Pearl Jam Tabs - VITALOGY

             Last Exit
             Spin The Black Circle
             Not For You
             Tremor Christ
             Nothingman
             Whipping
             Pry, To
             Corduroy
             Bugs
             Satan's Bed
             Better Man
             Aye Davanita
             Immortality
             Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me
 

 
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Last Exit

Intro and Verse Riff:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--0----------0----------------------------------------------------------------
--0----------0----------------------------------------------------------------
--x--0-0--0--x-0--------------------------------------------------------------
--3--0-0--0--3-0--------------------------------------------------------------
-----2-2--3----2--------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus:

------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
------- --10-9-4-4-5-7--------------------------------------------------------
------- --10-9-4-4-5-7--------------------------------------------------------
--2---- --8--7-2-2-3-5--------------------------------------------------------
----2-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------

---------- -------------------------------------------------------------------
---------- -------------------------------------------------------------------
--10-9-4-- --10-9-4-5-7-------------------------------------------------------
--10-9-4-- --10-9-4-5-7-------------------------------------------------------
--8--7-2-- --8--7-2-3-5-------------------------------------------------------
---------- -------------------------------------------------------------------

End of backward solo riff:
Tremolo Pick:
--------------- --------------------------------------------------------------
--12--10--8--7- --12--10--8--7-8----------------------------------------------
--10--9---7--7- --10--9---7--7-7----------------------------------------------
--------------- --------------------------------------------------------------
--------------- --------------------------------------------------------------
--------------- --------------------------------------------------------------
 

Palm Mutes:

-7-       ----7---7--7--------------------------------------------------------
-9-       ----10--9--10-------------------------------------------------------
-7- then  ----7---7--7--------------------------------------------------------
-7-       ----7---7--7--------------------------------------------------------
---       --------------------------------------------------------------------
---       --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Spin The Black Circle

Intro I:

Guitar 1 plays this figure.
Guitar 2 doubles at *

 B A G B5                 *B A G B5
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------------------
-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------------------
-2-0---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------------
-----3-------------------------3----------------------------------------------
 

Intro II/Chorus

Guitar 1

 F  E  Eb D  C
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-10\9--8--7--5----------------------------------------------------------------
-10\9--8--7--5----------------------------------------------------------------
-8-\7--6--5--3----------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar 2

-------------------3---3---3--------------------------------------------------
-----------------1-1-1-1-1---1------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Repeat
 

Verse:

Guitar 1:
Played fast, especially the chords that are slid down to.

 B5              A5    B5              A5
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2----------------------------------
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2----------------------------------
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\0-0-0----------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

repeat

 D5              C5    D5              C5
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\3-3-3-
---------------------------------------------

repeat
 

Solo:
Played choppy with some raking to cause mild harmonics

Guitar 2:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-5-5-5-6-5-4-4-4-5-4-3-3-3-4-3-2----------------------------------------------
-5-5-5-6-5-4-4-4-5-4-3-3-3-4-3-2----------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

Guitar 1:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5-etc----------------------------------------------------------------
-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

repeat

Bridge from solo:

Guitar 1:
Played fast, especially the chords that are slid down to.

 B5              A5    B5              A5
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2----------------------------------
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2----------------------------------
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\0-0-0----------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

 D5              C5    D5              C5
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5----------------------------------
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5----------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\3-3-3----------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 E5              D5    E5              D5
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\7-7-7----------------------------------
-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\7-7-7----------------------------------
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5----------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

repeat E5\D5 E5\D5 once more

Outro:

Same as chorus


Not For You

Intro/Verse/Chorus:

  E    F#   G
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--1----3----4-----------------------------------------------------------------
--2----4----5-----------------------------------------------------------------
--2----4----5-----------------------------------------------------------------
--0---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

Interlude Solo:
  F       A          F       A          F       A          F
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--3-5-7-5-2-0--------3-5-7-5-2----------3-5-7-5-2-0---3----3-5-7-5------------
--------------3-2--------------3-2-3----------------3-------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

Outro:
(Just the guitar part)

----7---7------7---7----------------------------------------------------------
------0---0------0---0--------------------------------------------------------
--4----------4----------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Tremor Christ

A7(9)                                   G#7(#9)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0---
12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---11-
11---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---10---10---10---10---10---10---10---10-
12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---11-
12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---11-

............and so on.
These chords can also be played like this:
        A7        G#7
--------3---------2-------
--------2---------1-------
--------2---------1-------
--------2---------1-------
--------------------------
--------------------------
        with a second guitar doing this...
 B String-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-
 

=======================================================================
     (A second version)

Pre Chorus: ( played only once during the whole song)
 
play 2x
           (
----------7 8--7------------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
 

Chorus: ( +..little secrets, tremors.." ) ( play 8 times, sometimes with
some tiny variations,
like pulling an harmonic on the 4th or 5th fret or not repeating the Eb
note on the end of the riff )
 

------(----------------------------------
-----2 4--4------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
 

 The 3rd time Mike plays the chorus he plays one of the 8 times(the 6th)
 like so:

------(----(-----------------------------
-----2 4--4 5----------------------------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
 

After Chorus: ( played only twice during the whole song, after the
chorus. Play each time 8x )

1st time:

------3-----3-------------2-----2--------
----2-----2-----2-------1-----1-----1----
--2-----2-----2-------1-----1-----1------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------

2nd time:

------3b4---------2b3--------------------
----2-----------1------------------------
--2------2----1------1-------------------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------


Nothingman

F Dm C Dm Bb
F Dm C Dm Bb

F           Dm C            Dm      Bb
Once divided...nothing left to subtract...

