M Shepard Bass Tab

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Thursday-M. Shepard

Intro:

G -------------------------------------------
D -------------------------------------------
A ---------------------3333333333333333333333
E 0-0-0-0-00-0-0-0-0-00----------------------    x2


Verse:

G ---------------
D ---------------
A -------33330000
E 0~2~3~---------    x4

Chorus:

G --------------------------------
D --------------------------------
A ----------------3333333333333333
E 0000000022222222----------------       x4

2nd time you repeat the chorus add this at the end: A 00003333

verse x4

bridge:
G ----
D ----
A ----
E 0-00 x4

G --------
D --------
A 33330000
E --------

Chorus(play it exactly the same as the first time)

Then:

G ---------------------------------------------
D ---------------------------------------------
A ---------------------3-3-3-3-33-3-3-3-3-33---
E 0-0-0-0-00-0-0-0-0-00---------------------0-0

(no bass until 3:15)
G --------------------------------
D --------------------------------
A 33333333333333333333333333333333
E --------------------------------

G ---------------------------
D ---------------------------
A -----------3333333333333333
E 00-00-00-00----------------   x2

G -----------
D -----------
A -----------
E 00-00-00-00

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Jezirae Wanna Be	#1 by Jezirae Williams at Jan 16, 1970 at 6:14 AM EST
	There's a video on YouTube of the band explaining the meaning of this song, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxx2VDnZULU

No Picture matt Average	#2 by matt spolsky at Nov 18, 1971 at 12:20 AM EST
	m. shepard is actually about a friend of geoff's who is too afraid to come out the closet, it's not really a tribute to matthew sheppard althought the many referances. "that voice is silent now, the boat has sunk..." is actually matthew sheppard's dad, denis sheppard's, last words on his murder case.

No Picture Satan SAF! Rhythm Player	#3 by Satan SAF! Lucifer at Sep 10, 1973 at 7:39 PM EST
	Okay, everyone who has posted so far is partly right. Geoff is combining the stories of M. Butterfly (hence the 'M.'), Matthew Shepard, and his friend.

No Picture PYRO Average	#4 by PYRO is in the navy seals at Oct 12, 1974 at 3:09 AM EST
	if you see the movie m. butterfly, you will realize where he is alluding to in this song actually. just some information.

No Picture Mika Average	#5 by Mika Schultz at Feb 6, 1978 at 11:25 PM EST
	This is obviously, as the above comment says, about the death of Matthew Shepard. I recently saw Thursday live (on april 17th) and before they played this song, Geoff was saying how everybody deserves to be loved, no matter what your sexual preference is. & I couldn't agree with him more.

No Picture cody Average	#6 by cody at Nov 4, 1981 at 7:46 PM EST
	In reality, Shepard was the victim of a drug deal gone bad. The fact that he was gay had very little factor in that his death. He's just been launched into matyrdom by the Gay/Lesbian community.

No Picture bean Badass	#7 by bean stalk at Jan 5, 1988 at 6:37 PM EST
	I was at the show the day after thursdaylove and geoff said that he got the inspiration from the death of matt shepard and that everyone should be accepted and loved for who they are and that killing someone for being different is wrong.

No Picture Tim Wanna Be	#8 by Tim N at Feb 22, 1989 at 6:52 AM EST
	"the croud is growing silent with the gathering storm" could also refer to the fueneral where it was raining

No Picture ebin Rhythm Player	#9 by ebin strong at May 3, 1995 at 7:16 AM EST
	I think the song is more an explanation of why people hate gay people.Don't get me wrong.I agree that it's about matthew shepherd,but I think lines like "if the whole world dies then it's safe to take the stage....and we won't have to be afraid anymore" are pointing out that people are afraid of anything new or different,so they want to get rid of all the people that are different so they can sleep a little better at night with their football games on tv and their beer in their hand and their garth brooks cd playing in the background while they sit around in american flag boxers and yell at their wife to make them a sandwich.

No Picture Alex Wanna Be	#10 by Alex Gibb at May 23, 1997 at 10:02 AM EST
	That's so amazing, I just recently saw 'The Laramie Project' (It's about the killing of Matthew Shepard) and I never put two and two together, but now it all makes sense. "when the curtain falls and you're caught on the other side just trying to keep up the act.." can be seen as homosexuality, and in the end, you're caught on the other side, because people think you're different.

No Picture Andrew Rhythm Player	#11 by Andrew Lang at May 6, 1999 at 6:05 AM EST
	when Thursday played Reading this year Geoff said "This song is for my friend who can't be here today". So although the song obviously draws inspiration from the tragic death of Matthew, it could also be about this friend. Also, Paris In Flames was about the same type of thing...so i think these two songs are very heavily connected because they both seem to be about injustice and standing up for what you believe in.

No Picture matt Average	#12 by matt lenardson at Dec 23, 2000 at 4:16 AM EST
	"someone's standing the aisles, yelling that murderers are everywhere and they're lining up, carving the M in your side" In Fritz Lang's 1931 film entitled "M" a whole city is searching for a murderer and there is a scene where a convinced streetboy paints a white "M" on the palm of the hand and collides on purpose with the person the streetboy is convinced is the "Morder", german for "Murderer" and in the collision, leaves a white "M" on the man's upper left back of the jacket, (the left "side")