Rem - Finest Worksong bass tab
...the finest worksong...
unknown@bellatlantic.net
REM's finest worksong
bass tabbed by unknown@bellatlantic.net
corrections would be appreciated
each '-' represents one beat
note- the end to this and the live version are different. this was
taken off document. enjoy
-rythmns for the chorus might be a little off
-e=11th fret, t=12th fret, v=14th fret (vierzehn)
intro
g|5-0-----|
d|----0---|
(rest 12 counts, then) a|------2-|
e|--------|
verse (seperate the eighth notes a little)
seven times
g| ----r--- |----r---|
d|* ----e--- *|----e--0|
a|* 0202s22- *|0202s24-|
e| ----t--- |----t---|
chorus1
g|------ --|------ --|--------|-- ------|---- ----|
d|2--4-4444|4--4-4444|4-442--4|-44444--4|4444/0---|
a|------ --|------ --|--------|-- ------|---- ----|
e|------ --|------ --|--------|-- ------|---- ----|
bridge
g| rrrrrrrr|vt-e-tv- |rrrrrrrr|rrre-tv-|
d|* eeeeeeee|-------- *|eeeeeeee|eee-----| (rest 8 counts)
a|* ssssssss|-------- *|ssssssss|sss-----|
e| tttttttt|-------- |tttttttt|ttt-----|
chorus2
g|------ --|------ --|--------|-- ------|- ------|-- ------|
d|2--4-4444|4--4-4444|4-442--4|-44444--4|44442--4|-44444-44|
a|------ --|------ --|--------|-- ------|- ------|-- ------|
e|------ --|------ --|--------|-- ------|- ------|-- ------|
g|-- ------|------ --|--------|
d|-44444-44|2--4-4444|4--44444| (12 counts rest, then)
a|-- ------|------ --|--------|
e|-- ------|------ --|--------|
end (this should always be played slapping, if not the entire song)
g|rrrrrr- - |--4-rr- - |--2-rr- - |-4rrrr- - |-42-rr- - |4/0-----|
d|eeeeee20 0|2---ee20-0|2---ee20-0|2-eeee20-0|2---ee20-0|--------|
a|ssssss- 3 |----ss- 3 |----ss- 3 |--ssss- 3 |----ss- 3 |--------|
e|tttttt- - |----tt- - |----tt- - |--tttt- - |----tt- - |--------|
it goes something like this:
intro, verse, chorus1, intro, verse, chorus1, intro, verse, chorus1,
bridge, verse,chorus2, end