Vitalogy Album tab by Pearl Jam
Guitar Tab
Songbook
V V III TTTTTTT A L OOOOO GGGG Y Y
V V I T A A L O O G Y Y
V V I T A A L O O G GGG Y
V V I T AAAAAAA L O O G G Y
V III T A A LLLLL OOOOO GGGG Y
by
PEARL JAM
Compiled by Rodrigo Melo Mesquita (rodrigocobain@hotmail.com)
Teresina - Piauí - Brasil, 06/06/2001
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
Well... here I'm again. I compiled this tabs from Vitalogy by Pearl Jam.
Hey guy, I just compiled this songs as has been posted before and I
corrected the lay-out, so credits for original tabs: Kevin Gardner;
Scott S. Minder; Denny; Mark van 't Zet; Rick "Mookie" Posey;
Dave Eichenstein; Neil Smith; Brad Campbell.
Enjoy!!!
Table of Contents
1.Last Exit
2.Spin The Black Circle
3.Not For You
4.Tremor Christ
5.Nothingman
6.Whipping
7.Pry, To
8.Corduroy
9.Bugs
10.Satan's Bed
11.Betterman
12.Aye Davanita
13.Immortality
1.Last Exit
transcribed by kevin gardner
code@wam.umd.edu
intro and verse riff
------------------
--0----------0----
--0----------0----
--x--0-0--0--x-0--
--3--0-0--0--3-0--
-----2-2--3----2--
chorus
------- ----------------
------- ----------------
------- --10-9-4-4-5-7--
------- --10-9-4-4-5-7--
--2---- --8--7-2-2-3-5--
----2-- ----------------
---------- -------------
---------- -------------
--10-9-4-- --10-9-4-5-7-
--10-9-4-- --10-9-4-5-7-
--8--7-2-- --8--7-2-3-5-
---------- -------------
end of backward solo riff
trem pick
--------------- -----------------
--12--10--8--7- --12--10--8--7-8-
--10--9---7--7- --10--9---7--7-7-
--------------- -----------------
--------------- -----------------
--------------- -----------------
that palm muted thing near the end
-7- ----7---7--7--
-9- ----10--9--10-
-7- then ----7---7--7--
-7- ----7---7--7--
--- --------------
--- --------------
pound w/palm mute
2.Spin The Black Circle
transcribed by Scott S. Minder
Intro I:
Guitar 1 plays this figure.
Guitar 2 doubles at *
B A G B5 *B A G B5
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
-2-0---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
-----3-------------------------3---------------------
Intro II/Chorus
Guitar 1
F E Eb D C
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
-10\9--8--7--5------------------------
-10\9--8--7--5------------------------
-8-\7--6--5--3------------------------
--------------------------------------
Guitar 2
-------------------3---3---3----------
-----------------1-1-1-1-1---1--------
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
Repeat
Verse:
Guitar 1:
Played fast, especially the chords that are slid down to.
B5 A5 B5 A5
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2-
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2-
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\0-0-0-
---------------------------------------------
repeat
D5 C5 D5 C5
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\3-3-3-
---------------------------------------------
repeat
Solo:
Played choppy with some raking to cause mild harmonics
Guitar 2:
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
-5-5-5-6-5-4-4-4-5-4-3-3-3-4-3-2------
-5-5-5-6-5-4-4-4-5-4-3-3-3-4-3-2------
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
Guitar 1:
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5-etc------------------------
-3-3-3-3-3----------------------------
--------------------------------------
repeat
Bridge from solo:
Guitar 1:
Played fast, especially the chords that are slid down to.
