Present Tense Pearl Jam
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 (ecowan@uclink4.berkeley.edu)
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)
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Intro G1 w\small variations
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During the first verse G2 comes in and sort of doubles G1
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Chorus G1 with small variations
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G3 plays the main notes of the verse very quietly and slowly. let ring
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G2 continues to backup G1 in 2nd verse but with more detail
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towards the end of the second verse G4 comes in with this X2
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G5 plays this in the second chorus here and there
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Interlude part 1 X2 G1
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turn it into a bit of a strum building towards interlude #2
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Interlude part2 G1
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X2
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[G2]
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X2
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[G3]
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Interlude part 3 G1 X2
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[G3]
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Climax, all guitars thrash D
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Outro G2 X2
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then stop when G1 plays D then continue and fade out
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let G1 ring out with D then play intro thing a few times and fade out
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