TAB: Welcome to the Occupation

Welcome to the Occupation
REM
From the album 'Document'
Transcribed by Wayne Ellis

The guitar is tuned as follows: E A D G B E (from low to high)

Intro


  E5                 D5	(let ring)     

E-------0-----0----|------------------|

B---------0-----0--|-3----------------|

G------------------|-2----------------|

D-2----------------|-0----------------|

A-2----------------|------------------|

E-0----------------|------------------|

 rake		    rake

Verse 1


  1   2   3   4      1   2   3   4 

	~				     ~

E------------------|-----------0------|------------------|-----------0------|

B-----0-------3----|-----0-------3----|-----0-------3----|-----0-------3----|

G------------------|---------4-----4--|------------------|---------4-----4--|

D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|



  Hang your collar   Up inside          Hang your dollar   On me

   	     



	~				     ~

E------------------|-----------0------|------------------|-----------0------|

B-----0-------3----|-----0-------3----|-----0-------3----|-----0-------3----|

G------------------|---------4-----4--|------------------|---------4-----4--|

D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|



  Listen to the      Water still        Listen to the      Causeway

Chorus 1

(let all notes ring)




E---------0--------|-0-------0--------|---------0--------|-0-------0--------|

B-----0-------0----|-----3-------3----|-0-----------0----|-----3-------3----|

G-4-----4----------|------------------|-----4------------|------------------|

D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| 

  

  You are Man and    Educated          Primitive and       Wild



E---------0--------|-0-------0-2-0----|

B-0-----------0----|-----3---------0--|

G-----4------------|---------------4--|

D------------------|------------------|

A------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|

  

 Welcome to the     Occupation

Verse 2


|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

  

 Here we stand	    And here we find	All your fallen   Heroes		



|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----fill-1-------|



 Held and died and   Skinned alive	Listen to the 	   Congress buyer



		E-----------0------|

		B-----0-------3----|

		G---------4--------|	fill 1

		D------------------|

		A------------------|

		E------------------|

Verse 2 is exactly the same as verse 1, except where fill 1 is indicated.

Chorus 2

(let all notes ring)


		     ^	      		^		   ^	  

				   

E---------0--------|-0-------0--------|-0-------0--------|-0-------0--------|

B-----0-------0----|-----3-------3----|-----0-------0----|-----3-------3----|

G-4----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| 

 

 Offering the	    educated		Primitive and	  loyal	  



  ^		     ^

E-0-------0--------|-0-------0-2-0----|

B-----0-------0----|-----3---------0--|

G------------------|------------------|

D------------------|------------------|

A------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|



 Welcome to the	    occupation

Verse 3




|-----fill-2-------|------------------|------------------|------------------|



 Hang your collar    Up inside		Hang your freedom  Higher

   		



|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----fill-1-------|



  Listen to the	     Buyer still	Listen to the 	   Congress, where we



			~~

		E------------------|

		B-----0--------3---|

		G-----4------------|	fill 2

		D------------------|

		A------------------|

		E------------------|

Verse 3 is exactly the same as verse 1, except where fills 1 and 2 are indicated.

Chorus 3

(let all notes ring)




|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|



 Propagate	     Confusion		Primative 	   And wild	  



|------------------|----fill-3--------|



Fire on the	     Hemisphere below



	  	E-0-------0--------|

		B-----3-------3----|

		G------------------|	fill 3

		D------------------|

		A------------------|

		E------------------|

Chorus 3 is the same as Chorus 2, except where fill 3 is indicated.

Interlude

(let all notes ring)




 Fmaj7		     Em			Fmaj7		   Em

  ^		     ^			^		   ^  

E-0---0----0-------|-0---0----0-------|------0----0------|-0----0----0------|

B--------1---1-----|-------1----1-----|-0-------0----0---|---------0----0---|

G--------------2---|--------------2---|------------------|------------------|

D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| 



Oooh ..................................

	

 Fmaj7		     Em			Fmaj7		   G	    D

  ^		     ^			^		

E-0----0----0------|-0---0----0-------|------0----0------|-333--3---22-2----|

B---------1---1----|-------1----1-----|-0-------0----0---|-333--3-0-33-3----|

G---------------2--|--------------2---|----------------0-|-000--0-0-22-2----|

D------------------|------------------|----------------0-|-000--0-0---------|

A------------------|------------------|------------------|-222--2-----------|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|-333--3-----------| 

						       X	  X

Slightly emphasise the first note in each bar.

Verse 4




|------------------|-----fill-1-------|------------------|------------------|

  

 Sugar cane and	    Coffee Cup		Copper steel and   Cattle	   	



|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----fill-1-------|



 An annotated	     History		The forest for the Fire, where we

Verse 2 is exactly the same as verse 1, except where fill 1 is indicated.

Chorus 4

(let all notes ring)




|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|         



 Open up the	     Floodgates		Freedom reigns     Supreme	  



|------------------|------------------|



  Fire on the       Hemisphere, below

Chorus 4 is exactly the same as Chorus 2.

Outro




Play these 4 bars, 3 times.



	~				     ~

E------------------|-----------0------|------------------|-----------0------|

B-----0-------3----|-----0-------3----|-----0-------3----|-----0-------3----|

G------------------|---------4--------|------------------|---------4--------|

D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

A------------------|-(this is fill-1)-|------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|



 (To me)  			Listen to me			   Listen





	~				     ~  	   1   2   3   4

E------------------|-----------0------|------------------|------------------|

B-----0-------3----|-----0-------3----|-----0-------3----|-----0------------|

G------------------|---------4--------|------------------|------------------|

D------------------|------------------|------------------|---------4---7----|

A------------------|------------------|------------------|---------2---5----|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

								   B5  D5

  To me				Listen to me

  	

E-0----------------|

B-0----------------|

G-0----------------|	rake the B5, D5 and Em chords.

D-2----------------|

A-2----------------|

E -----------------|

  Em (let ring)

Buskers' Version (Verses)

If you aren't playing in a band, the verses aren't very inspiring to play. Below are the 2 bars used in the verses, which include the bass line arranged for guitar. It may take practice to get the picking and string skips working together. The bracketed notes are optional - they aren't part of the bass line but fill out the wide interval skips, giving the part a fuller sound.


			~

		E------------------|-------------0----|

		B-----0-------3----|------0--------3--|

		G------------------|--------4-------4-|

		D------------------|------------------|

		A--(2)-----(2)-----|---(2)---0-2------|

		E-0-----2-3--------|2-0---------------|

TAB Key


 

	X  - mute with palm of hand

	~  - hold note

	^  - emphasise note

        rake - exagerate the strumming of the chord

	      (but not enough for it to be an arpeggio)

Notes

The song mix is pretty infuriating if you are trying to unravel what all the instruments are doing in it. The guitar is less prominant than the bass, drums and vocals. The drums contain alot of high-hat work and general percussion which can be mistaken for low level acoustic guitar.

The guitar has a clean tone throughout.

The guitar in the verses is very sparse, the bass and drums fill things out. The verses are nominally the same, slight differences are labelled as 'fills'.

The choruses are easier to hear, all are similar. The differences are labelled as fills. Make sure the open-E-string is emphasised (when indicated). All the notes are shown as occuring on a beat, this isn't strictly true, the guitar plays 'around' the beat - but it's as accurate as ascii tab can show, listen to the record to get the proper 'feel'.

The interlude may countain an acoustic guitar deep down in the mix. Its very difficult to hear exactly whats going on. The chords above the tab show what the guitar is likely to be playing.

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