Happy Jack Bass

HAPPY JACK (Bassline)
As recorded by The Who
(From the 1967 Album HAPPY JACK)
 
Words and Music by Pete Townshend
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John Entwistle - Bass'
 
  [Intro]
  Q=132
  4/4
  Gtr I
   PM-----------------------------------------------|
   E. S E E E E S S E   q  E E q  E E   q  E E q  E E
G|--------0-4---------|---------------|---------------||
D|-0--2-4-----2-5-4---|---------------|---------------||
A|------------------5-|-5------5------|-5------5------||
E|--------------------|------5------5-|------5------5-||
 
 
  [1st & 2nd Verses]
    5/4                 4/4
     PM------------------------------|
     q  E E q  E E E E   q  E E q  E E
G||--------------------|---------------|
D||o-------------------|---------------|
A||o-5------5------7---|-5------5------|
E||-------5------5---5-|------5------5-|
 
 
                  5/4                 4/4
   PM----------------------------------------------|
   q  E E q  E E   q  E E q  E E E E   q  E E q  E E
G|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
D|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
A|-5------5------|-5------5------7---|-5------5------|
E|------5------5-|------5------5---5-|------5------5-|
 
 
   1.                                    2.
   PM--------------------------------------------------|
   E. S E E E E S S E   q  E E q  E E     q  E e E E e E
G|--------0-4---------|----------------||-----------------|
D|-0--2-4-----2-5-4---|---------------o||-----------------|
A|------------------5-|-5------5------o||-5----5-----5----|
E|--------------------|------5------5--||----5-----5---5--|
 
 
   PM---------------------------------------------|
   q  E e E E e E   q  E e E E e E   q  E e E E E E
G|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D|----------------|----------------|----------------||
A|-5----5-----5---|-5----5-----5---|-5----5-----5-5-||
E|----5-----5---5-|----5-----5---5-|----5-----5-----||
 
 
  [Chorus]
  Segno Segno $$
   H    E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
G|--------------|----------------|-----------------|
D|-5----5-5-5-5-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5/-|
A|--------------|----------------|-----------------|
E|--------------|----------------|-----------------|
 
 
   Q  Q  E. S E S S   E E E S S Q  E S S   Q  E S S e E E E
G|------------------|--------------------|------------------||
D|-7--7--7--7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
A|------------------|--------------------|------------------||
E|------------------|--------------------|------------------||
 
 
 [3rd - 5th Verses]
 Segno $
 5/4                 4/4
   PM------------------------------|
   q  E E q  E E E E   q  E E q  E E
G|-------------------|---------------|
D|-------------------|---------------|
A|-5------5------7---|-5------5------|
E|------5------5---5-|------5------5-|
 
 
                                             To Coda
                                             To Double Coda
                  5/4                 4/4
   PM----------------------------------------------|
   q  E E q  E E   q  E E q  E E E E   q  E E q  E E
G|---------------|-------------------|-----------------||
D|---------------|-------------------|-----------------||
A|-5------5------|-5------5------7---|-5------5--------||
E|------5------5-|------5------5---5-|------5------5---||
 
 
  [Bridge]
     S S S S E S S S S E S S e
G||----------------------------|
D||o---------------------------|
A||o---------------------------|
E||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
 
 
   S S S S E S S S S S S E e     S S S S E S S S S S S q
G|----------------------------||----------------------------|
D|---------------------------o||----------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||----------------------------|
E|----------------------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
 
 
                                                         Dal Segno al Coda
   PM----------|                            PM--------------------------|
   Q  E E Q  E E   E S S E S S S S S S Q    Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
G|---------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------||
D|---------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------||
A|-5------5----5-|------------------------|-5------5------|-5------5------||
E|------5--------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|------5------5-|------5------5-||
 
 
   [Interlude]
   Coda &
     S S S S E S S S S E E e
G||--------------------------|
D||o-------------------------|
A||o-------------------------|
E||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
 
 
   S S S S E S S S S E E e         E S S E S S S S E E e
G|--------------------------||-||------------------------|
D|-------------------------o||-||o-----------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||-||o-----------------------|
E|--------------------------||-||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
 
 
   1.               2.
   E E E E Q  q      E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E Q
G|----------------||---------------|---------------|
D|---------------o||---------------|---------------|
A|---------5--5--o||---------------|---------------|
E|-5-5---5--------||-5-5----5-5----|-5-5----5-5----|
 
 
                                       [Outro]
      Dal Segno Segno al Double Coda   Double Coda &&
                                        PM-----|   PM--------|
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E. S E E E E S S E   W
G|-----------------|-----------------||--------0-4---------|------*|
D|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-0--2-4-----2-5-4---|------*|
A|-----------------|-----------------||------------------5-|-5----*|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------||--------------------|------*|
 
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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
|  PM   -  palm muting
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