Soundgarden › Burden In My Hand Bass Tab

Down On The Upside Tabs:

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Song: Burden In My Hand
Artist: Soundgarden
Album: Down On The Upside
Tabbed by: Jase Warner (trip_through_your_wires@hotmail.com)

Standard Tuning (E,A,D,G)

Intro (wait for bass):

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-11-11-11---9-9-9|----------------*|
A|*----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-11-11-11---9-9-9|----------------*|
A|*--6--------6----|---8----8----(5)-|-----------------|----------------*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-------10---10---|-------10---10---|-------10---10---|
D|*-10--8----------|----------------*|*----------------|-----------------|
A|*-------10--8----|----------8----8*|*6-8-6----8----8-|-6-8-6----8----8-|
E|---------------10|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-------|---------|-----------------|
D|------*|*--10--8*|*---------------*|
A|-6-8-6*|*-------*|*---------------*|
E|-------|-8-------|-----------------|

Chorus:

(this may look strange, but listen out for all the notes)
G|-----5p3---------|----5-----3------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*--------5p3-----|------3p5---5-3-|---------3------3|-------3-------3*|
A|*-3----------5-3-|-3---------------|-1-----------1---|---1-------1----*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|----------------*|
A|*-6~-------------|-1~--------------|------------4-#--|------3~--------*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----5p3---------|----5-----3------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*--------5p3-----|------3p5---5-3-|---------3------3|-------3-------3*|
A|*-3----------5-3-|-3---------------|-1-----------1---|---1-------1----*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|----------------*|
A|*-6~-------------|-1~--------------|------------4-#--|------3~--------*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

First Verse:

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
A|*3#-3~-----------|----------3----5-|-6~--------------|-------------6-*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
A|*1#-1~-----------|-6#-6~-----------|-3#-3~-----------|----------------*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
A|*3#-3~-----------|----------3----5-|-6~--------------|-------------6-*|
E|3----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
A|*1#-1~-----------|-6#-6~-----------|-3#-3~-----------|----------------*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----6--5-------*|
A|*3#-3~-----------|----------3----5-|-6~--------------|-5p6------8--6-*|
E|3----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
A|*1#-1~-----------|-6#-6~-----------|-3#-3~-----------|----------------*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----6--5-------*|
A|*3#-3~-----------|----------3----5-|-6~--------------|-5p6------8--6-*|
E|3----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
A|*1#-1~-----------|-6#-6~-----------|-3#-3~-----------|----------------*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Chorus:

G|-----5p3---------|----5-----3------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*--------5p3-----|------3p5---5-3-|---------3------3|-------3-------3*|
A|*-3----------5-3-|-3---------------|-1-----------1---|---1-------1----*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|----------------*|
A|*-6~-------------|-1~--------------|------------4-#--|------3~--------*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----5p3---------|----5-----3------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*--------5p3-----|------3p5---5-3-|---------3------3|-------3-------3*|
A|*-3----------5-3-|-3---------------|-1-----------1---|---1-------1----*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|----------------*|
A|*-6~-------------|-1~--------------|------------4-#--|------3~--------*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----5p3---------|----5-----3------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*--------5p3-----|------3p5---5-3-|---------3------3|-------3-------3*|
A|*-3----------5-3-|-3---------------|-1-----------1---|---1-------1----*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|----------------*|
A|*-6~-------------|-1~--------------|------------4-#--|------3~--------*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----5p3---------|----5-----3------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*--------5p3-----|------3p5---5-3-|---------3------3|-------3-------3*|
A|*-3----------5-3-|-3---------------|-1-----------1---|---1-------1----*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|----------------*|
A|*-6~-------------|-1~--------------|------------4-#--|------3~--------*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Break:

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
A|*----------------|-----------------|-3~--------------|----------------*|
E|-4~--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
A|*6~--------------|-----------------|-9~--------------|----------------*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
A|*----------------|-----------------|-1~--------------|----------------*|
E|-3~--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*3---------------|----------------*|
A|*-----------4-#--|------3~--------*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|

Second Verse:

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
A|*3#-3~-----------|----3----------5-|-6~--------------|-------------6-*|
E|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
A|*1#-1~-----------|-6#-6~-----------|-3#-3~-----------|----------------*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
A|*3#-3~-----------|----------3----5-|-6~-------6p8---6|-----5------3--*|
E|3----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|--------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------*|*------*|
A|*1#-1~-----------|-6#-6~-----------|-3#-3~-----------|-------*|*6h8---*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|----8p6-|

Break:

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-11-11-11---9-9-9|----------------*|
A|*--6--------6----|---8----8---(5)--|-----------------|----------6h8---*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------8p6-|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-11-11-11---9-9-9|----------------*|
A|*--6--------6----|---8----8---(5)--|-----------------|----------6h8---*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------8p6-|

G|-----------------|-------10---10---|-------10---10---|-------10---10---|
D|*-10--8----------|----------------*|*----------------|-----------------|
A|*-------10--8----|----------8----8*|*6-8-6----8----8-|-6-8-6----8----8-|
E|---------------10|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-------|---------|-----------------|
D|------*|*--10--8*|*---------------*|
A|-6-8-6*|*-------*|*---------------*|
E|-------|-8-------|-----------------|

Chorus:

