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Off He Goes

Pearl Jam
Bass Tab
4.6(3)

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Song

Off He Goes

Pearl Jam

Tabbed by Nick Key (nkey@ionet.net)

Everything should be in order so you can play straight through.

The base is double-tracked, so at the

first chorus I switch to the lower octave.

Intro

2x

|-----------------14-17--| |---------------12--------------|
|--------15-14-14--------| |-15-14-14---14----14-15-12-----|
|-----15-----------------| |---------------------------15--|
|--13--------------------| |-------------------------------|

First Verse:

Fig 1 - 2x

|-----------------------|
|-----17---17--15-15----|
|--15----15----------17-|
|-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|----17---17---17----17---17---------------------|
|-15----15---15---15----15--15-12-1212-1212-1212-|
|------------------------------------------------|

2x

|-------------| |---------------------------|
|-15-14-14----| |-15-14---------------------|
|----------15-| |-------12-1212-1212-1212---|
|-------------| |---------------------------|

2x

|-14------------------------| |--------------------------------|
|----17---17---17---17------| |-15----17-----------------------|
|-------15---15---15--------| |----15----15-1515-1515-1515-----|
|---------------------------| |--------------------------------|

Intro riff: 2x

|-----------------14-17--| |-------------------------------------|
|--------15-14-14--------| |--------15-14-15---15----15----15----|
|-----15-----------------| |-----15---------15----15----15----15-|
|--13--------------------| |--13---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15-14----------------------15-14-14-17-----17----17--17-----|
|-------12-1212-1212-1212-12-------------1515--1515--15--15\--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Instrumental bit

Quarter notes (higher bass plays fifths)

6x

|----------| |----------------------|
|----------| |-3-2------------------|
|-3-3-3-3--| |-----0-00-00-00-0-----|
|----------| |----------------------|

Second Verse:

Fig. 2

|----------------|
|-3--------------|
|----33-33-33-33-|
|----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-33-0------------33-0------33-0------33-2--------------|
|------3-33-33-33------3-33------3-33------0-00-00-00-0-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat fig. 2 above, then:

Intro riff: 2x

|--------------------| |----------------------------------------|
|------3-2-----------| |-----3-2-3---3---3---3---3-2------------|
|---3------0-00-00-0-| |---3-------3---3---3---3-----0-00-00-00-|
|-1------------------| |-1--------------------------------------|
|-------------------|
|-3-----------------|
|----33-33-33-33-3--|
|-------------------|

Instrumental bit

This time play like this 1* & 3(higher bass plays fifths)

6x

|----------| |----------------------|
|----------| |-3-2------------------|
|-3-33-3---| |-----0-00-00-00-0-----|
|----------| |----------------------|

Third Verse:

Fig. 2

|-------------------|
|-3-----------------|
|----33-33-33-33----|
|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-33-0------------33-0------33-0------33-0-3-2--------------|
|------3-33-33-33------3-33------3-33----------0-00-00-00-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

^play at 'strong'

|---------------------------------------|
|-3---------------33-0---33-0---3-2-----|
|---33----3----3-------3------3-----0---|
|---------------------------------------|

4x

|------| |----------------------|
|-3----| |---3-2----------------|
|---33-| |-3-----0-00-00-00-0---|
|------| |----------------------|

Then:

|---------------------------------------------------|
|-3----------33-0---33-0---33-0--3-2----------------|
|---33------------3------3-----------0-00-00-00-0---|
|---------------------------------------------------|

Play fig. 2, then

fig. 4

|--------------------|
|-33-0---------------|
|------3-33-33-33-3--|
|--------------------|

Play second instrumental part again

Then fig. 2

Then second instrumental, playing the first

part of it only 4x (not 6x)

Then fig. 2

Then fig. 4 four times (4x)

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