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Hate Me Tab

by Blue October


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			     HATE ME – Blue October
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Tuning: (E A D G) Standard Tuning

Note To The Reader:
I realize there are 3 other bass tabs up, but I found that they are missing out  certain
and they are mostly in the wrong octave.  If you listen to the recording, you'll hear
the bass is actually playing LOW G and E (If I'm going crazy let me know). (I think he 
might drop tune it, I thought I heard him play a low D in the bridge).
AND! As a bonus, I give you the violin solo in the outro! (...because most bands don't
a violinist, our band just gives it to the bass player! It's always fun to spice up a
part with stuff like that).
I’m almost 100% sure that this is correct, I’ve listened 100 times!!  The others are
but are missing a few things!

Verse (1st Time): “I have to block out thoughts of you” / “I’m sober now for 3 whole months”
G|--------|-------|-------|----------|------|----------|-------|-----|
D|--------|-------|-------|----------|.-----|-.--------|.------|-.---|
A|--.-----|-.-----|.------|-.-------7/3-3~--|-3-3~----3/0-0~---|-0-0~|
E|--3-3---|-3-3—-3/0-0~---|-0-0---0--|------|----------|-------|-----|

All Other Times: “There’s a burning in my pride...” / “You never doubted...”
G|--------|--------|-------|-------|-------|---------|----2~-|----2~-|
D|--------|--------|----2~-|-------|.------|-.-------|.------|.------|
A|-.------|-.------|.------|.-----7/3—3~---|-3—3~---3/0-0~---|0-0~---|
E|-3-3~---|-3—3~--3/0-0~---|0-0~---|-------|---------|-------|-------|

Chorus: “Hate Me Today...”
G|--------|--------------|----------|------------------|
D|--------|--------------|-----2~---|------2~-----2-0--|
A|-.------|--------------|-.--------|-.----------------|
E|-3-3~---|-3-3-3-0-3--2-|-0-0~-----|-0-0~----0~-------|

G|---------|-.-------|--------|-------------|
D|-.-------|-0-0~----|--------|-----2---2-0-|
A|-3-3~----|---------|-.------|-------------|
E|---------|---------|-0-0~---|-0-0---0-----|

G|--------|--------------|----------|------------------|
D|--------|--------------|-----2~---|------2~-----2-0--|
A|-.------|--------------|-.--------|-.----------------|
E|-3-3~---|-3-3-3-0-3--2-|-0-0~-----|-0-0~----0~-------|

G|---------|-.-------|--------|-------------|
D|-.-------|-0-0~----|--------|-------------|
A|-3-3~----|---------|-.------|-------------|
E|---------|---------|-3-3~---|-3-3~--------|


Bridge: “And with a sad heart I say bye to you and wave...”
G|----------|----------|----------|----------|
D|----------|-00000000-|----------|----------|
A|-00000000-|----------|----------|----------|
E|----------|----------|-33333333-|-00000000-| x2

G|----------|----------|----------------|----------|
D|----------|-00000000-|-----------0---0|----------|
A|-00000000-|----------|----------------|----------|
E|----------|----------|-333-0h2h3---2--|-00000000-|


“And then she whispered how could you do this to me...”
G|----------|------------|
D|----------|-0~---------|
A|-00000000-|------------|
E|----------|------------|

If you don’t want to play the violin solo, the outro is just the chorus with a minor
on the last time he says: “For You” As noted below the violin solo.

And, as I promised, the violin solo:
G|-0~-(let ring)--|----------------|---------|---------|---------|
D|----12/9\14/12~-|--------12/7\9~-|-10~-----|-12~-----|-12~-----|
A|----------------|----------------|---------|---------|---------|
E|----------------|-0~-------------|-8~------|-10~-----|-0~------|
2nd Time:
G|-0~-(let ring)--|----------------|---------|---------|---------|
D|----12/9\14/12~-|--------12/7\9~-|-10~-----|-12~-----|---------|
A|----------------|----------------|---------|---------|---------|
E|----------------|-0~-------------|-8~------|-10~-----|-3~------|

OUTRO: LAST TIME
             Gradual slide v
G|--------|------9h11p9----|-------|--------|----------|
D|--------|-------------9—7/2------|--------|----------|
A|--------|----------------|-3~----|-0~-----|----------|
E|-3~-----|-0~-------------|-------|--------|-3~-------|
               \____v_____/
  (This fill is hard to hear, listen carefully for the timing)

And the open “A” is not a typo, he DOES change it at the end.

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  Legato Note (Long Note)
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| .  Staccato (Short note)


(Note: ALL VERSES ARE PLAYED THE SAME ON BASS, 1st Time is just the first pass through
verse)