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Habit Tab

Send "Habit" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 09:49:08 -0600 (CST)
From: Leo Cailleteau 
Subject: Pearl Jam - Habit

"Habit"
by Pearl Jam
>From 6/19/1995, 6/22/1995, And 9/17/1995 (Soundcheck)
Tab By Leo P. Cailleteau, III (dadson@neosoft.com)


Part One - A5 D5 G#5
SEE IT HAPPEN TO A COUPLE OF FRIENDS
SEE IT HAPPEN AND IT REMINDS ME OF THEM
TAKE IT OUT, FOR WHAT'S AN OBVIOUS FALL
JUST TO SEE WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT


Part Two
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--3-7-3-3-7-3-7---------------------|
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I'VE TOLD YOU WHY, DON'T YOU WAIT
I'VE TOLD YOU WHY...


Part Three - A5 D5 G#5
I GOT A HABIT AS I SING TO YOU
I'VE GOT A HABIT AND IT'S LONG OVERDUE
I DON'T WANT A HABIT, LIKE I DON'T WANT A FRIEND
I'M SO HAPPY WITH MY RIGHTOUS SELF


Part Four
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--3-7-3-3-7-3-7---------------------|
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I'VE TOLD YOU WHY, DON'T YOU WAIT
I'VE TOLD YOU WHY...


Part Five - F5 E5 D5
NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D EVER... (3X)
NEVER THOUGHT YOU... (2X)
NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D EVER... (3X)
NEVER THOUGHT YOU...


Part Six
F5 - NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D EVER...
E5 D5 - NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D EVER...
F5 - NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D EVER...
E5 D5 - NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D EVER...
F5 - NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D EVER... - E5 D5 - F5


Part Seven - F5 E5 D5
NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D EVER... (3X)
NEVER THOUGHT YOU... (2X)
NEVER THOUGHT YOU... (2X)


Part Eight
F5 - E5 - G5 - F#5 - F5 - D5


Part Nine - F5 E5 D5

Chord Chart
A5   D5   G#5   F5   E5   G5   F#5
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-----7---------------2------------|
-7---5-----6-----3---2-----5----4-|
-5---------4-----1---------3----2-|

Best
Leo
dadson@neosoft.com

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Habit Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture James Rhythm Player	#1 by James T.H. at Jan 2, 1970 at 1:45 PM EST
	Well, actually, I REALLY got into PJ when finding Vitalogy in a trash bin. The rest is history.

No Picture Damien Wanna Be	#2 by Damien Pritchard at Apr 11, 1971 at 1:28 PM EST
	I disagree, Richie. The radio helps me find out about new bands or songs that I might like. I don't think this has much radio potential, though. I agree with you there. The coolest part is when he says, "Speaking as a child of the 90s...", and then the music starts blasting out of the stereo. Anyways, I found out about Pearl Jam through the radio. I admit it, there was a time when I listened to rap and pop music. But my radio was broken and the only station that was playing was the rock station. I got into everything rock, and started realizing that rap and pop, well, suck. But, I got into PJ when hearing "Hail, Hail" on the radio. I thought they were really good, and I now own all of their albums.

No Picture Johan Average	#3 by Johan Soderberg at Jan 9, 1976 at 4:13 PM EST
	I think this song is about heroin not drugs in general. Some band members are openly for legalization of marijuana.

No Picture Kenny Lead Player	#4 by Kenny Berg at Jun 19, 1981 at 9:55 PM EST
	Well, rap does NOT suck. it's just like all other music. mainstream is crap (usually, there are some exception though) and you have to delve deeper to find the good stuff. there are a TON of great hip hop artists and groups who are amazing. well just wanted to get that out of the way.. lol I haven't listened to the radio in two or three years except the classic rock station or the local rap station occassionally (i know this last part is kind of hypocritical, but I just say that ^^ truth up there for the people who can't stand the mainstream stuff... I, personally, enjoy dancin around acting stupid and yelling BOOTAYBOOTAYBOOTAYBOOTAY ROCKIT EVERY WHAYUH!!! it's fuckin hilarious and fun as hell.. haha) I don't think I've ever actually heard this song, I'm not like a huge pearl jam fan or anything but I own four of their albums. richie may i suggest checking out bands like dream theater, modest mouse, opeth, dredg, queensryche, mogwai, explosions in the sky, godspeed you black emperor, sonata arctica.. the list can go on and on but there's really bound to be something you'd like. just do a little research into things you'll find some new stuff you like.. none of it's gonna be played on the radio though I guess haha.. so in saying all this I kinda lost track of what I was originally gonna say but.. it's close enough, I guess.. whatever haha..

