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10.22.00 Las Vegas NV Tabs:

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Send "Insignificance" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Insignificance
Pearl Jam's  Binaural
Tabbed by Matt Marchain (DirectR3@aol.com)

Notes in brackets ([]) are tones that the guitars make but that the bass does 
not play in the song.  You can play them.  Just for reference.

Run this through a flanger to get the full effect. 

   Intro                                   (4x) | 
G|----------------------------------------------|------|
D|o-7------7-4------4-2------2-----------------o|------|
A|o----------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o|------|
E|----------------------------------------------|-5----|(let ring for full 
measure)

   Verse riff
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-----7-7------------------7-7--------------|
A|----------5-5-5-6-6h7----------5-5-5--3-3--|
E|-5-5------------------5-5------------------|

   Bridge                                        (3x)|
G|--------[4]--------[4]---------------------------|----------------|
D|o-----------------------------------------------o|----------------|
A|o-3-3-2------3-3-2------3-3-2-/-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8|
E|-------------------------------------------------|----------------|

   G|-------[4]--------[4]--------------------------|
   D|-----------------------------------------------|
   A|-3-3-2-----3-3-2------3-3-2---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
   E|-----------------------------------------------|

   Chorus
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

When Ed sings "Insignificance" just play Verse riff

After the quiet interlude the song picks up again.  During this play the 
Chorus.  At one point Jeff plays:
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------|

That's it.


Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net

Send "Insignificance" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/p/pearl_jam/113952.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Rosa Wanna Be	#1 by Rosa Christiansen at Feb 10, 1971 at 11:19 PM EST
	Ummm, at the risk of sounding stupid, no real risk I think every1 who knows me knows the answer to that, are you having a go at me, PJ, The song or the people the song is about????

No Picture freekymayne Wanna Be	#2 by freekymayne at Jun 25, 1980 at 11:44 AM EST
	I love how some of Eddies most effective lines are really obvious statements. "Its instilled to wanna live" - Its so simple and yet at the same time it makes you think. Brilliant. (another good example of this is "I am mine")

No Picture Corey Wanna Be	#3 by Corey at Jul 16, 1988 at 4:44 AM EST
	Not sure where this fits in to the whole scheme, but the following stanza focuses a lot on surfing: "The plates began to shift Pefect lefts come rolling in I was alone and far away Hey When I heard the band start playing On the lip they take off" Plates begin to shift - seismic activity, like earthquakes Perfect lefts come rolling in - lefts, rights...the direction the wave is breaking. Depending on whether you ride regular or goofy foot, you would generally prefer one or the other, but "perfect lefts" is a very common surfing term. On the lip - lip of the wave Late take off - kind of obvious...

No Picture mike Rhythm Player	#4 by mike guerino at Jul 15, 1993 at 2:37 AM EST
	I think this is one of the best ever PJ songs. Absoloodle one of my favourites!!! Great music and intelligent lyrics like "The full moon is dead skin, the one down heres wearing thin" Just makes me angrier at what we human do everyday to this planet.