We’re Not Gonna Take It (live) – bass tab
We're Not Gonna Take It (live) | bass tab
By The Who
As performed on Live At Leeds, 1970
>From Tommy, 1969
Written by Pete Townshend ©1969 Fabulous Music Ltd.
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Excerpted from:
COMPLETE BASS TRANSCRIPTION OF TOMMY: www.thewho.net/whotabs/tommybass.txt
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Translated by John Jagos Whotabs
Jagster211@buckeye-access.com 2006-04-14 www.thewho.net/whotabs
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All Songs Tuned Regular Tuning: E A D G
/=Slide Up
\=Slide Down
x=Mute Note
h-Hit On
s=slide
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Welcome to.... My name is....
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If you want to... Ya got to....
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Hey you getting... Hey you smokin'...
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Hey hung up... Don't try.... Cause if you....
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We're not... We're not...
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We're not... Never did... We're not... Gonna...
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Now you can't... You can't speak...
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You can't see... And pinball... Here comes....
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We're not... We're not...
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We're not... Never did... Don't want no....
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We're not... Never did... We don't have... Gonna...
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We forsake... [Light]
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See Me, Feel Me
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Listening to-
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-you Gazing at you Following you
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Right behind you On you From you From you
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[Alternate Endings to each Verse]
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Right behind you On you From you From you
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[In between these bass plays regular melody while guitar solos]
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Right behind you On you From you From you
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[Yet another guitar solo]
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Right behind you On you From you From you
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