Skip to content
Brother cover art

Brother

Pearl Jam
Bass Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Brother

Pearl Jam

Tabbed by Nick Key (nkey@ionet.net)

Intro/Chorus

Fig. 1 4x

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-4-44-4-44-4-4--0-00-0-00-0-0--|

Verse:

Fig. 1 - 8x: add the slide after every fourth time.

|----------| |----|
|----------| |----|
|----------| |----|
|--4--2-4--| |-//-|

Play verse 2x, then:

Pre-chorus:

4x

|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-2-22-2-22-00--|

Second verse:

Play Fig. 1 8x, then this variation:

Fig. 2 - 2x

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--4--2-4/7-7-7--4--2-4\2-2-|

Play pre-chorus eight (8) times, then chorus four (4) times.

Then play this:

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-4-44-4-44-4-4--0-0-0---|

Slow part:

3x

|------------------------| |-------| |-/11----------------|
|---------/6-4------/6-4-| |-------| |--------------------|
|-4--2--2------2--2------| |-------| |--------------------|
|------------------------| |-4--/7-| |------4--/7--7-77-7-|

Solo:

It's really pretty different from this, but this works.

4x

|------------------------------------| |-------------------|
|------------------------------------| |-------------------|
|------------------------------------| |-------------------|
|--4-44-44-2-(4)/7-7--4-44-44-2-4-2--| |-4-44-44-2-(4)/7-7-|

Play pre-chorus three (3) times.

Play chorus nine (9) times (there's a fadeout during this).

Then end with this:

|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|-2-2/0--|

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

Sign in to join the conversation.

No comments yet. If you play this one, say what works.

More from Pearl Jam