B5 A5 B5 A5
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2-
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\2-2-2-
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\0-0-0-
---------------------------------------------
D5 C5 D5 C5
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\3-3-3-
---------------------------------------------
E5 D5 E5 D5
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\7-7-7-
-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\7-7-7-
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-
---------------------------------------------
repeat E5\D5 E5\D5 once more
Outro:
Same as chorus
3.Not for You
transcribed by kevin gardner
code@wam.umd.edu
main riff
--0--0--0--
--0--0--0--
--1--3--4--
--2--4--5--
--2--4--5--
--0--0--0--
pre-solo stuff
----------------- -----------------
----------------- -----------------
----------------- -----------------
-3-5-7-5--------- -3-5-7-5---------
---------7-5-3-2- ---------7-3-2-3-
----------------- -----------------
----------------- -----------------
----------------- -----------------
----------------- -------5-4-------
-3-5-7-5--------- -3-5-7-----------
---------7-5-3-2- -----------------
----------------- -----------------
post solo stuff
--0--0--0--
--0--0--0--
--1--3--1--
--2--4--2--
--2--4--2--
--0--0--0--
Solo:
Tabbed by Denny
: I sat down for a while and drew up my thoughts on paper before I put them
: on the computer. This is what I came up with. I think it's pretty damn
: close, but you can improvise:
: Solo 'Not for You'
: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
: -3--5--7--5--2--0--------3--5--7--5--2--------2--3--5--7--5--2--0--------
: -------------------3--2-----------------2--3-----------------------3--2--
: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
: ----------------[---0-0-0-0-0-0-------12--------] Repeat last
: ----------------[---0-0-0-0-0-0----------12-----] section once.
: ----------------[---1-1-1-1-1-1---/14-----------]
: -3--5--7--10--9-[----------------------------14-]
: ----------------[-------------------------------]
: ----------------[-------------------------------]
:
--------------------------------12-------------------------------------------
:
-12---12--12---12----------12------15--12------------------------------------
:
-14b--14b-14b--14b----/14--14b-------------14p12-------14--12--11--9--11--12-
:
--------------------------------------------------14-------------------------
:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
: --------------0----------------- END SOLO
: --------------------------------
: -14--16-------------------------
: ----------------------//--\\----
: ----------------------//--\\----
: --------------------------------
: Some Beginning Stuff:
: --0-----0--------------;-------------------;---0-----0-----
: --0--0--0--------------;--12---12-12-12----;---0-----0-----
: --1--3--4--------------;--14---14-14-14h16-;---7-x-x-7-----
: --2--4--5--------------;-------------------;---------------
: --2--4--5--------------;-------------------;---------------
: --0--0--0--0-0--0-0-0--;-------------------;---------------
4.Tremor Christ
Tab transcription by Mark van 't Zet (tmvtzet@cs.vu.nl)
INTRO/VERSE - Main riff, distorted. Play this as hammer ons
and pull offs, and let strings 1 and 2 ring.
I believe this ringing stuff is only done
in the intro.
A7 G#7
--(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)
-8(0)8(0)8(0)8(0)8(0)8(0)8(0)8(0)7(0)7(0)7(0)7(0)7(0)7(0)
-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---5---5---5---5---5---5--
-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---6---6---6---6---6---6--
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
Fill during verse
--(0)-(0)-- --5--8--7~~~--
-7(0)7(0)-- --------------
-5---5----- --------------
-6---6----- --------------
----------- --------------
----------- --------------
CHORUS - Upper & lower part played by different guitars
F#6 (implied) G#
-----------------------------------
-2h4~~~---------------2h4~~~-------
-----------------------------------
---------4-4-4-4-4----x------6--6--
---------4-4-4-4-4----x------6--6--
---------2-2-2-2-2----x------4--4--
BRIDGE 1 - Arpeggio
A7 G#7
-----------------------------------
-----8-----8---------7-----7-------
---6-----6-----6---5-----5-----5---
-7-----7-----7---6-----6-----6-----
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
VERSE
CHORUS
BRIDGE 2
A7 G#7
-----------------------------------
-----8b10r8~~--------7b9r7---------
---6---------------5---------------
-7---------------6-----------------
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
BRIDGE 3 - Play main riff, add wah-flavour
CHORUS
5.Nothingman
Transcription by Mark van 't Zet (tmvtzet@cs.vu.nl)
This song is played in the key of F, and requires tuning up
the 1st and 2nd string to respectively F and C. You can also
capo the 1st fret and play it as E- and A-shapes.
