Pearl Jam
"Oceans"
From the album "Ten"
Tab by Joe Costello (joseph.costello@villanova.edu)

Note: This song is really played in Open D tuning, as the other tabs for it say. But this
version of it sounds good, and it's written in standard tuning so people can just play along 
without having to tune everything differently.

Standard tuning (low to high: E A D G B e)

Symbols used:

Intro/Verses: Riff 1
				      (4x)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|-----7------------------7---6----------|
G|-----7------------------6---6---------*|
D|-----7------------------6---6---------*|
A|-----5------------------4---4----------|
E|---------------------------------------|
      "Hold on to the thread..."

Pre-Chorus: Riff 2
				  (4x)
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|----5---5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--*|
D|----5---5-5-5-5--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--*|
A|----3---3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
E|------------------------------------|

Chorus: Riff 3 (strumming pattern not exactly shown)

e|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
B|---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
G|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
D|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|

					(2x)
e|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----------------|
B|---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----------------|
G|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---5-5-5-5-5-5--*|
D|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---5-5-5-5-5-5--*|
A|----------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3---|
E|------------------------------------------|

Interlude: Play Riff 2 (4x)
2nd Verse: Play Riff 1 (4x)
Pre-Chorus: Play Riff 2 (4x)
2nd Chorus: Play Riff 3 (4x)
Ending: Play Riff 1 (2x), end with a D chord.

And that's it. Now you can play Oceans in standard tuning. 
Any questions, comments, etc, e-mail me or something.

-Joe
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