This is the overture into the rock-opera Tommy for bass.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------5-------4-----|
|---------------------------------5h6--------5-------------------5---|
|--8---6---5---4---3---3---3---3-------------------------------------|
^ Bend this G
ever so slightly
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|*-5-5-5-5-5-------2-2-0-3-2--*|
|-------------------------|*-------------3-3------------*|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
Repeat this four times,
on the fourth pulling off to an open D
after the E.
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|--5--5-5--5---5-------------5-5--5-5--5----------|*--5--5----------*|
|----------------3-3--3-3--3-------------3--REST--|*------xxx5-xx3--*|
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------|
(Repeat four times)
x= percussive note
|--------------------| Repeat four times,
|*--3-(3)3----------*| on the second play
|*--------xxx3-xx1--*| the middle F three
|--------------------| times.
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-5---5--3-----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------5-6--6-6-6-6-6-6/8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/who/overture_btab.html ]
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------| *Note the number of C's is
|----------------------------------------6-| approximate, it's VERY difficult
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6---| to count all of them.
|-----|
3
|--------------|-------|-----------------------------------------------
|*-8-7---5----*|-------|-----------------------------------------------
|*---------8--*|--3----|--3------------------------------------2--2-2-2
|--------------|----3--|----0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------
1st 2nd |-----|
3
------------
------------
-2-2-2-2-2--
------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------0-2-2--------------2-2--------------2-2-2-2-2---------------
--2-2-2-2-2------xxx-2--0-0-0------xxx-2--0-0-0----------xxx-2-2--0-0-0-
------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----| |-----| (^do this quick) |-----|
3 3 3
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--2--2-2-2--------------------------------------------------------------
----------xxx2-2--0-0-0---------------2-3-4--4-4-4-4-4-2-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-
-------------------------4--4-4-4-4-4-----------------------------------
|-----| |-----|
3 3
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-2--2-2-2-2-2-0-0-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----| |-----|
3 3
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|*------------------------------------------0-2--2--2--2------------------------------*|
|*-0--0-0-2--2-2--3--3--3--3-3--0--0-0-2--2---------------0--0-0-2--2-2-3--3-3-3-3-3-3*|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--5--5-5---------------------------------------|
|---------5--5-5-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| 1st ending
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5------------------------------------0-2-2--------------2-2--------------|
|-----5---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------xx--2-2xx0-0------xx-2-2xx0-0-0|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Second Ending |-----|
3
|------------------------------------------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-----------------3--3-3--------------|
|------------xx-3-3-xx1-1-1--------xx3--x-1-1-1--|
|------------------------------------------------|
That's it, the rest of the song has no bass. Good luck, it was very difficult to
tab out, though it's not a hard song to play.
