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Baba O'Riley - Mr. Big
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Tabbed by: Mike Fowler
Email: icemike_3@hotmail.com
This is Mr. Big's version of the Who song Baba O'Riley as played on their live video
in San Francisco. Very cool song.
Tuning: Standard
Intro Riff
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-----------9-9--------------9-9---------------9-9--------------------|D|------9-9------9-9------9-9-----9-9------9-9------9-9----------------| etc.A|--7-7---------------7-7--------------7-7-----------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fill #1
e|-----------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------12-12-10-10-9-9------------------|G|---------9-9------------------------------9-9--------|D|-------------9-9---------------------9-9-------------|A|-----7-7---------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Riff #2
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|G|---9---------------------------9-9----------------9-9-----------------|D|---9--------9----7------------------9-9------9-9-------9-9------------| etc.A|---7--------9----7-----------------------7-7--------------------------|E|------------7----5----------------------------------------------------|
Riff #3
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------------|G|-----------4-4-------------4-4---------------4-4-----------|D|-------4-4-----4-4-----4-4-----4-4------4-4------4-4-------|A|---2-2-------------2-2--------------2-2--------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Solo
e|---12~~12~~-12b14r12--12-------------------12-14-12-14b15r14--12-------------|B|--------------------------12-12h14-14-14~~-----------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|----15b17-14-12~~-14-12-14-12~~--------12---------12-------------------------|G|----------------------------------14b16-----14b16------14b16~~---------------|D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Interlude
B5 B5 A5 A5
P.H.e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B5 A5
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--/16-17-19-16-17-19-16-17-19--16-17-19-16-17-19-16-17-19--------------------|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E5 D5 (if you really wanna like Gilbert use your teeth for this part)e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--16-17-19-16-17-19-16-17-19--15-17-19-15-17-19-15-17-19---------------------|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B5 A5
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--16h17-16h17-16h17-16h17-16h17-16h17-16h17-16h17-16h17-16h17----------------|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E5
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--16h17-19p17-16h17-19p17-16h17-19p17--17h19-17h19-17h19-17h19-17h19---------|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D5
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---17h19-17h19-17h19--15h17-15h17-15h17-15h17-15h17-15h17-15h17-15h17--------|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------12---12-14-15--14h15p14p12-------------------|G|--16~~~~~~~~\---/14-14-14-13--------------------------------14\13/14---------|D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|----13h14p13p11-13--11h13p11-------------------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------14-12-11-12-14-12-11h12p11--------------------|A|-------------------------------------------------------------14-12-----------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------11-12~~~--------------------------------------|A|--11h12p11-----------11-12-14------------------------------------------------|E|------------14-12-14---------------------------------------------------------|
To end it they just alternate on E5 and B5 chords while speeding up. Listen to any
of the song for the timings and order and you should be able to figure it out just fine.
a great version of a great song. Enjoy.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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