Magic Bus (live) – guitar tab
Magic Bus (live) | guitar tab By The Who >From Live At Leeds, 1970 Written by Pete Townshend ©1968 TRO-Essex Music Inc. (BMI) #----------------------------------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 Whotabs litgo@aol.com 1999-09-25 www.thewho.net/whotabs ============== A x022(2)x G 3tx0033 D xx0323 Note: this is transcribed from the edited version available on the remastered Live at Leeds, 1995 Note: all timing and leads are approximate; this transcription gives a general idea of the main riffs. [:21] |------------------|-------------------------|----------------|----------| |------------------|-------------3^-3-1------|------------8h10|~~--------| |------------------|------2-------------2-0-2|-0-2-5----------|----------| |2----------2-2-2-2|-2--2-2------------------|----------------|----------| |0----------0-0-0--|----0-0--------0---------|----------------|--------3-| |-------------3-3-3|-3-3---------------------|----------------|----------| |------------------|-----------------|---------------------------| |--------------5-3-|3-3--------------|---------------------------| |------------------|---------2p0--x--|-x--------x-x-x--------x-x-| |-----------2/5--4-|4-4--------------|----------------2--2-------| |0------------0--0-|0-0----0---0-0---|x--3^-0----x-x--0--3^-0-x--| |------------------|-----------------|--------x------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------------|------------------------| |-x-----x-x-x----------x|-x---------x-x----------x-x-|-x-----x-x-x-----------x| |-----------------------|---2------------------------|------------------------| |x-3^-0--x-x--3-3p0h3px-|x--0--3p0-x-x--3^-3^p0---x--|x-3^-0--x-x--3^-0h3p0-x-| |-----------------------|----------------------3-----|------------------------| [bass in] [vocal in] |-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|| |-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|| |-x----x-x-x-----------x|-x-----x-x-x-----------x-|-x-----x-x-x-----------x-|| |-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|| |x-3^-0-x-x--3^-0h3p0-x-|x-3^-0--x-x--3^-0h3p0-x--|x-3^-0--x-x--3^-0h3p0-x--|| |-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|| [continue similar] Every day I get in the queue To get on the bus that takes me to you [overdubbed backwards guitar omitted] |A | G D|A | D |Dsus4 D| |A | G D | I don't care how much I pay (Too much, the Magic Bus) I wanna drive my bus to my baby each day (Too much, the Magic Bus) The magic bus, magic bus |A Thruppence and sixpence every day (Too much, the Magic Bus) Just to drive to my baby (Too much, the Magic Bus) Thruppence and sixpence each day (Too much, the Magic Bus) 'Cause I drive my baby every way (Too much, the Magic Bus) Magic Bus, Magic Bus, Magic Bus ... Magic bus (give me a hundred) Magic bus (I won't take under) Ow (She goes like thunder) (It's a bus age wonder) |A | G D|A | G D| |A I want it, I want it I want (I said, you can't have it, can't have it) I don't care how much I pay (Too much, the Magic Bus) I wanna drive my bus to my baby each day (Too much, the Magic Bus) I'll buy it, I'll buy it, I'll buy it Okay, you can have the Magic Bus for one hundred English pounds No, too much Give me a hundred (ninety-five) I won't take under (ninety-five) It's a bus age wonder She goes like thunder [pick slide] x5 x2 ||A A/G A |A G D ||A A/G A |A ||A A/G A |A G D || | | ||--------|-----3-2-||--------|----------||--------|-----3-2-||--|--| ||--------|-----3-3-||--------|----------||--------|-----3-3-||0-|--| ||2---2---|2----0-2-||2---2---|2--4^\p2-2||2---2---|2--2-0-2-||0-|--| ||2---2---|2----0-0-||2---2---|2-------4-||2---2---|2--2-0-0-||0-|--| ||0---0---|0--0-----||0---0---|0---------||0---0---|0--0-----||--|--| ||--3---3-|-----3---||--3---3-|----------||--3---3-|-----3---||--|--| |-5-----|--------|-5-----|--------|-5-----|--------|--------|--------| |---8---|8-------|---8---|8-------|---8---|8-------|--------|--------| |-----7^|-\7-5^--|-----7^|-\7-5^--|-----7^|-\7-5^--|-2-0----|--------| |-------|------7-|-------|------7-|-------|------7-|--------|----5-5/| |-------|--------|-------|--------|-------|--------|-----0-3|0-3-----| |-------|--------|-------|--------|-------|--------|--------|----3-3/| |--------|--------|--------|----------|----------|---------| |--------|--------|--------|----------|----------|---------| |--------|--------|--------|-------x-x|--7-5/6---|--5^-----| |7-x-x-5/|7-x-x-5/|7-x7--5/|7--x-x----|-------7-5|7---5h7--| |--------|--------|--------|--0-------|0---------|---------| |5-x-x-3/|5-x-x-3/|5-x5--3/|5--x-x----|----------|---------| |-5------|-----------|/9-/9---/9-|7-------|/9-/9---/9^|7-------| |---8----|8----------|-----------|---5----|-----------|---5----| |------7^|-\7-5^-----|/9-/9---/9-|7--5h6--|/9-/9---/9^|7--5h6--| |--------|------7----|-----------|---5----|-----------|---5----| |--------|-----------|-----------|--------|-----------|--------| |--------|-----------|-----------|--------|-----------|--------| Whoa, Whoa, oh, now I got my magic bus, whoa, now I got my magic bus |---| |---| |0h2| |---| |---| |---| Gonna drive my baby every day |--------| |--------| |-7-5~---| |------7-| |--------| |--------| Each time I go a different way |--------|-------------5--| |5-------|----------------| |-7-5^---|----5~----7^----| |-----7-7|5-7-------------| |--------|----------------| |--------|----------------| Gonna ride her! Ride her! |------------|--------------------------------| |10^\8-8-10-8|10--------15^\p13-15-13-15-15^--| |-----9------|--------------------------------| |------------|--------------------------------| |------------|--------------------------------| |------------|--------------------------------| Ride her! |---------------------------------|-------------------------| |15^\p13--13----------------------|8^-5------5----------0-0-| |-------14--14-12-----------------|----7-5^---7-5^--5^--0-0-| |----------------14-12-10^--------|--------7------7---7-0-0-| |-------------------------12-10^--|---------------------0-0-| |---------------------------------|-------------------------| [4:57] |--------|-----3-2-|------------|---------|--------|-----3-2-|2---|--| |--------|-----3-3-|------------|---------|--------|-----3-3-|3---|--| |2---2---|2----0-2-|2-2---2-2---|2--------|2---2---|2----0-2-|2---|--| |2---2---|2----0-0-|2-2---2-2---|2--------|2---2---|2----0-0-|0---|--| |0---0---|0--------|0-0---0-0---|0--------|0---0---|0--------|0---|--| |--3^--3^|-----3---|----3^----3^|--0h2-3-4|--3^--3^|-----3---|----|--| |-----------------|-----3-2-|-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|-----3-3-|-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|-----0-2-|-----------------|--------------| |-2-2-2---2-2-2---|2-2--0-0-|-2-2-2---2-2-2---|-2-2-2---2----| |-0-0-0---0-0-0---|0-0------|-0-0-0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0---0----| |-------3^------3^|-----3---|-------3^------3^|-------3^-----| |--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----------|----------| |--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----------|----------| |--------|--------|--------|--------|------7-|5h6-----7-|5h6-----5-| |2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-7-|5---2-2-7-|5---2-2-5-| |0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-|0---0-0-0-|0---0-0-0-| |--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------| |--------7-|5-------7-|5-------5-|3-------7-|5-------5-|3-------7-| |3h4-----7-|5h6-----7-|5h6-----5-|3h4-----7-|5h6-----5-|3h4-----7-| |3---2-2-7-|5---2-2-7-|5---2-2-5-|3---2-2-7-|5---2-2-5-|3---2-2-7-| |0---0-0-0-|0---0-0-0-|0---0-0-0-|0---0-0-0-|0---0-0-0-|0---0-0-0-| |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------| |--------|----------|--------|----------|----------|----------| |--------|--7-5-----|------7-|5-------7-|5-------5-|3-------7-| |--5-5---|--7-5h6---|------7-|5h6-----7-|5h6-----5-|3h4-----7-| |2-5-5-2-|2-7-5---2-|2-2-2-7-|5---2-2-7-|5---2-2-5-|3---2-2-7-| |0-0-0-0-|0-0-0---0-|0-0-0-0-|0---0-0-0-|0---0-0-0-|0---0-0-0-| |--------|----------|--------|----------|----------|----------| [repeat, increasing