F                    Dm  C        Dm    Bb
Some words when spoken...can't be taken back...

F              Dm       C           Dm         Bb
Walks on his own...with thoughts he can't help thinking...

F             Dm            C         Dm       Bb
Future's above...but in the past he's slow and sinking...

Bb C5

Bb                       Bb C5          Bb              C5
Caught a bolt 'a lightnin'...cursed the day he let it go...

F
Nothingman...

C
Nothingman...

F
Isn't it something?

Bb     C
Nothingman...
 

F                Dm          C        Dm     Bb
She once believed...in every story he had to tell...

F                    Dm C        Dm    Bb
One day she stiffened...took the other side...

F           Dm           C           Dm           Bb
Empty stares...from each corner of a shaped prison cell...

F               Dm       C       Dm      Bb
One just escapes...one's left inside the well...

F                Dm          C           Dm      Bb
And he who forgets...will be destined to remember...oh...oh...oh...

F
Nothingman...

C
Nothingman...

F
Isn't it something?

Bb     C
Nothingman...

Dm            Bb        C
Oh, she don't wan't him...

C             Bb     Dm             Bb       C
Oh, she won't feed him...after he's flown away...

Bb
Oh, into the sun...ah, into the sun...

Burn...burn...

F
Nothingman...

C
Nothingman...

F
Isn't it something?

Bb     C
Nothingman...

F
Nothingman...

C
Nothingman...

F
Coulda' been something...

Bb     C
Nothingman...

F
Oh...ohh...ohh...


Whipping

Intro:

--12--12-x-x-x----------------------------------------------------------------
---------x-x-x----------------------------------------------------------------
--12--12-x-x-x----------------------------------------------------------------
---------x-x-x----------------------------------------------------------------
---------x-x-x----------------------------------------------------------------
---------x-x-x----------------------------------------------------------------

Verse:

--0--3-----3------------------------------------------------------------------
--0--3--2--3------------------------------------------------------------------
--1--0--2--0------------------------------------------------------------------
--2--0--2--0------------------------------------------------------------------
--2--2--0--3------------------------------------------------------------------
--0--3------------------------------------------------------------------------
  E  G  A  G/C

Bridge:

--7----- -7----- -7----- -7----- -7- -----------------------------------------
----8--- ---8--- ---8--- ---8--- --- -----------------------------------------
------9- -----9- -----9- -----9- --- -----------------------------------------
-------- ------- ------- ------- --- -----------------------------------------
-------- ------- ------- ------- --- -----------------------------------------
-0------ ------- ------- ------- --- -----------------------------------------

Fill:

---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-12- -12-14-12----------------------------------------------------------------
-12- -12-14-12-14-------------------------------------------------------------
---- ----------14-------------------------------------------------------------
---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Break:

open A chord repeatedly

submitted by:  code@wam.umd.edu


Pry, To

if you turn it up loud, you can hear this at the beginning:
|--------------------------------------------------8------------------
|--------------------------------------------------8------------------
|-0--2-3-3-5-7-5-----------------------------------9------------------
|----------------while another guitar plays this---10-----------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------

next:
guitar one:
|--7-7-7-6-5-4-3---7-7-7-6-5-4-3---7-7-7-6-5-4-3----------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|guitar two:
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|--14-15-17-15-14-12-----14-15-17-15-14-12----------------------------
|--------------------14--------------------14-------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------


Corduroy

Guitar I  - medium-light distortion
Guitar II - heavy distortion
 

Intro:

w/ high bass
Guitar I

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----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---2-2---2---2-2---2----------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

Guitar II
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------0---0-----0---0-----0---0-----0---0-----0---0------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------0-0---0---0-0---0---0-0---0---0-3-3-3-3--------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

Verse:

Guitar I
 F        E  G      F        E  G
-8--8--8--7--10-----8--8--8--7--10--------------------------------------------
-10-10-10-9--12-----10-10-10-9--12--------------------------------------------
-10-10-10-9--12-----10-10-10-9--12--------------------------------------------
-10-10-10-9--12-----10-10-10-9--12--------------------------------------------
-8--8--8--7--10-----8--8--8--7--10--------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

Guitar II
 F5       E5 G5     F5       E5 G5
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-3--3--3--2--5------3--3--3--2--5---------------------------------------------
-3--3--3--2--5------3--3--3--2--5---------------------------------------------
-1--1--1--0--3------1--1--1--0--3---------------------------------------------

repeat until chorus
 

Chorus:

Guitar I
 C           B        A  G
-------------2--2--2--0--3--3-----3-------------------------------------------
-1--1--1--1--4--4--4--2--3----3-----3-----------------------------------------
-0--0--0--0--4--4--4--2--0------0-----0---------------------------------------
-2--2--2--2--4--4--4--2--0----------------------------------------------------
-3--3--3--3--2--2--2--0--x----------------------------------------------------
-------------------------3----------------------------------------------------
 

Guitar II
 C5         B5       A5 G5
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--7--5----------------------------------------------------
-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--7--5----------------------------------------------------
-8--8--8--8--7--7--7--5--3----------------------------------------------------

repeat as needed

Bridge ("Everything has changed ... Absolutely ...")

