Spoonman Bass Tab

		
		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 Ver 4 
	

A-Sides Tabs:

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From: koa@yosemite.net (Neal)
    To: dwm3@po.cwru.edu
    Subject: tab
    Date: Sun, 29 Dec

    Here is the correct bass tab for Spoonman from Soundgarden-

    Dropped D tuning

    Main riff
    G:------------------------------------------------
    D:------------------------------------------------
    A:------------------------------------------------
    E:--10h12-12-12-12--10-12-10-7-5-3p0-3h5-5-5-0-0-0

    Verse-
    G:----------------------------
    D:----------------------------
    A:----------------------------
    E:--10h12-12-12-12--10-12-10-5
    (alternate this with main riff)

    Chorus-
    G:-------------------------
    D:----------------5p3------
    A:--------------------5p3-0
    E:--5p3-5p3-5p3-0----------

    That should be it.

    --Eric Browne (Koa@Yosemite.net)

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture sam Wanna Be	#1 by sam hennessy at Nov 25, 1970 at 6:35 AM EST
	btw the only one that is close is aldeayeah

No Picture Nathhan Average	#2 by Nathhan griffithss at Feb 12, 1974 at 4:08 AM EST
	Actually, you're all right. I have spoken with Chriss many times about the meaning of this song and as it happens it's about an Indian who has become addicted to smack and is dying. He has become so drug riddled that he can barely move and makes money to feed his habit by playing the spoons, in a way not dissimilar to a seattle artist by the very name of 'Spoonman', however, these two people are not one. Chriss told me that the line "i'm together with your plan" is a reference to their shared dream of being the first men to co-ordinate the whole world clapping along to the old hippy song 'come together', hence the rather cryptic line "come together with your hands". The 'save' in "save me" is used in the sense of 'except'. What he is getting at is that while everone is clapping he wont be, because the coordination job would be too large for him to participate in the event.

No Picture Eat All The Gra Wanna Be	#3 by Eat All The Grass That You Want Butler at Sep 8, 1979 at 12:39 PM EST
	Nevertheless, this is a superb song with a neat beat.

No Picture l2aVeN-5 String Wanna Be	#4 by l2aVeN-5 Stringed Mother F***er at May 9, 1984 at 12:13 PM EST
	well i believe this song is about a man who has the super natural pwer to become the "spoon-man" he has several freinds: All my friends are Indians All my friends are brown and red, Spoonman All my friends are skeletons the great hris cornell felt he had to write this song because "spoon-man" saved his life: Save me, I'm together with your plan Save me

No Picture 2D Average	#5 by 2D at Sep 17, 1984 at 1:37 PM EST
	this is one song that shouldnt be overanalysed! it is simply about artis the spoonman! wouldnt that explain why it was artis that did the spoon solo? whats next? are you going to say loser by beck is actually about something? well, sorry to burst your bubble, but its not. and spoonman is about artis the SPOONMAN (see any similarity to the title?)

No Picture Anni Average	#6 by Anni Mcgann at Nov 16, 1984 at 8:59 PM EST
	Spoonman is about the dominance of "white man" in indian culture. Many years ago we killed the indians off of their land and took it as the USA. Look at the lyrics....the white man "stole" the indian's "rhythm." The song is written in the perspective of an indian who is crying out to the dominant white man, the spoonman, to save him and spare him because he is "together with" the white man's "plan" to dominate North America. "All my friends are Indians..." "all my friends are skeletons." This shows the instant morphing of indians to skeletons with white dominance. The song is definitely about what I say. And even if I'm totally off the map, my guess is way fucking closer than "doing heroine."

No Picture Mike Lead Player	#7 by Mike nobody at Apr 28, 1985 at 6:59 AM EST
	this is a great song, im not sure what its about but i dont think its heroine. it really bothers me that some people here think EVERY song is drugs.

No Picture Ulti` Average	#8 by Ulti` 89 at Feb 10, 2003 at 2:02 PM EST
	i dont give a shit what its about, cuz its a great song with amazing rhythm.