Brain Of J Bass Tab

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PEARL JAM "BRAIN OF J" -BASS TAB
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Tune normal  e a d g
Intro: 
First time eddie counts in (1,2,3,4 1,2,3,4)
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-7-7-7-6-6-6-|
Mike then apologizes and counts in again

Main riff
|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------5---5-|
|-7-7-7-6-6-6-5-|-5-6-7---7---|

|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-6-6-6-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

This riff is repeated up until the chorus
Chorus:
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-4-4-4-1-1-1-1-1-|

|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-4-4-4/-6-6-6-6-6-|

Verse 2: (same riff As first verse)
Chorus: same riff repeated twice i think and then repeated
 without vocals
Interlude:
This is the nice sounding melodic line jeff lays down 
|------------------------------------------------|
|-----------4--------------------------4---------|
|-----3-4-5---5-----3-4-5-5-3----3-4-5---5-7-7-5-|
|-3-3-----------3-3-----------3-3----------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------4--------------------------4-------------------|
|-----3-4-5---5-----3-4-5-5-3----3-4-5---5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-3-3-----------3-3-----------3-3--------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----10----10----10----|
|--------------------------------------------10----10----10----10-|

Verse riff
Chorus x2
then outro
The outro is the same riff just moved up a fret
|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------6---6-|
|-8-8-8-7-7-7-6-|-6-7-8---8---|

|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-7-7-7-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|

 h = hammeron
 p = pulloff
 ~ = vibrato
 / = slide up
  = slide down
(X)= hold note (let ring)

Tabbed by Mark Linwood

Hint suggesstions or comments to (Rlinwood@powerup.com.au)
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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 kevin Average	#1 by kevin Kicks at Dec 24, 1971 at 1:05 AM EST
	This song is awesome..... I dont care what it's about but Pearl Jam makes a perfect tribute to the Ramones machine gun playing style....

No Picture bobby Rhythm Player	#2 by bobby volm at Dec 20, 1972 at 6:02 PM EST
	Did you saw Kennedy with his skull wide open? If you didn`t, go to this site> www.rotten.com. I know I am fucked, but fuck it.

No Picture Rignald Average	#3 by Rignald Tromp at Dec 26, 1975 at 12:58 AM EST
	an other interpretation: compare the brain of jfk to planet earth and compare the bullet to a big astroid. the whole world will be different soon; will not be there anymore when the atroid strikes in. in my opinion this interpretation is a good follow up for the song do the evolution.

No Picture Zeke Average	#4 by Zeke at Mar 9, 1979 at 10:24 AM EST
	nevermind relieved is right according to the pearl jam site

No Picture Person Average	#5 by Person at Sep 1, 1985 at 7:31 PM EST
	i think this song is about government corruption and how they make some people believe what they want through the spread of propaganda (You? You've been taught, whipped into shape, now they got you in line. Yeah. Stand behind the stripes. There will be order, so give it a good mind there.) somewhere deep in the federal archives someone has the brain,i mean its kinda hard to just misplace a dead presidents brain

No Picture jar0n Average	#6 by jar0n at Jul 27, 1993 at 5:16 AM EST
	this is a great song that really grew on me more than any of there other songs

No Picture Aaron Wanna Be	#7 by Aaron Silver at Jun 9, 1999 at 9:25 PM EST
	Very cool song to lead off Yield, but for some reason, this song doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the album. And "Do the Evolution".

No Picture Cody Wanna Be	#8 by Cody Mann at Mar 29, 2000 at 5:47 AM EST
	Well, it's pretty obvious that the song is partly about JFK's missing brain (which will probably never be found)... Eddie Vedder, ever the visionary, sings that "the whole world will be different soon..." surely meaning that the monkeys will have their revenge on Seattle

No Picture Erik Lead Player	#9 by Erik StJimmy at Jun 18, 2000 at 5:38 AM EST
	"The whole world will be different soon. The whole world will be relieved". Relieved....now isn't that referring to a good thing? And about Hitler that is true, but is it possible he was born with one testicle? And why take his testicle?

No Picture John Wanna Be	#10 by John at Jun 20, 2000 at 4:36 AM EST
	Probably because the rest of the album isn't as fast-paced as those songs :)

No Picture One of the chil Average	#11 by One of the children of the KoRn at Mar 27, 2003 at 8:03 PM EST
	"Brain of J" is about the dissapperance of John F. Kenedy's brain from a secured flight back to Washington DC after his assination. The second verse addresses a government coverup with officials threatening anyone, probably the doctors that worked on JFK, who knew what happened that day. The assanation is commonly considered the loss of innocence for our country hence the chorus about the world will be different soon.