Soundgarden – My Wave (Bass Tab)

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From the album 'Superunknown' Standard Bass tuning tabbed by jjhand I ran across the bass track Ben shepherd played that was available from a Rock Band video game track. Note that all verse riffs are in 5/4 time, the wah parts are in 6/4, and that the chorus and ending are in 4/4 time. Please rate or comment. Intro - Guitar only

Pre-Verse (0:12)
G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|----------------------5-|-7--------------------5-|-7--------------------5-|
E|-0--------3--3--0-3/5---|----------3--3--0-3/5---|----------3--3--0-3/5---|

|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-7----------------------|----------------------5-|-7--------------------5-|
|----------3--3----3/5-5-|-0--------3--3--0-3/5---|----------3--3--0-3/5---|

|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-7--------------------5-|-7--------------------5-|
|----------3--3--0-3/5---|-7--------3--3--0-3/5---|

Verse 1 (0:32)
G|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
A|-7--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------3--3--3/5-5-|-0--------3--3--3/5-5-|-0--------3--3--3/5-5-|

|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------5-|-7--------------------5-|-7--------------------5-|
|-0--------3--3--0-3/5---|-7--------3--3--0-3/5---|-7--------3--3--0-3/5---|

|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-7--------------------5-|-7----------------------|----------------------5-|
|-7--------3--3--0-3/5---|-7--------3--3--0-3/5-5-|-0--------3--3--0-3/5---|

|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-7--------------------5-|-7--------------------5-|-7----------------------|
|-7--------3--3--0-3/5---|-7--------3--3--0-3/5---|-7--------3--3---3-5-5--|

PreChorus - (1:01) played 4x as shown:

 1    2     3     4       <- Beats in 4/4 time
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|--------------3--5--5--|

"Don't come over here Piss on my Gate Save it just keep it off my wave"

PreVerse 2 (1:08)
G|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
A|----------------------5-|-7---------------------5-|-7--------------------5-|
E|-0--------3--3--0-3/5---|----------3-0-0-3-0-/5---|----------3--3--0-3/5---|

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-7----------------------|
|-7--------3--3----3/5-5-|

Verse 2 - Similar to Verse 1 with some minor ad lib Play PreChorus Again (1:44) Chorus Part 1 (1:52) - play 2x

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

"Keep it off my wave, Keep it off my wave, Keep it off my wave, my"

|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-7----0---5-5-5-5-5----|

"wave"

Chorus Part 2 - 4 bars total 
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|----8--6-------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|----------8----6--5--|---------7-7-7--7-------|
|-3----3-3----3-3--3--|-6-------------------|-7----5-----------------|

"my wave, my wave my wave, my wave, my wave"

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-7----0--5-5-5-5-5----------|

Chorus Ending:
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-5---5-5--5--5--0--|-(0)--------------|

Bass Wah Part (2:23) - played 3x in 6 beats per bar

G|-----------------------------------|
D|-12h14-----------12h14-14----------|
A|-------14\7---------------14\7-----|
E|--------------0------------------0-|

Play Verse Again Play PreChorus Again (3:01) Play Chorus Again, playing Chorus Part 2 twice before chorus ending Ending, part 1 (4:00) (4:14)

   play 7x                        Add in an extra beat here, turn on wah again
G|---------------------|          ------------------------|
D|---------------------|          ------------------------|
A|---------7-7-7--7----|          ---------7-7-7--7----7--|
E|-7----5--------------|          -7----5-----------------|

(4:16) Ending Wah Part, in 6/4 time:

G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|  play 5x
A|----------5h7-7----------5h7-|
E|-3-0----0-------3-0----0-----|  

 |-----------------------------|
 |-----------------------------|  play once
 |---5---------5-----------5h7-|  
 |-5-----3-0-5---5-3-0---0-----|

 |-----------------------------|
 |-----------------------------|  play 2x
 |----------5h7-7----------5h7-|
 |-3-0----0-------3-0----0-----|  

 |----------------------------|
 |----------------------------|  play once
 |---5-----5-----5--------5h7-|  
 |-5-----3---3-5----0---0-----|

 |-----------------------------|
 |-----------------------------|  play 3x
 |----------5h7-7----------5h7-|
 |-3-0----0-------3-0----0-----|  

 |--------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|  play once to end bass part
 |----------5h7-7---5----------5--------|  
 |-3-0----0-------5----5-7-5h7---5-3~-0-|

Key: / slide up \ slide down h hammer-on () hold note from previous bar ~ tremelo