Brother Bass Tab

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Brother
Pearl Jam
Tabbed by Nick Key (nkey@ionet.net)

Intro/Chorus

Fig. 1 4x
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------|
|-4-44-4-44-4-4--0-00-0-00-0-0--|

Verse:
Fig. 1 - 8x: add the slide after every fourth time.
|----------| |----|
|----------| |----|
|----------| |----|
|--4--2-4--| |-//-|

Play verse 2x, then:

Pre-chorus:
4x
|---------------| 
|---------------| 
|---------------| 
|-2-22-2-22-00--| 

Second verse:

Play Fig. 1 8x, then this variation:
 Fig. 2 - 2x
|---------------------------| 
|---------------------------| 
|---------------------------| 
|--4--2-4/7-7-7--4--2-42-2-| 

Play pre-chorus eight (8) times, then chorus four (4) times.

Then play this:
|------------------------|
|------------------------| 
|------------------------|
|-4-44-4-44-4-4--0-0-0---|







Slow part:
                            3x
|------------------------| |-------| |-/11----------------|
|---------/6-4------/6-4-| |-------| |--------------------|
|-4--2--2------2--2------| |-------| |--------------------|
|------------------------| |-4--/7-| |------4--/7--7-77-7-|

Solo:
It's really pretty different from this, but this works.

4x
|------------------------------------| |-------------------|
|------------------------------------| |-------------------|
|------------------------------------| |-------------------|
|--4-44-44-2-(4)/7-7--4-44-44-2-4-2--| |-4-44-44-2-(4)/7-7-|

Play pre-chorus three (3) times.

Play chorus nine (9) times (there's a fadeout during this).
Then end with this:

|--------| 
|--------| 
|--------| 
|-2-2/0--|

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

Source: BassMasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/p/pearl_jam/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Derek Lead Player	#1 by Derek O'Kanos at Aug 28, 1974 at 3:17 AM EST
	Yeah, the one on Lost Dogs doesn't have lyrics. Mike, for that album, played some riffs over the lyrics because Eddie asked him to.

No Picture mario Average	#2 by mario ramirez at May 20, 1979 at 5:46 AM EST
	Greets guys. The lyric version can actually be heard here: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLeoi06_G5g". The acoustic version is awesome, but so is the lyrical version. The lyrics at the top are incorrect, the link has the correct lyrics subtitled as the song plays. I agree with the above posters, it's about government. "In the closet, my pleasures, cause my big brother just don't want to let me be."

No Picture chivo Wanna Be	#3 by chivo rivers at Apr 21, 1980 at 7:35 AM EST
	This song appears on their "Lost Dogs" release, I don't recall it having words either, but if you listen very very closely it sounds like someone is singing through a synthesizer or voice box, or maybe it's just my imagination.

No Picture ben Average	#4 by ben bell at Mar 10, 1985 at 7:57 PM EST
	It's about Big Brother, ie the government. Also these lyrics are not only wrong, but incomplete.

No Picture Brandon Average	#5 by Brandon Dunzer at Nov 21, 1996 at 3:20 PM EST
	Actually this song does have lyrics, but the version on lost dogs does not. They used the instrumental version of it. If you look on something like soul seek or kazaa u can find it with lyrics... i think www.theskyiscrape.com has it look under The Songbook and then under (i think) related albums... then Pre Ten Demos... you should find it in there... should be an mp3 of it.

No Picture Art Wanna Be	#6 by Art at May 7, 2001 at 2:56 AM EST
	I thought this song didn't have lyrics? There's a version with words..?

No Picture stone Average	#7 by stone sucks, at Jul 9, 2006 at 10:10 PM EST
	u are my god.

No Picture butters Average	#8 by butters at Jul 23, 2006 at 10:59 AM EST
	As far as the actual meaning, its a very shallow song. Probably about teen rage and tension between brothers. It could also be a metaphor for Big Brother, which would be a totally different meaning.

No Picture Dr.shit Average	#9 by Dr.shit at Nov 6, 2006 at 3:46 AM EST
	ever notice that lots of bands from the 90s have similar song titles? (i.e. creep, sin, brother)