Crazy Mary Bass Tab

Greensboro, NC 08-06-2000 (Disc 2) Tabs:

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Crazy Mary
Pearl Jam

Come in after first verse:

Fig. 1 3x
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-2-2--2-2-----------|
-----------3-3--3-3-|

Then:
                     ^Play this when Ed sings "L-O-I..."
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-5-5--5-5------------2---|
-----------3-3--3-3-----3|
                        ^and this after "Allowed"

Play verse 2x, then:

Chorus:
"Take a bottle..."
Fig. 2 - 3x
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-2-2--0-0-----------|
-----------3-3--5-5-|

Rest during the first part of the next verse, then:

               ^Play this at "Looked Down"
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-2-------------2---------------2----
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		    ^Before "Terrible Thought"

2x             2x
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-2-2/7-72--| |-2-2-2--| |-----------------------|
------------| |--------| |-5-5-5-0-0-0--3-3-3-2--|

Tacet until "That which you fear..."

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-5-5-5-5--3-3--3-3--2-2-2-2--3-3--3-3-|

Play fig. 2 3x.  Then play fig. 1 until end.  End on B

Source: BassMasta.net
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture The Fever...The Average	#1 by The Fever...The Focus x at Dec 15, 1972 at 2:55 PM EST
	if you close your eyes when listenig to this song you can see the story of mary and the narrator. when you open them you feel something inside you too it hink its natasha shneider from queens of the stone age sining the backing voclas. soumd s a bit like her

No Picture Rivers Average	#2 by Rivers Light at May 21, 1973 at 7:34 PM EST
	This song is so amazing,.... it's like PJ's little secret, it's so low key but so High powered at the same time... it's incredible...

No Picture Jin Jin Average	#3 by Jin Jin Rockz at Jul 6, 1975 at 6:23 PM EST
	who sings the back up vocals?

No Picture Plead the 5th, Professional	#4 by Plead the 5th, Cuz You Can't Plead the 1st at Jun 27, 1982 at 11:02 AM EST
	In my humble opinion, I agree with Matzy to a degree. Here's where my interpretation differs: The narrator isn't dreaming of Mary dying in the storm only to find that she died when a car ran into her house. In fact, his "dream" is actually fractured memories of his drunken stupor, and he's the one driving the car that killed Mary because he was driving drunk. Possibly driving that same "old blue car we used to race?"

No Picture billy Wanna Be	#5 by billy tams at Oct 31, 1982 at 11:29 PM EST
	Mary was a drugged out drunken lady who was passing through life, wild and crazy and worthless, but the fear of becoming her gave meaning to this person.

No Picture A.D.D. Wanna Be	#6 by A.D.D. at Mar 6, 1995 at 9:54 PM EST
	I think the correct lyric for the "Terrible thoughts" line is "Bare bulb on (newspaper covered walls)".

No Picture TAMARA Musical Genius	#7 by TAMARA at Jun 19, 2006 at 9:04 PM EST
	Yep this is off of Sweet Relief...a Victoria Williams song. Mary would never accept a ride in a car, and it was a car that killed her, even though she tried to keep them away from her. "That which you fear the most can meet you half way" It is kind of like not being able to escape your fate in a way. It is captured through the narrative of an onlooker who sets the stage for the car issue, by telling us about the drinking and racing.

No Picture Diego Wanna Be	#8 by Diego Samanamu at Nov 13, 2006 at 12:03 PM EST
	nice story. reminds me of 8th grade(when this song came out) sweet relief album, right