The Who – La La La Lies (Bass Tab)

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LA LA LA LIES (Bassline) As recorded by The Who (From the 1965 Album MY GENERATION) Words and Music by Pete Townshend 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