Skip to content
She Just Wants to Be cover art

She Just Wants to Be

R.e.m.
Bass Tab

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

Song

She Just Wants To Be

REM

>From the Album: Reveal

Tabbed By Matt H

First Verse:

Once bass has actually started:

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------7-7-5---|
E|-5---5---------3-|-5---5---------3-|-5---5---------3-|-5-5-7-8-------8-|

^ sometimes

just the C

for one

beat

Pre Chorus:

G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|

Chorus:

G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-5-----5-8-----5-|-3-----3-3---3-5-|

Subsequent Verses:

Second verse starts with first two measures of first verse, then same as

all other verses and outro

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------7-7-5---|
E|-5---5---5-3-5-7-|-5---5---5-3-5-7-|-5---5---5-3-5-7-|-5-5-7-8-------8-|

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 R.e.m.