Who

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-||-----12/14\12|---12/14-||-0-2---- |----2--|

|----12/14-||-----12/14\12|---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----|

|----------------------|

|----------------------|

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