The Reason by Hoobastank Song: The Reason Band: Hoobastank Tabbed by: unspeakable.elvis@gmail.com A few tabs of this song already, but I was surprised to find that none of them are for 5 strings, which is what the bassist actually uses in this song. So here you go, this is how I like to play it. 5 String Standard tuning (From low to high: B E A D G) Intro ~~~~~ |-----------------|-----------------| |----rest---------|-----------------| |----3 bars-------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| volume swell > > > > Verse ~~~~~ |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Chorus ~~~~~~ |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| /first ending (back to Verse) |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| /second ending (to Interlude) |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-| Interlude ~~~~~~~~~~ |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-----------------|/7-7-7-7-7-7-9-7-| |---------------0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-3-3-3-0-3-3-3---|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-----------------|/7----------/9-7-| |---------------0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-3-3-3-0-3-3-3---|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-----------------| Final Verse ~~~~~~~~~~~ |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----rest--------|-----rest--------|-----rest--------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Final Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~ |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|/7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-----------------|-4---------4-4-2-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|---------------3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-----------------|/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-5---------------|-----------------| End. www.TAB6.com