Pearl Jam - Alive Bass Tabs

ALIVE - PEARL JAM

Tabbed by Visscher@alg.frg.eur.nl

Notation Legend:
\:  slide down
h:  hammer on
p:  pull off
NH: natural harmonics
~~: vibrate
+:  represents the beat
Note: the bass line during chorus and solo changes every time. In this tab,
I only give the basic bass line. Try using different notes here and there,
change the length of notes etc. This tab gives you a good starting point.


                                 INTRO

  +   + + + +   + + + +   + + + +   +       +       +       +
|---|---------|---------|---------|--------------------------------|
|---|---------|---------|-7NH-----|-------------7-----7-7-7-7-5----|
|---|---------|---------|-0-------|-----------------------------7--|
|---|---------|---------|---------|--------------------------------|
                          let ring............


  Fig.1                                                End Fig.1
  +        +      +      +      +        +       +        +
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------5-------------|----------5---7--------7-7-7----|
|-0----0---5h7----------------|-0---5h7------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
                let ring......

repeat Fig1 once

Then play
  +       +           +         +        +        +
|-------------------|----5NH---------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3---5-------|-----------5NH--------------------|
|--------------3----|----------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------|
               let ring................................

(first bar is 2/4, second bar 4/4)

      
                              VERSE 1
Play Fig 1 four times, with some slight variations (in length of notes)

Then play Fig.2:

  Fig.2                                                      End Fig.2
  +       +       +         +     +       +        +       +
|----------------------5NH------|------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3---5---------------5NH-|-3-3-3-3---5------------------------|
|-------------3-----------------|-------------3------3-3-3-3-3-3-5---|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
              let ring..........


                                 CHORUS

  Fig.3                                                End Fig.3
  +      +       +       +         +     +     +       +
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------5-------|---------------------7-7------|
|-7-(7)\-------------------------|-5---5-5-----0---0-0-----0-0--|
|--------0---0-0-3---3-3---3---3-|------------------------------|

Repeat Fig.3 two times, with some slight variations here and there

then play

  +       +       +       +       
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----------------6-6-6-6-7-9-----|
|-----7-7-7-7---7-----------------|


                                 VERSE 2
Play Fig.1 four times, with slight variations
Play Fig.2 once

                                 CHORUS
Play fig.3 four times, with slight variations

Then play

  +       +       +       +         +       +       +         +
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------4-----------------4---2--|
|-----------------6-6-6-6---9-9---|----------------------------------|
|-----7-7-7-7---------------------|-2---2-2-------2-2------2---------|


  (first bar is 7/8, second is 4/4)
  +       +       +       +    +       +       +       +
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------6-6-6-6---9-9--|-----------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7--------------------|-2---2-2-2-------14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|

  (first bar is 7/8, second is 4/4)
  +       +       +       +    +       +       +       +
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------4-------------------------|
|-------------6-6-6-6---9-9--|-----------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7--------------------|-2-----2------2--2-----2-2---------|

  (first bar is 7/8, second is 4/4)
  +       +       +       +    +       +       +       +
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------4-----------------|
|-------------6-6-6-6---9-9--|-----------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7--------------------|-2-----2-2-------------------------|
                                               Let ring..........


                           'QUIET PART'

  +    +      +    +     +      +     +    +   
|------------------5NH-|-------------------7NH-|
|---------------5NH----|----------------7NH----|
|---4----2----5--------|----4-----7---5--------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|

  +    +      +    +     +      +     +    +   
|------------------5NH-|----------------7NH----|
|---------------5NH----|-------------------7NH-|
|---4----2----5--------|----4-----7---5--------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|

  +    +      +    +     +      +     +    +   
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|---6----4----7--------|----6-----9---7--7-7-7-|
|----------------------|-----------------------|

  +    +      +    +     +      +     +    +   
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|---6----4----7--7-7---|----6-----4---7----7-0-|
|----------------------|-----------------------|

                                 CHORUS
Play Fig.3 four times, with slight variations

                               GUITAR SOLO
Repeat Fig.3 over and over, with variations

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