• Song:

    Spoonman

  • Artist:

    Soungarden

  • Album:

    Ultramegaunknown

Band - Soundgarden
Song - Spoonman
Bass player - Ben Sheppard
Tabbed by - Matt G
Tuning -  DADG

To tune for this song you need to drop the lowest string down 1 step
(To do this play the seventh fret on the lowest string and the open A string, detune the lowest string until the two notes sound the same.)

Intro / Main Riff

G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---3h555- 0-3-5-0-----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------55-3-0-3-555-000------------------------------------------- 

Verse

G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---3h555- 0-3-5-0-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

A bit of rest while backing vocals and then

G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---3h555- 0-3-5-0-----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------55-3-0-3-555-000------------------------------------------- 

Chorus

G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------3-5-3---------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------5-3-0-------------------------------------------
D-----5p3-5p3-5p3-3-5------------------------------------------------------------- 

Bass solo (both)

G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------5---3-------------------------------------------------------
A-------5p3-5p3-5p3-3--------------5---3---------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------5---3---0--------------------------------

Bridge

G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------5p3-5p3-5p3-3-----------------------------------5p3-5p3-5p3-3-----------------
D----------------------0------------------------------------------------5------------- 

Outro

G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---3h555- 0-3-5-0---------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

A bit of rest while backing vocals and then

G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---3h555----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Song layout

Intro x 4
Verse x 2 (then the Main riff x1)
Chorus x 4 (then main riff x 2)
Verse x 2 (then main riff x 1)
Chorus x 4 (then main riff x 4)
Bass solo x 4
Bridge x 1
Chorus x4
Rest for 8 bars
Bass solo x 16
Chorus x 4 (then main riff x 4)
Outro x 1
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