Learn Music: The Wake-up Bomb bass tab - Rem tabs

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  REM's wake up bomb off hi-fi
  bass tabbed by unknown@bellatlantic.net   arketype@hotmail.com
  corrections would be appreciated
  each '-' represents a half beat
  strings are from bottom to top eadg
  dots are short (staccato)
  hold out asterisk                  f#   g   a  e  f#   g   a
  in the bridge, the notes are frets 11, 12, 14, 9, 11, 12, 14 respectively
  
  
  verse 1                       ______________
                                   1-5    |6
     .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         |
  |  --------|--------|--------|--------  |--------|
  |* 2--2--2-|0--0--0-|--------|------0- *|--------|
  |* --------|--------|0--0--0-|----0--- *|--------|
  |  --------|--------|--------|3--3----  |33333333|
  
  1st chorus
                        _______________________________
                                        1 | 2
                              *           |
  |  --------|--------|-------0|--------  |--------|--------|
  |* --------|--------|0-0-0---|-4-3-20- *|0-0-0-0-|--------|
  |* 3-----3-|3-----3-|------3-|-------- *|--------|3-3-3-3-|
  |  ---33---|---33---|--------|--------  |--------|--------|
  
                                _____________
                                      1   | 2
  |  --------|--------|--------|--------  | rrrrrrrr|
  |* 2--2--2-|0--0--0-|--------|------0- *| eeeeeeee|
  |* --------|--------|0--0--0-|----0--- *| ssssssss|
  |  --------|--------|--------|3--3----  | tttttttt|
  
  
  chorus
                       _______________________________
                                     1,2,3| 4
                              *           |
  |  --------|--------|-------0|--------  |--------|--------|
  |* --------|--------|0-0-0---|-4-3-20- *|0-0-0-0-|--------|
  |* 3-----3-|3-----3-|------3-|-------- *|--------|3-3-3-3-|
  |  ---33---|---33---|--------|--------  |--------|--------|
  
  verse 2                       ______________
                                   1-5    |6
     .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         |
  |  --------|--------|--------|--------  |rrrrrrrr|
  |* 2--2--2-|0--0--0-|--------|------0- *|eeeeeeee|
  |* --------|--------|0--0--0-|----0--- *|ssssssss|
  |  --------|--------|--------|3--3----  |tttttttt|
  
  chorus
  
  bridge (this is a little off)
  
  |----r---|--------|----r---|--------|----x---|x---x---|9---x---|
  |2---e---|--------|----e---|--------|2-------|--------|--------|
  |----s---|--------|0---s---|--------|--------|--------|--------|
  |----t---|--------|----t---|--------|--------|--------|--------|
  
  
  |x---x~~~| the tildas represnet a vibrato.  i think it's cool to
  |--------| add a slide during the last beat of the vibrato 'a' 2
  |--------| whatever.
  |--------|
  
  last verse                     ______________
                                   1,2    |3
                                          |
     .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         |1&2&3e&a4& (represents a 16th rest)
  |  --------|--------|--------|--------  |-----r- --|just touch the a then
  |* 2--2--2-|0--0--0-|--------|------0- *|-----e- --|silence it almost right
  |* --------|--------|0--0--0-|----0--- *|----0s- --|away
  |  --------|--------|--------|3--3----  |3--3-t- --|
  
  last chorus
  
  chorus
                       _____________________________________________
                                     1,2,3| 4,5,6,7           |8
                              *           |       *           |
  |  --------|--------|-------0|--------  |-------0|---4-2--  |--------|--------|
  |* --------|--------|0-0-0---|-4-3-20- *|0-0-0---|-3------ *|0-0-0-0-|--------|
  |* 3-----3-|3-----3-|------3-|-------- *|------3-|-------- *|--------|3-3-3-3-|
  |  ---33---|---33---|--------|--------  |--------|--------  |--------|--------|
  
  i'm not quite sure what this ends on.  when my group plays this song, we
  end on a g chord and i end on a g (e third fret) but that is ugly when
  played with the cd.  i think it actually ends on an a. if anyone ever finds
  out, email me.

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