Guitar tab for Present Tense (var.15) by Pearl Jam free download and read or play online: file .txt, 2.92 kb has 68 views and 0 downloads.
Drop D tuning: DADGBe
The verse is variations of this (shown here is the first time through):
--5------------5-------------5----------3-2-0---0----
----3-3-3-3-3----3---3-------------------------------
----------------------------------------------2---2-2
0-------------------------------------------------
-------------3-----3---3-3-2--------2-0--------------
-----------------------------------------------------
Chorus:
D G F G D G F G D G F G D G
------------------------------------------- ---
------------------------------------------- ---
------------------------------------------- etc. ---
0--0----X-5-5^3-3-X-5-5^0-0-0-X-5-5-5^3-3-3 X-5
0--0----X-5-5^3-3-X-5-5^0-0-0-X-5-5-5^3-3-3 X-5
12-12-X-5-5^3-3-X-5-5^0-0-0-X-5-5-5^3-3-3 X-5
The first time through, Mike lets it end at the G, the second time (not
shown) a D.
Then the bridge goes like this, (with variations on the picking
pattern):
Bb A G
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
------10-----10-----10-----10-------9-----9-----9-----9--------
8-8-8----8-8----8-8----8-8----7-7-7---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---5-5---5-5----
-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
Then:
Bb A G
---------------------------------------------------------------------
11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8
10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------- --
8-8-8-8-8------- 10
7-7-7-7-7------- etc. 8-
5-5-5-5-5------- then this 7-
---------------- several times: --
---------------- --
Outro:
While mike plays the verse, Stone does this:
-------------------------- /14-------14-------14-------
15-13----15-13----15-13--- etc. ----12-12----12-12----12-12-
------12-------12-------12 then: ----------------------------
-------------------------- ----------------------------
-------------------------- ----------------------------
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And fade....
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