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Corduroy

Pearl Jam
Chords & TabKeyCintermediate
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Chords in this song9

Intro

Em / Em / A / C9
Or Riff:
Song begins 0:03 Intro (4x repeat)0:12   
e|--------||-----||------------------------------|--------------------------|
B|---8*vv-||-----||------------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-9------||-0-0-||------------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-7------||-0-0-||----9vv--9vv-----9vv----9v-9v-|----9vv--9v--------9----9-|
A|--------||-0-0-||-7-----7----7v-7-7--7-7v--7---|-0-----0---0-7vv-7-7----7-|
E|--------||-----||------------------------------|-------------8vv-8-7--8p7-|

Verse 1

The waiting drove me mad
you're finally here and I'm a mess
I take your entrance back
can't let you roam inside my head

Chorus 1

I don't want to take what you can give
I would rather starve than eat your bread
I would rather run but I can't walk
Guess I'll lie alone just like before

Verse 2

I'll take the varmint's path... oh and I must refuse your test
Push me and I will resist... this behavior's not unique

Chorus 2

I don't want to hear from those who know
They can buy, but can't put on my clothes
I don't want to limp for them to walk
Never would have known of me before
I don't want to be held in your debt
And I'll pay it off in blood, let I be wed
And I'm already cut up and half dead
I'll end up alone like I began 

Bridge

  
Everything has changed, absolutely nothing's changed
Take my hand, light my picture, spilled my tincture

Chorus 3

I don't want to take what you can give
I would rather starve than eat your breast
All the things that others want for me
Can't buy what I want because it's free... (2x)
Can't be what you want because I'm ! (STOP)

Verse 3

I ain't s'posed to be just fun
Oh, to live and die, let it be done
I figure I'll be damned, all alone like I began...

Outro

Em / Em / A / C9
Then solo...

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