The Who - Young Man Blues (live) guitar tab
tabbed(by ear)by:bestplaya
song:young man blues
words and music by:mose allison
band:The Who(2nd best band of all time)IMO
guitarist:pete townshend(one of the most under-rated guitarists of all)IMO
album:live at leeds
tuning:standard
effects:fuzz or tube distortion & slight slap-back echo(reverb)
key:
b=bend 1/4 step,
bf=bend a full step,
bb=1/2 step,
r=release,
h=hammeron,
p=pulloff,
/=down slide,
=up slide,
~~~=vibrato
Gosh I love this song!It's probaby my very favorite who song and I think it shows the
talent of each member very well.john,pete and keith all get to shine during the jam
when the vocals rest(best part!),and this is their best version of this song.Do any of
you guys know if pete was high at the isle of weight festival?because i know he wasn't
high on live at leeds and i also know that he played better at leeds than the isle of
weight!
this is played at a fairly fast pace,it's played in the key of (E) the whole time so
if you want to improvise it should be fairly easy as well.To let you know,some of it
is played a 'little' sloppy so i tabbed what i think are the intensional notes for
the 'main' riffs,enjoy!
w/tube dist.
Intro
riffA-------------------|1st time. 2nd time.
(E) ~~~ 1st verse:pause,w/vocals.
|-------------------------|-------| |----------|
|----3-2-0----------------|-------| |---0w/drum|
|----4-2-0----------------|(0)(2)-| |---x-fill-|
|-2---------2p0---0--2p0--|-0--2--| |---2------|
|---------------2--------2|-------| |---2------|
|-------------------------|-------| |3b-0------|
w/riff A once,then play this rythm fig.
rhyfig.1 let ring pause .play rhyfig 1 twice with variations
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-2p0-0-2p0-0-2p0--------------|
|-2p0-0-2p0-0-2p0-5b-2--------2|
|--------------------2--------2|
|-----------------3b-0--------0|
trill~~~ pause pause,then play rhyfig 1 4x with slight variations
|------- |-12---|
|------- |-15bf-|
|------- |------|
|0h2p0-- |------|
|------- |------|
|------- |------|
pause |---| pause |----| pause
|---| |----|
|-2-| |----|
|-2-| |-12-|
|---| |-12-|
|---| |----|
Interlude:here are the chords
rhyfig2.
let ring palmmute---------------------------| x4
|------------------------||----------------------------------|
|------------------------||----------------------------------|
|-12-----12-------11-----||-------------------------12--11---|
|-12-----12-------12-----||-------------------------12--12---|
|-12-----12-------12-----||-------------------------12--12---|
|-0------0--------0------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------|
end here end here
slight palmute 1st time 2nd time
x2 x ~~~
|----------||-------------|---------||-------- |-------|
|----------||-------------|---------||-------- |-------|
|----------||-------------|---------||-------- |-------|
|----12/14-||-----12/1412|---12/14-||-0-2---- |----2--|
|----12/14-||-----12/1412|---12/14-||-------- |----2--|
|0-0-10/12-||-0-0---------|-0-------||-------- |-3b-0--|
1st Guitar Solo:now for the REALY fun part!
when you play these pulloffs,
use small bends.
~~~~
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------0------------------------|
|-5p0-5h0-5p0-5p0--5bb-2----0-2---2-0-2-0----0----0--2---|
|----5---5---5---5-----------------------------------2---|
|-----------------------------------------3bb--3bb---0---|
~~~~
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------0--0-3-5-0-3-5-5-3-0-3h5-5-0-3h5-5-|
|-----5p0-----5p0--------------0----------------------------------|
|-5p0-----5p0-------5bb-x-2----0----------------------------------|
|----5---5---5----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
w/fuzz
|-----3---3-2-------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-0-0-3---3-3-2-2-----2---------|-----15----15----15----15----15----15-|
|-0-0-0---0-2-2-2-----2-12------|-0h12--0h12--0h12--0h12--0h12--0h12---|
|-0-0-0---0-0-2-2-----2-12------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------0-0-----0-12------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------3bb---0-------|--------------------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~
|---------------------/12-12----10bf-12-12--------12-12-----------|
|----------------------------12------------12-15bf------15bfr-15--|
|-0h12h14---12bbr-------------------------------------------------|
|---------12------14----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----14----15----15----15----15----15----14----14-------------9-8-|
|-0h12--0h12--0h12--0h12--0h12--0h12--0h12--0h12---12p0------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------14-7/9----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
interlude
fuzz off
rhyfig3 x3play with rhythm
|---------------||----------------------------------------| variations on
|----5-3--------||----------------------------------------| ocasion.
|----------2----||-------12-12---12-12---12-12-11-11-11---|
|-5-----2-2----||-------12-12---12-12---12-12-12-12-11---|
|--------2-2----||-------12-12---12-12---12-12-12-12-12---|
|--------0-0----||-0-0-0----------------------------------|
2nd Guitar Solo
~~~~
|-------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----12-----12-----12----|---------------------------------------|
|-----12-----12-----12----|-0h2----0h2p0h2p0h2--0h2-0h2-0h2-------|
|-----12-----12-----12----|---------------------------------------|
|-0-0----0-0----0-0-0-----|---------------------------------3b----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------3h555-3h555-3h555-3------------3h55-3h55-3h5-|
|------------------------12-----------------------4-2-0--------------------|
|-0h2p0---0-2-0-----2----12-----------------------------2-0----------------|
|-------2-----------2----12------------------------------------------------|
|----------------3b-0----0-------------------------------------------------|
|-3-5-3-0--0--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------3---------3h55-3h55-3h55-3h55-3h55-3h55-3h55-3h55-------------0-|
|-------------4-2-0-----------------------------------------4-2-0-------0-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------2-0-2-0-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
palmmute the octave riff below.
just toy with the E-octav pattern for a while with the g chord every now and then.
|------------------------- times 2 |-------|
|------------------------- |-------|
|-----------------------0- |-12----|
|-222---222--222---222--0- |-12----|
|-----------------------x- |-12----|
|0-----0----0-----0-----3- |-0-----|
~~~~~
|-------12----------------------------| you probably get it by now,all it is
|-15bf----1512151215121512-15bf-17-15-| is the blues scales and such. don't
|-------------------------------------| bother learning ANY of this note for
|-------------------------------------| not,pete plays everything different
|-------------------------------------| each time,including the riffs,not just
|-------------------------------------| the solos.just use these solos and
riffs to improvise off of and that way
you can make up your own cool solo!
I covered pretty much the whole thing
except for a little bit of the last
part which is never played the same.
this song is basicaly just a complex
jam in the key of (E) so you can prob-
ably figure the rest out for yourself.
right after the solo peted does this decending riff down the fret board in
half steps and then he does this little riffy thing.
play variations of this.
|----------------------|
|-15-14-14h15-12-12h14-|
|-14-14-14----14-14----|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
