The Present Tense bass tab by Geddy Lee

From the album My Favorite Headache (Atlantic Records)
Copyright 2000

Transcription (what there is of it) by Don Dianetti (nrgii@eznet.net)
Last updated 12/04/01


    H      w     e  e  H+    +H+q  e  e  e       Q Q e e
----r-+------+-----------+------------------+------------+-
-3:-e-|-4:---|-----12-14-|-5:-----12-14-----|-4:---------|-
-4:-s-|-4:-0-|-/12-------|-4:-----------14\-|-4:---3-----|-
----t-+------+-----------+------------------+----5---5-3-+-


 Q q e q   Q h+e   e q e e e e e   e e e Q e e   e e e q e q
---------+-------+---r-----------+-------------+-------------+-
---------|-------|-7-e-7---------|-------------|-------------|-
---5---3-|-------|---s---5-5-5-5-|-------3-----|-------5---3-|-
-5---5---+-5-1/--+---t-----------+-5-5-5---5-3-+-5-5-5---5---+--

 Q h +e   e q e e e e e   e e e Q e e   e e e q e e e
--------+---r-----------+-------------+---------------+-
--------|-7-e-7---------|-------------|---------------|-
--------|---s---5-5-5-5-|-------3-----|-------5---3---|-
-5-1/---+---t-----------+-5-5-5---5-3-+-5-5-5---5---3-+--

 e e e h+e   e q e e e e e   w           H  q    q e q e q
-----------+---r-----------+----+------+-r-----+------------+
-----------|-7-e-7---------|----|-5-mm-|-e-----|------------|
-----------|---s---5-5-5-5-|----|-rest-|-s-12\-|------------|
-5-5-5-1/--+---t-----------+-5/-+------+-t-----+-3-3-3-2-3\-+

 Q q e e e   Q h e   Q q e e e   Q q Q    Q q e e e
-------7---+-7-----+-------7---+-7-9----+-----------+-
-----7---7-|-------|-----7---7-|-----9\-|-----------|-
-5-5-------|---7-7\|-5-5-------|--------|-5-5---5---|-
-----------+-------+-----------+--------+-----5---5-+-

 e e e e e e e e     H     w     e  e  H    +s s  Q  s  s  s  e  E
-----------------+---r-+-----+-----------+---------------------------+-
-----------------|3:-e-|4:---|-----12-14-|5:---12-14-12H14P12H14-----|-
-----------------|4:-s-|4:-0-|-/12-------|4:---------------------14\-|-
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-+---t-+-----+-----------+---------------------------+-

   Q Q e e   e e e Q e e   e e e h+e   e q e e e e e   e e e Q e e
-----------+-------------+-----------+---r-----------+-------------+-
4:---------|-------------|-----------|-7-e-7---------|-------------|-
4:---3-----|-------5-3---|-----------|---s---5-5-5-5-|-------3-----|-
---5---5-3-|-5-5-5-----3-+-5-5-5-1/--+---t-----------+-5-5-5---5-3-+-

 e e e h e    e e e h+e   e q e e e e e   w   e e e e e e e e
---------r--+-----------+---r-----------+---+-----------------+-
---------e--|-----------|-7-e-7---------|---|-----------------|-
-------5-s--|-----------|---s---5-5-5-5-|---|-5-5-5-5-5---5---|-
-5-5-5---t--|-5-5-5-1/--+---t-----------+-5-+-----------5---5-+-


 e e e h+e   e e e e e e e e  +e e e Q q   e e e q Q
-----------+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-
-------7/--|-----------------|-------9---|-----------|-
-5---5-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-|---5-5---9-|-5-5---5-5-|-
---5-------+-------------5---+-----------+-----5-----+-

 e e e h e    e e e e e e e e     Q   h   e  +Q  h+e     Q   h   e+
------------+-----------------+-------------+--------+-------------+-
------------|-----------------|-/12-/12-/12-|---10\--|-/12-/12-/12-|-
-5-5---5----|-----------------|-------------|--------|-------------|-
-----5---5\-+-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-+-------------+--------+-------------+-

 +Q h+e    e  e  e  h   e  +h+e  e  e  e   e e e e e e e e   w
--------+-----------------+-----11-------+-----------------+---+-
-10\----|-12-12----12-/12-|--------12-10-|-----------------|---|-
--------|-------12--------|--------------|-----------------|---|-
--------+-----------------+--------------+-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-+-5-+- ...