Present Tense Tab by Pearl Jam tabs | tabbed by Unregistered | comments (0) 1 2 3 4 5 2 votes print send report More versions: Ver 1 Recommended tabs If you like Present Tense Tab by Pearl Jam you might also like these songs: Stuck In AMoment (x02220@1)You Cant Get Out Of Chordsby U2 With Or Without You Bass Tabby U2 Black Bass Tabby Pearl Jam Present Tense Lyricsby Pearl Jam Lyrics Present Tense Tabat 911Tabs.com + to speed up (numpad) - to slow down (numpad) Esc to stop Help Present Tense tab by Pearl Jam, www.Ultimate-Guitar.Com Listen to Present Tense Add to favourites tf_artist = "Pearl Jam"; tf_song = "Present Tense"; #----------------------------------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 Author: Mike McCready 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 (x25xxx@7)------------------------------------------------------------------------------| --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 (x25xxx@7)------------------------------------------------------------------------------| --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 Dthen (xx0232@1)continue and fade out ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| let G1 ring out with Dthen (xx0232@1)play intro thing afew (x02210@1)times and fade out Present Tense Lyrics tf_artist = "Pearl Jam"; tf_song = "Present Tense";
