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Pilate

Pearl Jam
Bass Tab

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Song

PEARL JAM "PILATE" -BASS TAB

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Tune normal e a d g

This is the easiest positon playing

but I prefer to move the note all up the fret board and play around

the 20th fret of the a string The deeper tone sounds nice if

you only have a passive bass (me at the moment)

Intro/first verse:

|11-11-11-11-9-9-9-5-|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|   x3

|10-10-10-10\3-3-|

|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|11-11-11-11-9-9-9-5-|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------| x3

chorus

|----------------|---------------|
|--------------6-|---------------|
|-8-8-8-8-6h8p6--|-8-8-8-8--6--6-|
|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|
|--------------6-|---------------|
|-8-8-8-8-6h8p6--|-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-|
|----------------|---------------|

second verse

|11-11-11-11-9-9-9-5-|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-3-|-7p5-------------|
|-----------------|-----7p5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|
|-----------------7-|
|-3-3-0-0-5-5-7-7---|
|-------------------|

Chorus:

Interlude:

|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-11-12-7-7-9-9-|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-0-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-7-9-9-11-11-10-|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-10-10-11-10-13-15-|
|-------------------|

Chorus x2

then outro

|-11-12-12-12-12-11/2-2-4-4-6-6-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

h = hammeron

p = pulloff

~ = vibrato

/ = slide up

\ = slide down

(X)= hold note (let ring)

Tabbed by Mark Linwood

Hint suggesstions or comments to (Rlinwood@powerup.com.au)

I will reply to all emails

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