Only For The Weak Bass Tab

Clayman Tabs:

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IN FLAMES "Only For The Weak"
of the album "Clayman"
Tabbed by: Christian Andolf
(e-mail: christian.andolf@home.se)

Tuning: C (tune every string down two steps from standard tuning)

  .  =  staccato note
  ~  =  let note ring

Intro/Chorus I (0:00)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-------------------------5-5-5-5-|
|-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-----------------0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---------| x2 (End with a high C the last time)

Pre-Verse I (0:21)
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-000---0-0-0-0-0-0-000---| x2

Verse I (0:30)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------| x2

Pre-Verse II (0:48)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-----------------2-2-2-2--333--555--|
|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3--------------------| x2
			   ...  ...

Verse II (0:57)
|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------:|
|-3~---------------5~------------:|
|------0~----3~-------------------| x4

Chorus I x2 (1:16)
Verse I x2 (1:36)
Pre-Verse II x2 (1:55)
Verse II x4 (2:04)
Chorus I x4 (2:22)

Solo (2:58)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------2-2-2-2--333--555-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------| x2
							   ...  ...

Verse II x4 (3:16)

(3:35)
|-----------------|
|-Some-Special-FX-|
|------(REST)-----|
|-----------------|

Chorus II x4 (3:40)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7---------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-----------------2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-| x8 (or more)

After this last riff, the song continues and finally fades out. 
Play it 8 times (I think) and then start playing softer, thus fading out.
Or else, you (and your band?) can come up with your own personal ending.

Please mail all comments/corrections to christian.andolf@home.se


Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: BassMasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/i/in_flames/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture DANIEL Average	#1 by DANIEL ROBEY at Mar 19, 1970 at 1:38 AM EST
	When I first read the lyrics to this song I thought it was about love. I feel the same way as the lyrics sometimes. Anyways, this is one of my favourite In Flames songs.

No Picture Fink Lead Player	#2 by Fink James at Jun 28, 1973 at 9:33 AM EST
	I think it's quite simply about a man who's with somebody that he finds difficult to love, but he stays with her out of convenience. And the song is basically his admission to the girl that he's an asshole and that he can't really love the girl, because he can't keep up with her irrational emotions (her "insanity"). But he will act like he loves her, act like he has "the infection", which he feels is a sign of weakness. I think that he isn't able to get out of the relationship because he's too apathetic to break up with the girl, and yet too tired to actively stay in love, hence "I accept my fate".

No Picture Tommy The Cat Lead Player	#3 by Tommy The Cat at Apr 28, 1974 at 11:23 PM EST
	Anders self said this is about love, but i strongly disagree: This song (to me, bla bla) is clearly about drugs

No Picture I SUCK!!!!! Average	#4 by I SUCK!!!!! No I Really Do!!!! at Aug 2, 1974 at 7:04 PM EST
	I blame the needs that you feed 'cause selfish eyes would not see" Her need is to be happy and she feeds it by seeing other people but he sees this with selfish eyes and gets jealous of her and the other people/persons' relationship.

No Picture Jesse Professional	#5 by Jesse Garcia at Mar 21, 1975 at 8:17 PM EST
	I completely agree with Razer666 about the polar relationship, that hits home on so many levels! When your significant other is depressed and they rely heavily on you its like they suck up all your happiness and fill you full of all the shit that is making them depressed, and the guilt at seeing other people make them happy is so suffocating and shattering and leads to massive feelings of low self-esteem and low self-worth. 'I wont allow any happiness'.. this sounds like the narrator becoming jealous of his girlfriend and other guys cause they can so effortlessly make her happy and this hurts him so he stops her from seeing them......... This is most definetly about love (i am in this position now, hence the large post)

No Picture sean Wanna Be	#6 by sean bradly at Feb 7, 1980 at 5:43 AM EST
	I'm not sure about this song, but to me it always seemed to be about utter, unyielding, possibly self-destructive defiance.

No Picture TAMARA Musical Genius	#7 by TAMARA at Apr 28, 1983 at 7:01 PM EST
	my favourite in flames song. though at the minute i cant get past the music to even contemplate the lyrics lol, blinding melody

No Picture Jamie Average	#8 by Jamie Quirk at Mar 7, 1987 at 12:17 AM EST
	this song is definetely about love and a relationship, through and through. even the chorus is about love: "sell me the infection, it's only for the weak." people read way too much into the only for the weak part. This is basically about acknowledging that he is weak and deserves to be called and treated like he is weak. "no need for sympathy, the misery that is me" the meaning is: the weak do not deserve sympathy, and weak as I am, I do not deserve sympathy. 1 2 Next

No Picture Andrew Rhythm Player	#9 by Andrew Viflanzoff at Nov 6, 1991 at 12:43 AM EST
	favourite metal song ever, from the opening riff to the signing to the awesome drumming, i cant explain how much i love this song, its amazing.

No Picture James Average	#10 by James Newsome at Aug 20, 1995 at 10:28 AM EST
	i think it has something to do with being behind or losing...it talks about falling behind.. and tranquil means being undisturbed or left alone... the tranquil pride that becomes the lie.. i dont know, i believe it has more than one meaning...

