#----------------------------------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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| --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