Cropduster Guitar Tab

Riot Act Tabs:

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Artist: pearl jam
Title: crop duster
Album: riot act
Transcribed by: rafael salazar


intro/outtro:
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-----0-----0-----0-----0------0-11-9------0-----0-----------------------------|
---0-----0-----0-----0------0-----------0-----0-----0-------------------------|
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-1-----3-----6-----8-----10-----------1-----3-----6---5-----------------------|


verse:
------7-5-------------------7-5--------------------0--------------------------|
----------5--8---8--------------5---3--3--3--3--1----0------------------------|
----6--------9---9--------6---------4--4--4--4--2------1----------------------|
--7---------10--10------7-----------5--5--0--5--3------2----------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------2----------------------|
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 |   repeat      |

chorus:
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----6--6-6--6-6---8---9--9-9-9---|--6--6-6-6-6-6-6---5--5--5---7--7--9--9-9---|
----6--6-6--6-6---8---9--9-9-9---|--6--6-6-6-6-6-6---5--5--5---7--7--9--9-9---|
-6--4--4-4--4-4---6---7--7-7-7---|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-5-3--3--3---5--5--7--7-7---|
-4-------------------------------|-----------------3--------------------------|
 |  2x                        |                    |   repeat           |


solo:
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--12h13p12--10--12--10--8--10vv-10vv-8--12h13p12p10-12-13-15br-13-12h13p12----|
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--10-----10--------5-----------8-8br-5----------------------------------------|
-----12b----12br----7brp5---5---------7-5-7brp5p4--4h52--------------------|
---------------------------7--------------------------------------------------|
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break:
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--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|
--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7--7--7--7--7----|
--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--8--8--8--8--8--8--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8--8--8--8--8--8--8----|


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-7-7-7-7-7-4-9----------------------------------------------------------------|
-5-5-5-5-5-2-7----------------------------------------------------------------|
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                   back into first part of intro

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Vinnie Rhythm Player	#1 by Vinnie Valium at May 21, 1978 at 8:21 AM EST
	this song is about ed doing something he regretted and how everybody is talking about it and he just wants it to end cause hes fucking sick of it

No Picture Mike Average	#2 by Mike at Apr 4, 1989 at 10:21 PM EST
	To me, this is a give or take song. I think it's okay, and nothing more. Usually when I hear it, I go "Ehhh...'' and switch over to "Ghost". It's not a bad song, it just never appealed to me.

No Picture Obtuse Professional	#3 by Obtuse at Feb 15, 1991 at 4:46 AM EST
	The first verse is about the cycle of life. Pretty straightforward. The line "Everyone is practicing" refers to religion, as most of the world practices religion. The line "But this world's an accident" refers to the fact that religion is false and that everything got here by natural means and not by creation. The line "I was the fool because I thought I thought the world, turns out the world thought me" is written from the perspective of a deity. "I thought I made the world, turns out the world made me" to paraphrase. "Daddy's gone up in flames" refers to the loss of a belief in a deity, while "when the big lie hits your eye" refers to the epiphany of realizing that everything you were taught about religion was a lie. Basically, this song is about the loss of faith.

No Picture cinn Professional Badass	#4 by cinn mcrickson at Jul 20, 2002 at 3:48 AM EST
	i think this song is about creationism: "everyone is practicing but this world's an accident" everyone follows a religion, but this man believes the world as we know it is purely coincidental. "i was the fool because i thought i thought the world turns out the world thought me its all the other way 'round we're upside down " the man has tried to live life explaining the world with science and thought instead of just living on a purely emotional level and simply loving life, when the whole time a God has merely "thought" and wished his existence and perhaps as a result created this man. "daddy's gone up in flames but this ain't no movie this ain't no book you can close when the big lie hits your eye " perhaps a stab at the bible and other holy books, that may not hold any truth to the matter and those who follow them devoutly have no excuse when proved wrong.

No Picture jim Professional	#5 by jim d.f at Jul 22, 2005 at 6:25 AM EST
	Very interesting from a band known to change over the years. I think the song's great and means that ways of looking at the world is often distorted. People sometimes have a hard time accepting that the world simply does not revolve around their being. The lyrics sort of put the perspective in an organic sense with how the timeline of life works.

No Picture Tyler Average	#6 by Tyler at Feb 13, 2006 at 3:39 AM EST
	This song starts out talking about "the circle of life" basically... or the colors of life... the chorus, which is arguably one of the deepest lines ever speaks of enlightenment: I was the fool because I thought I thought the world, Turns out the world thought me It's all the other way round we're upside down... something has been revealed to him, or he's discovered something that has basically turned his world inside out and upside down... and he's trying to get used to it "let the fluency set in" This really is an awesome song.... It deserves more attention.... but of the good kind,.... not the OMG I LUV THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111ONE! the kind that involves thought... cause this song is killer deep....