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intro/verse
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A7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5~-3~ x8
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chorus
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A--------5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3--3-5-7~ x4
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post chorus
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E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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aaron Wanna Be |
#1 by aaron dyke at Apr 7, 2006 at 10:03 AM EST |
| Bush needs to loop this song and see if he can learn something. You don't spread freedom at the business end of a gun. 2008 can't come soon enough. | |
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Teddy Wanna Be |
#2 by Teddy Bass at May 3, 2006 at 5:02 AM EST |
| this songs about leaving one thing for another but if your loves strong you'll stay, "i wanna rise and say goodnite" referrs to the beauty of sleeping beside someone u love, you could argue the songs about sucide but i dont think so | |
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FleaFan Lead Player |
#3 by FleaFan fLy at Jun 6, 2006 at 7:36 AM EST |
| Someone contemplating suicide, or maybe just musing over the inevitablility of death. The person hints that he has been living life for the benefit of others but isn't particularly happy himself. He's realised this and no longer feels obligated to continue this way, but instead of now looking out for #1 he decides that it may be easier to just not live at all. Maybe the prospect of going on bores him so he figures he will just take the plunge to get it over with and see what (if anything) happens next: "i won't wait for answers" + "i wanna take a look on the other side". I'm probably way off here, but it's a good song regardless. | |
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Scuba Steve Average |
#4 by Scuba Steve usry at Jul 2, 2006 at 3:28 PM EST |
| I definetly think it is about death. This song has a chilling air to it, like a cold day where the coldness seems to go straight to the bone. The music is both unnerving and brilliant. | |
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Wise Profile Wanna Be |
#5 by Wise Profile Got help? at Aug 10, 2006 at 11:32 AM EST |
| the last song they played when i saw them live in the summer of 03.....the energy from the crowd was incredible....as great of a cover as last kiss | |
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Sam Wanna Be |
#6 by Sam Moger at Sep 12, 2006 at 1:52 AM EST |
| I don't think this songs about suicide but it is about wanting to die (eventually). I agree with Regos the sane, its about not wanting to live forever. Humankind is so obsessed and scared over the concept of death. People often talk about how great it would be to live forever and science is constantly extending the average human life expectancy. This song is Eds way of saying that he can't identify with humanities fear of death and that when his time comes no one will be able to keep him here. Many of the lyrics are about all the things he looks forward to experiencing in death (things that he wouldn't get to experience if he lived forever). He wants to leave his mortal cares behind some day and find out what its like to die. Death is after all one of the great mysteries, whether you're religous, agnostic, or an atheist no one really KNOWS what happens when you die and I think Ed's saying he wants to find out. Also I think in that second to last line where he replaces "I DON'T live forever" with "I WILL live forever", hes expressing the idea that you don't have to look at death as an end, its only the recycling of energy and matter so that life can continue in other forms. | |
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curt Average |
#7 by curt at Oct 9, 2006 at 1:57 PM EST |
| "I want a last breath I don't let out" this is the one line that fucks up my whole interpretation-but this line follows "i wanna race with the sundown" which is definitely refering to dreaming eddie is known for making songs that can be interpreted a few ways and i think he does this so a lot of people can relate to his songs-idk either dreaming or death is a good argument i just think there are to many lines talking about dreaming for it to be about death | |
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XerXes Wanna Be |
#8 by XerXes Swanson at Oct 11, 2006 at 10:43 PM EST |
| and if this song was about death then how would "i've lived all these lives it's been wonderful at night" fit in to death maybe it applies to both, maybe this man is sick of living through his dreams when nothing is going well for him and he just wants to die, but i stand by my interpretation i forgot to explain that my point when i said eddie didnt write other side was that maybe eddie and jeff(im not positive jeff wrote other side but i thnk he did) have different views on what the term other side means-either death or dreaming | |
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bigl Wanna Be |
#9 by bigl shattuck at Nov 12, 2006 at 5:37 PM EST |
| this song is an exegis on american life, no matter what you see there is always some thing under the surface...I'd ahte to say it, because pearl jamk is seriously my favortie band in the world.......but neil young still owns this song, I saw a recent version of it and it blows away any version pearl jam has done....but pearl jam is still the greatest band on the face of the earth... | |
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Bloody Mess All Musical Thunder |
#10 by Bloody Mess All Over My Clothes at Feb 23, 2007 at 7:14 PM EST |
| i've never heard this cover (but yes rpqqagmerjmb i will download) but i've been a neil young fan all my life since my dad hero worships him. This is a fantastic song. if ur unfamilar w/youngs work go check it out cause the guitar is great as are the lyrics. | |
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its leeeeeeeeer Wanna Be |
#11 by its leeeeeeeeeroy jenkins at Jun 18, 2007 at 7:54 AM EST |
| I love this song! I hadn't really heard any of Pearl Jams songs until a friend of mine let me copy some CD's and this is one of the songs that made me say... "ok... these guys are cool..." | |
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Ålex Jones™ Wanna Be |
#12 by Ålex Jones™ at Aug 21, 2007 at 9:06 PM EST |
| The version they did with U2 in 2005 is incredible... | |
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leith Wanna Be |
#13 by leith petrie at Sep 1, 2007 at 11:39 AM EST |
| yeah NO CODE got it right, both times... the meaning and the fact that Pearl Jam is the greatest band to ever walk this planet. | |
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