The Who Bass Tabs needed Badly!

My Generation is in the Tabs archive here at Talkbass - not the Live at Leeds version, and I don't know how different it is??? Maybe it's a start for you though!

 

I've got to hand it to ya'! You've managed to pick some of the most impossible to duplicate songs I've heard!

These songs represent a sort of interplay between John Entwistle and Keith Moon that even John couldn't duplicate without the benefit of Keith.

Rather, you'd be best off to try for your own interplay with the drummer when the jamm sections come in. Try learning the key the song is in and learning to outline the guitar's chords while playing with the drummer.

It's extremely hard to come up with that! The Who were able to do it because they've been playing together night and day with no breaks for over a decade by then!

For Shakin' All Over, the basic song's in the key of "E".

So, for the verse, the basic part is E/E/D/B. The chorus is the same pattern, but start on the A string instead of the E.

 

i stopped to try to play The Who songs and i decided that Mr. Entwhistle's basslines are too awesome to be covered by me and the guys in my band in a decent way. and that Keith Moon factor...
i wich you GOOd luck!

 

If you're going to do it, my advice to you to make it sound half-way decent is to limit your left hand movement around the minor pentatonic scales in E and A, but pay more attention to the groove the drummer's laying down. Entwistle's technique involves a lot of "hit the string when the stick hits the drums". It's not a bad technique, at all...but is very tricky!

 

...and don't be afraid to add a little "chorus", if you'd like.

 

Entwistle has both in his setup...except they're not in the form of pedals. They're in the form of a Digitech rack unit...

In case you're ever interested, anyway...http://www.digitech.com/artistpgs/entwistle.htm