No Picture cody Average	#11 by cody jay at Jan 1, 1996 at 7:41 PM EST
	To me it sounds like he's gotten himself into a situation (maybe a relationship) and he can't get out of it, but he feels bad, because he feels obligated to do what he's doing. Or, maybe something really bad happened to him and he's pretending to be ok and people are trying to pity him, but he doesn't want it. I also liked the reference to love.

No Picture colin Average	#12 by colin gardiner at Mar 25, 2000 at 1:49 PM EST
	I think its about someone who has to accept punishment and/or consequences for his actions. On bleeding knees, I accept my fate

No Picture goofy Rhythm Player	#13 by goofy at Aug 14, 2000 at 8:52 PM EST
	Either way, its freeking amazing

No Picture slapslappopslap Badass	#14 by slapslappopslap at Dec 4, 2000 at 6:14 PM EST
	I think I'll say it has several meanings...and just leave it at that.

No Picture sean Wanna Be	#15 by sean ewings at Mar 12, 2003 at 11:04 PM EST
	Listening to a version of the song where the parts in quotation marks have been left out, I felt that the is maybe not only against pity for himself, but against pity in general. The "infection" would then be the pity you feel for someone, which might really be kind of infecting. He feels "forced to have any regret". Then, saying that he has become "the lie, beautiful and free" in his "righteous mind" he might point at the distance that he has to all the things he should actually feel pity for. - "Far away" he hides and "the truth", the misery, is "locked away". He calls himself a "bitter man", that is, he is without any feelings. The last verse then reveals that it was pride which became the lie - maybe he felt too proud to have any pity? His bitterness propably also corresponds to his inability "to paint the coulds". Finally, there is the "you" which might indeed be his girlfriend. He fells drowned and later drained, a nice contrast. Indeed, there is also the contrast of "happiness" and "sadness", neither of which is tolerated. The "drowning" goes along with the "sandness", so maybe the "draining" goes along with the "happiness" - a picture which fits quite nicely, because of the wet tears which are 'drained'. On the one hand, he feels disturbed by the pity of the person this song speaks to and on the other hand he feels disturbed by the happiness, the cheering up, which makes him feel "guilty". "Everytime you run, I fall behind" - he is unable to follow the happiness of the person he speaks to. The "slow-motion dark day" brings to me the idea of a depression: unable to enjoy life, he has "lost the ability to paint the clouds". And he feels even worse being encouraged.

No Picture les claypool fa Professional	#16 by les claypool fan! at Sep 9, 2003 at 11:55 AM EST
	I think this song is about love but also has drug habits entwined into it. I think it's about a relationship he's stuck in - "I can't tolerate your sadness, cause it's me you're drowning" as if he's being engulfed in something he can't get out of, the word 'you're', I feel also shows it'something to do with a relationship. "I won't allow any happiness 'cause everytime you laugh, I feel so guilty "I blame the needs that you feed 'cause selfish eyes would not see" This bit I think makes it clear he hates the relationship and hates seeing his partner happy and wants to get out of it, but feels abliged to stay for whatever reason. However, knowing that he COULD end the relationship if he really wanted to, but he just doesn't, makes him realise he knows he's weak not to - " Sell me the infection, it's only for the weak No need for sympathy, the misery that is me No need for sympathy, it's only for the weak On bleeding knees I accept my fate" And because he can't end it, it's become like an infection and cause he doesn't have the mental power to end it, he knows he has to accept his fate and all the pain that comes with it. My favourite In Flames song! :-)

No Picture Quinn Rhythm Player	#17 by Quinn I killed my last name at May 26, 2006 at 1:28 PM EST
	This is my all time favorite song, and i too am dumbfounded at parts as to what it means.

No Picture Ben Average	#18 by Ben Zero at Feb 6, 2007 at 11:13 PM EST
	i can actually see what he means by "love" "I can't tolerate your sadness cause it's me you're drowning I won't allow any happiness 'cause everytime you laugh, I feel so guilty" its a very polar relationship, whenever one is sad, the other feels like they are drowned by it, then ever one is happy, it kills the other to see it Am I forced to have any regret? I've become the lie, beautiful and free In my righteous own mind I adore and preach the insanity you gave He feels that he shouldnt be forced to regret how he feels an because he feels like its a faux relationship, he things its just a beutiful lie. But in his head he adores everything about it but wont say but thats all i can grab for the love meaning, after the chorus its like clouded, maybe the infection could be love an he is saying love is for the weak/makes people weak. Personally i think its about some guy who has came in second place and doesnt want any pity from the winner or consolations, he just wants to be left alone Sell me the infection, it's only for the weak No need for sympathy, the misery that is me No need for sympathy, it's only for the weak On bleeding knees I accept my fate the infection = second place only for the weak - the loser/runner up bleeding - sign of defeat in most cases knees - possition of mercy (i.e he is on his knees, very vunerable) i accept my fate - he accepts what he is but nemuu could have a point on drugs, really its jus to hard to nail this song down to one meaning, i go with the winner/loser relationship