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SOMETHING IN THE AIR (Bassline) As recorded by Thunderclap Newman (From the 1969 Album HOLLYWOOD DREAM) Words and Music by John "Speedy" Keen Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Pete "Bijou Drains" Townshend - Bass' Intro Q=89 4/4 Gtr I W H S S S S S S E H +Q. E |----------|------------------6-|------------6--| |----------|--------------------|---------------| |----------|----------7---7-9---|-7----(7)------| |----------|------7-9---9-------|---------------| 1st Verse H E. S E E Q Q E Q E E. S S E S S S E +E E Q Q E E Q |-----------6-6-||--------------|----------------------6-|---------------| |-4----4--4-----||--------------|------------------------|-4--4--4-4-4---| |---------------||-7--7--7-7--7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)---|---------------| |---------------||--------------|------------------------|---------------| E. S Q S S E E S S Q E S S E. S E E |---------------------|-----------------6-| |-4--4-4--------------|-2--2-2-2-2--2-2---| |---------2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------| Q E. S E E +E E Q E. S E E +E E |-----------------6-|-----------------6-| |-------------------|-4--4--4-4-4-(4)---| |-7--7--7-7-7-(7)---|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| Bridge Chorus E. S Q E E +E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E |-------------------||---------------|---------------||----------------| |-4--4-4--4-4-(4)-4-||-2----2-0----0-|---------------||-2----2-0----0--| |-------------------||---------------|-4----4-2----2-||----------------| |-------------------||---------------|---------------||----------------| H Q. E S E S Q S S S S S S S S S E S Q S S S S S S S S |-------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------|-2-4-4-4--2-------2-------|-2-4-4-4--4-------4-------| |-4----2----2-|--------------4-------4---|--------------4-------4---| |-------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| Bridge E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E E S S E Q Q W |-----------------------------|-2-1-------------||------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------4-------|-----4-2---2--4--||-2----| |-----------------4-------4---|---------4-------||------| |-----------------------------|-----------------||------| Interlude W W W E S S E S S E S S E S S |----------|----------|----------||--------------------------| |----------|----------|----------||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| |----------|----------|----------||--------------------------| |----------|----------|----------||--------------------------| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S S S E E S S S S E |-------------------------|---6-6-6-------6-6-6-----| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-------4-4-4-------6-6-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| S S S S E S S E S S S S S S |-----------------------6-6-6-|| |-6-6-----------4-4-4-4-------|| |-----4-4-4-4-4---------------|| |-----------------------------|| 2nd Verse E. S E. S S S E S E. E. S E S S S E. +S S E |----------------------|---------------------6-6-| |-4--4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4--|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4--(4)-----| |----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| E. S E S S S E. E S S E. S E. S S S E S S S S E. S S S E S E. E E |-------------------8-8-|-------------------------|-------------------6-| |-6--6-6-6-6-6-6--6-----|-6--6-6--6-6-6-6---------|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4--4---| |-----------------------|-----------------4-4-4-4-|---------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------| E. S E S S E E +E E E. S E. S S E. E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S |--------------------6-|--------------------|-----------------------------|| |-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-(4)---|-6--6-6--6-6-6--6-6-|-----6-6-6-6---------6-6-----|| |----------------------|--------------------|-4-4---------4-4-4-4-----6-6-|| |----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|| Bridge Chorus W +W W +W |----------|------------||----------|--------| |-4--------|-(4)--------||-4--------|-(4)----| |----------|------------||----------|--------| |----------|------------||----------|--------| Q.. S S S S S S S S S Q.. S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-6-----6-6-------6-------|-6-----6-6-------6-------| |-------------6-------6---|-------------6-------6---| |-------------------------|-------------------------| Q.. S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------| |-6-----6-6-------6---------| |-------------6-------6-----| |---------------------------| Piano Break Q Q S E S E S S W +W W |-------------------||----------|------------|------| |-6--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-||-4--------|-(4)--------|------| |-------------------||----------|------------|------| |-------------------||----------|------------|------| W W W W |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| W E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q |----------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------|----------------|-3---3---3------|----------------| |----------|-3---3---3------|----------------|-3---3---3------| |----------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |-3---3---3------|-3---3---3------|-3---3---3------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|-3---3---3------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |-5---5---5------|----------------|-3---3---3------|----------------| |----------------|-3---3---3------|----------------|-3---3---3------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q |----------------|----------------|-1---0---1---0---|-------------|| |-3---3---3------|----------------|-----------------|-------3-----|| |----------------|-3---3---3------|-----------------|-3-----------|| |----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------|| Interlude E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S S S E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------------8-| |-------------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---| |-------------------------|-------------------------| E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------8-8-8---8-8-8---8-8-|-8---8-8-8---8-8-8----------------|| |-6-6-6-6-------6-------6-----|---8-------8-------8----------6-8-|| |-----------------------------|---------------------10-8-6-8-----|| |-----------------------------|----------------------------------|| 3rd Verse E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S E S S Q |-----------------------8-8-|---------------------------|----------------------| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|-6-6-6-6-6-6-----6-6-6---6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--| |---------------------------|-------------6-8-------6---|----------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------| +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------8-8-8-8-----------------| |-(8)---------------------------------| |-----6-6-6-6---------6-6-6-6-8-10-11-| |-------------------------------------| +E S S E E E. S +S E. +E E Q Q E E |----------------------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------------------|-----------------13----| |-(11)-11-11-11-11-11--11-(11)-11--|-(11)----11--11--------| |----------------------------------|------11------------11-| E. S E. S E. S E E E. S Q +E S S S S S S |----------------------------|-----------------------------------|| |-------------------------15-|-----------------------------------|| |-13--13-13--13-13--13-13----|-13--13-13--(13)-------------------|| |----------------------------|-----------------11-13-11-13-11-13-|| Bridge Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E |-----------------|----------------|| |-----------------|----------------|| |-11----11-9----9-|-8----8-6----6--|| |-----------------|----------------|| Chorus Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E E. S E. S S S S S S S S S |-----------------|---------------|-3--3-3----3-------3-------| |-----------------|---------------|---------3-----3-------3---| |-11----11-9----9-|-8----8-6----6-|---------------------------| |-----------------|---------------|---------------------------| E. S E. S S S S S S S S S |-3--3-3----3-------3-------| |---------3-----3-------3---| |---------------------------| |---------------------------| E. S E. S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E W |-3--3-3----3-------3-------|-3-5-3-------------|------*| |---------3-----3-------3---|-------6-3-3-------|-6----*| |---------------------------|-------------6-4-4-|------*| |---------------------------|-------------------|------*| 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 Call out the instigators Because there's something in the air We've got to get together sooner or later Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right And you know that it's right We have got to get it together We have got to get it together now Lock up the streets and houses Because there's something in the air We've got to get together sooner or later Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right And you know that it's right We have got to get it together We have got to get it together now Hand out the arms and ammo We're going to blast our way through here We've got to get together sooner or later Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right And you know that it's right We have got to get it together We have got to get it together now