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Substitute Bass Tab

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Substitute (Bass)
By The Who, 1966
Written by Pete Townshend ©1966 TRO-Devon Music, Inc.

[intro]
|--|--|--|------|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
|--|--|--|------|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
|--|--|--|-----5|5----5-5---5-|5-----5-5-----5-|5----5-5---5-|5-----5-5-----5-|
|--|--|--|--5-7-|---7-----7---|--5-7-----5-7---|---7-----7---|--5-7-----5-7---|

[verse pattern]
    You think we...
||--------------|------------------|-------------|----------------||
||--------------|------------0-----|-------------|----------------||
||5----5-5------|--------0-2---2-0-|5---5-5----5-|5-----5-5-----5-||
||---7------7-5-|3--3-3------------|---7-----7---|--5-7-----5-7---||

 substitute for another...
||------------------|----------------||
||---2------------0-|----2---------0-||
||------------0h2---|----------0h2---||
||0----3^-----------|0-----3^--------||

 yeah... (pre-chorus)
|----------------|----------------|
|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|

[chorus]                                               [2/4]          [4/4]
  Substitute...                        fine-lookin'...  made out of sack
||----------------7-|---7---7-7----||----------------7-|--7-----------|---------|
||------------------|--------------||------------------|--------------|---------|
||5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|----------5-5-||5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-----------5--|5--------|
||------------------|--------------||------------------|--------------|---------|

[solo]
||------------------|----5---4---5-4-|----------------|-----------------||
||----5-----4---5-4-|5-5---5---5-----|----5---4---5-4-|----5---4---5-4--||
||5-5---5-5---5-----|----------------|5-5---5---5-----|5-5---5---5------||
||------------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||

  substitute for another...
||------------------|----------------||
||---2------------0-|----2---------0-||
||------------0h2---|----------0h2---||
||0----3^-----------|0-----3^--------||

 yeah... (pre-chorus)
|----------------|----------------|
|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|

[repeat intro]                                  [2/4]  [4/4]    [to verse...]
|--|--|--|--|-----------|-----------|-----------|------|--------|-----------|
|--|--|--|--|---7------5|---5-------|---7------5|---5--|--------|-----------|
|--|--|--|--|5-----7----|------5-5--|5-----7----|-----5|5-------|----------5|
|--|--|--|--|-----------|-----------|-----------|------|--------|------5-7--|

[final chorus]
 Substitute...
|---7--7----|--7--7-7---7-|---7--7---|--7--7-7-5---|---7--7---|--7--7--7--|
|-----------|-------------|----------|-----------7|----------|-----------|
|5---------5|-------------|5--------5|-------------|5--------5|-----------|
|-----------|-------------|----------|-------------|----------|-----------|

 See right through....
|---7--7----|--7--7-7---7-|---7--7---|--7--7-7-5---|---7--7---|--7--7--7--|
|-----------|-------------|----------|-----------7|----------|-----------|
|5---------5|-------------|5--------5|-------------|5--------5|-----------|
|-----------|-------------|----------|-------------|----------|-----------|

[2/4]       [4/4]
 made out of sack
|--7--------|---------------|
|-----------|---------------|
|---------5-|5--------------|
|-----------|---------------|


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Substitute Bass Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Josh Average	#1 by Josh Franco at Sep 24, 1970 at 5:51 PM EST
	There's one line that mentions a drug and who guys have to freak out and tell the nobody who said anything that it isnt about drugs? You guys have to settle down. This site is to share what you think the song is about, not to tell people what it ISNT about.

No Picture Bill Wanna Be	#2 by Bill Rossi at Jan 19, 1982 at 8:38 PM EST
	this song is great, i absolutely LOVE the who! I can't get enough, they are definitley my favorite band of all time.

No Picture Cody Rhythm Player	#3 by Cody Stone at Nov 4, 1996 at 12:41 AM EST
	i love this song. pretty self explanitory i think. the pistols do a pretty good cover of it

No Picture fasterdisco Average	#4 by fasterdisco at Dec 17, 2000 at 4:29 PM EST
	In the "Live at Leeds" booklet, it tells how The Who always thought they were a substitute for The Rolling Stones. That is how this song came to be, at least, that's what I've read.

No Picture GodOfBass208 Average	#5 by GodOfBass208 at Jun 4, 2004 at 8:11 PM EST
	love the song especially the bass solo