#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# #-- File created with Instab - http://www.pconline.com/~smcarey/instab.html --# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Author/Artist: Pearl Jam Title: Present Tense Album: No Code Transcribed by:Chris Wilson(Correction by Evan Cowan,Austin Brownfield w/MikeM) Email: yokel@zip.com.au, evan@giventowail.com G1 is mike, G2 is ed, G3 is probably their producer or something and G4 is stone on his acoustic. All guitars are standard tuning except for G1 which is high to low e-b-g-d-a-d (drop d). (06/29/99) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -----14----------------------14-----------------14----------12-11-9---9------- --------12---12-12-12-12--------12----12-----------12-12-----0----x-----0----- ------------------------------------------------------------12---12-12----12-- -0------------------------10-------10----10-0-9---------9-0------------------- Intro G1 w\small variations ----5------------3------------------------------------------------------------ ----3------------3------------------------------------------------------------ ----0---------0--2------------------------------------------------------------ --------0--0--0--------------------------------------------------------------- --------3--2--0--------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ During the first verse G2 comes in and sort of doubles G1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------6------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------5-----------------2------------------------------- ------------5-5-5-5p3---3-x-3-----5-5-5-5p0-0-0-x----------------------------- ----------x-5-5-5-5p3-3-3-x-----x-5-5-5-5p0-0-0-x----------------------------- -12-12\---x-5-5-5-5p3-3-3-x-----x-5-5-5-5p0-0-0-x----------------------------- Chorus G1 with small variations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----0------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------3---3\2----0-------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G3 plays the main notes of the verse very quietly and slowly. let ring ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G2 continues to backup G1 in 2nd verse but with more detail ---------------------0---0---------0-0-0-0---0-0---------0---3---2---0-------- -------3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3---3---3---- ---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---- ---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0---- ---0-----0---0-0---3-3-----3-3-3-3---3---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------0---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ towards the end of the second verse G4 comes in with this X2 --------5---------5----------------------------------------------------------- ----------3---------3--------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------0--------0------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G5 plays this in the second chorus here and there ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------10-------10-------10-------10\9--------9--------9--------9----------- --0----0----0---0----0---0----0---0------0----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---- ----13-------13-------13-------13----------12-------12-------12-------12------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Interlude part 1 X2 G1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -9\7--------7--------7--------7--------7---------7--------7--------7--------7- -----0----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0-----0---0----0---0----0---0----0--- -------10-------10-------10-------10--------10-------10-------10-------10----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ turn it into a bit of a strum building towards interlude #2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---10/------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --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--- --0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--- --13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Interlude part2 G1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -7--7--7--7--7--7--7---------------------------------------------------------- -0--0--0--0--0--0--0---------------------------------------------------------- -10-10-10-10-10-10-10--------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ X2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-- ---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-- ---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -8-8-8------------------------------------------------------------------------ -7-7-7------------------------------------------------------------------------ -5-5-5------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ X2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---11-11-11-11-11--8-8-8-8-8-------------------------------------------------- ---10-10-10-10-10--7-7-7-7-7-------------------------------------------------- ---8--8--8--8--8---5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --11-11-11-13-13-13-15-15\----8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-------------------- --10-10-10-12-12-12-14-14\----7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-------------------- --8--8--8--10-10-10-12-12\----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Interlude part 3 G1 X2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --11-11-----------11-11------------------------------------------------------- --10-10-----------10-10------------------------------------------------------- --8--8------------8--8-------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --3--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --2--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --0--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --0--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Climax, all guitars thrash D -10-------10-------10-------10-------10--------------------------------------- ----13-------13-------13-------13-------13------------------------------------ -------12-------12-------12-------12-------12--------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Outro G2 X2 -/14-------14-------14-------14-------14-------------------------------------- -----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----------------------------------- --------14-------14-------14-------14-------14-----12-11--9------------------- ----------------------------------------------------0--0--0------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ then stop when G1 plays D then continue and fade out ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ let G1 ring out with D then play intro thing a few times and fade out