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Song
...the finest worksong...
unknown@bellatlantic.net
REM's finest worksong
bass tabbed by unknown@bellatlantic.net
corrections would be appreciated
each '-' represents one beat
note- the end to this and the live version are different. this was
taken off document. enjoy
-rythmns for the chorus might be a little off
-e=11th fret, t=12th fret, v=14th fret (vierzehn)
intro
g|5-0-----| d|----0---|
(rest 12 counts, then) a|------2-|
e|--------|
verse (seperate the eighth notes a little)
seven times
g| ----r--- |----r---| d|* ----e--- *|----e--0|
a|* 0202s22- *|0202s24-|
e| ----t--- |----t---|
chorus1
g|------ --|------ --|--------|-- ------|---- ----| d|2--4-4444|4--4-4444|4-442--4|-44444--4|4444/0---| a|------ --|------ --|--------|-- ------|---- ----| e|------ --|------ --|--------|-- ------|---- ----|
bridge
g| rrrrrrrr|vt-e-tv- |rrrrrrrr|rrre-tv-| d|* eeeeeeee|-------- *|eeeeeeee|eee-----| (rest 8 counts) a|* ssssssss|-------- *|ssssssss|sss-----| e| tttttttt|-------- |tttttttt|ttt-----|
chorus2
g|------ --|------ --|--------|-- ------|- ------|-- ------| d|2--4-4444|4--4-4444|4-442--4|-44444--4|44442--4|-44444-44| a|------ --|------ --|--------|-- ------|- ------|-- ------| e|------ --|------ --|--------|-- ------|- ------|-- ------| g|-- ------|------ --|--------| d|-44444-44|2--4-4444|4--44444| (12 counts rest, then) a|-- ------|------ --|--------| e|-- ------|------ --|--------|
end (this should always be played slapping, if not the entire song)
g|rrrrrr- - |--4-rr- - |--2-rr- - |-4rrrr- - |-42-rr- - |4/0-----| d|eeeeee20 0|2---ee20-0|2---ee20-0|2-eeee20-0|2---ee20-0|--------| a|ssssss- 3 |----ss- 3 |----ss- 3 |--ssss- 3 |----ss- 3 |--------| e|tttttt- - |----tt- - |----tt- - |--tttt- - |----tt- - |--------|
it goes something like this:
intro, verse, chorus1, intro, verse, chorus1, intro, verse, chorus1,
bridge, verse,chorus2, end
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