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Behind Blue Eyes

The Who
Bass Tab
4.8(56)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Solo

E E E Bm Bm A A E E E E Bm Bm A A E

G|---------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
D|-------------9-|9------7--7-------|--------------9-|9-----7--7-------|
A|7----7-7-------|----------------7-|7-----7-7-------|---------------7-|
E|---------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|

E E E Bm Bm A A E E E E Bm Bm A A E

When my...

G|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D|--------------9-|9-----7--7-------|----------------|9-----7--7-------|
A|7-----7-7-------|---------------7-|7-----7-7-----7-|---------------7-|
E|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

E E E Bm Bm G G D D D D Bm Bm A A D

smile...

G|----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
D|--------------9-|9------5--5------|-------------9-|9------7-77-------|
A|7-----7-77------|---------------5-|5----5-5-5-----|----------------5-|
E|----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|

D D D Bm Bm A A E E E E Bm Bm A A

like a fool

G|---------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
D|-------------9-|9-----7-77-------|--------------9-|9------7--7-------|
A|5-----5-5------|---------------7-|7-----7-7-------|---------------7-7|
E|---------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|

E E E Bm Bm A A E E E E Bm Bm G G D

And if I swallow... finger down my

G|---------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
D|---------------|9------7--7------|--------------9-|9------5--5-------|
A|7----7-7-----7-|---------------7-|7----7-77-------|----------------5-|
E|---------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|

D D D Bm Bm A A D D D D Bm Bm A A E

throat wear your

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
D|--------------9-|9-----7-77------|--------------9-|9------7-77-------|
A|5-----5-55------|--------------5-|5-----5-5-------|----------------7-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|

E E E Bm Bm A A E E E Bm Bm A A B

coat

G|----------------|------------------|---------------|-----------------|
D|--------------9-|9------7--7-------|-------------9-|9------7--7---7-9|
A|7-----7-7-------|---------------7-7|7----7-7-------|-----------------|
E|----------------|------------------|---------------|-----------------|

B A G D B B A G D B

G|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
D|9---9-9-9-9-9-7|--5-----------999-|9-9-9-999-9-9-7|--5-----------778-|
A|---------------|5---0-5-5-555-----|---------------|5---5-5-5-5-5-----|
E|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|

B A G D B B B/A

G|----------------|------------------|----------------|---------------|
D|9-999-999-999-7-|--5-----------7-8-|9---9---9---9---|7h9------------|
A|----------------|----5-5-5--5------|----------------|--------2-5-6--|
E|----------------|------------------|----------------|---------------|

Em G D Dsus4 D Cadd9 Asus2

No one... bad man the sad man behind blue eyes

G|--------|------|------|7-4--------|--------|--------|---------------|
D|--------|5-----|------|---7-4-----|------5-|---5/7--|---------------|
A|7-------|------|5-----|-------7-5-|3-------|3-------|---------------|
E|--------|------|------|-----------|--------|--------|5--5-5---------|

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| \ Slide down

| / Slide up

| . Staccato

| h Hammer-on

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