The Who – La La La Lies (Guitar Tab)

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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 B E) - 'Pete Townshend - Electric Guitar' Intro Q=163(8=s8) G5 4/4 Gtr I Q E E +Q Q Q E E +Q Q Q E E +Q Q Q E E +Q Q

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|-5----5-(5)-----|-5----5-(5)-----|-5----5-(5)-----|-5----5-(5)-----||
|-3----3-(3)-----|-3----3-(3)-----|-3----3-(3)-----|-3----3-(3)-----||

   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    G5                                C                D
    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o----------------|----------------|-5----5-(5)-----|-7----7-(7)------|
||-----------------|----------------|-5----5-(5)-----|-7----7-(7)------|
||-----------------|----------------|-5----5-(5)-----|-7----7-(7)------|
||o-5----5-(5)-----|-5----5-(5)-----|-3----3-(3)-----|-5----5-(5)------|
||--3----3-(3)-----|-3----3-(3)-----|----------------|-----------------|

  G5                                C5               D5
  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)-----|-7----7-(7)-----||
|----------------|----------------|-5----5-(5)-----|-7----7-(7)-----||
|-5----5-(5)-----|-5----5-(5)-----|-3----3-(3)-----|-5----5-(5)-----||
|-3----3-(3)-----|-3----3-(3)-----|----------------|----------------||

 Chorus
                                    To Coda
  C    G        C    G        C          D
  Q  E E H      Q  E E H      W          W
|-------------|-------------|----------|--------||
|-5----3------|-5----3------|-5--------|-7-----o||
|-5----4------|-5----4------|-5--------|-7------||
|-5----5------|-5----5------|-5--------|-7------||
|-3----5------|-3----5------|-3--------|-5-----o||
|------3------|------3------|----------|--------||

 Interlude
  D
  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +E  E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
|-7----7-(7)--7--|-7----7-(7)--7--|-7----7-(7)--7--|-7----7-(7)-x-x-x-||
|-7----7-(7)--7--|-7----7-(7)--7--|-7----7-(7)--7--|-7----7-(7)-x-x-x-||
|-7----7-(7)--7--|-7----7-(7)--7--|-7----7-(7)--7--|-7----7-(7)-x-x-x-||
|-5----5-(5)-----|-5----5-(5)-----|-5----5-(5)-----|-5----5-(5)-------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||

 Bridge
  D                                 G5
  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|----------------|----------------|
|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|----------------|----------------|
|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-5----5-(5)-----|-5----5-(5)-----|
|-5----5-(5)-----|-5----5-(5)-----|-5----5-(5)-----|-5----5-(5)-----|
|----------------|----------------|-3----3-(3)-----|-3----3-(3)-----|

                                                   D.S. al Coda
  A5                                D
  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------||
|----------------|----------------|-7----7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)----||
|----------------|----------------|-7----7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)----||
|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)----||
|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-5----5-(5)----|-5----5-(5)----||
|-5----5-(5)-----|-5----5-(5)-----|---------------|---------------||

 Instrumental Bridge
  &
  A5                              D                E
  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       q  E E +Q   Q    Q.   E +H
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-0----0-(0)----|
|---------------|---------------|-7----7-(7)-----|-9----9-(9)----|
|---------------|---------------|-7----7-(7)-----|-9----9-(9)----|
|-7----7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)-----|-9----9-(9)----|
|-7----7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)----|-5----5-(5)-----|-7----7-(7)----|
|-5----5-(5)----|-5----5-(5)----|----------------|---------------|

  A5                               D               E
  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +Q   Q    Q  E E +H       Q.   E +H
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|-7----7-(7)----|-9----9-(9)----|
|---------------|----------------|-7----7-(7)----|-9----9-(9)----|
|-7----7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----7-(7)----|-9----9-(9)----|
|-7----7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)-----|-5----5-(5)----|-7----7-(7)----|
|-5----5-(5)----|-5----5-(5)--5--|---------------|---------------|

  D    A          D    A          D          E
  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       W          W
|---------------|---------------|----------|-0----||
|-7----5-(5)----|-7----5-(5)----|-7--------|-9----||
|-7----6-(6)----|-7----6-(6)----|-7--------|-9----||
|-7----7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)----|-7--------|-9----||
|-5----7-(7)----|-5----7-(7)----|-5--------|-7----||
|------5-(5)----|------5-(5)----|----------|------||

 4th Verse
  A5                                D                E
  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-0----0-(0)------|
|----------------|----------------|-7----7-(7)-----|-9----9-(9)------|
|----------------|----------------|-7----7-(7)-----|-9----9-(9)------|
|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-9----9-(9)------|
|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-5----5-(5)-----|-7----7-(7)------|
|-5----5-(5)-----|-5----5-(5)-----|----------------|-----------------|

  A                                 D                E
  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|-7----7-(7)-----|-9----9-(9)------||
|-6----6-(6)-----|-6----6-(6)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-9----9-(9)------||
|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-9----9-(9)------||
|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-5----5-(5)-----|-7----7-(7)------||
|-5----5-(5)-----|-5----5-(5)-----|----------------|-----------------||

 Chorus
  D    A        D    A        D          E
  Q.   E H      Q.   E H      W          W
|-------------|-------------|----------|-0----||
|-7----5------|-7----5------|-7--------|-9----||
|-7----6------|-7----6------|-7--------|-9----||
|-7----7------|-7----7------|-7--------|-9----||
|-5----7------|-5----7------|-5--------|-7----||
|------5------|------5------|----------|------||

 5th Verse
  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
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|---------------|---------------|-7----7-(7)----|-9----9-(9)----|
|-6----6-(6)----|-6----6-(6)----|-7----7-(7)----|-9----9-(9)----|
|-7----7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)----|-9----9-(9)----|
|-7----7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)----|-5----5-(5)----|-7----7-(7)----|
|-5----5-(5)----|-5----5-(5)----|---------------|---------------|

  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|-7----7-(7)----|-9----9-(9)----||
|-6----6-(6)----|-6----6-(6)----|-7----7-(7)----|-9----9-(9)----||
|-7----7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)----|-9----9-(9)----||
|-7----7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)----|-5----5-(5)----|-7----7-(7)----||
|-5----5-(5)----|-5----5-(5)----|---------------|---------------||

 Out-Chorus
  A                               D
  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
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|---------------|---------------|-7----7-(7)----|
|-6----6-(6)----|-6----6-(6)----|-7----7-(7)----|
|-7----7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)----|
|-7----7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)----|-5----5-(5)----|
|-5----5-(5)----|-5----5-(5)----|---------------|

  E          A5
                         >
  W          W          +H     H
|----------|----------|-------------*|
|-9--------|----------|-------------*|
|-9--------|----------|-------------*|
|-9--------|-7--------|-(7)---------*|
|-7--------|-7--------|-(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