Pearl Jam – Mind Your Manners (Bass Tab)

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Artist - Pearl Jam Album - Lightning Bolt/Single Song - Mind Your Manners Year - 2013 Bassist - Jeff Ament Tabber - Alowishus Date - 11/07/2013 This one is hot off the press again (as with Been Away Too Long I submitted before). There are quite a few parts to this song and I'm positive that majority of this is correct. There are a few different variations to the "main parts" on the recording so I am just including what the main parts are and you can work out the embellishments yourself - they generally are the case of one added extra note. Intro - This is the only part I am not sure of. The note B is definitely in there. The whole section of the riff repeats 4 times over. I think the bass guitar only comes in on the third time and plays as follows:

G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---0h2---0h2---0h2---|
E|---------------------|

Verse - "I've got an unfortunate feeling.." etc.

G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|------------8--7--5----------------------|
E|-7--7--7-7-----------7--7--7-7--8--7--5--|

Chorus - The Chorus has two parts. With regards to the first part: You should play some of these notes as eighths, I have written it to illustrate the duration of the notes.

G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-5----3--5--3-------3--|
E|---------------5-------|

This bit is played before he says "Mind your manners!"
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-------------2--2--3--3--5--7--7--7--7/3--|
A|-5--5--5--5-------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

Verse 2 - "I caught myself believing that I needed God" etc.

G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|------------8--7--5----------------------|
E|-7--7--7-7-----------7--7--7-7--8--7--5--|

Chorus 2

G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-5----3--5--3-------3--|
E|---------------5-------|

This bit is played before he says "Mind your manners!"
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-------------2--2--3--3--5--7--7--7--7/3--|
A|-5--5--5--5-------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

This is played the final time as it segues into the Bridge.
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|-5----3--5--3-|
E|--------------|

Bridge - This part is just straight eighth notes.

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|

The final time the following is played as it leads into the guitar solo.
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|

G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|-/7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
E|--------------------------|

Guitar Solo - This is just the verse riff.

G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|------------8--7--5----------------------|
E|-7--7--7-7-----------7--7--7-7--8--7--5--|

Chorus 3

G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-5----3--5--3-------3--|
E|---------------5-------|

This bit is played before he says "Mind your manners!"
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-------------2--2--3--3--5--7--7--7--7/3--|
A|-5--5--5--5-------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

The last time this is played (there is a rest after A is played):
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|-5----3--5--3-----|
E|---------------5--|

Bridge 2 - this time the slide to 7th fret is left out

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|

Outro - "Go to heaven, that's right" etc.

G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------7--7--7--7---------------5-----5--|
E|-7--7--7--7--------------3--3--3--3------5-----|

This is played the final time.
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------7--7--7--7--------------5-----5--5-----5-------|
E|-7--7--7--7--------------3--3--3--3-----5--------5-----7/2--|

That's it! Enjoy!