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Off He Goes
Pearl Jam
Tabbed by Nick Key (nkey@ionet.net)

Everything should be in order so you can play straight through.

The base is double-tracked, so at the 
first chorus I switch to the lower octave.


Intro
2x
|-----------------14-17--| |---------------12--------------|
|--------15-14-14--------| |-15-14-14---14----14-15-12-----|
|-----15-----------------| |---------------------------15--|
|--13--------------------| |-------------------------------|


First Verse:
Fig 1 - 2x                                                        
|-----------------------| 
|-----17---17--15-15----|
|--15----15----------17-| 
|-----------------------| 

|------------------------------------------------|
|----17---17---17----17---17---------------------|
|-15----15---15---15----15--15-12-1212-1212-1212-|
|------------------------------------------------|

2x
|-------------| |---------------------------|
|-15-14-14----| |-15-14---------------------|
|----------15-| |-------12-1212-1212-1212---|
|-------------| |---------------------------|

2x
|-14------------------------| |--------------------------------|
|----17---17---17---17------| |-15----17-----------------------|
|-------15---15---15--------| |----15----15-1515-1515-1515-----|
|---------------------------| |--------------------------------|

Intro riff: 2x
|-----------------14-17--| |-------------------------------------|
|--------15-14-14--------| |--------15-14-15---15----15----15----|
|-----15-----------------| |-----15---------15----15----15----15-|
|--13--------------------| |--13---------------------------------|



|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15-14----------------------15-14-14-17-----17----17--17-----|
|-------12-1212-1212-1212-12-------------1515--1515--15--15--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Instrumental bit
Quarter notes (higher bass plays fifths)
6x
|----------| |----------------------|
|----------| |-3-2------------------|
|-3-3-3-3--| |-----0-00-00-00-0-----|
|----------| |----------------------|

Second Verse:
Fig. 2                                       
|----------------|
|-3--------------|
|----33-33-33-33-| 
|----------------| 

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-33-0------------33-0------33-0------33-2--------------|
|------3-33-33-33------3-33------3-33------0-00-00-00-0-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat fig. 2 above, then:

Intro riff: 2x
|--------------------| |----------------------------------------|
|------3-2-----------| |-----3-2-3---3---3---3---3-2------------| 
|---3------0-00-00-0-| |---3-------3---3---3---3-----0-00-00-00-|
|-1------------------| |-1--------------------------------------|

|-------------------|
|-3-----------------| 
|----33-33-33-33-3--| 
|-------------------|

Instrumental bit
This time play like this 1* & 3(higher bass plays fifths)
6x
|----------| |----------------------|
|----------| |-3-2------------------|
|-3-33-3---| |-----0-00-00-00-0-----|
|----------| |----------------------| 



Third Verse:
Fig. 2                                         
|-------------------| 
|-3-----------------| 
|----33-33-33-33----| 
|-------------------| 

|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-33-0------------33-0------33-0------33-0-3-2--------------|
|------3-33-33-33------3-33------3-33----------0-00-00-00-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

               ^play at 'strong'                
|---------------------------------------| 
|-3---------------33-0---33-0---3-2-----| 
|---33----3----3-------3------3-----0---| 
|---------------------------------------| 

4x
|------| |----------------------|
|-3----| |---3-2----------------|
|---33-| |-3-----0-00-00-00-0---|
|------| |----------------------|

Then:
               
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-3----------33-0---33-0---33-0--3-2----------------|
|---33------------3------3-----------0-00-00-00-0---|
|---------------------------------------------------|

Play fig. 2, then
fig. 4
|--------------------|
|-33-0---------------| 
|------3-33-33-33-3--| 
|--------------------|

Play second instrumental part again

Then fig. 2

Then second instrumental, playing the first 
part of it only 4x (not 6x)

Then fig. 2

Then fig. 4 four times (4x)

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net