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Requests

Here are requests we’ve received for transcriptions. If you’ve transcribed one of these songs, or are aware of a transcription that meets our submission criteria, please let us know. If you’d like to give it a try, check out Want to transcribe.

  • The Way It Is (Simon Townshend)
  • Cry If You Want (Live)
  • Eminence Front (Bass)
  • One of the Boys
  • Under a Raging Moon
  • Save it For Later (for sax solo)
  • Rocks In the Head (all tracks)
  • It’s Hard (Bass)
  • Bargain (bass)
  • Squeeze Box (solo for banjo)
  • Cookin’
  • The Seeker (lead)
  • Call Me Lightning (lead and bass)
  • Sparks (bass)
  • I Don’t Even Know Myself (live)
  • Waiting For A Friend (McVicar)
  • Just A Dream Away (McVicar)
  • Going To New York (PT Roundhouse)
  • Eyesight to the Blind (Live at the Fillmore, 1996)
  • Peppermint Lump (by Angie)
  • Forever’s No Time At All (Billy Nicholls)
  • Who Are You (solo only from Concert From New York 2001)
  • Tattoo (bass)
  • Whiskey Man (bass)
  • Shout and Shimmy (bass)
  • Bell Boy (bass and keyboards)
  • In The Ether (piano)
  • April Fool
  • Heaven and Hell (live bass)
  • Who Are You (drums)
  • Long Live Rock (bass)
  • Relay (bass)
  • My Size (guitar solo)
  • Eminence Front (Live – Toronto)
  • Drowned (live for acoustic – interlude)
  • Wistful
  • Baby Don’t You Do It (Live, with solos)
  • Ooh Poo Pah Doo (High Numbers)
  • McVicar (the whole album)
  • My Generation Blues (from Pontiac/TKAA)
  • Face the Face (bass)
  • A Second Out
  • Waiting for a Friend

Welcome to Whotabs. Whotabs is dedicated to exploring the music of The Who and its members’ solo careers. Within this site you’ll find over 450 transcriptions for guitar, bass and drums, including guitar transcriptions for most every song released by The Who since 1964. Some are full tablature, others basic chord charts. All are faithful interpretations intended to preserve and celebrate the musical legacy of The Who.

A growing presence on Whotabs is the Equipment section, presenting work-in-progress references to the genre-defining musical instruments and gear the group employed (and destroyed) throughout their careers.

Latest Site Updates

Recent changes

  • Signature Gibson Les Paul Deluxe ~Update: Added control and wiring diagram of reissue Les Paul Deluxe. Thanks to Jim Evanoff. 10 Aug. 2009
  • Fender Pro “head” ~Revision: Clarified description and specification of this customised amp from 1964–65. Thanks to Lee Phillips. 10 Aug. 2009
  • Rickenbacker 1964 300/S12 ~News: This guitar is up for sale on ebay. 6 July 2009
  • Eminence Front ~Revision: Revised transcription for guitar. 21 June 2009
  • Gibson SG Special ~News (5 June 2009): According to contactmusic.com, Pete’s “Woodstock” SG Special will be on display at the Hard Rock Café in London in July. 5 June 2009
  • Compilations – The Who Sell Out Deluxe Edition ~Updated: Added (disc 1 of) the new Deluxe Edition track listing to the Compilations tablature index. 4 June 2009

Site updated 19th May 2009

Tablature updates

Site and information updates

  • Pete’s gear:
    • Pete’s Sunn 100S amplifiers ~Updated: Added new photos of the Who’s first use of Sunn equipment, at Union Catholic High School, Scotch Plains, New Jersey, on 29 Nov. 1967. Thanks to Angelo Del Monte. 18 May 2009
    • Pete’s Coral Hornet guitar ~Updated: Added new photos of Pete’s first use of a Coral Hornet guitar, at Union Catholic High School, Scotch Plains, New Jersey, on 29 Nov. 1967. Thanks to Angelo Del Monte. 18 May 2009
    • Pete’s Fender Showman amp ~Updated: Corrected reference from Dual Showman to Showman. Thanks to Andres Swan. 16 May 2009
  • Keith’s drumkits:
    • Keith’s borrowed kits ~Updated: Noted use of Rogers Swiv-O-Matics mounts on borrowed Slingerland kit in 1967. Thanks to Craig Law. 16 May 2009
    • Keith’s final Premier kit ~Updated: Noted use of two Zildjian cymbals. Thanks to Nicholas Yamamoto. 16 May 2009

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