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Boot Camp Tab

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Boot Camp
Tuning (low to high): DADGBE 
Key:
    r - release
    b - bend
    / - slide up
     - slide down


1X Main riff /chorus with wah/
E|----------0----------0-----0----------0----0-----------0---0----------------
B|------3-----3--1-------------3--1-------------3--1------------3--1------1---
G|----2-------------2----------------2----------------2---------------2---0---
D|-----------------------0------------------------------------------------2---
A|-0----------------------------------------------------------------------3---
D|-0--------------------------------------------------------------------------


E|----0---------------------------------------0-------------------------------
B|-1-----3--1--3----4--4---4--3-----3--3---3-----3--1-------4----4--3-----3---
G|-0----------------3--3---------5-----2----------------2---3----------5------
D|------------------5------------------0--------------------5-----------------
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                               end of Main riff
E|---------------------------1-----0--1--0--1--0--1--0--1------
B|-4--4---4--3--1--3--4---3--3-----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3------
G|-1----------------------3--3---------------------------------
D|-1-----------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------



1X (Riff A /chorus doubled by slight distortion/ with Main Riff with Riff B) Riff A:
  E|---------
  B|---------
  G|---------
  D|---------
  A|----0----
  D|----0----


Riff B:
  E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  B|---------------------------------------------------------------11/13-13----
  G|--9b10------------10r9--7--75--5/8--87---108---8/10---------------------
  D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------


Riff C
E|------------------
B|--10------13------
G|------------------
D|------------------
A|------------------
D|------------------


1X (Main riff with Riff A with Riff C) with these lyrics:
 I must obey the rules
 I must be tame and cool
 No staring at the clouds
 I must stay on the ground
 In clusters of the mice
 The smoke is in our eyes
 Like babies on display
 Like angels in a cage
 I must be pure and true
 I must contain my views


1X Fig.1 /chorus with wah/ with 1X Riff A with these lyrics: 
There must be something else
There must be something good
E|----------0----------0-----0--------------
B|------3-----3--1-------------3--1---------
G|----2-------------2----------------2------
D|-----------------------0------------------
A|-0----------------------------------------
D|-0----------------------------------------

2X Fig.2 /chorus/ 
Far away far away from here
Far away far away from here
E|----------------------------------------------------------
B|--1-------------------------------------------------------
G|--0-------------------------------------------------------
D|--2-------------2----------------3-----------------6------
A|--3-------------2----------------3-----------------6------
D|----------------2----------------3-----------------6------


2X Fig.2 /Distortion with chorus/ with these lyrics:
Far away far away from here
Far away far away from here


1X Ending riff /chorus with wah/
E|----------0----------0-----0----------0----0-----------0---0----------------
B|------3-----3--1-------------3--1-------------3--1------------3--1------1---
G|----2-------------2----------------2----------------2---------------2---0---
D|-----------------------0------------------------------------------------2---
A|-0----------------------------------------------------------------------3---
D|-0--------------------------------------------------------------------------


(Music/Lyrics: Cornell) 
Sent by Andrew Shepherd (s6496pas@sun10.vsz.bme.hu).

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Boot Camp Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Razzle Wanna Be	#1 by Razzle jester at May 5, 1978 at 8:07 PM EST
	I actually thought this song was about boot camp... How the generals (army leaders, whoever runs the thing) forces these thoughts inside your head, until that is all you believe in... Great song, really shows their evolution, from the heavy riffings of Badmotorfinger to the chilling, beautiful music of "Boot Camp". If there is a problem with the song, it's that it ends too quickly...

No Picture austin Lead Player	#2 by austin at Nov 17, 1980 at 10:52 PM EST
	Yes obviously about conformity. presidentandceo, the soundbite, probably just some electrical effect they sounded cool, meh. What I find though, when thinking of this song as someone being controlled by an opressive government, it seems to fit perfectly. Just think of the way Germany worked during WW2, if anyone defied Hitler, they were taken care of. So everybody had to contain their views, and obey the rules. "The smoke is in our eyes" describing how their minds are being corrupted by their government who allows them to know so little. Then of course in the end, "There must be something else, there must be something good, far away", the yearning for freedom. But you know, doesn't have to be Germany, or a country for that matter. There are tons more examples, that's just the one that came to mind. This is all just speculation of course.

No Picture RoBsN Average	#3 by RoBsN Stalder at Sep 12, 1991 at 12:55 PM EST
	the last few lines express a wanting to get away from your current life into something better

No Picture a Average	#4 by a a at Jan 19, 1993 at 9:50 AM EST
	yah soundgarden is clearly underated, no-one can deny what ytsejamfan said

No Picture Tyler Wanna Be	#5 by Tyler Swagar at Aug 22, 1996 at 1:27 PM EST
	Seems fairly obvious, at least to me, it's about conformity, and its dangers, and how Cornell doesn't want to conform (assuming Cornell is the 'I' in the song)