Song: Even Flow
Band: Pearl Jam
Album: Ten (1991)
Tabbed by: Karl Hermann (blixflamania@hotmail.com)
"Even Flow" by Pearl Jam
Guitar 1: Open D tuning (D,A,F#,D,A,D)
Guitar 2: Standard tuning
Guitar 1 - Distorted
Opening Riff:
D-------|-------------------------
A-------|-------------------------
F#------|-------------------------
D-------|------------0------------
A-------|------X-3-X-5------------
D--15\--|--5/7-------0--6-5p3-4p0-
Guitar 2 - Distorted
e-----------------------
B--5/7-7-X-5-7----------
G--5/7-7-X-5-7----------
D--5/7-7-X-5-7--6-5\3---
A--3/7-5-X-X-5--------5-
E-----------------------
Riff 1 (in 2/4 time)
Guitar 1 Riff 1A
D--------------------|---12-
A--------------------|---12-
F#-------------------|---12-
D--------------------|---12-
A--5-3---------------|---12-
D------7-5-3-0-3-5-0-|---12-let ring
Guitar 2
e--------------------
B--------------------
G--7-5---------------
D------7-5-3-0-3-5-0-let ring
A--------------------
E--------------------
Verse Riff
Guitar 1 - with some palm muting
*
D-------------------
A-------------------
F#------------------
D------------0------
A------X-3-X-5------
D--5\7-------0---3/-
*
Guitar 2
e----------------------
B--5/7-7-X-X-X-7-X-7-7-
G--5/7-7-X-5-X-7-X-7-7-
D--5/7-7-X-5-X-7-X-7-7-
A--3/5-5-X-X-X-5-X-5-5-
E----------------------
Chorus
Guitar 1
D: Bb: C:
D----12-----8-----10--
A----12-----8-----10--
F#---12-----8-----10--
D----12-----8-----10--
A----12-----8-----10--
D----12-----8-----10--
That's how the chords are played. They go like this:
D Bb D C
"Even Flow Thoughts arive like butterflies.."
Continue this chord progression through chorus until:
D C D C
"Him away, him away..."
Let the chords ring through the chorus'
Guitar 2
e-------------------------|------------------
B-------------------------|------------------
G--12-11-------7-9b10r9-7-|--11--------------
D--------12-8-------------|-----12-10(whammy)
A-------------------------|------------------
E-------------------------|------------------
E ven flow Butterflies
Repeat the second part for "him away..."
Riff 2
Guitar 1
D--------------------------------
A----------------------------12\-
F#---------------------------12\-
D--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X----12\-
A--10-10-10-10-10-11-11-12---12\-
D--10-10-10-10-10-11-11-12---12\-
Guitar 2
e---------------------10\-
B---------------------10\-
G---------------------11\-
D---------------------12\-
A--X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X----12\-
E--8-8-8-8-8-9-9-10---X---
Solo
Guitar 1 plays Riff 2 with palm muting throughout most ofthe solo, then
drops out a little bit before riff 3 comes in. If you listen to the
song, you should be able to figure it out.
If you have the Hal Leonard book for this album, subtract 2 frets from
every
note played in the solo (and all the little fills). That puts you in
the
right key (D).
Riff 3 (bridge from solo back into chorus)
Guitar 1
D--------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------
F#-------------------------------------------
D------X-10-X-12--10\------X-10-X-12--/14-12-
A--/12-----------------/12-------------------
D--------------------------------------------
Guitar 2 plays a D with lots of muting and scratching, growing louder
and
louder until the chorus. Played like this:
e--5-
B--7-
G--7-
D--7-
A--5-
Outro Riff
Guitar 2 (with wah)
e---------------------------
B---------------------------
G--12-10---10-----------10\-
D-------12----10----10--10\-
A----------------12---------
E---------------------------
Order of Song:
Opening Riff (with slide only 1st time)
Riff 1 (guitar 1 goes right into verse riff at *)
Verse Riff
Riff 1 (into opening riff)
Opening Riff (guitar 2 with wah)
Riff 1 (guitar 1 plays riff 1A also)
Chorus
Verse Riff
Riff 1 (guitar 1 plays riff 1A also)
Chorus
Riff 2
Solo
Riff 3
Chorus
Riff 2 (guitar 1 continues riff 2 until end)
Outro Riff
Any corrections email them to blixflamania@hotmail.com.
