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Pearl Jam
Animal
from Vs. 1993
main riff stone plays
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-----7----------------------
-------6-5------------------
--5~------------------------
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------------7-7-7/-------------7-7-7/------------------------------------
-----5h7p5--7-7-7/-------------7-7-7/---------7--------7------------5h7p5
-5h7--------5-5-5/-------------5-5-5/-----------6-5------6-5----5h7------
-----------------------------------------------------5~------5~----------
why would you wanna hurt me? oh
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-7-7-7/-----------------------|----5--7--------
-7-7-7/-----------------------|-7--5--7--5-----
-5-5-5/-----------------------|-7--3--5--5-----
------------------------------|-5--------3-----
so frightened...
during "chorus" mike plays this (wah) after chorus fill
--5-5-5--x-x-x-------------- -------------------------------
--5-5-5--x-x-x-------------- ---10-10-10-8---10-10-10-8-----
---------x-x-x-------------- --------------9------------9-7-
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beginning of solo
----------------18b-18-15h18p15------
--18b-18b-18-15-----------------18p15
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learn the parts and listen to the song and timing
===========ANIMAL.TAB
From Pearl Jam's recording "Vs."
______ ===___ ________ ==========
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e:-----------------------------------------|
B:-----------------------------------------|
G:------------------------------------PO---|
D:-----------------------------7-----(^^)--|
A:--------------------------------6--5--0--|
E:--5----5----5--5-----5----5--------------|
This is how the main riff goes. PO is a pull-off, and the rhythm is
very weakly shown above the bar. As far as the second part of the
verse goes, just hit a D Chord a couple of times like so:
e:-----------|
B:-----7-----|
G:-----7-----|
D:-----7-----|
A:-----5-----|
E:-----------|
And then for the chorus. Each one of these chords is a measure, and you can
strum them at will. Listen to the record for the correct feel.
CHORUS
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e:--5--------|--8--------|--10-------|--3--------|
B:--5--------|--8--------|--10-------|--3--------|
G:--6--------|--9--------|--11-------|--4--------|
D:--7--------|--7--------|--10-------|--5--------|
A:--7--------|--7--------|--10-------|--5--------|
E:--5--------|--5--------|--8--------|--3--------|Here's the outro lead guitar track:
________ ________ ________ _______
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
e:--x-x-17-x---x-17-x-x---17-x-x-x---x-x-x-x--|
B:--x-x-17-x---x-17-x-x---17-x-x-x---x-x-x-x--|
G:--x-x-14-x---x-14-x-x---14-x-x-x---x-x-x-x--|
D:--------------------------------------------|
A:--------------------------------------------|
E:--------------------------------------------|
________ ________ ____=== ________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
e:--x-x-17-x---x-17-x-x---17--x-x---x-x-20-20--|
B:--x-x-17-x---x-17-x-x---17--x-x---x-x-20-20--|
G:--x-x-14-x---x-14-x-x---14--x-x---x-x-17-17--|
D:---------------------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------------------|
As far as the solo goes.... it's in A with a lot of Wah... I don't feel
like taking the time to transcribe it. Although I recommend you just
kind of find the right key and play it. That's usually the way I do with
my band. Just know what key you're in and sort of jam, remembering the
overall thematic things. Have fun with this. If you need any help or
any other songs transcribed, let me know...
Brandon
bcorey@netcom.com
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Ĵǿ Wanna Be |
#1 by Ĵǿħŋ Ĝęřđěŋĭţ at Oct 19, 1977 at 11:46 AM EST |
| You guys are all wrong. This song is about animal rights, get it - the song is called ANIMAL. the 5 against one thing symbolizes how humans poach and abuse animals, and the animals are outnumbered and defenseless. Eddie Vedder is saying that he would "rather be with an animal" than be with the humans in our society. | |
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The Mexican Who Average |
#2 by The Mexican Who's Living Under Satan's Wing at May 15, 1984 at 10:54 AM EST |
| The rape connotation is obvious, but is probably a metaphor for something else. | |
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Beaver Average |
#3 by Beaver Butt at Dec 12, 1986 at 8:32 PM EST |
| five to one baby..one in five...no one here gets out alive... oh wait, wrong song. I too have heard the "rape" interpretation before. | |
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Ale Wanna Be |
#4 by Ale Rosado at Apr 29, 1990 at 11:06 PM EST |
| I agree with "i love JF" | |
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drw Average |
#5 by drw drw at Apr 7, 1991 at 12:30 PM EST |
| No, the song IS about gangrape. 5 guys against her. It's entirely clear, Eddie's even said it. "I'd rather be with an animal" get it? | |
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Pablo Rhythm Player |
#6 by Pablo Muņiz at Feb 15, 1996 at 11:04 AM EST |
| It links to rape because the media was always pressing into Eddie's life.... I assume they were trying to get to him so much, trying to get information about him so much, that he felt he was being violated... You can equate rape with being one of the worst forms of violation imaginable, so along those lines, you can make the connection, that the media was "raping" Eddie of his privacy.... I always took the song differently however... or at least the intro.... VS came at a point in time when PJ were dealing with some pretty immense pressures, one of them was internal conflict within the band, seemingly how the band was against itself, 5 members of Pearl Jam, 1 band... get it... Of course I know now that really wasn't the case.......... it was all Stone's fault remember? lol ;) | |
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drw Average |
#7 by drw drw at Aug 16, 1998 at 7:50 PM EST |
| the idea that the song is about rape is convincing. in the VS album sleeve 'torture' is written 'torch her'. it didn't make sense before but it seems clearer now. dont think vedder would have written it as such if there wasn't an implicit meaning behind it. | |
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josh Average |
#8 by josh meador at Jan 7, 2005 at 1:49 AM EST |
| five against one... the band and the manager vs eddie and his opposing views | |
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