Fiddle About Bass

FIDDLE ABOUT (Bassline)
 
As recorded by The Who
(From the 1969 Album TOMMY)
 
Words and Music by John Entwistle
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John Entwistle - Bass'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=116
 4/4                          3/4
  Gtr I
  Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    H    E E   H    E E   E E Q  Q
|--------------|-------------|----------|----------|-----------||
|-5--3-------3-|-5--3--------|-3----5---|-3----5---|-3---5-----||
|-------6------|-------6-----|----------|----------|-----------||
|--------------|-------------|----------|----------|-----------||
 
 
 Verse
 4/4                       3/4
  Q  Q  H      Q  Q  H      H    E E   H    E E   Q  H
|------------|------------|----------|----------|---------|
|-5-----5----|-5----------|-3----5---|-3----5---|-3--5----|
|----5-------|----3--6----|----------|----------|---------|
|------------|------------|----------|----------|---------|
 
 
 4/4                       3/4
  Q  Q  H      Q  Q  H      H    E E   H    E E   Q  H
|------------|------------|----------|----------|---------|
|-5-----5----|-5----------|-3----5---|-3----5---|-3--5----|
|----5-------|----3--6----|----------|----------|---------|
|------------|------------|----------|----------|---------|
 
 
 4/4                         3/4
  Q  Q  H      a Q  Q  H      H    E E   H    E E   Q  H
|------------|--------------|----------|----------|---------|
|-5--4--3----|--------------|-3----5---|-3----5---|-3--5----|
|------------|-0h3--4--5----|----------|----------|---------|
|------------|--------------|----------|----------|---------|
 
 
 4/4                          3/4
  Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    H    E E   H    E E   E E Q  Q
|--------------|-------------|----------|----------|-----------|
|-5--3-------3-|-5--3--------|-3----5---|-3----5---|-3---5-----|
|-------6------|-------6-----|----------|----------|-----------|
|--------------|-------------|----------|----------|-----------|
 
 
                                Chorus
                                                      1.,2.,3.
 4/4                            3/4
  Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q      H    E E   H    E E   E E Q  Q   4x
|--------------|-------------||-----------|----------|------------||
|-5--3-------3-|-5--3--------||o-3----5---|-3----5---|-3---5-----o||
|-------6------|-------6-----||o----------|----------|-----------o||
|--------------|-------------||-----------|----------|------------||
 
 
               Outro
  4.            H=H          1.,2.,3.,4.,5.  6.
  E E Q  Q      E E E E E E   E E E E E E  6x E E E E E E   H.        +H.
|-----------||--------------|--------------||-------------|---------|--------*|
|-3---5-----||o-3-3-3-3-5---|-3-3-3-3-5---o||-3-3-3-3-5---|-3-------|-(3)----*|
|-----------||o-------------|-------------o||-------------|---------|--------*|
|-----------||--------------|--------------||-------------|---------|--------*|
 
 
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
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