Morphine - Like swimming

Song: Like Swimming Artist: Morphine Album: Like Swimming Tab provided by: Renny Kissling reynoldbot@aol.com I have spent the last month (as of June 14, 2004) converting a dobro resonator bass I bought into a 2-string slide bass so that I could properly play Morphine songs (Plus, it seemed like an interesting way to learn). You can technically pull this off with any bass; the real trick was setting the action, figuring out the tuning,and figuring out which strings to use. To do a Morphine song properly, take the G and E strings off of your bass, and tune your A string up to D and your D string up to A. An alternative method would be to just play the D and G strings, tuning the G up to A. This is the easier method, but is not as consistent with how Sandman played. Strum the chords with a pick (flamenco strumming works here too) and hit the notes using a slide. I am about 95% sure, after a good bit of research, that this is how he played. Like Swimming doesn't require a slide. Intro/Verse A:-5h6-|-2---5-6-2---5h6-2---5-6-2--2-2-5h6-| D:-5h6-|-2---5-6-2---5h6-2---5-6-2--2-2-5h6-| Chorus ("Do you feeeeeel like Swimming?") A:-2---5-6-2---5h6-2---5-6-2--2-2-5h6-| D:-2---5-6-2---5h6-2---5-6-2--2-2-5h6-| Bridge ("I know a way to swim all the way downtown") A:-5-6-7---7-5--2--2-2--5-6-7---7-5--2--2-2--5-6-7---7-5--2--2-2-| D:-5-6-7---7-5--2--2-2--5-6-7---7-5--2--2-2--5-6-7---7-5--2--2-2-| A:-5-6-7---7-5--2--2-2--5-6-| D:-5-6-7---7-5--2--2-2--5-6-| That's the song. You could get away with just playing the D string notes, since those are the root notes. But it sounds cooler when you strum the chord. This is the first of many Morphine songs I plan to learn and tab out correctly. Most Morphine songs are fairly simple, it was really just the matter of figuring out the correct tuning and all of that. Anyways, more to come.