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Baba Oriley
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Baba O'Riley
By the Who
>From Who's Next, 1971
Written by Pete Townshend �1971 Fabulous Music Ltd.
Electric (gtrs 1&2): Capo on 1
F 133(5)(1)(1)
C x355xx
Bb x133xx
Eb xx134(3)
F (outro) x 8 10 10 x x
Csus4 8 10 10 (10) x x
Acoustic (gtr 3): Capo on 3
F xx3565
Fsus4 xx3566
C7sus4 xx5566
Piano and bass; no guitar]
||:F C |Bb :||
|F C |Bb |
Out here in the fields
|F C |Bb |
I fight for my meals
|F C |Bb |F C |Bb |
I get my back into my living
I don't need to fight
To prove I'm right
I don't need to be forgiven
Yeah, yeah....
[guitar 1 in]
|F C |Bb |F C |Bb |F C |Bb |
|----------|-------|---------|--------|------------|--------|
|----------|-------|---------|--------|------------|--------|
|-------5--|3------|------5--|3-------|---------5--|3-------|
|-------5--|3------|----5-5--|3-------|---------5--|3-------|
|3------3--|1------|3---3-3--|1-------|3------3----|1-------|
|1---------|-------|1--------|--------|1-----------|--------|
|F C |Bb |F C |Bb |C |C |C | |
|----------|-------|-------------|--------|------|------|------|------|
|----------|-------|-------------|--------|------|------|------|------|
|-----5-5--|3------|----------5--|3-------|5-----|5-----|5-----|------|
|3----5-5--|3------|----------5--|3-------|5-----|5-----|5-----|------|
|3----3-3--|1------|3--(3x)---3--|1-------|3-----|3-----|3-----|------|
|1---------|-------|1------------|--------|------|------|3-----|------|
Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland
|F C |Bb |
Sally, take my hand
|--------------------|--------------|
|--------------------|--------------|
|--------------5-----|3-------------|
|--------------5-----|3-------------|
|3-------------3-----|1-------------|
|1-------------------|--------------|
|F C |Bb |
We'll travel south 'cross land
|--------------------|--------------|
|--------------------|--------------|
|--------------5-----|3-------------|
|--------------5-----|3-------------|
|--------------3-----|1-------------|
|1-------------------|--------------|
|F C |Bb |F C |Bb |
Put out the fire and don't look past my shoulder
|--------------------|-----------------------|-------|-----------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|----5^-|-----------|
|----------------5---|3----------------------|----5^-|3----------|
|----------------5---|3----------------------|----5^-|3-----x/x/x|
|3---------------3---|1----------------------|3---3--|1-----x/x/x|
|1-------------------|-----------------------|1------|------1/1/1|
|F C |Bb |
The exodus is here
|--------------------|--------------|
|--------------------|--------------|
|--------------5-----|3-------------|
|------------5-5-----|3-------------|
|3-----------3-------|1-------------|
|1-------------------|--------------|
|F C Bb |
The happy ones are near
|----------------------|--------------|
|----------------------|--------------|
|--------------5-5-----|3-------------|
|--------------5-5-----|3-------------|
|3---------------3-----|1-------------|
|1---------------------|--------------|
|F C |Bb |F C |Bb |
Let's get together before we get much older
|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|----------|
|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|----------|
|------------5/5/5^--|3----------------|------------5-----|3---------|
|------------5/5/5^--|3----------------|------------5-----|3---------|
|3-----------3/3/3---|1----------------|3---------3-3-----|1---------|
|1-------------------|-----------------|1-----------------|----------|
[solo]
[gtr 2]
|F C |Bb Eb |
|13~----13------|---------------13-15-13-|
|---------13-13h|15--15-15---------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|[gtr 1] |
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|3--------------|------------------------|
|1?-------------|------------------------|
|F C |Bb |
Teenage
|15^-13-13-----------------|-------------------------|
|----------15-13--15-13-15-|13-----------------------|
|--------------------------|------15^15^15^15^15^15^-|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
| |
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|F C |Bb C |F C |Bb C |
wasteland It's only teenage wasteland Teenage
|------------|-----------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|------x-----|x------x---------------|-----------------|--------------|
|15^\---15^--|---15^---15^-15^-15-14-|14h15~-14--------|--------------|
|------------|-----------------------|---------15------|----------8h10|
|------------|-----------------------|------------13h15|13------------|
|------------|-----------------------|-----------------|--------8-----|
| |
|------------|-----------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|------------|-----------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|---------5--|3--------3----------5--|-------------5---|3-----x---5---|
|---------5--|3-----x--3----------5--|-------------5---|3--x--x---5---|
|3--xxx---3--|1-----x----------------|3---x-3------3---|1--x-1--------|
|1--xxx-1----|-----------------1-----|1---x-1-1--1-----|--------1-----|
|F C |Bb C |F C|Bb |
wasteland, oh hey teenage wasteland They're all
|-----------------|--(1)--1-----|-------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------1-1---|-------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|8--6-6-8-8-------|-------------|-----------3-|1----------------|
|------------8----|6------------|---------1---|-----------------|
| |
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------1---------|
|------------5----|3---------5--|----------5--|3------x-----5^--|
|------x-----5----|3--x------5--|3-----x---5--|3---x--x---3-5^--|
|3-----x--3--3----|1--x-x-------|3-----x-3-3--|1---x-1--3-1-3---|
|1--x-1-----------|-----x--1----|1--x-1-------|-----------------|
[slowed tempo]
|C C |Bb Bb |
Wasted!
