Cochise bass tab by Audioslave

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COCHISE - Audioslave
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Tabbed By: Eminel
e-mail: eminel@vodafone.net.nz

Tuning: B-E-A-D


Key :  /  slide up
         slide down
      )  hold note


I play this on my 5-string but for the purpose of this tab there's only 4 as the g is redundant.

Tim Commerford plays 4 string bass guitars all tuned differently.

Some in E-A-D-G, D-G-C-F, Drop D, I saw him in concert playing this song on a bass tuned in B-E-A-D.

I've numbered each section in order from start to finish making it easier to follow.

The numbers above each line represent beats in a bar being 4 beats per bar.

This is how I play it and it sounds pretty good.



SONG BEGINS
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Come in after Tom Morello's 4 bar guitar sound effects...

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#1. INTRO (12 TIMES)

  1       2       3       4

D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| (16ths)
B|--------------------------------|

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And then play this 4 times...

  1        2      3       4

D|0/2--0---0--------0/2---0--------|
A|-------2---2--------------2------|
E|-------------3-0------------3-0--|
B|---------------------------------|
END OF INTRO
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#2. VERSE 1 (8 TIMES)

This is the same as previous
but the vocals come in here...

  1        2      3       4

D|0/2--0---0--------0/2---0--------|
A|-------2---2--------------2------|
E|-------------3-0------------3-0--|
B|---------------------------------|


  In the 4th bar    |   In the 8th bar
                    |
  3       4         |   3      4
                    |
D|----------------| | D|----------------|
A|------------0---| | A|----------------|
E|--0-----3-3---3-| | E|----------------|
B|----------------| | B|3------4--------|
END OF VERSE 1
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#3. CHORUS (4 TIMES)

For those of you unsure how to do 2 slides in a row (5/7--5/7) do the first slide with your 3rd or 4th finger then the second with your index finger. You'll probably work it out anyway.

  1         2       3       4

D|----------------------------------|
A|5/7--5/7--0---------------0--2-5--|
E|------------3-0-----3-------------|
B|----------------------------------|
END OF CHORUS
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#4. 4 BAR SOLO BY TOM MORELLO THEN VERSE 2. PLAY THE VERSE LINE 4 TIMES AND THEN REFER TO VERSE 1
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#5. CHORUS (8 TIMES)
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#6. BRIDGE (7 TIMES TOTAL)

 FIRST 4 BARS      |  LAST 3 BARS
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  1   2   3   4    |   1   2   3   4
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D|---------------| | D|---------------|
A|2-----2-2------| | A|7-----7-7------|
E|---------------| | E|---0-----0-----|
B|---0-----0-----| | B|---------------|


8th BAR

This is only 1/2 a bar followed by a whole bar then a 1/4 bar.

In this part what I like to do is:
1. Hold the note (5) through the whole bar
   counting 4 beats. Halfway through the 4th
   beat, slide it up to the 12th fret.
2. Hit high E (12th fret of the E string) at the
   start of the 1/4 bar.
c. And slide that note all the way down to open E,
   just before the 2nd beat comes.

  1   2   1    2    3    4    1    2

D|-------|-------------------|------|
A|7------|5))))))))))))))))//|------|
E|----0--|-------------------|12//0-|
B|-------|-------------------|------|

You don't have to do all this but it sounds so good through my Behringer amp. In the 1/4 bar if I play it through the sub-harmonics processor it sounds like a roaring growl.

END OF BRIDGE
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#7. 4 BAR REST THEN REFER TO CHORUS (PLAY 8 TIMES)
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#8.  NOW FINISH THE SONG!

  1         2

D|-------------------|
A|5/7--5/7\\\\\|
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
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SONG ENDS
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There are a number of ways to play this song and I've tried probably all of them but playing it this way is by far the easiest for me as I move around a lot while playing it. Hey being a good muso is one thing but being a good showman is something else entirely. Now try it.