Baba Oriley bass tab by The Who

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: F

Difficulty: Intermediate

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

 Intro:
 Q=118
 4/4
 Gtr I
  Wx56
G|---------||
D|---------||
A|---------||
E|---------||

 1st Verse:
  H.   Q  W     H  +E E Q  W
G|------------|----------|---------------|------|
D|-3----------|----------|-3----(3)------|------|
A|---------3--|-1--------|----------0-3--|-1----|
E|------------|----------|---------------|------|


  H.   E E  W     H.   Q  W
G|-------------|----------|------------|------|
D|-3-----------|----------|-3----------|------|
A|---------3-3-|-1--------|---------3--|-1----|
E|-------------|----------|------------|------|


  H  +E E E E  W     H  +E E Q  W
G|----------------|----------|---------------|------|
D|-3----(3)-------|----------|-3----(3)------|------|
A|----------0-3-0-|-1--------|----------0-3--|-1----|
E|----------------|----------|---------------|------|


  H  +E E Q  W     H  +E E Q  W
G|---------------|----------|---------------|------||
D|-3----(3)------|----------|-3----(3)------|------||
A|----------0-3--|-1--------|----------0-3--|-1----||
E|---------------|----------|---------------|------||


 Interlude:
   H  +E E Q  W     H  +E E Q  W
G||----------------|----------|---------------|-------||
D||o-3----(3)------|----------|-3----(3)------|------o||
A||o----------0-3--|-1--------|----------0-3--|-1----o||
E||----------------|----------|---------------|-------||


  H  +E E Q  W     W     W
G|---------------|----------|----------|------|
D|-3----(3)------|----------|----------|------|
A|----------0-3--|-1--------|-3--------|-3----|
E|---------------|----------|----------|------|


              Bridge:
  W     +W      +H.   Q  Wx7
G|----------|------------||-------------|--------||
D|----------|------------||-------------|--------||
A|-3--------|-(3)--------||-(3)---------|--------||
E|----------|------------||-------------|--------||


 2nd Verse:
   H  +E E Q  W     H  +E E Q  W   4x
G||----------------|----------|---------------|-------||
D||o-3----(3)------|----------|-3----(3)------|------o||
A||o----------0-3--|-1--------|----------0-3--|-1----o||
E||----------------|----------|---------------|-------||


  Q Q H   W     W     W
G|------------|----------|----------|------||
D|-3----------|----------|----------|------||
A|------------|----------|----------|------||
E|------------|----------|----------|------||


 Chorus:
  H  +E E E E  Q E E E E E E  Q.  E E E E E  Q.  E E E E E
G|----------------|------3---------|----------------|------3-1-------|
D|-3----(3)-------|--------0-1-2-1-|-3----------3---|----------0-1-2-|
A|----------0-3-0-|-1--1-----------|------1-3-------|-1--------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------1---1-|----------------|


  H  +E E Q  Q.  E +E E E S  +S  H  +E E E E  H.   E E
G|---------------|------3-(3)--------------|----------------|-------------||
D|-3----(3)------|-------------------------|----------------|-----------1-||
A|----------0-3--|-1----------0------------|----------0-3-0-|-1-------3---||
E|---------------|--------------3-3pb5r(3)-|-1----(1)-------|-------------||


 Outro:
 Slower Q=88
  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  W     W
G|-------------|-------------|----------|------|
D|-------------|-------------|----------|------|
A|-3-----3-----|-1-----1-----|-3--------|-1----|
E|-------------|-------------|----------|------|


  W     W     W     W
G|----------|----------|----------|------|
D|-3--------|-1--------|----------|------|
A|----------|----------|-3--------|-1----|
E|----------|----------|----------|------|


  W     W     W     W
G|----------|----------|----------|------|
D|-3--------|-1--------|-3--------|-3----|
A|----------|----------|----------|------|
E|----------|----------|----------|------|


             Double-time Q=176
  W     +W      +H   H   W     W
G|----------|------------|--------------|----------|------|
D|----------|------------|--------------|----------|------|
A|-6--------|-(6)--------|-(6)\---------|----------|------|
E|----------|------------|--------------|----------|------|


   q q q q  q q q q  q q q q  q q q q  8x
G||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
D||o----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3---o||
A||o-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3------o||
E||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||


  q q q q  q q q q  q q q q  q q q q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------*|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------3--*|
A|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3-----*|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------*|

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Duration 🏷Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

| (n) - note tied to previous
|  pb - pre-bend
|  r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
|  \  - slide out of (to "nowhere")
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