
|-------------|
|*---.-----.-*|
|*---7-r---7-*|(x8)
|--0-----0----|
   1 2 3 & 4

2ND CHORUS:
          (x7)                              (x8)
|-------------|---.---.-----------|-------------|
|*---.-----.-*|-r-5-r-7-r-.-------|*---.-----.-*|
|*---7-r---7-*|-----------5-r-r-7-|*---7-r---7-*|
|--0-----0----|-------------------|--0-----0----|
   1 2 3 & 4    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & a    1 2 3 & 4

MIDDLE:
                           (x16)                    (x4)
|---------|---------|-----------|------------|----------|
|---------|---------|*---------*|*-----------|---------*|
|---------|---------|*-r-e-s-t-*|*---------7-|-5-------*|
|-0-------|---------|-----------|--0---------|----------|
  1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4    1 2 3 4     1 2 3 4 &   1 2 3 4

                 (x23)                    (x4)  
|---------|-----------|----------|------------|
|---------|*---------*|*---------|-----------*|
|---------|*-r-e-s-t-*|*-----7---|-----7-5---*|
|-0-r-r-r-|-----------|--0-------|------------|
  1 2 3 4    1 2 3 4     1 2 3 4   1 2 3 & 4

END:
         (x20)
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|*---.-----.-*|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|*---7-r---7-*|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--0-----0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
   1 2 3 & 4    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 2 3 4

By: Johari Taylor
E-mail: viking@powerup.com.au
More Bass Tabs: http://www.powerup.com.au/~viking/basstab.htm

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