tempo] ||----------|----------||----------||---------|| ||5-------5-|3-------7-||3-------5-||5------7-|| ||5h6-----5-|3h4-----7-||3h4-----5-||5h6----7-|| ||5-------5-|3-------7-||3-------5-||5------7-|| ||0---0-0-0-|0---0-0-0-||0---0-0-0-||0--0-0-0-|| ||----------|----------||----------||---------|| [loose time] |-----------17--------------------------------------------| |-------------20-17-20-17---------------------------------| |-------19^--------------19-17^--------14/14/14/14/14-----| |------------------------------19-17-14-------------------| |0--------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| |----------|----|----|----|---------| |----------|----|----|----|---------| |----------|4^--|4---|----|---------| |2-2-2-----|----|----|4---|5--------| |0-0-0-----|----|----|----|---------| |0-0-------|----|----|----|---------| |A |G |C |D | Magic bus! |-----------|---------------|-----------|-------------| |-----------|---------------|-----------|-------------| |2----2-----|2--------------|2----2-----|2--2---------| |2----2-----|2--------5-5/7-|2----2-----|2--2-----5/7-| |0--0-0---0-|0--0-3^0-3-3/5-|0--0-0---0-|0--0-3^0-3/5-| |-----------|---------------|-----------|-------------| |-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------| |-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------| |2----2-----|2--2---------|2----2-----|2------------| |2----2-----|2--2-----5/7-|2----2-----|2--------5/7-| |0--0-0---0-|0--0-3^0-3/5-|0--0-0---0-|0--0-3^0-3/5-| |-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------| |-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------| |-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------| |2----2-----|2------------|2--2-2---2-|2--2---------| |2----2-----|2--------5/7-|2--2-2---2-|2--2-----5/7-| |0--0-0---0-|0--0-3^0-3/5-|0--0-0---0-|0--0-3^0-3/5-| |-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------| magic bus wow |--------------|-------------|--------------|--------2----| |--------------|--------3----|--------------|--------3----| |2-2-2-2---2-2-|2---2---2----|2-2-2-2---2-2-|2---2---2----| |2-2-2-2---2-2-|2---2---0----|2-2-2-2---2-2-|2---2---0----| |0-0-0-0---0-0-|0-0-0-0----3^|0-0-0-0---0-0-|0-0-0-0------| |--------3^----|--3----------|--------3^----|--3----------| |--------------|---------2----|-----|-----| |--------------|---------3----|-----|-----| |2-2-2-2---2-2-|2---2----2----|2----|2----| |2-2-2-2---2-2-|2---2----0----|2----|2----| |0-0-0-0---0-0-|0-0-0-0-------|0----|0----| |--------3^----|--3-----------|-----|-----| |-------------------|12p8--12p8--12p8--12p8--12p8--12p8--12p8-- |---------------8h10|----10----10----10----10----10----10----10 |2------------------|------------------------------------------ |2------------------|------------------------------------------ |0------------0-----|------------------------------------------ |-------------------|------------------------------------------ 12p8--12p8--12p8--12-8--8--12-8-----|----------- ----10----10----10----10-10----10-8-|8h10------- ------------------------------------|----------- ------------------------------------|----------- ------------------------------------|----------- ------------------------------------|----------- |A |A |----------------|--------- |----------------|--------- |2/2/2/2/2/2-----|2-------- |2/2/2/2/2/2-----|2-------- |0/0/0/0/0/0-----|0-------- |----------------|--------- ============= litgo@aol.com #----------------------------------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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