Furthermore I'll abbreviate the chordnames if you
don't mind :-)
Used chords
Name eadgcf
F 133200
Dm7 x57700
Csus4 x35500
Bbsus2 x13300
Am x02200
INTRO - Main chordprogression, vibrato played with whammy
F~ F F Dm C Dm Bb~ Bb
VERSE - Play with intro-chords
Once divided nothing left to subtract
Some words when spoken can't be taken back
Walks on his own with thoughts he can't help thinking
Future's above but in the past he's slow and sinking
PRE-CHORUS
Bb Dm
Bb Bb Bb C
Caught a bolt of lightning Cursed the
Bb Bb Bb Am Bb Bb Bb
day he let it go
CHORUS
F F F Bb C C C C
Nothingman nothingman
F F F Bb C C C
Isn't it something nothingman
VERSE
She once believed in every story he had to tell
One day she stiffened took the other side
Empty stares from each corner of a shared prison cell
One just escapes one is left inside the well
PRE-CHORUS
Bb Dm
Bb Bb Bb C
He who forgets
Bb Bb Bb Am Bb Bb Bb
will be destined to remember oh oh oh
CHORUS
BRIDGE - Sorry I forgot how the chords match up with the
words here.
C C Dm Dm Dm Bb
Oh She don't want him
C C C Bb
Oh She won't feed him
Dm Dm Dm Bb
after he's flow away into the sun
C C C Dm Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Am
Bb Bb Bb C
burn burn burn
CHORUS
CHORUS - With lyrics 'could have been something' instead
OUTRO
F F F Bb F F F Bb F F F Bb F
6.Whipping
transcribed by kevin gardner
code@wam.umd.edu
intro
--12--12-x-x-x-
---------x-x-x-
--12--12-x-x-x-
---------x-x-x-
---------x-x-x-
---------x-x-x-
verse strum thses chords
--0--3-----3--
--0--3--2--3--
--1--0--2--0--
--2--0--2--0--
--2--2--0--2--
--0--3-----3--
E G A G
the softer part
--7----- -7----- -7----- -7----- -7-
----8--- ---8--- ---8--- ---8--- ---
------9- -----9- -----9- -----9- ---
-------- ------- ------- ------- ---
-------- ------- ------- ------- ---
-0------ ------- ------- ------- ---
mike plays this fill in the background
---- -------------
---- -------------
-12- -12-14-12----
-12- -12-14-12-14-
---- ----------14-
---- -------------
7.Pry, To
Tabbed by Rick "Mookie" Posey
8256 Cedar Landing Court
Alexandria, VA 22306
USA
if you turn it up loud, you can hear this at the beginning:
|--------------------------------------------------8------------------
|--------------------------------------------------8------------------
|-0--2-3-3-5-7-5-----------------------------------9------------------
|----------------while another guitar plays this---10-----------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
next:
guitar one:
|--7-7-7-6-5-4-3---7-7-7-6-5-4-3---7-7-7-6-5-4-3----------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|guitar two:
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|--14-15-17-15-14-12-----14-15-17-15-14-12----------------------------
|--------------------14--------------------14-------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
8.Corduroy
transcribed by kevin gardner
code@wam.umd.edu
intro riff
------------------------ ------------------------ \
------------------------ ------------------------ |
------------------------ ------------------------ |
-----9---9------9---9--- -----9---9------9---9--- 4X
-7-7---7----7-7---7----- -0-0---0----0-0---0----- |
------------------------ ------------------------ /
-------------
-------------
-------------
-9--(pound)--
-------------
-8-----------
verse 1
------------3--------------- \
------------3--------------- |
-10-10-9----0--------------- |
-10-10-9----0--(strum)------ 4x
-8--8--7----2--------------- |
------------3--------------- /
chorus 1
-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-----0--0----- \
-3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3--3----3--- |
-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--2--0------0- |
-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--2--0-------- 4x
-3-3-3-3--2-2-2--0--2-------- |
--------------------3-------- /
break 1
------------------------ ------------------------ \
------------------------ ------------------------ |
------------------------ ------------------------ |
-----9---9------9---9--- -----9---9------9---9--- 2X
-7-7---7----7-7---7----- -0-0---0---------------- |
------------------------ ------------8-8---8----- /
