Losing My Religion Bass
by R.E.M.3,217 views, added to favorites 94 times
Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Tuning: | E A D G |
Capo: | no capo |
Author leograssi90 [a] 521. Last edit on May 22, 2022
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LOSING MY RELIGION - R.E.M.
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I know there are already a couple of bass tabs for this song that are rated with 5 stars
but, since the bass is barely audible in the final mix, I listened to the isolated bass
track and I found some differences (which I tried to tab down for personal use). I'm kinda
satisfied with the final result and I'd like to share it. I'll understand if the tab is
rejected for its unnecessariness, anyway, but please verify it listening to the isolated
track because this is very accurate.
Lots of open strings, definitely not my style, but they suit Mills' sound.
This is the link for the bass track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTziqYqtaRE
INTRO (0:02-0:17)
G|---------------·-·-----2~---------------·-·-----2~--------|
D|-0-2-0---3-3~--0-0-5-5--------0-2-3-3~--0-0-5-5-----------|
A|-------0------------------2-3-----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------5-5-3~-|
VERSE 1 (0:18-1:17)
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------2~------------------------2~------------------------2~-----|
A|-·-·-0-0~--0-2-3---------------0-0~--0-2-3---------------0-0~--0-2-3--------|
E|-3-3----------------2-0--0-2-3----------------2-0--0-2-3----------------2-0-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|---2-1-0-0~-----------------------------------2~-----|
A|-2-------------5-5-7--------------0-0~--0-2-3--------|
E|-------------5-------3-3~---3-3-3----------------2-0-|
x2
G|-----------------------------| G|--------------------------|
D|o-------------------2~------o| D|---2-1-0-0~----------5-5~-|
A|o-------0-0~--0-2-3---------o| A|-2-------------5-5-7------|
E|--0-0-3----------------2-0---| E|-------------5------------|
CHORUS 1 (1:18-1:33) ("I thought that I heard you laughing...")
G|-----------------·-·-----2~---------------·-·-----2~--------|
D|---0-2-0---3-3~--0-0-5-5--------0-2-3-3~--0-0-5-5-----------|
A|-3-------0------------------2-3-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------5-5-3~-|
VERSE 2 (1:34-2:35)
It's just the same as verse 1, but I can hear a slight difference (I may be wrong), so I tabbed it.
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------2~------------------------2~------------------------2~-----|
A|-·-·-0-0~--0-2-3---------------0-0~--0-2-3---------------0-0~--0-2-3--------|
E|-3-3----------------2-0--0-0-3----------------2-0--0-0-3----------------2-0-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|---2-1-0-0~-----------------------------------2~-----|
A|-2-------------5-5-7--------------0-0~--0-2-3--------|
E|-------------5-------3-3~---3-3-3----------------2-0-|
x2
G|-----------------------------| G|--------------------------|
D|o-------------------2~------o| D|---2-1-0-0~----------5-5~-|
A|o-------0-0~--0-2-3---------o| A|-2-------------5-5-7------|
E|--0-0-3----------------2-0---| E|-------------5------------|
CHORUS 2 (2:35-2:50)
Ok, this is really the same as the first!
BRIDGE (2:51-3:05) ("But that was just a dream...")
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-·-·-0~------------------3~---5~---3~---5~-|
E|-3-3------3~---1~---3~---------------------|
VERSE 3 (3:06-3:36)
G|------------------------------|
D|---0-2-0-·-------------2~-----|
A|-3-------0-0-0~--0-2-3--------|
E|--------------------------2-0-|
x2
G|-----------------------------| G|--------------------------|
D|o-------------------2~------o| D|---2-1-0-0~----------5-5~-|
A|o-------0-0~--0-2-3---------o| A|-2-------------5-5-7------|
E|--0-0-3----------------2-0---| E|-------------5------------|
CHORUS 3 (3:37-4:06)
G|-----------------·-·-----2~---------------·-·-----2~---------------·-·-----2~-|
D|---0-2-0---3-3~--0-0-5-5--------0-2-3-3~--0-0-5-5--------0-2-3-3~--0-0-5-5----|
A|-3-------0------------------2-3----------------------2-3----------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------·-·-----2~--------|
D|-----0-2-3-3~--0-0-5-5-----------|
A|-2-3-----------------------------|
E|--------------------------5-5-3~-|
OUTRO (4:07-4:28)
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-·-·-0~-----------------------|
E|-3-3-------3h5~---3h5~---3h5~-|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ let ring
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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4 comments

Nice transcription of the isolated bass. I don't see Mike going up to the 5th (or 7th+) frets tho, and for fingerstyle, it's better to stay down on the open strings for more 'honk', but this is easily the closest to Mills if you want authentic. Too many tabs (including the Official) look like they were transcribed by guitarists for guitarists. Yeesh. Thanks for sharing.
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Organization is excellent. Thanks for taking the time to do it right.
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