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Substitute – bass tab

Substitute | bass tab
By The Who, 1966
Written by Pete Townshend ©1966 TRO-Devon Music, Inc.

#----------------------------------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. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

Added 2003-07-21                 Whotabs                 www.thewho.net/whotabs/

[intro]
|--|--|--|------|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
|--|--|--|------|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
|--|--|--|-----5|5----5-5---5-|5-----5-5-----5-|5----5-5---5-|5-----5-5-----5-|
|--|--|--|--5-7-|---7-----7---|--5-7-----5-7---|---7-----7---|--5-7-----5-7---|

[verse pattern]
    You think we...
||--------------|------------------|-------------|----------------||
||--------------|------------0-----|-------------|----------------||
||5----5-5------|--------0-2---2-0-|5---5-5----5-|5-----5-5-----5-||
||---7------7-5-|3--3-3------------|---7-----7---|--5-7-----5-7---||

 substitute for another...
||------------------|----------------||
||---2------------0-|----2---------0-||
||------------0h2---|----------0h2---||
||0----3^-----------|0-----3^--------||

 yeah... (pre-chorus)
|----------------|----------------|
|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|

[chorus]                                               [2/4]          [4/4]
  Substitute...                        fine-lookin'...  made out of sack
||----------------7-|---7---7-7----||----------------7-|--7-----------|---------|
||------------------|--------------||------------------|--------------|---------|
||5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|----------5-5-||5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-----------5--|5--------|
||------------------|--------------||------------------|--------------|---------|

[solo]
||------------------|----5---4---5-4-|----------------|-----------------||
||----5-----4---5-4-|5-5---5---5-----|----5---4---5-4-|----5---4---5-4--||
||5-5---5-5---5-----|----------------|5-5---5---5-----|5-5---5---5------||
||------------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||

  substitute for another...
||------------------|----------------||
||---2------------0-|----2---------0-||
||------------0h2---|----------0h2---||
||0----3^-----------|0-----3^--------||

 yeah... (pre-chorus)
|----------------|----------------|
|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|

[repeat intro]                                  [2/4]  [4/4]    [to verse...]
|--|--|--|--|-----------|-----------|-----------|------|--------|-----------|
|--|--|--|--|---7------5|---5-------|---7------5|---5--|--------|-----------|
|--|--|--|--|5-----7----|------5-5--|5-----7----|-----5|5-------|----------5|
|--|--|--|--|-----------|-----------|-----------|------|--------|------5-7--|

[final chorus]
 Substitute...
|---7--7----|--7--7-7---7-|---7--7---|--7--7-7-5---|---7--7---|--7--7--7--|
|-----------|-------------|----------|-----------7\|----------|-----------|
|5---------5|-------------|5--------5|-------------|5--------5|-----------|
|-----------|-------------|----------|-------------|----------|-----------|

 See right through....
|---7--7----|--7--7-7---7-|---7--7---|--7--7-7-5---|---7--7---|--7--7--7--|
|-----------|-------------|----------|-----------7\|----------|-----------|
|5---------5|-------------|5--------5|-------------|5--------5|-----------|
|-----------|-------------|----------|-------------|----------|-----------|

[2/4]       [4/4]
 made out of sack
|--7--------|---------------|
|-----------|---------------|
|---------5-|5--------------|
|-----------|---------------|

#----------------------------------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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