Once chords by Pearl Jam

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with SMTP id ; Thu, 6 May 1993 10:13:26 -0700


Once -- Pearl Jam

Intro (played with heavy distortion)

  ---3-----3--3---3---1-----1--1---1---1--1--1--1--1--1--0-----0--0---1---1--
  ---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--
  ---0-----0--0---0---0-----0--0---0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0--0---0---0--
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

  ---3---3---1--1--1--1--1--1-----1----1----1----1---------------------
  ---3---3---3--3--3--3--3--3-----3----3----3----3---------------------
  ---0---0---2--2--2--2--2--2-----2----2----2----2---------------------
  ---0---0---0--0--0--0--0--0-----0----0----0----0---------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------5-\-3-/-5-------

  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ---0-h-2----2---2-h-3-p-2-h-3-/-7-\-3-h-2---3-p-2-------0--------------
  ----------------------------------------------------2--------------------
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (repeat the last line of tab above three times)
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  ---2---2------2------2---2------2---2---5---5---2---2------------
  -------------------------------------------------------------------
  --------------------------------------------------------------------
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Verse
  ----------------------------
  ---0-h-2-p-0-h-3----2-h-3-p-2--
  ------------------------------
  -------------------------------
  -------------------------------
  -------------------------------

  (repeat the following throught the rest of the verse)
  ----------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  ---0-h-2-p-0-h-3----2-h-3-p-2---x--x--x--2---9-\--x--x--------
  ----------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------

Pre-Chorus'
   A5A5
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  ---2----------------------------2-h-3-p-2-h-3-p-2-h-3--x--x------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  ---0-------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
(A5A5 is sustained in the background by guitar 2. This fill is repeated
 throughout the pre-chorus. "Back street lover on the side of the ....")

  --------------------------------
  --------------------------------
  --3-------------------3---3---0-
  --3-------------------3---3---0-
  --1-------------------1---1-----
  --------------------------------

Chorus
 ---3----3---3---3-------1------1----1----1---1----1------0-----0----
 ---3----3---3---3-------3------3----3----3---3----3------3-----3----
 ---0----0---0---0-------0------0----3----3---3----3------3-----3----
 ---0----------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------

 ---3----3---3----3------1----1----1----1--1----1-------0-----0------
 ---3----3---3----3------3----3----3----3--3----3-------3-----3------
 ---0----0---0----0------0----0----3----3--3----3-------3-----3------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(repeat the above through the chorus)

solo

Outro
 ---3------3--3----------------------------0----0--0-----0----0--0--0--0--0--0- ---3------3--3----------------------------6----6--6--/--8----8--8--8--8--8--8-
 ---0------0--0-----6------5-------0-------7----7--7--/--9----9--9--9--9--9--9-
 ---0------0--0--------------------0------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
(repeat twice)
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 ---3-----3--3--8-/-10------8-------------3------3--3--8/10-----------
 ---0-----0--0---------------------0------0------0--0----------------0-
 ---0-----0--0---------------------0------0------0--0----------------0-
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 (pause while Eddie sings yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah)

  -------------------------------------------0---0---0--------0------3---
  -------------------------------------------6---6---5--------5------3---
  -------------------------------------------7---7---5--------5------0---
  -------------------------------------------------------------------0---
  -------------------------------------------------------------------2---
  -------------------------------------------------------------------3---

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