Who Are You (ver 3) by Who
Good beginners song.
Disclaimer:
I've heard many versions, and the most prominent on YouTube seems to be an altered
version of the original sped up by a half step.
There are a few original, non-radio versions though.
If you can't find one, just take everything I wrote here and bring it up a half step and
play it that way.
INTRO-
-All these riffs follow each other, listen to the song. It would just be difficult to
show the spacing between each.
RIFF 1:
|--16---------|
|-------9-----|
|-----------5-|
|--------------|
Listen to the song to understand the timing and execution here.
RIFF 2:
|--9-7---------------------7-9-12---9|
|------9-8-7-5-7-----5-7-9------------|
|----------------5-7------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
Riff 3:
|-------------------|
|-------5-7---------|
|--5h7------5-7----|
|-----------------0-|
Going into the first chorus, do a slide down from the seventh fret A.
CHORUS-
Most of the choruses (not sure about that grammar, ha ha) follow the same pattern.
It goes...
Who... Are You... Who, Who? Who, Who?
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|------7----7------7----7------7----7------7----7-|
|--0------0----0------0----0------0----0------0---|
On chorus 3, there's a riff that goes as follows:
|-----------------|
|----5--7---------|
|----------5--7---|
|--0------------0-|
It comes after the band says "Who... are you? Who, who? Who, who?" twice, than it goes
back to the regular chorus riff.
VERSES-
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|----7-----5---0-0--3-2-0---------|
|--0-----0----------------2-3/12--|
That's the way you play every verse in the song.
Again, listen for the timing.
BRIDGE-
Following a pause at around 2:20-2:25, the bass re-enters at about 2:55-3:00.
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------5---------5---------5---------5-----------------------------------------|
|--------5---------5---------5---------5 ------7-----7----7------7-----7----7-|
|--0---------0---------0---------0----------0------0-----0----0------0-----0---|
Following this, it fades out again, and yet again comes back in at about 3:45-3:50...
|-------------|
|---------5---|
|-----7-----5-|
|--0----------| x4
FINAL CHORUS-
The last chorus is the same as every other chorus, but near the end it does a similar
riff as chorus three:
|-----------------------|
|----------5--7---------|
|----7-7---------5--7---|
|--0-----0------------0-|
^
(Do the two
sevens quick!)
OUTRO-
For the outro, quickly play the open E string 16 times, then the E string 3rd fret (G)
16 times,
and then the E string 5th fret about 26 times and finally strike the open E loudly and
let it ring out.
That's all!
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