Jesus, Etc bass tab

[honestiron]

Hi all,

 

So here's the bass I came up with for Jesus, Etc. First a disclaimer: I didn't intend for this transcription to be note-for-note with the recording. That said, I of course attempted to keep the groove intact. It seems the bass in the recording is rather sparse but that just makes the song more open to improvisation!

If you come up with something that sounds better please share!

 

I don't know what the forum rules are about attaching powertab files or pdfs but I can share this tab in those formats as well

 

Anyway on with the tab..

 

Artist: Wilco
Song: Jesus, Etc

Bass Tab

LEGEND
r - rest (pay attention to the rests!)
(I used letters to represents these double digits to keep formatting nice)
w - 10
x - 11
y - 12
z - 13
$ Segno

INTRO

  Dm               Am               Dm               Am
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|o-------------r---|------------r---|------------r---|----------------o|
|o-5-----5-8-5-----|--------7-------|5-----5-8-5-----|----------------o|
||---------------8-|5-----5---5---8-|--------------8-|5-----5---8-5-8-||
  Q.    E E E E E  Q.    E E E E E  Q.    E E E E E  Q.    Q   E E E

VERSE
  $
  Dm               Am               Dm               Bb
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|o-------------r---|------------r---|------------r---|----------------|
|o-5-----5-8-5-----|--------7-------|5-----8-5-------|------8-------5-|
||---------------8-|5-----5---5---8-|----------8---5-|6---6-----6-8---|
  Q.    E E E E E  Q.    E E E E E  Q.    E E E E E  Q   E Q   E E E

F                Gm               C                 Bb
|----------------|----------------|----------------||----------------||
|------w---w-8-7-|------y---------|----------------o|----------------||
|8---8-----------|w---w-----z-y-w-|------w-----7-8-o|------8-------5-||
|----------------|----------------|8---8-----8-----||6---6-----6-8---||
Q   E Q   E E E  Q   E Q   E E E  Q   E Q   E E E   Q   E Q   E E E 

CHORUS
                                                     1._____________
  F       F/E      Dm      A        Bb               F       C
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|o-----------------|----------------|----------------|--w-7-----------o|
|o-8-----8-7-----7-|5-----5---------|------8-------5-|8-----8-w-----7-o|
||-----------------|--------5-----5-|6---6-----6-8---|----------8-w---||
  Q.    E Q.    E  Q.    E Q.    E  Q   E Q   E E E  E E E E E E E E
  
                                                          D.S. al Coda
                                                               To Coda
                                                        To Double Coda
                                                     2.______________
                                                     F       C
                                                    |----------------||
                                                    |--w-7-----------||
                                                    |8-----8-w---7-8-||
                                                    |----------8-----||
                                                     E E E E E E E E
                                                     
BRIDGE

Coda 
  Bb               F                 Bb               F       F/E
||-----------------|----------------||----------------|----------------|
|o-------8---------|------w---------o|----------------|----------------|
|o-----------8-5-6-|8---8-----8-----o|------8-------5-|8-----8-7-----7-|
||-6---6-----------|------------w-8-||6---6-----6-8---|----------------|  
  Q   E Q   E E E  Q   E Q   E E E   Q   E Q   E E E  Q.    E Q.    E

                                 D.S. al Double Coda
Dm      A        Bb               F       C                                   
|----------------|----------------|----------------||                                                 
|----------------|----------------|--w-7-----------||
|5-----5---------|------8-------5-|8-----8-w---7-8-||
|--------5-----5-|6---6-----6-8---|----------8-----||
Q.    E Q.    E  Q   E Q   E E E  E E E E E E E E


OUTRO

Double Coda
  Bb               F                 Bb                 F       F/E
||-----------------|----------------||----------------||-----------------|
|o-------8---------|------w---------o|----------------|o-----------------|
|o-----------8-5-6-|8---8-----8-----o|------8-------5-|o-8-----8-7-----7-|
||-6---6-----------|------------w-8-||6---6-----6-8---||-----------------|  
  Q   E Q   E E E  Q   E Q   E E E   Q   E Q   E E E    Q.    E Q.    E  

                                  1.,2.___________  3.______________
Dm      A        Bb               F       C        x3  
|----------------|----------------|----------------||----------------||
|----------------|----------------|--w-7-----------o|----------------||
|5-----5---------|------8-------5-|8-----8-w-----7-o|8---------------||
|--------5-----5-|6---6-----6-8---|----------8-w---||----------------||
Q.    E Q.    E  Q   E Q   E E E  E E E E E E E E   W
           
INTRO
VERSE
CHORUS
VERSE
CHORUS
BRIDGE
VERSE
CHORUS
OUTRO                                       

[Moss]

Very cool! Now if I can just talk the band into doing this song...

[Guest Alan]

Looks great, but I can't get past that substituting letters for numbers thing. I've never seen this done before. makes it way hard to read.