Chord/Tab song: Present Tense

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: [email protected], [email protected]

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