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Wake Up Bomb Bass Tab by R.E.M.

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

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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|
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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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