Pearl Jam - "The Fixer"
From "Backspacer" album
Standard Tuning
tabbed by jjhand


This song has tricky time changes between 5, 4 and 3 beats per bar.
I tried to note this so others can play along easier. Please rate or
comment.


Intro (5/4 time, beats noted below)

           play this 3x                       4th time (3/4 time)
  Lead
   1      2     3      4      5                1      2     3
e|---------------------7-8-7----------|      |-------------------|
B|---------------------8-8-8--9-10-9--|      |-------------------|
G|-4----x-7----------x--------9-9--9--|      |-4----x-7----------|
D|-4----x-7----------x----------------|      |-4----x-7----------|
A|-2----x-5----------x----------------|      |-2----x-5----------|
E|------------------------------------|      |-------------------|
 |                                            Both guitars play this
 | Rhythm
e|------------------------------------|
B|---------------------8-8-8----------|
G|-4------7------------7-7-7---9-9-9--|
D|-4------7------------5-5-5---9-9-9--|
A|-2------5--------------------7-7-7--|
E|------------------------------------|

Verse (3/4 time) - Both Guitars, play 4x with some slight changes
   1       2       3        1       2       3
e|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|---7-----7---------4----|
A|---5-----5---------2----|-5-----5---------2---0--| < last note can also
E|-3-----3---3-----0-0-0--|------------------------|   be '2p0'


on 3rd time through verse, Lead Guitar splits off and plays this 4x:

Swell Lick
e|------------------------|
B|---3-----3