|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|-------------|
|5-------5-------|3-----3------|
|5-------5-------|3-----3------|
|3-------3-------|1-----1------|
|----------------|-------------|
|C |Bb |
|12--13--15--12--13--15--12-13-15-|12--13--15--12--13--15--12-13-15-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|5--------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
|5--------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
|3--------------------------------|1--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|F |Eb |
|12--13--15--12--13--15--12-13-15-|11--13--15--11--13--15--11-13-15-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| |
|1--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|1--------------------------------|4--------------------------------|
|5--------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
|3--------------------------------|1--------------------------------|
|3--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|1--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|C |
|12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-12----|
|---------------------------------------------13-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
| |
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|5-----------------------------------------------|
|5-----------------------------------------------|
|3-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|Bb |
|12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-15-12-13-13-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
| |
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|3-----------------------------------------------|
|3-----------------------------------------------|
|1-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|F |
|15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-15-13-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
| |
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|3-----------------------------------------------|
|3-----------------------------------------------|
|1-----------------------------------------------|
|Eb |
|11-13-11-13-11-13-11-13-11-13-11-13-11-13-11-13-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
| |
|------------------------------------------------|
|4-----------------------------------------------|
|3-----------------------------------------------|
|1-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
[violin solo; guitars and drums return and repeat until end]
|F |F |
|11^---------------------|------------------------|
|----13~-----------------|------------------------|
|----------------15^-15^-|15^--^15================|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
| |
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|3-----------------------|3-----------------------|
|3-----------------------|3-----------------------|
|1-----------------------|1-----------------------|
[double time]
|Eb | | |
|------------------------|---------------|------------|
|------------------------|---------------|------------|
|\-------14--------------|---------------|------------|
|----------15-13-------12|---------------|--------3x--|
|------------------------|-13-12---------|------------|
|------------------------|------13-11-10-|--8-\1------|
[bass fade in]
|--------|---------|---------|---------|----|----|----|----|
|--------|---------|---------|---------|----|----|----|----|
|--------|---------|---------|---------|----|----|----|----|
|--------|---------|---------|1h3------|----|----|----|----|
|--------|1h3~~~---|---------|---------|----|----|----|----|
|--------|---------|---------|---------|----|----|----|----|
| |
|----|----|
|-3-3|-3-3|
|3-3-|3-3-|
|----|----|
| | | | |
[electric fade in, with variations...]
x12
||:C F C F |C F C F :||
-------||-----------------|-----------------||
-------||-----------------|-----------------||
-------||.----10------10--|----10------10--.||
-------||.10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--10--.||
-------||-10--8---10--8---|10--8---10--8----||
-------||-8-------8-------|8-------8--------||
||[gtr 3 (acoustic)] ||
F || Fsus4 F Fsus4 F | Fsus4 F Fsus4 F ||
---5-5-||-6-6-5-5-6-6-5-5-|-6-6-5-5-6-6-5-5-||
---6-6-||.6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6.||
---5-5-||.5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5.||
---3-3-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
-------||-----------------|-----------------||
-------||-----------------|-----------------||
[end; speed up tempo]
x5
||:C F C F :||
[finale]
|C7sus4 | | | F ||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--10--||
|10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--10--||
|10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--8---||
|8---8---8---8---|8---8---8---8---|8---8---8---8---|8---8---8-------||
|[gtr 3 (acoustic)] | ||
|C7sus4 | | | F ||
|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-6-6-5---||
|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6---||
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-3---||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
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