Verse 2 --->same as verse 1
chorus 2 --->play chorus 1 twice
interlude
-3-3-3-3-2--3-3-3-3-2- -3-3-3-3-2--3-3-3-3-2-
-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3- -3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-
-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--0-0-0-0-0-
-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2- -3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-
---------------------- ----------------------
this is done four times
chorus 3
-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-----0--0----- \
-3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3--3----3--- |
-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--2--0------0- |
-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--2--0-------- 5x
-3-3-3-3--2-2-2--0--2-------- |
--------------------3-------- /
-0-0-0-0--0-0-0----
-3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-
-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--2-
-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--2-
-3-3-3-3--2-2-2--0-
-------------------
verse 3
------------3--------------- \
------------3--------------- |
-10-10-9----0--------------- |
-10-10-9----0--(strum)------ 4x
-8--8--7----2--------------- |
------------3--------------- /
-----------
-----------
-10-10-9---
-10-10-9---
-8--8--7---
-----------
outro
repeat this: while another guitar plays Em
------------------------ ------------------------ \
------------------------ ------------------------ |
------------------------ ------------------------ |
-----9---9------9---9--- -----9---9------9---9--- X
-7-7---7----7-7---7----- -0-0---0---------------- |
------------------------ ------------8-8---8----- /
9.Bugs
transcribed by kevin gardner
code@wam.umd.edu
if you listen real carefully you can hear this:
-----
---5-
-7--- this is played while an achordian plays:
-----
----- //// ////
----- Bb F
at 2:17 the guitar strums a Eb chords untill the songs ends
the achordian also plays Eb
10.Satan's Bed
tabbed out by dave eichenstein
(punksk8r@earthlink.net)
intro; repeat until chorus
-------------------------------4--3--|------------------------------------------
-0--0--4--0--0--4--0--0--4--0--------|------------------------------------------
-2--2-----2--2-----2--2--------------|------------------------------------------
-2--2-----2--2-----2--2--------------|------------------------------------------
-2--2-----2--2-----2--2--------------|------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------
chorus; play as many times as they do
----3-----5-----3-----5---------------------------------------------------------
-3--5--5--7--3--5--5--7---------------------------------------------------------
-5--5--7--7--5--5--7--7---------------------------------------------------------
-5--4--7--8--5--4--7--8---------------------------------------------------------
-5--5--7--5--5--5--7--5---------------------------------------------------------
-5--5--7--5--5--5--7--5---------------------------------------------------------
11.Betterman
TAB BY: Neil Smith (nj2_smit@uwe.ac.uk)
Main Riff:
This note is played
in the intro, but I'm
not sure about the verse.
vvv
----------------------------------------------------------------
------3---0-----------3---0-----------4---0---------4---4-4--[4]
------2-----2---------2-----2---------3-----3-----3---3-----3---
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
2-------------0h2-------------0h4-------------0h4----[4]--------
^^^
This note is not played in the
intro, but is present when Vedder
is singing the verses.
Bridge: (He opens the door ...)
F/A G/B
----------------------0---------
6---------6-----8---------8-----
5-----5-----5---7-----7-----7---
--------------------------------
--------------------------------
5-----5-------X-7-----7-------X-
The second time (or on the live version) you may want to strum those
chords, thus:
F/A G/B
-5--------7-
-6--------8-
-5--------7-
-7--------9-
-8-------10-
-5--------7-
Chorus: (If my chord names are wrong, sorry, I never did theory) :-(
(This part given double time so I can fit some lyrics in)
Dsus2 A G (Gadd4 ???)
