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Version 1 Version 2Pearl Jam - Off He Goes Based on Pencom's version but I couldn't play to it at all so I adjusted the timing of chords/lyrics and added the instrumental bit in the middle :) [INTRO] F Am e|-----------0-0-0--| B|-----------1-0-1--| G|-----------2-2-2--| D|-----3-2---2-2-2--| x2 A|---3-----0--------| E|-1----------------| F C C e|---------1-0-0--| B|---------1-1-1--| G|-------2-2-0-0--| D|-----3---3-2-2--| A|---3-----3-3-3--| E|-1-------1------| [VERSE] F F C F F C Am Know a man... His face pulled and tense... F C F C F C Am Like he's riding on a motorbike... in the strongest winds F C C F F F C So I approach with tact... suggest that he should relax F C G/F F But he's always moving much too fast Am Asus2 Am Said he'll see me on the flipside... (Repeat 1st intro riff with F chord here, | indicates to match the lyric to the note) F | | | Am Asus2 Am of this trip he's taken for a ride [CHORUS] F | | | F C F C F C He's been takin'... too much on... there he goes F C F C Am with his per-fect-ly un-kept clothes... F C there he goes [INSTRUMENTAL] Use C chord formation for all of this and just move around it e|-----------------------------------| B|--------------------------------1--| G|--------------------------------0--| D|--3--2--3--2--3--2-----0--2-----2--| A|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-------(3)-3--| E|-----------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------1---| G|------------------------------2--0--------------------0---| D|--3-3----3--2--3--2--3--2-----------2-----0--2-------(2)--| A|--3-3----3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----------3---------3---(3)--| E|----------------------------------------------------------| C Am e|--------------------------------------------------------------------0---| B|--------------------------------------------------------------1--1--1---| G|-----------------------2--0--------------------2--0-----------0--0--2---| D|--3--2--3--2--3--2-----------2--3--2--3--2-----------2--3--2--3--2--2---| A|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----------3--3--3--3--3-----------3--3--3--3--0---| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| [VERSE] F C C F F C He's yet to come back... but I see his picture F F C F F C Am It doesn't look the same up on the rack... F C C we go way back F | | | Am Asus2 Am I wonder 'bout his insides... F | | | Am Asus2 Am it's like his thoughts are too big for his size [CHORUS] F | | | F C F C F C He's been taken... Where? I don't know... off he goes F C F C Am with his per-fect-ly un-kept hope... F C there he goes [REPEAT SAME INSTRUMENTAL] [VERSE] F C C F F C And now I rub my eyes... for he has returned F F C F F C F C Am Seems my preconceptions are what should-have been burned F C C F F C For he still smiles... and he's still strong F F C F F C F C Am Nothing's changed but the surrounding bullshit... that has grown [CHORUS AND END VERSE] F C F C And now he's home.. and we're laughing F C F C F C Am Like we always did... my same old... same old friend F C C F F C Until a quarter to ten... I saw the strain creep in F F C F F C F C Am He seemed distracted and I know just what is going to hap-pen next F C C F F C Before his first step... he is off again [OUTRO] [REPEAT INSTRUMENTAL WITH SOME IMPROV] Ends with four of these: F F C C -- "I think it's close" but the great thing about this track is the timing of the vocals. Listening is the best way to get it. Enjoy :) Nunnsey