G|-----5p3---------|----5-----3------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*--------5p3-----|------3p5---5-3-|---------3------3|-------3-------3*|
A|*-3----------5-3-|-3---------------|-1-----------1---|---1-------1----*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|----------------*|
A|*-6~-------------|-1~--------------|------------4-#--|------3~--------*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----5p3---------|----5-----3------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*--------5p3-----|------3p5---5-3-|---------3------3|-------3-------3*|
A|*-3----------5-3-|-3---------------|-1-----------1---|---1-------1----*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|----------------*|
A|*-6~-------------|-1~--------------|------------4-#--|------3~--------*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----5p3---------|----5-----3------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*--------5p3-----|------3p5---5-3-|---------3------3|-------3-------3*|
A|*-3----------5-3-|-3---------------|-1-----------1---|---1-------1----*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|----------------*|
A|*-6~-------------|-1~--------------|------------4-#--|------3~--------*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----5p3---------|----5-----3------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*--------5p3-----|------3p5---5-3-|---------3------3|-------3-------3*|
A|*-3----------5-3-|-3---------------|-1-----------1---|---1-------1----*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|----------------*|
A|*-6~-------------|-1~--------------|------------4-#--|------3~--------*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Break:

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|----------------*|
A|*-6~-------------|-1~--------------|------------4-#--|------3~--------*|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Ending:

G|-----------------|
D|*--10--8~-------*|
A|*---------------*|
E|-8---------------|

This is about as close as I could get by ear, hope you like it.


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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Dan Wanna Be	#1 by Dan DeSantis at Apr 27, 1974 at 4:15 AM EST
	Cornell is definately an enviornmentallist. You can tell by the activisim He is trying to create with Audioslave. In soundgarden lyrics he constantly uses the environment as a tool. Real easy to tie this in with Romanticism.

No Picture Jonathan Average	#2 by Jonathan Williams at Apr 30, 1974 at 5:52 AM EST
	I think the song is about people who are full of themselves. They think everyone around them is a burden. They hurt everyone and everything that they love. Then the feel guilty and try to drown the pain with drugs or alcohol, making things worse. In the end, when everyone can see what they really are, they plead for simpathy and claim it was all just a mistake.

No Picture Lianna Average	#3 by Lianna Basile at Mar 1, 1977 at 10:42 AM EST
	I think this is my favorite song lyricly by Chris. I love the rhymes and the entire topic of the song. I also love the way he screams "Gonna kill your mother" so that someone who listens to it for the first time might think it is about something darker than it is.

No Picture Pysio Wanna Be	#4 by Pysio xD at Dec 15, 1978 at 10:21 AM EST
	i love this song its about killing sum1 i think i dont know, i it sounds upbeat compared with other songs

No Picture butters Average	#5 by butters at Dec 20, 1978 at 10:23 PM EST
	this is most definitly my favorite soundgarden song.

No Picture I * El CiD Average	#6 by I * El CiD at Oct 19, 1979 at 7:22 PM EST
	oh my God! what a great song. i only hope to as good as soundgarden when i get my band going.

No Picture StreetwiseProfe Wanna Be	#7 by StreetwiseProfessor at Sep 25, 1983 at 8:58 AM EST
	I think it's about the environment.

No Picture Tom Wanna Be	#8 by Tom C at Feb 27, 1984 at 3:52 PM EST
	yea i don't know what this song is about but the suggestion that is about an abusive relationship is probably the most accurate... i guess no one will really know for sure...except Mr. Cornell

No Picture andy Average	#9 by andy bourgeois at Jul 20, 1986 at 2:10 AM EST
	The song's obviously set in the desert so they could make a sweet music video with them wandering around in the desert looking really bad ass I agree with the various levels thing, and you could take him "shooting" his love to be a metaphor for any kind of abuse, physically or verbally or whatever, but whatever his exact actions were, he's regretting it

No Picture Steve Wanna Be	#10 by Steve at Mar 11, 1991 at 9:43 PM EST
	It seems to me to be the slow breaking down of someone losing someone close to them. I know I've been there. Whether or not he shot her in the head or not is irrelevant. In a roundabout and kind of creepy kind of way, he seems envigorated about it.

No Picture Matt Wanna Be	#11 by Matt Aber at Apr 29, 1991 at 3:02 AM EST
	This song is Cornell's finest moment lyrically.

No Picture JC Average	#12 by JC Drake at May 8, 1996 at 1:13 AM EST
	Yeah you guys got it. Chris's younger days where he tried blatantly telling people about things that were obvious to him and he cared about greatly, such as environmentalism. It seems mostly on albums released after Louder than Love are less politically motivated, it appears the record labels censored him up or theres a slight possibility he decided his message wasn't getting across. 'Hands all over the words I utter Change them into what you want to Like balls of clay Put your hands away Yeah, put your hands away' Looks like telling them to put their hands away only makes em fight back.

No Picture Lucas Wanna Be	#13 by Lucas Polido at May 2, 1997 at 11:52 AM EST
	It is.

No Picture Derek Wanna Be	#14 by Derek Lane at Aug 29, 1997 at 12:41 AM EST
	Everyone seems to have gotten this song figured out, but no ones mentioned 'baby brother' and if they have i apologise. Anyway i think 'Baby Brother' is the coming generations, and having his 'arms around baby brother' is just Chris saying he's trying to protect coming generations from what people are doing to the environment.

No Picture Jon Average	#15 by Jon D at Jan 31, 2000 at 1:56 PM EST
	Lost his girl because of his alcoholism? Are you on crack? I'm sure alcoholism would be part of a theme of the song, but OBVIOUSLY it's about a very abusive relationship that doesn't necessarily stem from alcoholism. "Crack a smile, cut your mouth, and drown in alcohol" - Many people (Though I don't condone it), when depressed, feel the best thing is to go drink. It's not necessarily alcoholism, it's pretty commonplace.