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"Indifference"
by Pearl Jam from the album "Vs."
Tabbed by Dave Miller (dwm3@po.cwru.edu)
This is a nice melodic little song. It's very easy
to play (and very easy to tab, I might add). I'm not
sure of the correct notation but the "5|6" notation
in the tab represents lightly pressing on the string
above the line to separate the 5th and 6th frets.
...just like when tuning. It's a neat little sound
that comes in very handy for Mr. Ament in this
song.
Verse
||-------5|6-----------------7|8--------------
||*------------5|6-----------------7|8--------
||*---7------------------5--------------------
||--7-----------------5-----------------------
I will light the match...
Chorus
||--------5|6--------------7|8---------------5|6------------5|6
||*------------5|6--------------7|8-------------5|6-------------5|6
||*----7----------------5-----------------7--------------7------
||--7----------------5-----------------7---------------7---------
How much difference...
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Cuboctahedron Wanna Be |
#1 by Cuboctahedron at Jul 15, 1975 at 9:09 PM EST |
| Fleaaaaa, I really loved Binaural, (I think it tops Yield, actually), & Riot Act was a big disappointment for me. It has its moments, but some of the stuff sounds kind of tired to me. Then again, the songs are pretty cool live..maybe I just didn't like the recording style? eh, how much difference does it make | |
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Rivers Average |
#2 by Rivers Light at Feb 15, 1976 at 9:39 PM EST |
| Bren a you are dead on. I agree with you 100% | |
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Dev1 Average |
#3 by Dev1 at Feb 26, 1976 at 9:26 PM EST |
| I've been trying to analyse this song as stimulus material for a drama performance at school. This is what i've come up with. Losing a loved one is hard. But suiciding just because this person isn't there isn't the right thing to do. How much difference does it make to lose the person you love? Suicide is not the way to find out. braving through it, one step at a time is. Losing a loved one, accepting that they are not coming back is the hardest thing you can ever do. once you have experienced that everything else is easy. Even though you don't have the will to live anymore, you might live like a zombie (Arms outstreched), but it is better than death. Perhaps the pain of living every day without this person is the punches of life that you hate. but you take it untill you die, because you don't want to be weak. I can't really make sense of it right now, it's very confusing. | |
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StreetwiseProfe Wanna Be |
#4 by StreetwiseProfessor at Mar 14, 1980 at 3:21 AM EST |
| Yadkci, i am sorry, but i believe that your line of thought is completelly wrong... It makes a hell of a diference, what doesn't make difference is your life, who cares if you live or die, if you are hapy or not?? Nobody | |
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vcbvcb Wanna Be |
#5 by vcbvcb at Feb 3, 1981 at 5:43 PM EST |
| I think this is simply a rebelious song, saying I will do what I want and live my life the way I want. How much difference will it make to you? | |
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Raimundo Average |
#6 by Raimundo Mchoo at Jul 28, 1981 at 6:13 AM EST |
| i think it says that when you are really down, nothing can make a difference, nothing can stop the pain | |
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aaron Average |
#7 by aaron tilton at Dec 11, 1981 at 11:56 PM EST |
| The song captures the feeling of greatness, how a person can get through his days with a head always held high. To me it is actually the opposite of what everybody thinks of Vedder's mood... He is absolutly not depressed! More like teaching his way of facing the world, with indifference when he has to!! | |
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Derek Wanna Be |
#8 by Derek Wilkinson at May 23, 1990 at 1:35 AM EST |
| I have to agree with Real that this song is actually pretty optimistic. I think his stubbornness is pretty much going with what a lot of this album is speaking to - fighting against terrible things that are always going to occur in the world (animal, daughter, rearviewmirror, etc.). Even though one person fighting might not make much of a difference, that's not going to back him down. | |
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Tom Average |
#9 by Tom Haas at Apr 11, 1991 at 7:31 AM EST |
| i think its about a guy stuck in a relationship with someone he loves but things are driving them apart he knows he has to end it but cant.. although you guys explanations are cool can't stand all this emphasis on pain though... i think a guy as smart as eddie vedder is smart enough not to write about how he wallows in his own pain constantly... | |
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Paula Rhythm Player |
#10 by Paula at Aug 30, 1993 at 4:45 AM EST |
| I think it's about losing love. Also about how your live is changed when there isn't anybody in your life anymore. I was able to download a video file of Eddie and Ben Harper playing this song together. It's incredible. | |
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FleaFan Lead Player |
#11 by FleaFan fLy at Oct 15, 1993 at 6:59 AM EST |
| To me the song conveys a kind of pasive-aggresive rage. Maybe it's just the way Eddie sings the song, but he really seems to make good choices with his voice to show the message. | |
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Guillaume Wanna Be |
#12 by Guillaume at Oct 24, 1997 at 9:29 PM EST |
| To me this song is about loneliness... The kind of loneliness you feel even in the company of beloved ones... | |
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ian Wanna Be |
#13 by ian shoemaker at Jul 31, 1998 at 2:40 AM EST |
| It's one of their most beautiful songs I think, every record seems to offer at least one new particularly beautiful pearl jam song, the most beautiful imo: Ten : Black, ocean, release Vs: Indifference, rearview mirror, daughter Vitalogy : Better man, nothing man, immortality No code : Present tense, red mosquito, around the bend Yield : In hiding, given to fly, wishlist Binaural : Parting ways, sleight of hand Riot act : All or none, love boat captain, I am mine, Thumbing my way Should help any newbies looking for gorgeous pearl jam fans. What does everyone think of riot act? I think its good, but I'm a bit disapointed because I thought binaural was really good (although If I'd heard yield before I might have been disapointed with that). | |
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Mitch Badass |
#14 by Mitch Schooler at Aug 27, 2001 at 7:11 PM EST |
| hmm i wouldn't know exactly what's it about but feels like someone who is in a lot of emotional pain and thinking bout some suicide action or what will be a substitute for the pain it is feeling. Could as well be on automutilating. Seeking physical pain for getting your mind of emotional pain. | |
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kyle Average |
#15 by kyle davis at Jan 25, 2003 at 1:51 AM EST |
| This song is purely about endurance. If you brake up with someone you MUST move on you cant let it get to you. And if it does don't let it stain your life. LIVE your life and move on! " I am mine " | |
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shayn Rhythm Player |
#16 by shayn janis at Jun 19, 2004 at 2:50 PM EST |
| I think it's about being depressed and angry at the same time. "I will hold the candle till it burns up my arm Oh, I'll keep takin' punches until their will grows tired Oh, I will stare the sun down until my eyes go blind" sounds like he feels he can take on the world because his anger is so great and nothing can hurt him more than it already has. But then he asks "How much difference does it make?", pointing out the futility of it. The only thing he vaues is revenge against the whole world, but he knows it has no value. | |
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