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Nothing As It Seems
Pearl Jam
Tabbed by Matt Marchain (DirectR3@aol.com)
Main riff
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--7--7--7-7-7-7--6--6--6-6-6-6--7--7--7-7-7-7--7--7--7-7-7-7-|
Bridge
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5--5--5--5-5-5-5-5------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5----7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7|
during solos play main riff
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5
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-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
Interlude
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7----|
E|------------------------------------back-to-7--|
That should get you through the song.
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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No Picture
jake Average |
#1 by jake bauter at Dec 28, 1981 at 6:11 AM EST |
| The sense that I get from this song is that it might have something to do with a gender identity crisis. I think the never-ending bleakness of the song hammers in the hopelessness. The "nothing as it seems" is that even though he may look one gender from the outside, he's really another on the inside. The "home" that he needs is feeling at home in his own body. The uninvited chromosome is the y in xy (male) where he should have been xx (female). The "blanket like the ozone" gives me impression of something very fragile, that if it goes neglected, will cause death. "Chip off the conerstone" - I take as a chip off the old block, (boy just like his dad), but with the gender identity conflict, on the inside he's quite different - "who kidding, rainy day, a one-way ticket headstone". "occupations overthrown" - this is tough, I see it as social constructions around gender - to be male you should act and think this way, if female, another - he wants those forces - "occupations", overthrown. The scratching voice, the whisper, inadaquate words, a complete and utter outsider, with no voice, no hope, "the little that he frees" is either "nothing he believes" or "a little bittersweet", again reinforcing the unachievable end. He doesn't want to be judged from his external appearance, like as iceberg where 90% of the mass is under water. , "the little that you see...it's home." | |
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Tim Average |
#2 by Tim Curry at Jun 28, 1987 at 11:01 PM EST |
| When I listen to this song I think of a homeless man trying to make his way in the world. He is a bum on methodone all alone on the streets no one cares. His birth is unnessessary and unwanted. He obviously has no possessions, no prospects... he is stranded (looking towards a happy life is joke) and the only thing to look forward to is death. This guy might be a relatively normal human being but just made a few bad choices in our structured society. All that separates him from the rest of us is that he lacks a home and possessions. | |
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Jezirae Wanna Be |
#3 by Jezirae Williams at May 31, 1989 at 10:49 AM EST |
| Most of the lyrics are unnecessary. "One way ticket headstone" sums up one of the most gratuitously depressing songs ever recorded. | |
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Sean Average |
#4 by Sean Immak at May 28, 2003 at 1:29 AM EST |
| did ed really take drugs before in pearl jam i have deep feelings for that man ok about the song i can see the realtions with the downsyndrome and i believe it has a good piece in the song and if its true that ed took drugs the other part i think is about how he was saved from it and how he struggled but made his way through or it could be his own personal problems when younger than drug usage hence home in the song and i dont think he was one for home. seems like a strong word in his voice when he sings it | |
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