0-------------------------------0-----------3-------3---3-------
3-------------------------------2-----------0-------1---0-------
2-------------------------------2-----------0-------0---0-------
0-------------------------------2-----------0-------0---0-------
0-------------------------------0-----------2-------2---2-------
x-------------------------------x-----------3-------3---3-------
She lies and says .. love with him
Can't find a betterman
She dreams in col our she dreams in red
Can't find a
Asus4 A Dsus2
0-------0------- 0---------------
3-------2------- 3---------------
2-------2------- 2---------------
2-------2------- 0---------------
0-------0------- 0 --------------
x-------x------- x---------------
Betterman .... Can't find a Betterman Can't find a
Asus4 A G5
0-------0------- 3---------------
3-------2------- 3---------------
2-------2------- 0---------------
2-------2------- 0---------------
0-------0------- x---------------
x-------x------- 3---------------
Betterman ....
And everything else is just a repeat of those bits, I think.
Hope that's OK. Cheers ...
12.Aye Davanita
transcribed by kevin gardner
code@wam.umd.edu
main riff this is a mixture of the guitar
and bass lines.
------------------------------
------------------------------
--7----7-p-6--6---7---7---7-/-
-(0)--(0)----(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)--
--7----7------7---7---7---7-/-
--0----0------0---0---0---0---
an acoustic guitar plays these chords durring
the entire song: E E E E
Immortality
Transcription by: Brad Campbell
INTRO:
Cadd9
e:---------0-----------|
B:------------3--------|
G:------0--------0-----|
D:---2-----------------|
A:3--------------------|
E:------------------0--|
This intro is played four times. I've found that if you run an acoustic
guitar through an amp and use some mild distortion, it recreates the sound
on the album pretty well.
VERSE: The verse is basically just a cycle of Em and D (--0230). There
is a two-note plucking pattern before the strumming cycle, though, that
goes like this:
Em D
e:------0--0--|
B:------0--3--|
G:------0--2--|
D:---2--2--0--|
A:------------|
E:0-----------|
Each of these cycles is one bar [in 4/4 time] and the pick-up is played in
every cycle. I know this might sound confusing, but listen to the song,
and you can hear the two-note plucking. (Note that the D is not a true
D...I just don't know the real name for that chord). Also, when strumming
the D, try to use upstrokes as much as possible because it seems to sound
better that way.
CHORUS:
Pretty simple:
C Em C Em
A truant finds home. A wish to hold on.
C Em A Asus4 A A* A
But there's a trapdoor in the sun. Immortality.
(that little interlude between "sun" and "immortality" is a
little confusing. Here's what the tab looks like):
C C C Em A A Asus4 A A* A
e:---0---0----0--0---x---0--|0------0--0--0|------------|
B:---1---1----1--0---x---2--|3------2--0--2|------------|
G:---0---0----0--0---2---2--|2------2--2--2|------------|
D:---2---2----2--2---2---2--|2------2--2--2|------------|
A:---3---3----3--2---0---0--|0------0--0--0|------------|
E:---------------0----------|--------------|------------|
...trapdoor in the sun immortality
DURING THE SOLOS:
During the short solo, you just repeat the verse pattern.
During the long solo, you repeat the verse pattern, but toward
the end, you double the cycle (i.e.-instead of playing Em/D [two chords]
in one bar, you play Em/D/Em/D [four chords] in one bar). The end of the
long solo section ends on an A.
That's about it. Sorry it seems so confusing.
If you need any clarification, have any comments, flames, etc.
send them to:
Brad Campbell (campbell@galileo.stmarys-ca.edu)
Well... enjoy the songbook!!!
GRUNGE IS NOT DEAD!!!
Rodrigo Melo Mesquita (rodrigocobain@hotmail.com)
Nickname at brasIRC: Teen_Spirit