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Tuning: E A D G
BEHIND BLUE EYES (Bassline)
As recorded by The Who
(From the 1971 Album WHO'S NEXT)
Words and Music by Pete Townshend
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John Entwistle - Bass'
[Intro] [1st Verse]
Q=60
4/4
Gtr I
Wx2 Wx7 H Q S S S S Q E S S Q. S S
G|------------||------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D|------------||------------|---------7-5-----|----5------------4--|
A|------------||------------|-------------7-5-|-3----3-4-5---------|
E|------------||------------|-----------------|--------------------|
Q.. S Q. E Q E S S Q E E E. S Q +E. S E +E Q.. S H
G|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|--------------|
D|-5-----0-5----5\-|----5--------7---|----------------------|-------4------|
A|-----------------|-3----3-4-5----5-|------7--(7)---7-(7)\-|-2-------2----|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-0--0--------0--------|--------------|
H S E S S S S S Q.. S Q.. a S
G|------5-2-----------|-------------------|
D|----------5-5-2-----|-------7-------5s7-|
A|-3--------------3-4-|-5-------5---------|
E|--------------------|-------------------|
Q.. S Q +S E S Q +S E S Q +S S E
G|--------------------|-------------------------||
D|---------7--(7)-----|-7--(7)-----7--(7)-------||
A|-0-----0--------0-0-|--------0-0--------0-5---||
E|--------------------|-------------------------||
[2nd Verse]
H Q.. S H +E. S S E S Q.. S Q S S S S
G|--------------|------------------|--------------------|
D|------5-------|----------7-7-----|-------5----5-7-----|
A|-7----------0-|-5----(5)-----5-5-|-3-------3--------0-|
E|--------------|------------------|--------------------|
Q.. S Q +S S E H Q. E
G|--------------------|---------------|
D|-7-------7--(7)-----|---------------|
A|-------0--------0-5-|-7----5--------|
E|--------------------|---------------|
H S E S S S S S Q.. S Q E E
G|------7-4-----------|----------------|
D|----------7-4-------|-------5----5-7-|
A|-5------------7-5-5-|-3-------3------|
E|--------------------|----------------|
[Chorus]
E. S +S S S T T Q S S S S Q E S S Q E E
G|-----------------------------||-----------------|
D|--------------7-7-7--7-5-----||----5--------7---|
A|-0--0-(0)-0-0------------7-5-||-3----3-4-5----5-|
E|-----------------------------||-----------------|
Q.. S Q. E Q E S S Q E E E. S Q +E. S E +E Q.. S H
G|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|--------------|
D|-5-------5----5\-|----5--------7---|----------------------|-------4------|
A|-------5---------|-3----3-4-5----5-|-7----7--(7)---7-(7)\-|-2-------2----|
E|-----------------|-----------------|----0--------0--------|--------------|
H S S S S S S S S Q.. S Q.. S Q.. S Q.. S Q.. S Q.. S
G|------5-2-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D|------------5---2-----|-------7-------7-|---------7-------|-7-------7-------||
A|-3----------------3-4-|-5-------5-------|-----------------|---------------5-||
E|----------------------|-----------------|-5-----5-------5-|-------5---------||
[Interlude]
Q=120 Double Time
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
D|-------------9-|-9----7-7------|-------------9-|-9----7-7-------||
A|-7----7-7------|-------------7-|-7----7-7------|-------------7--||
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
[3rd Verse]
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E
G||----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
D||o---------------|-9----7-7------|--------------9-|-9----5-5------|
A||o-7----7-7----7-|-------------7-|-7----7-7-7-----|-------------5-|
E||----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
G|----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
D|--------------9-|-9----7-7-7-----|-------------9-|-9----7-7-7------|
A|-5----5-5-5-----|--------------5-|-5----5-5------|--------------7--|
E|----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E S S Q E E Q E E Q E E q E E
G|---------------|------------------||---------------|---------------||
D|-------------9-|-9----7-7--------o||-------------9-|-9----7-7--7-9-||
A|-7----7-7------|-------------7-7-o||-7----7-7------|---------------||
E|---------------|------------------||---------------|---------------||
[Interlude]
|-3-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E S S E S S S
G|----------------|-----------------------|
D|-9--9-9-9-9-9-7-|---5-------------9-9-9-|
A|----------------|-5---0-5-5-5-5-5-------|
E|----------------|-----------------------|
|-3-|
E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E S S S
G|-------------------|----------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-|---5-----------7-7-8--|
A|-------------------|-5---5-5-5-5-5--------|
E|-------------------|----------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E Q E S S
G|-----------------------|------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-|---5----------7-8-|
A|-----------------------|-----5-5-5--5-----|
E|-----------------------|------------------|
Q. E +E Q E a H +E E E E
G|-----------------|------------------||
D|-9----9-(9)-9--9-|-7h9----(9)-------||
A|-----------------|------------2-5-6-||
E|-----------------|------------------||
[Outro]
Q=60
H Q. E H S E S S S S S Q.. S Q. S S E S S +H.
G|-------------|------7-4-----------|------------------|--------------*|
D|------5------|----------7-7-4-----|-------5------5s7-|--------------*|
A|-7-----------|-5--------------7-5-|-3-------3--------|--------------*|
E|-------------|--------------------|------------------|-5-5-5-(5)----*|
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Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| (n) - note tied to previous
| \ - slide out of (to "nowhere")
| |-3-| - triplet
| h - hammer-on
| s - legato slide
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