Love, Reign O’er Me (Pete’s theme) – bass tab
Love, Reign O'er Me (Pete's theme) | bass tab
By The Who
>From Quadrophenia, 1973
Written by Pete Townshend, ©1973 Fabulous Music Ltd.
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Transcribed by:
Artyom (art98krolik@mail.ru)
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2015-07-18 Whotabs www.thewho.net/whotabs/
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Bass tune down 1/2 step - Eb Ab Db Gb
Note: there's no bass on piano intro, the tabs start from 0:56
Only love Can make it rain The way the beach is kissed by the sea.
|--------|--------|-4----------------|-4--------------|-2--------------------|-2------
|--------|--------|-2----------------|-2--------------|-0--------------------|-0------
|--------|--------|------------------|----------------|----------------------|--------
|--------|--------|------------------|----------------|----------------------|--------
Only love Can make it rain Like the sweat of lovers' Laying in the fields.
---|-4---------------|-4----------------------|-2-------------------|-2-------------|
---|-2---------------|-2----------------------|-0-------------------|-0-----------0-|
---|-----------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------|
---|-----------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------|
Love Reign O'er
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2------2------2------2-------|-2-------2------2-----2--0-----0--|
|------------------------------|----------------------------2-----|
|------0------0------0----0-0--|----0-0------0----0---------------|
Me
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-3------3---3-3--3---3-3--3-------|--------------------------------5-----|
|------0----------------------0--3-|-5---5-5--5---5-5--5-5--5-5--7-----0--|
Love Reign O'er
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-2---2-2-----------2-------2--------|-2-------2-------2-----2--0-----0--|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------2------|
|----------0---0-0------0-0-----0-0--|----0--0-----0-0----0--------------|
Me
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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|-3----3--3---3-3--3----3--3--3--3-----|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------3--|-5------5----5--5--5--5--5--5--0--|
(Only...)
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|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|
|-7------7-----7-|-7------7------|
Only love Can bring the rain That makes you yearn to the sky.
|-4---------------------|-4------------------|-2--------------|-2------
|-2---------------------|-2------------------|-0--------------|-0------
|-----------------------|--------------------|----------------|--------
|-----------------------|--------------------|----------------|--------
Only love Can bring the rain That falls like tears from on high.
---|-4-----------------|-4----------------------|-2---------------|-2-------------------------|
---|-2-----------------|-2----------------------|-0---------------|-0-----------0-0--0--0--1--|
---|-------------------|------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
---|-------------------|------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
Love Reign O'er
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-2--------2--------2-------2-------|-2-------2-------2-----2--0--------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------2--|
|-----0-0------0-0-------0-------0--|----0--0-----0-0----0--------------|
Me Reign O'er Me Reign O'er Me
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-3----------3--3------3------3--------|-------------------------------5--6--|
|--------------------------------0--3--|-5----5--5---5-5--5-5--5-5--7--------|
Love Reign O'er
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-2--------2--------2--------2--------|-2-2------2------2-----2--0-----0--|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------2-----|
|-----0-0------0-0------0-0------0-0--|------0-0------0----0--------------|
Me Reign O'er Me Reign O'er Me
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-3-------3---3-3--3---3-3--3--3-----|-------------------------------------|
|------0--------------------------3--|-5---5-5--5---5-5--5--5--5--5--5--0--|
|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|
|-7----------7--|-7--------7--0--|
On the dry and dusty road The nights we spend apart alone
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|-5---5-5--5-----------------5--------|----------5--3--------------5--------|
|-------------3--5--------------3--5--|----------------5--------------3--5--|
|-------------------3---3-3-----------|-3---3-3-----------3---3-3-----------|
I need to get back home to cool cool rain.
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------5--3--------------5--------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------5--------------3--5--|-7--------7--5--------------7--5-----|
|-3---3-3-----------3---3-3-----------|-----0-0--------7--0---0-0--------7--|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-----------7--5---------------7--5-----|
|-0------0--------7--0------0--------7--|
I can't sleep and I lay and I think The night is hot and black as ink
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|-5---5-5--5-----------------5--3-----|---------5----------------5--------|
|-------------3--5-----------------5--|------------3--5-------------3--5--|
|-------------------3---3-3-----------|-3----3-----------3----3-----------|
Oh God, I need a drink of cool cool rain.
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------5--3-------------5--------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------5-------------3--5--|-7---7-7--7--------7-----------------|
|-3----3-----------3----3-----------|-------------0--0------0-0--0--0--0--|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-7---7-7--7--------7---7-7--7-----5--|
|-------------0--0--------------0-----|
[Instrumental bridge]:
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|-5---5-5--5-----------------5--3-----|----------5-----------------5--3-----|
|-------------3--5-----------------5--|-------------3--5-----------------5--|
|-------------------3---3-3-----------|-3---3-3-----------3---3-3-----------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-5---5-5--5----------------5--------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------3--5-------------3--5--|-7--------7--5-----7-7--7-7--7--5-----|
|-------------------3----3-----------|-----0-0--------7------------------7--|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|----7-7-7--7--5-----7-7--7-7--7--5-----|
|-0---------------7------------------7--|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-5---5-5--5-----------------5--3-----|-5---5-5--5-----------------5--3-----|
|-------------3--5-----------------5--|-------------3--5-----------------5--|
|-------------------3---3-3-----------|-------------------3---3-3-----------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-5---5-5--5----------------5--------|------------------------------------|
|-------------3--5-------------3--5--|-7---7-7--7--5-------------7--5-----|
|-------------------3----3-----------|----------------7--0----0--------7--|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-7---7-7--7--5-----7----7-----------|
|----------------7----------5--7-----|
|-4------|-4------|-2------|-2------2|-4------|-4------|-2------|-2--------|
|-2------|-2------|-0------|-0------0|-2------|-2------|-0------|-0------0-|
|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|--------|--------|----------|
|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|--------|--------|----------|
Love Reign O'er
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-2--------2--------2-------2--------|-2-------2-------2-----2--0-----0--|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------2-----|
|-----0-0------0-0-------0-----0--0--|----0--0-----0-0----0--------------|
Me Reign O'er Me Over me, over me
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-3----3--3--3--3--3----3--3--------|----------------------3---3-3--3h5---5-5--|
|-----------------------------0--3--|-5----5--5---5---5-5----------------------|
Love Reign O'er
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-2--------2--------2--------2--------|-2-------2-------2-----2--0--------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------2--|
|-----0-0------0-0-----0--0------0-0--|----0--0----0--0----0--------------|
Me O'er me
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-3---3-3--3---3-3--3--3--3--3--3-----|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------0--|-5---5-5--5----5--5---5-5--5--5--0--|
|--------|--------------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------------|--------|--------|
|-7------|-7-------7-7--|-7------|-7------|
Love!
[note: John plays free rhythm here]
|-4------------------------------------------|
|-2------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|--------------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--%--|--%--|--%--|--%--|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|
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|-4------4------4------4------|-4------4------4------4------|
|-2------2------2------2------|-2------2------2------2------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-4------------------------------------------|
|-2------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|--------------------------------------------|
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|---------------------------------4----------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------||
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#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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