Pearl Jam - Off He Goes bass tab
Off He Goes
Pearl Jam
Tabbed by Nick Key (nkey@ionet.net)
Everything should be in order so you can play straight through.
The base is double-tracked, so at the
first chorus I switch to the lower octave.
Intro
2x
|-----------------14-17--| |---------------12--------------|
|--------15-14-14--------| |-15-14-14---14----14-15-12-----|
|-----15-----------------| |---------------------------15--|
|--13--------------------| |-------------------------------|
First Verse:
Fig 1 - 2x
|-----------------------|
|-----17---17--15-15----|
|--15----15----------17-|
|-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|----17---17---17----17---17---------------------|
|-15----15---15---15----15--15-12-1212-1212-1212-|
|------------------------------------------------|
2x
|-------------| |---------------------------|
|-15-14-14----| |-15-14---------------------|
|----------15-| |-------12-1212-1212-1212---|
|-------------| |---------------------------|
2x
|-14------------------------| |--------------------------------|
|----17---17---17---17------| |-15----17-----------------------|
|-------15---15---15--------| |----15----15-1515-1515-1515-----|
|---------------------------| |--------------------------------|
Intro riff: 2x
|-----------------14-17--| |-------------------------------------|
|--------15-14-14--------| |--------15-14-15---15----15----15----|
|-----15-----------------| |-----15---------15----15----15----15-|
|--13--------------------| |--13---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15-14----------------------15-14-14-17-----17----17--17-----|
|-------12-1212-1212-1212-12-------------1515--1515--15--15\--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Instrumental bit
Quarter notes (higher bass plays fifths)
6x
|----------| |----------------------|
|----------| |-3-2------------------|
|-3-3-3-3--| |-----0-00-00-00-0-----|
|----------| |----------------------|
Second Verse:
Fig. 2
|----------------|
|-3--------------|
|----33-33-33-33-|
|----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-33-0------------33-0------33-0------33-2--------------|
|------3-33-33-33------3-33------3-33------0-00-00-00-0-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat fig. 2 above, then:
Intro riff: 2x
|--------------------| |----------------------------------------|
|------3-2-----------| |-----3-2-3---3---3---3---3-2------------|
|---3------0-00-00-0-| |---3-------3---3---3---3-----0-00-00-00-|
|-1------------------| |-1--------------------------------------|
|-------------------|
|-3-----------------|
|----33-33-33-33-3--|
|-------------------|
Instrumental bit
This time play like this 1* & 3(higher bass plays fifths)
6x
|----------| |----------------------|
|----------| |-3-2------------------|
|-3-33-3---| |-----0-00-00-00-0-----|
|----------| |----------------------|
Third Verse:
Fig. 2
|-------------------|
|-3-----------------|
|----33-33-33-33----|
|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-33-0------------33-0------33-0------33-0-3-2--------------|
|------3-33-33-33------3-33------3-33----------0-00-00-00-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
^play at 'strong'
|---------------------------------------|
|-3---------------33-0---33-0---3-2-----|
|---33----3----3-------3------3-----0---|
|---------------------------------------|
4x
|------| |----------------------|
|-3----| |---3-2----------------|
|---33-| |-3-----0-00-00-00-0---|
|------| |----------------------|
Then:
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-3----------33-0---33-0---33-0--3-2----------------|
|---33------------3------3-----------0-00-00-00-0---|
|---------------------------------------------------|
Play fig. 2, then
fig. 4
|--------------------|
|-33-0---------------|
|------3-33-33-33-3--|
|--------------------|
Play second instrumental part again
Then fig. 2
Then second instrumental, playing the first
part of it only 4x (not 6x)
Then fig. 2
Then fig. 4 four times (4x)
