Wake Up Bomb bass tab by R.E.M.

Bass tabs

REM's wake up bomb off hi-fi
bass tabbed by [email protected]  [email protected]
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.