Who Baba O Riley ver 4 guitar tab

Baba O Riley Ver 4 by Who

Who - Baba O Riley ver 4 guitar tab 



"Baba O'Riley" by The Who

Pete Townshend: Electric Guitar

"Baba O'Riley" is probably The Who's most recognizable song,
and also the easiest to play. There are two guitars, but the
second guitar is only used as background for Pete Townshend's
solo. As always, listen to the song to get the rhythm.

Symbols: ~ ---> let note ring
         / ---> slide up
          ---> slide down
         % ---> repeat many times
        hb ---> half bend
        fb ---> full bend

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  Chorus (1:47)
e[-------5x-------|----------------------|--------------------]
B[----------------|----------------------|--------------------]
G[------5hb~~3~~~~|-5hb~~~~5hb~~~~5hb~~~~|--------------------]
D[-3~~~~5hb~~3~~~~|-5hb~~~~5hb~~~~5hb~~~~|--------------------]
A[-3~~~~3hb~~1~~~~|-3hb~~~~3hb~~~~3hb~~~~|--------------------]
E[-1~~~~----------|----------------------|--------------------]

  Verse (2:32)
e[-------8x-------|-------------------------------------------]
B[----------------|-------------------------------------------]
G[------5hb~~3~~~~|-------------------------------------------]
D[-3~~~~5hb~~3~~~~|-------------------------------------------]
A[-3~~~~3hb~~1~~~~|-------------------------------------------]
E[-1~~~~----------|-------------------------------------------]

  Guitar Solo (3:05)
e[-13fb~~~~13~------------------|-----------------------------]
B[------------13~~13/15~15-15~~~|-----------------------------]
G[------------------------------|-----------------------------]
D[------------------------------|-----------------------------]
A[------------------------------|-----------------------------]
E[------------------------------|-----------------------------]

  3:08
e[-13-15-13-17-13-13--------------------|---------------------]
B[-------------------15-13~~15p13-15~13~|---------------------]
G[--------------------------------------|---------------------]
D[--------------------------------------|---------------------]
A[--------------------------------------|---------------------]
E[--------------------------------------|---------------------]

  3:11
e[-------------------------------------|----------------------]
B[-------------------------------------|----------------------]
G[-17fb-17fb-17fb-17fb-17fb-17fb-17fb~~|----------------------]
D[-------------------------------------|----------------------]
A[-------------------------------------|----------------------]
E[-------------------------------------|----------------------]

  (3:13, The second guitar plays the above power chords 4x)

  Solo, cont. (3:14)
e[------------------------------------------|-----------------]
B[------------------------------------------|-----------------]
G[-17fb---17fb--17fb-17fb-15fb-14fb-1514~~~|-----------------]
D[------------------------------------------|-----------------]
A[------------------------------------------|-----------------]
E[------------------------------------------|-----------------]

  Interlude (3:35, played by second guitar, see below)

  Interlude (3:35, played by first guitar)
e[-12--13--15--12--13--15--12-13-15-|-------------------------]
B[----------------------------------|-------------------------]
G[-------------3x-------------------|-------------------------]
D[----------------------------------|-------------------------]
A[----------------------------------|-------------------------]
E[----------------------------------|-------------------------]

  3:43
e[-11--13--15--11--13--15--11-13-15-|-------------------------]
B[----------------------------------|-------------------------]
G[----------------------------------|-------------------------]
D[----------------------------------|-------------------------]
A[----------------------------------|-------------------------]
E[----------------------------------|-------------------------]

  3:46
e[-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-12----|----------------]
B[----------------------------------------13-|----------------]
G[-------------------------------------------|----------------]
D[-------------------------------------------|----------------]
A[-------------------------------------------|----------------]
E[-------------------------------------------|----------------]

  3:49
e[-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-15fb-12-13-13-|-----]
B[------------------------------------------------------|-----]
G[------------------------------------------------------|-----]
D[------------------------------------------------------|-----]
A[------------------------------------------------------|-----]
E[------------------------------------------------------|-----]

  3:52
e[-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-|----------]
B[-------------------------------------------------|----------]
G[-------------------------------------------------|----------]
D[-------------------------------------------------|----------]
A[-------------------------------------------------|----------]
E[-------------------------------------------------|----------]

  3:54
e[-13-11-13-11-13-11-13-11-13-11-13-11-13-11-13-11-11fb~------]
B[------------------------------------------------------13fb~~]
G[------------------------------------------------------------]
D[------------------------------------------------------------]
A[------------------------------------------------------------]
E[------------------------------------------------------------]

  3:59              
e[------------------very fast...----------------------|-------]
B[-13fb-13fb-13fb~~~13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-%-13-15~~~|-------]
G[----------------------------------------------------|-------]
D[----------------------------------------------------|-------]
A[----------------------------------------------------|-------]
E[----------------------------------------------------|-------]

  4:03
e[--------------------------------------|---------------------]
B[-11-10-8fb-8fb-6fb--------------------|---------------------]
G[-------------------8-7-5-3-2-2--------|---------------------]
D[-------------------------------3~3~3~~|---------------------]
A[--------------------------------------|---------------------]
E[--------------------------------------|---------------------]

 From this point on it's basically just violin, drums,
 and the synthesizer till the end of the song.

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  Interlude (3:30, played by second guitar)
e[-----------------------------------------|-----------------]
B[-----------------------------------------|-----------------]
G[-----------------------------------3~~~~~|-----------------]
D[-4~--4~--3~--3~--4~~~~~3~~~~~2~~~~~3~~~~~|-----------------]
A[-4~--4~--3~--3~--4~~~~~3~~~~~2~~~~~1~~~~~|-----------------]
E[-2~--2~--1~--1~--2~~~~~1~~~~~2~~~~~------|-----------------]

  3:46
e[-------------------------|---------------------------------]
B[-------------------------|---------------------------------]
G[-------------------3~~~~~|---------------------------------]
D[-4~~~~~3~~~~~2~~~~~3~~~~~|---------------------------------]
A[-4~~~~~3~~~~~2~~~~~1~~~~~|---------------------------------]
E[-2~~~~~1~~~~~2~~~~~------|---------------------------------]

  3:57
e[-------------------|---------------------------------------]
B[-------------------|---------------------------------------]
G[-------------3~~~~~|---------------------------------------]
D[-3~~~~~3~~~~~3~~~~~|---------------------------------------]
A[-3~~~~~3~~~~~1~~~~~|---------------------------------------]
E[-1~~~~~1~~~~~------|---------------------------------------]

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