Band: Audioslave
Members: Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, Brad Wilk
Song: Cochise
Album: Audioslave
Tabbed By: Scott Anderson
Symbol key: ~ - let note ring out
\ - slide down
h - hammer on
Tuning: BEADG/EADG (standard)
**A five or six string bass is needed for this song, but this tab applies to four string
bass guitars as well.
Also, Tim Commerford uses plenty of effects throughout this song, heavy distortion/fuzz
throughout, and a wah, used on the first few notes of the main riff, and throughout the
breakdown, as you can hear if you listen to the song.
See here for more information: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f36/audioslave-cochise-bass-657307/**
If you think that there are errors with this tab, please leave a comment or PM me before
you rate it so I can correct it.
Bass comes in at around 0:12, and keep playing this until song really kicks in at 0:48:
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|-00000000000000000000000000000000-|
B|----------------------------------|
Full band intro (0:48):
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-5h7-5---5--------5h7-5-------|
E|-------7---7------------7-----|
B|-------------8-5----------8-5-|x4
Alternatively, if you have a four string bass, play this:
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-5h7-5---5--------5h7-5-------|
E|-------7---7-3-0--------7-3-0-|x4
1st verse:
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-5h7-5---5--------5h7-5-------|
E|-------7---7------------7-----|
B|-------------8-5----------8-5-|x7
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-5h7-5---5------------5-------|
E|-------7---7--------7---------|
B|-------------8-5--------------|
Again, if you have a four string bass, play this instead:
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-5h7-5---5--------5h7-5-------|
E|-------7---7-3-0--------7-3-0-|x7
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-5h7-5---5------------5-------|
E|-------7---7-3-0----7---------|
1st chorus (the same is played on a four, five, or six string bass here):
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|-5h7-5h7-------------5--|
E|---------5-3-0-3-5-7----|
B|------------------------|x4
1st bridge:
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-5h7-5---5--------5h7-5-------|
E|-------7---7------------7-----|
B|-------------8-5----------8-5-|x4
Alternatively, if you have a four string bass, play this:
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-5h7-5---5--------5h7-5-------|
E|-------7---7-3-0--------7-3-0-|x4
2nd verse:
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-5h7-5---5--------5h7-5-------|
E|-------7---7------------7-----|
B|-------------8-5----------8-5-|x7
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-5h7-5---5------------5-------|
E|-------7---7--------7---------|
B|-------------8-5--------------|
If you have a four string bass, play this instead:
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-5h7-5---5--------5h7-5-------|
E|-------7---7-3-0--------7-3-0-|x7
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-5h7-5---5------------5-------|
E|-------7---7-3-0----7---------|
2nd chorus (again, the same is played on a four, five, or six string bass here):
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|-5h7-5h7-------------5--|
E|---------5-3-0-3-5-7----|
B|------------------------|x8
Breakdown:
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|-7---7-----7---7--------|
B|---0---0-----0---0------|x2
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|-7---7-----7---7--------|
E|---0---0-----0---0------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|-7---7-----7----5~------|
E|---0---0------0---------|
B|------------------------|
The breakdown cannot be played exactly as it is in the song on a four string bass, but
it can be played an octave higher:
G|------------------------|
D|-9---9-----9---9--------|
A|------------------------|
E|---7---7-----7---7------|x2
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|-7---7-----7---7--------|
E|---0---0-----0---0------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|-7---7-----7----5~------|
E|---0---0------0---------|
3rd chorus (bass re-joins song at 3:12, and, again, the same is played on a four, five,
or six string bass here):
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|-5h7-5h7-------------5--|
E|---------5-3-0-3-5-7----|
B|------------------------|x8
End on these notes:
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|-7--7\-|
E|-0--0--|
B|-------|
