Applebite (Bass)
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Soundgarden - "Applebite"
Written by Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam's Current Drummer)
From "Down on the Upside" Album
Standard Tuning
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Intro, played 14x
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-------7---------|
E|-------6-5---5---|---------6-5-5---|
 

Riff 2 - play 4x
G|---4--------|---0--------|------------|---2------|
D|------------|------------|-3-/5\3-----|----------|
A|-4----------|-3----------|------------|-0--------|
E|------------|------------|------------|----------|

Riff 3:
G|---9-------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|-----------------|---5-------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|-8---------------|-7---------------|-5---------------|---------------|
E|---------6-5-----|--------6-5------|---6h8---6-5-----|---6h8---6-5---|
Play Riff 2 again

Verse (singing begins), play 3x
G|---9-------------|----------------|--------------|-------------|
D|-----------------|---5------------|--------------|-------------|
A|-8-----------0---|-7----------0---|--------------|---7---------|
E|-----------------|----------------|---6p5--5--5--|-----6p5-5---|
Play Riff 2 4x

Singing begins (2:45), bass plays:
G|---8-------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
D|-----------------|---7-------------|---------------|-------------|
A|-8---------------|-7---------------|---------------|-------------|
E|---------6-5-----|---------6-5-----|--8b9r8~--6--5-|---8---6-5---|

Play Riff 2 4x, then play:
(3:50)
G|---4--------|---0--------|------------|---2--------|
D|------------|------------|---3--------|------------|
A|-4----------|-3----------|-1----------|-0----------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------2-3---|
G|---4--------|-----0------|------------|-----------6/7-------|
D|------------|------------|---3--/5-/7-|---7-----------5h7---|
A|-4----------|-0/3--------|-1----------|-0-----5h7---------5-|

G|------------|----------------|-------------|-------------5h7---|
D|------------|-------------7--|---7-----7---|-----------5-------|
A|-4p0--3p0---|-4-4-4-4-4-6----|-6-----6---6-|---0h7-----------5-|
E|------------|----------------|-------------|-------------------|

G|------------|------------|-----------|-----------------5-|
D|------------|-------/9\7-|---/7------|----------/4---7---|
A|------5-----|-(5)--------|------/8---|---/5--/7----------|
E|------------|------------|-----------|-------------------|

Drums stop, bass plays (4:32):
G|--------------|------------|-------------|--------------|
D|-----5-3------|------5-7---|---7\5-0-----|----------3/5-|
A|---5-----5----|---/5-------|-----------3-|-5-----5------|
E|-5------------|------------|-------------|--------------|
G|--------------|---------------|-----------|----------------|
D|------2--2----|---------------|-2---2---2-|-2-2----2-2---0-|
A|------0--3--0-|-0---3--0-1--0-|-0---3---0-|-3-1--0-0-0-3---|
E|--------------|-5~------------|-----------|----------------|
G|--------------|-------------|-----------|----------------|
D|--------------|-------------|-----------|----------------|
A|---5---x-0----|-5-0---4~----|-3-0-2-----|---2------------|
E|--------------|-------------|---------3-|-3--------------|

KEY:
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| b  bend note
| r  release note bend