The Raw & Searing Flesh Bass Tab

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The Raw & Searing Flesh by The Lawrence Arms
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# I never want to see you... #  *=play x12  #=play x5-6
G------------------------------------------------------|
D---------4---4--------------------4---4---------------|
A---7--5----5---5---3-2-0----7--5----5---5---3---------|
E-----------------------------------------------3--2---|
: 
G-------------------------------------------------|
D----*----777----------------*---*-----*----------|
A---7---5------3--2--000----7---5---0-3----#--#---|
E-----------------------3-----------------3--2----|
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# bridge # 
G---------77----------77----------77-55-4------------4--------4-----|
D------55----55----55----55----55---------7-5-7--5-7---7--5-7---7---|
A---77----------55----------77--------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
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# I’m tending the pyres... #   *=play x11 #=play x5-6
G------------------------------------------------------------>|
D----*---*---*---#--#----*---*---*-----------5---5---5---5--->|
A---7---5---3---2--0----7---5---3----#--#---3--33--33--33---->|
E-----------------------------------3--2--------------------->|
:
G-------------------------------------------------99---------99------>|
D----------7---7---5---5---5---5---------#-----99----99---99----99--->|
A----#---55--55---3--33--33--33-----#---5----7----------7------------>|
E---3------------------------------3--------------------------------->|
:
G----------------------------|
D---------#---#--------------|
A----#---5---3---/5--3-2-0---|
E---3------------------------|
:
G----------------55-44----------44----------------------55-44------>|
D----#---5-4-----------77-55-77----77-55----#--5-4------------77--->|
A---7--------7-5---------------------------7-------7-5------------->|
E------------------------------------------------------------------>|
:
G---------44---------|
D---55-77----77-55---|
A--------------------|
E--------------------|
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# I’m trying hard to remember... #  *=play x11-12 #=play x5-6
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------4---4------------------#----------------------*----------|
A---7--5----5---5---3-2-0----*--5---5-0-5-0-5-0-5-0----3----#--#---|
E---------------------------0------------------------------3--2----|
: 
# Every Year... #
G-------------------------------------->|
D----------55--#---------#--55--/7-5--->|
A----*--33----3------*--3-------------->|
E---0---------------0------------------>|
:
# I wont be staring... #
G------------------------------------------------------|
D----#---#---#--5-----------#---#-----#--5-/7-5--7-5---|
A---7---5---3-----3-55-----7---5---0-3-----------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|
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# outro #  *=play x11-12 #=play x5-6
G---------------------------------------------------------------->|
D-------55--------4------#---#----------55--------4------#---#--->|
A---77------7--55---5---3---3-------77------7--55---5---3---3---->|
E---------------------------------------------------------------->|
:
G----------------------------------------------------------------->|
D-------55---------4------#---5b---------55--------4------#---#--->|
A---77------7--555---5---3-----------77------7--55---5---3---3---->|
E----------------------------------------------------------------->|
:
G----------------------------------4---4------------------------->|
D-------55--------4--------5-7-5-7---7-----------55--------4----->|
A---77------7--55---5----3-------------------77------7--55---5--->|
E---------------------------------------------------------------->|
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G-------------4-5-4----------------7-----------4--------|
D-----5-7-5-7------------------5-----------7--------5---|
A---3----------------------7-----------5----------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------|
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Tabbed by Bradley Hall

This is the best bassline I have ever played, Brendan must be some kind of genius.

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: BassMasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/l/lawrence_arms,_the/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Sojo Rhythm Player	#1 by Sojo The Great! at May 16, 1978 at 1:47 PM EST
	Indeed it does. The flames are a reference to the Master's novel. The forgiveness: "They do not deserve the Light. They deserve peace."

No Picture Nick Average	#2 by Nick L at Oct 27, 1984 at 2:11 AM EST
	Indeed it does. The flames are a reference to the Master's novel. The forgiveness: "They do not deserve the Light. They deserve peace."

No Picture Greg Badass	#3 by Greg at Dec 8, 1985 at 1:16 PM EST
	the Arm's ability to rock so fucking hard AND write wrenching , poetic lyrics amazes me. punk poetry my friends, the best of kinds. one of my favorites on Greatest Story. oh and basic, that is really touching about your uncle. funny how things line up in life

No Picture zakk Wanna Be	#4 by zakk at Mar 25, 1992 at 7:54 AM EST
	Read Bulgakov's Master and Margarita. This is losely based off of that book and deals with the Devil. Also, the line about being dead in Novemeber is a reference to winters in Russia. They are deadly cold for four months, starting in November.

No Picture Andrew Average	#5 by Andrew Piwtorak at Nov 8, 1993 at 2:41 AM EST
	sure it's a love song, but it reminds me of my uncle who passed away the day after thanksgiving (in november). i lived with him for ~4 months that year over the summer. we were planning on doing it again the next summer, having me live there again, but i cant spend that 4 months with him anymore. the verse about smoking 'tending the pyres of my frustrations' is in a sense how some of the family has dealt with the unexpected passing of my uncle, smoking. it's sad in a sense that it hits so close to home without even trying to. a beautiful song.

No Picture aaron Wanna Be	#6 by aaron lira at Nov 10, 2000 at 11:32 AM EST
	Since no one has posted to this song, I get to be the first. I just have to say that I love this song each time i hear it. it really grows on me.

No Picture Professional	#7 by ♠danny♠ at Feb 14, 2002 at 3:26 PM EST
	I always thought this song was more or less about loving someone so much that you didn't want to compromise what you had with them by intimate relations. I guess I suck.