PEARL JAM "DO THE EVOLUTION" -BASS TAB
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Tune normal e a d g
Main riff
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This riff is repeated up until the chorus
Chorus: "it's evolution baby"
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|-10-10-10-10-9-9-8-8-8-|
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Interlude: "admire me" bit
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|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
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|-8-8-8-8-8-----------|
|-----------5h7-7-5-5-|
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|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
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|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
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|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-|
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|---------|--------7---7-------|
|---------|------8---8---8/10--|
|-8h10~~~-|-8h10---------------|
The riff is repeated with the chorus for the secord verse bit
Second interlude
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|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
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|-8-8-8-8-8-----------|
|-----------5h7-7-5-5-|
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|-------------------------|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|---------------------|
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|-------------12-12-12-12-|
|-10-10-10-10-------------|
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)
I will reply to all emails
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matt Badass |
#1 by matt sears, Just Like The Store at Mar 20, 1972 at 5:20 PM EST |
| i heard that this lyrics were inspired by a book called "Ishmael"... haven't read it so i can't check... oh, btw, great video, the race of humanity towards apocalypse | |
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Daniel Rhythm Player |
#2 by Daniel Baxter at Nov 22, 1972 at 1:54 PM EST |
| SHHHH!!!!!!!! Don't give Bush ideas! Err....too late. };/ Anyway, this song is rather disturbing. I think the attitude it satirizes is derived from religion, particularly Christianity. Which is ironic, given the historical persecution of evolutionary theory by the church. Didn't the Catholics finally accept it in 1995 or something like that? Anyway, I remember an argument with a neo-fundamentalist friend. She went into some spiel about "higher" animals coming from "lower" ones and about how evolution was wrong because there were lower animals in more recent strata than some higher ones. I explained that scientific evolutionary theory is not a hierarchal "ladder," a preordained progression from "low" to "high," as widely believed, but a sort of bush structure in which better adapted species flourish and poorly adapted species die off. She replied that this was essentially saying that humans had no more worth or value than bacteria. I tried to explain that science deals with empirical data, not moral questions like "worth," and then went outside and banged my head on the wall for a while...which actually seemed to make it hurt less. Despite the fact that it bears little resemblance to the biologist's concept of evolution, this absurd idea about "higher" species is very deeply ingrained in people...and, conveniently, it can be used to "justify" all kinds of atrocities. On a related note, isn't it ironic how frequently "the greater good" becomes the greatest evil? | |
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sidvic Average |
#3 by sidvic at Dec 22, 1976 at 1:38 AM EST |
| i havent heard that the lyrics were inspired by ishmael, but it wouldnt surprise me...i've read it and it is a great book...it reminds you that humans are animals, and it points out where we screwed up pretty much...very interesting..maybe a little left wing..but thought provoking all the same..i would like to know where the 2010 prediction comes from though...im sure its not random.. | |
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DEMENTED KID Average |
#4 by DEMENTED KID at Jun 13, 1983 at 4:45 PM EST |
| i think your being a little narrowminded there jxvirgo, the US of A have done a great job of providing poor countrys with genocidal dictators like pinochet in chile or saddam in iraq. and not to forget, the terrorists trained by the cia are regardede as the best in their profession, think ol' osama. 1: this is satire 2: i do not blame any "american" for this, just the government/politicians | |
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Chris Average |
#5 by Chris Prescott at Jul 20, 1991 at 6:27 PM EST |
| LiveUrLife obviously knows shit. The fact that someone hates you doesn't give you the right to bomb them. Also, America supports terrorism but we don't count it or talk about it unless it's directed towards white people, because that's all that really matters, right? America should get bombed into oblivion. Screw America, and screw you LiveUrLife. | |
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Hobey Average |
#6 by Hobey Bass at Jan 5, 1994 at 2:25 AM EST |
| This is a fantastic video and says a lot. It's true; our race (the human race) is incapable of rational thought as a whole, and we're just fucking up this perfectly good planet? Why so? Irrationality, as said before. I hope that someday something drastic happens and the human race get wiped out - it'll do the planet a lot of good. | |
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D-K Average |
#7 by D-K at Jul 23, 2000 at 2:00 AM EST |
| I've heard him say "Admire me, admire my home Admire my son, he's my fucking clone" | |
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lucas Average |
#8 by lucas cordina at Dec 18, 2005 at 9:43 AM EST |
| I like the stuff with the Napalm with the fighter. I agree with your opinions about the whole evolution stuff, but one interisting fackt from the video is still in my thoughts. At the end of the video, the destroyed earth is becoming for a short time a cell. Like in the beginning. Perhaps is just the beginning of another evolution process. Or what do they wanna say? That you can't kill all live? I'm a little bit confused. But all in all, great song and great band! | |
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drew Wanna Be |
#9 by drew peckover at Mar 17, 2006 at 6:49 AM EST |
| I love when it gets all slow and says "Admire me, admire my home, admire my son, he's my clone.", this song is great, not the best Pearl Jam song but it still kicks ass. | |
