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SUBSTITUTE (Bassline)
As recorded by The Who
(From the 1966 Album MEATY BEATY BIG AND BOUNCY)
Words and Music by Peter Townshend
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John Entwistle - Bass'
Intro
Q=135
4/4
Gtr I
W W W H E E E E
|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------5-|
|----------|----------|----------|--------5-7---|
Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------||
|-5----5-5----5-|-5-----5-5-----5-|-5----5-5----5-|-5-----5-5-----5--||
|----7------7---|---5-7-----5-7---|----7------7---|---5-7-----5-7----||
1st - 3rd Verses
$$
Q E E Q E E Q E E S S E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
||o---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
||o-5----5-5------|------------5-----|-5----5-5----5-|-5-----5-5-----5--|
||-----7------7-7-|-3--3-3-5s7---7s5-|----7------7---|---5-7-----5-7----|
Q E E Q E E Q E E S S E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|------------------|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|------------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-5----5-5------|------------5-----|-5----5-5----5-|-5-----5-5-----5-||
|----7------7-7-|-3--3-3-5s7---7s5-|----7------7---|---5-7-----5-7---||
Pre-Chorus
$
Q Q Q S S E Q Q Q S S E Q Q Q S S E Q Q E E S S E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----7---------5-|----7---------5-|----7---------5-|----7----------5---|
|-0-----3--5s7---|-0-----3--5s7---|-0-----3--5s7---|-0-----3-3-5s7-----|
To Dbl. Coda To Coda
Q Q Q S S E Q Q Q S S E Q Q Q S S E Q Q E E S S E
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----7---------5-|----7---------5-|----7---------5--|----7----------5--|
|-0-----3--5s7---|-0-----3--5s7---|-0-----3--5s7----|-0-----3-3-5s7----|
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q E Q E E
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------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--|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E +E Q E Q E E
|---------------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--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
1.
2/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E +E Q E W +H E E E E
|---------------7-|-(7)-7----|----------|-----------------||
|-----------------|----------|----------|----------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--------5-|-5--------|-(5)----------5-o||
|-----------------|----------|----------|----------5-7----||
Interlude
2.
4/4
W +W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|------------||-----------------|-----5---4---5-4-|
|----------|------------||-----5---4---5-4-|-5-5---5---5-----|
|-5--------|-(5)--------||-5-5---5---5-----|-----------------|
|----------|------------||-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----5---4---5-4--|
|-----5---4---5-4-|-----5---4---5-4-|-----5---4---5-4-|-5-5---5---5------|
|-5-5---5---5-----|-5-5---5---5-----|-5-5---5---5-----|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D.S. al Coda &
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------||
|-----5---4---5-4-|-----5---4---5-4--||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-5-5---5---5-----|-5-5---5---5------||-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------||
Interlude
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
2/4
E E E E Q. E E E E E H E E E E Q. E E E E E
|----------------|--------------|----------------|----------|
|-----7--------5-|---5----------|-----7--------5-|---5------|
|-5-------7------|-------5-5----|-5-------7------|-------5--|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|----------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &&
4/4
W +H E E E E Q Q E E S S E
|----------|-----------------||-----------------|
|----------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-5--------|-(5)----------5--||----7----------5-|
|----------|----------5-7----||-0-----3-3-5s7---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
Out-Chorus
E E E E Q. E E E E E Q Q E E E E Q. E E E E E E E Q
||-----------------|---7---7-7--7--|----------------|---7---7-7-5-----|
||o-----7--------5-|---------------|-----7--------5-|-------------7\--|
||o-5-------7------|---------------|-5-------7------|-----------------|
||-----------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
E E E E Q. E E E E E H E E E E Q. E
|----------------|---7---7-7----|----------------|
|-----7--------5-|--------------|-----7--------5-|
|-5-------7------|--------------|-5-------7------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|
1. 2.
E E E E H E E E E H +W
|---7---7-7-----||---7----------|--------*|
|--------------o||--------------|--------*|
|--------------o||-------5-5----|-(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