Guitar I

-2-3-3-3-3-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-2------------------------
-3-----------3-------------3-------------3------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 

Guitar II
 B                         C
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------------------
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

Outro:

Guitar I plays Bridge (above) part

Guitar II plays Intro part


Bugs

if you listen real carefully you can hear this:

-----
---5-
-7--- this is played while an achordian plays:
-----
-----          //// ////
-----          Bb   F

at 2:17 the guitar strums a Eb chords untill the songs ends
  the achordian also plays Eb

submitted by:  code@wam.umd.edu


Satan's Bed

Main Riff:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------0-0--4p0-0--4p0-0--4p0--------------------------------------------------
--0-0------------------------4-3~~~-------------------------------------------

this repeats throughout the intro
and verses (nice vibrato on the end G)
 

Chorus:

   C5    G5  D5  A5
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---5---------7---------5--------7---------------------------------------------
---5------5--7---7-7---5-----5--7---7-7---------------------------------------
---3------5--5---7-7---3-----5--5---7-5---------------------------------------
----------3------5-5---------3------5-5---------------------------------------

  Already             in love ....
 

this repeats through out the chorus
and during the outro
( bass plays constant A's during outro)


Better Man

Intro/Main Riff:
(during verses)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--3-0----3-0----5-2-----5---5-2---5-------------------------------------------
--2---2--2---2--4---4-4---4-----4---------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Pre-Chorus:

  F  G  F  G
--1--3--1--3------------------------------------------------------------------
--1--3--1--3------------------------------------------------------------------
--2--x--2--x------------------------------------------------------------------
--3--5--3--5------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

Chorus:

Dsus2 A G                       G5
--0--0-----0--0-----0--0--0--0------------------------------------------------
--3--2-----3--2-----3--2--3--2------------------------------------------------
--2--2--0--2--2--0--2--2--2--2------------------------------------------------
--0--2--0--0--2--0--0--2--0--2--5--5--5--5------------------------------------
-----0--0-----0--0-----0-----0--5--5--5--5------------------------------------
--------3--------3--------------3--3--3--3------------------------------------


Aye, Davanita

Main Riff:
This is a mixture of the guitar
and bass lines.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--7----7-p-6--6---7---7---7-/-------------------------------------------------
-(0)--(0)----(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)--------------------------------------------------
--7----7------7---7---7---7-/-------------------------------------------------
--0----0------0---0---0---0---------------------------------------------------

an acoustic guitar plays E chords for the entire song.


Immortality
 

Intro:

 Cadd9       E   Cadd9        E
-------0----------------0-----------------------------------------------------
---------3----------------3---------------------------------------------------
-----0-----0----------0-----0-------------------------------------------------
---2----------------2---------------------------------------------------------
-3----------------3-----------------------------------------------------------
-------------0----------------0-----------------------------------------------
 

Verses:

Em Dsus2

Riff:

 Em      Dsus2       Em            Dsus2
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----0-------3-3---3-----0h3p0---------3-3---3--------------------------------
-------0---2-----2-------------0-----2-----2----------------------------------
---------0-----------------------0-0------------------------------------------
---2-------------------2------------------------------------------------------
-0-------------------0--------------------------------------------------------
 

Chorus:
 
Cadd9  Em  Cadd9 Em Cadd9  A

*Solo transcribed by Kevin Collier:
 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------Hand------------more-----------------------------------------------
---)(------muting--)(------hand---7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--9------------------------
--7--7p5---(can't-7--7p5---muting-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--7------------------------
---------7--get----------7----------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------)------------------------------------------------------------
--8-8---8-------10------------------------------------------------------------
----------9---9----12-14-12---------------------------------------------------
----------------------------14-14-14-14-14---12(slide down)-------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------12-12---12-12-12---------------------
----------------------------------12--12-12-12---12-12-12---------------------
--14-14-14-14-14---12(slide down)---14----------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------12----)---12------------------------------------------------------------
----12--12-15------15-12----12----15-12-----12--------------------------------
--14---------------------14----14---------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------14-----14----------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Solo chords:

Em Dsus2 : repeats until "more intense part" then...

Em Dsus2 Em Cadd9 : repeats a couple of times until end of solo then a
                    long drawn out...

A..........
      "Immortality"

Outro:

Chords based on A


Stupid Mop

hey foxymophandlemama, that's me

Main Riff:
This is a mixture of the guitar
and bass lines.

-------------------
-------------------
-------------------
-------------------  feed back controlled by
-------------------   swelling on the volume knob
--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--

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