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Off He Goes

Pearl Jam
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

F C

Verse 1

F C F C Am

Know a man... His face pulled and tense...

F C G/F Asus2 Am

Like he's riding on a motorbike... in the strongest winds

F C 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 Asus2 Am

Said he'll see me on the flipside... of this trip he's taken for a ride

Chorus

F C F C F C

He's been takin'... too much on... off he goes

F C G/F Asus2 Am F C

with his perfectly un--kept clothes... there he goes

Chorus riff

e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2--2--2--3--2--3--2-----0--2----2--2--2--3--2--3--2-|
A|-----------------------3------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2--0-------------------------------2--0----------|
D|--0--------0--0--2----2--3--2--3--2--0--------0--2--0-|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------2--0---------------------------------------|
D|--3--2--0--------0--2--0------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

F C Am

Verse 2

F C F C

He's yet to come back... but I see his picture

F C F C Am F C

Doesn't look the same up on the rack... we go way back

F Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am

I wonder 'bout his insides... it's like his thoughts are too big for his size

Chorus

F C F C F C

He's been taken... Where? I don't know... off he goes

F C G/F Asus2 Am F C

with his perfectly un--kept hope... there he goes

Chorus riff

e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2--2--2--3--2--3--2-----0--2----2--2--2--3--2--3--2-|
A|-----------------------3------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2--0-------------------------------2--0----------|
D|--0--------0--0--2----2--3--2--3--2--0--------0--2--0-|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------2--0---------------------------------------|
D|--3--2--0--------0--2--0------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 3

F C F C

And now I rub my eyes... for he has returned

F C F C G/F Asus2 Am

Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned

F C

For he still smiles... and he's still smiling

F C F C G/F Asus2 Am

Nothing's changed but the surrounding bullshit... that has grown

F C F C

And now he's home and we're laughing

F C F C Am

Like we always did... my same old... same old friend

F C F C

Until a quarter to ten... I saw the strain creep in

F C F C G/F Asus2 Am

He seemed distracted and I know just what is going to hap-pen next

F C F C

Before his first step... he is off again

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