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The Real Me – bass tab

The Real Me | bass tab
By The Who
>From Quadrophenia, 1973
Written by Pete Townshend, ©1973 Fabulous Music Ltd. 

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

Here ya go.  I haven't played through this in some time, so I'm not 100%
sure it's all right, but if I remember right it is.


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                                  The Real Me
                                    The Who

bass transcription: Scott Evans
gse@ocsystems.com

Added 1997-08-10                  Whotabs               www.thewho.net/whotabs/

                                                     
|17-------------|------17/20--|---------15--15--17--|
|----15h17------|--17---------|--15/17--------------|
|-----------15--|-------------|---------------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------------|
                                                     

                                                             
|---------------8------10--|----12--10--15--12--17--15------|
|--------8---------10------|10--------------------------17--|
|--8h10-----10-------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
                                                             

   verse                            
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|---------------------1--3h6--3/8--|
|---0--1--1--2--2--3---------------|
                                    

                                     
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------1--3/6/10--|
|--0--1------1--2--2--3-------------|
                                     

                                   
|-------------------8------10--8--|
|-----------10--10-----10---------|
|---------------------------------|
|--8--8--8------------------------|
                                   

                                      
|--10--12--10------------------------|
|--------------12------10--8---------|
|-----------------------------10--8--|
|------------------------------------|
                                      

   chorus                    
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---3--3--3--3-----6--5--3--|
|---------------3-----------|
                             

                                  
|-----------------|-----------5--|
|-----------------|--------------|
|--3-----6--5--3--|--3--3--3-----|
|-----3-----------|--------------|
                                  

                                                         
|-------------------------|-----------------5--5--5--5--|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----3--3-----3--6--5--3--|-----3--6--5--3--------------|
|----------3--------------|--3--------------------------|
                                                         

   verse feel                          
|---------|---------------------------|
|---------|---------------------------|
|---3/15--|---------------------1/3/6/|
|---------|--0--1--1--2------2--------|
                                       

                          
|--15--17---------15-----|
|----------15h17---------|
|---------------------15/|
|------------------------|
                          

   verse                                           
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|--10--10--10-----10--|
|------------------------3--|---------------------|
|---0--1--1--2--2--3--3-----|---------------------|
                                                   

                                                          
|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------1-----|-----------------------|
|-----------------1-----3-----3--|-----------------------|
|--0--1--2--3--3-----3-----------|--0--1--1--2--2--3--3--|
                                                          

   chorus                       
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|---3--3--3--3--------6--5--3--|
|------------------3-----------|
                                

                                   
|-----5--5--5/17--17--17--17--17--|
|---------------------------------|
|--3------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
                                   

                                       
|------17------17---------15----------|
|----------17------15h17----------17--|
|--15---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
                                       

                           
|-17----------15----------|
|-----15--17------17--15--|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
                           

   cool part                                      
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|---3--3--3-----------------------------1--1-----|
|------------0--0--1--1--1--2--2--3--3-----------|
                                                  

                                 
|-------------------------------|
|1-----3-----5--3--8--3--10--8--|
|---3-----3---------------------|
|-------------------------------|
                                 

                                                  
|-------------------------------8------10--8-----|
|-----------10--10--10--10--10-----10------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--8--8--8---------------------------------------|
                                                  

                                                 
/12--10-------------------|--15--17-------------|
---------10--12--8--8/10--|----------15h17------|
--------------------------|-----------------15--|
--------------------------|---------------------|
                                                 

                       
|--15--17--20--20\17--|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
                       

                                                        
|--------------15--17--15------------------------------|
|--15-----/17--------------17--16--15------------------|
|--------------------------------------18--15--13--15--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
                                                        

                                                            
|--------------------------|--3----5--3--------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------5--4--3-----------|
|--------------0--1--2--3--|----------------------6-----3--|
|--0--1--1--2--------------|-------------------------6-----|
                                                            

                                                        
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|--0--0--1--1--2--2--3--3--4--4--1--1--2--2--3--3-----||
                                                        



#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

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