Corduroy Acoustic tab by Pearl Jam

Tabs

Song: Corduroy (Acoustic)
Band: Pearl Jam
Album: Vitalogy
Tuning: Standard (eBGDAE)


| / slide up
|  slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x muted note


I found this acoustic version on youtube and later on myspace and I loved it.
To me, it is better than the original.

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Intro:

e|------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---9----9------9--9--9---9----9-9--9------9----9-9----| Play 3 times.
A augmentedA|-7----7----7-7-----7---7----0----0--------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------8--8----8-------|

e|------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---9----9------9--9--9---9----9-9--9------------------| Play once.
A augmentedA|-7----7----7-7-----7---7----0----0--------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|

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Verse:

  F5F5  The waiting drove me mad.
e|-----|
BB|-----|
G+G|-10--|
D MajorD|-10--| 16 strums.
A augmentedA|-8---|
E MajorE|-----|

  G+G
e|-3--|
BB|-0--|
G+G|-0--|
D MajorD|-0--| 16 strums.
A augmentedA|-2--|
E MajorE|-3--|

  F5F5  You're finally here and I'm a mess.
e|-----|
BB|-----|
G+G|-10--|
D MajorD|-10--| 16 strums.
A augmentedA|-8---|
E MajorE|-----|

  G+G
e|-3--|
BB|-0--|
G+G|-0--|
D MajorD|-0--| 16 strums.
A augmentedA|-2--|
E MajorE|-3--|

...you get the idea.

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Chorus:

  --I tried to tab this out but if it isnt all too great, notify me for corrections.
  --If I didn't do a good job, here are the chords for it so you can figure out the
patterns.

C, Em, Asus2, G.

  C majorC     E minorEm    Asus2Asus2 G+G
e|-0---0--0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0--3-|
BB|-1---1--1---0-0-0-0---0-0-0--0-|
G+G|-0---0--0---0-0-0-0---2-2-2--0-|
D MajorD|-2---2--2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2--0-| Play 4 times.
A augmentedA|-3---3--3---2-2-2-2---0-0-0--2-|
E MajorE|-0---0--0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0--3-|

  --I also like to alternate between C, Em, Asus2, G+G and E, D, C, and B, like shown below.

  C majorC     E minorEm    Asus2Asus2 G+G  I don't want to take what you can't give.
e|-0---0--0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0--3-|
BB|-1---1--1---0-0-0-0---0-0-0--0-|
G+G|-0---0--0---0-0-0-0---2-2-2--0-|
D MajorD|-2---2--2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2--0-|
A augmentedA|-3---3--3---2-2-2-2---0-0-0--2-|
E MajorE|-0---0--0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0--3-|

  E MajorE     D MajorD     C majorC   BB  I would rather starve than eat your bread.
e|-0---0--0---2-2-2-2---0-0-0----|
BB|-0---0--0---3-3-3-3---1-1-1--4-|
G+G|-1---1--1---2-2-2-2---0-0-0--4-|
D MajorD|-2---2--2---0-0-0-0---2-2-2--4-|
A augmentedA|-2---2--2-------------3-3-3--2-|
E MajorE|-0---0--0-------------0-0-0----|

  C majorC     E minorEm    Asus2Asus2 G+G  I would rather run, but I can't walk.
e|-0---0--0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0--3-|
BB|-1---1--1---0-0-0-0---0-0-0--0-|
G+G|-0---0--0---0-0-0-0---2-2-2--0-|
D MajorD|-2---2--2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2--0-|
A augmentedA|-3---3--3---2-2-2-2---0-0-0--2-|
E MajorE|-0---0--0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0--3-|

  E MajorE     D MajorD     C majorC   BB  Guess I'll lie alone, just like before.
e|-0---0--0---2-2-2-2---0-0-0----|
BB|-0---0--0---3-3-3-3---1-1-1--4-|
G+G|-1---1--1---2-2-2-2---0-0-0--4-|
D MajorD|-2---2--2---0-0-0-0---2-2-2--4-|
A augmentedA|-2---2--2-------------3-3-3--2-|
E MajorE|-0---0--0-------------0-0-0----|

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Repeat everything twice and you pretty much have the whole song.

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