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The House Jack Built Bass Tab

Send "The House Jack Built" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

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

The House Jack Built Bass Tab

Send "The House Jack Built" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/m/metallica/112059.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture (DDD Bass Gu Rhythm Player	#1 by (DDD Bass Guitar/Backup Vocals) Jeff Fritts at Apr 17, 1971 at 10:50 AM EST
	The alcohol thing definitely works but I think heroin fits better. Injecting heroin would be more of a 'taking it in', scenario. Also I have heard of the heroin dreams so the re-closing of the eyes makes sense. I think the swallowed is in reference to him being swallowed such as in the effects of the drug or it's dreams. And yes I think it is the this temple it tilts. Heroin users just destroy there bodies. Not eating and ruining their veins, probaby their heart too. The house that jack built is his body, temple.

No Picture TJ Average	#2 by TJ Smalley at Jun 3, 1971 at 4:31 AM EST
	ah... never thought of that. i knew he had this struggle with alcohol.. the 2 things just didn't click.

No Picture [insert funny n Wanna Be	#3 by [insert funny name here] at Apr 15, 1977 at 7:10 PM EST
	I thought it was about heroin at first, and I can see the Jack Daniels argument as convincing. But here's my warped thought after a couple dozen listens: Jack is actually Jack Kevorkian, Doctor Death. ...I'm just saying, it fits as well as anything else.

No Picture The Masta The Muther F*ing Masta!	#4 by The Masta at Jan 9, 1978 at 11:27 PM EST
	alcahol is a drug remember

No Picture Aleksandar Average	#5 by Aleksandar Radošević at Dec 5, 1982 at 7:23 PM EST
	i think its about heroin

No Picture Jess Wanna Be	#6 by Jess at Jun 18, 1989 at 10:49 AM EST
	carbon, it's spelt alcohol :)

No Picture Kezza Wanna Be	#7 by Kezza at Aug 2, 1990 at 6:53 PM EST
	It's about James and his struggle with alcohol. 'Jack' is a metaphor for Jack Daniels, as the song is evidently about some dependency that gets you high, but then slams you down.

No Picture John Wanna Be	#8 by John at Jun 1, 1992 at 11:36 AM EST
	it's about drugs! "Swallow me so the pain subsides And I shake as I take this in Let the show begin The higher you are The farther you fall" read it, it makes sense.