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You Better You Bet

The Who
Bass Tab
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THE WHO - "You Better You Bet" - Bass Tab

common time(4/4)

standard tuning(EADG)

VERSE:

|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|*-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|*-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

_____ _____

|all except |last

|------------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-*|-5-5-5-5-/-17-17-17-|
|-----------------*|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

PRE-CHORUS:

|---------|-----------3-|-----------|-------------|
|---------|---------3---|-----------|-------------|
|-0-------|-------------|-1---1-1-1-|-------------|
|---------|-3---r-------|-----------|-1---1-1-1-1-|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 & a 4 1 2 & 3 4 1 2 & 3 4 &

|---------------|-----------5-|--------------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------6-6---6-|-------------|-5---5-5-/-12----------------------|
|---------------|-3---3-3-----|-----------------------------------|
|-4---4---------|-------------|-----------------------------------|

1 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 & a 2 & a 3 e & a 4 e &

CHORUS:

|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|*-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|*-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

|--------------|
|-----7-----5-*|
|---7-----5---*|(x2)
|-5-----3------|

1 & 2 3 & 4

|-------------|---------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------|-5---5-5---5-|-5---5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5---5-5---5-|-5---5-0-|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------|-------------|---------------|

1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 & 4 &

|-------------|-7---7-7---|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|---------7-|-5---5-5---5-|-5-5---5/17-17-17-|
|-5---5-5---5-|-----------|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|-----------|-------------|------------------|

1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4

MIDDLE EIGHT:

|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|
|---------|-6-----r-|---------|-3-----r-|---------|-6-----r---|
|-4-----r-|---------|-6-----r-|---------|-4-----r-|---------6-|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 &

|-----------|---------|-------------|---------7/9-7-----|
|-----------|-------7-|-5---5-5---5-|-5-5---5-------9-7-|
|---------6-|-5-------|-------------|-------------------|
|-6---------|---------|-------------|-------------------|

1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 e & 4 &

|-------------|---------|-------------|---------------------|
|-------------|-------7-|-5---5-5---5/|-17-17-17-17/12-12/7-|
|-5---5-5---5-|-5---5---|-------------|---------------------|
|-------------|---------|-------------|---------------------|

1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4

"You Better Love Me" BIT:

|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|*-r-7-7-7-5/7-|-r-7-7-7-5/7-|-------------|-------------*|
|*-------------|-------------|-r-3-3-3-2/3-|-r-3-3-3-2/3-*|(x4)
|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|

1 & 2 & 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 4

PRE-LAST CHORUS:

|---------|----------|------------------|-----------------|
|---------|-----19-/-|*-----------------|-----------------|
|-r-r-r-r-|-r-r------|*-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---------|----------|------------------|-----------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

(x2)

|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----7-----5-*|*-----------------|
|-----------------|---7-----5---*|*-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-5-----3------|------------------|

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 3 & 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

(x4)

|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----9-----7-*|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---9-----7---*|
|-----------------|-7-----5------|

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 3 & 4

END:

(x4)

|---------|---------|----------|----------|---------|
|-5~~~~-r-|-7-------|*-5-------|-7-------*|-5-------|
|---------|---------|*---------|---------*|---------|
|---------|---------|----------|----------|---------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

By: Johari Taylor

E-mail: viking@powerup.com.au

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