No Picture Jake Average	#5 by Jake Staley at Jan 31, 1982 at 2:36 AM EST
	Yes, rap sucks. Think of how talentless you can be and still make millions. All you have to do is rhyme words into nonsensical crap about pimps, nice cars, big booties, etc.. And they do this behind a fake techno beat created by the studio. I'll listen to some Eminem stuff, like "Sing for the Moment" and "Lose Yourself" because the message is good and an actual guitar is used, but all that 50 Cent and Lil' John shit sends a bad message and ultimately, it just sucks!

No Picture Steil Wanna Be	#6 by Steil Lionhart at Oct 13, 1982 at 10:27 AM EST
	I honestly think that habit was a song that PJ wrote just to have on No Code and say that they could still write music like they had in years past... that they could still rock out...... I have no clue why it wasnt a hit....I love this song

No Picture Alex Lead Player	#7 by Alex at Oct 11, 1984 at 6:39 AM EST
	i dont think this song had what it takes to be a radio hit, its a great song though i hate the radio and anyone who listens to just the radio on a regular basis doesnt really like the artists that they're listening to because all they hear is the hits, im a cd person, + theyre arent many good bands out anymore i stick to mostly pearl jam, neil young, zeppelin, and the who, nine inch nails in pretty good 2

No Picture Mike Average	#8 by Mike Murphy at Jan 7, 1987 at 8:17 PM EST
	McCready: Eddie and I have been kind of distanced from each other over the past couple of years because of my condition. I didn’t have a lot of confidence. I was literally afraid of everybody. I didn’t know how to realte to Eddie., and after the band took off, I went off in my own little world. Coming back to that, getting clean, I said to Eddie ,”Listen man, I know I’ve been fucked up for a long time, but I want to get back and re-establish our relationship that we had in the beginning. SG: I'm a moderate smoker. I've certainly smoked it every day for certain periods in my life. Once a day. Wake up and play music for a couple hours. I've abused it at times. But in general I'd say I enjoy it in moderation. That's a totally different state of mind and a different way to accomplish things and a different way to live your life. (Stones’s interview with High Times, a PRO Pot magazine) SG: There's certainly good pot in Seattle. SG: Not everybody in the band smokes pot. "I wish it was luck to which I could attribute getting through some of those periods," says Eddie, slowly. "Some of that stuff I understand, and some I don't. Life is..." (Eddie ruminates) "I hate to say that I can relate to the needle, that I could condone it. I can't condone it, because it becomes a little harder to understand when you have someone who could follow much more positive paths to get through; like drink juice or do yoga. They actually have the options to create any life that they want. And they can even quit, and never play music again or play music in their homes for themselves or for their friends. Learn to basket weave..." (Long, long pause) "...underwater, or anything, and then it becomes harder to understand why people choose the paths they do. It's hard to have sympathy. "I have to admit, Kurt was the exception, because I did feel sympathetic to his situation, because it was a little more intense than the other two. But I think there was more to that a than meets the eye in that situation, and I'm not going to refer any more to it. But I just don't relate that much to those things, and I feel it's inherently dishonest. "You know, it's weird to meet someone and to have a conversation with them and to find out afterwards that they weren't even... there or something. It makes you feel like you've been lied to."

No Picture Matt Lead Player	#9 by Matt Miller at May 25, 1987 at 8:26 AM EST
	I think this has to do with heroin and not about drugs in general. Some members of the band are openly for legalization of marijuana.

No Picture sharon Wanna Be	#10 by sharon howell at May 29, 1995 at 10:37 AM EST
	I see this as Eddie confronting the people that listen to and purchase Pearl Jam's albums just because Pearl Jam was incredibly popular. They were just doing it to fit in, to be like everyone else. It happens to every great band that becomes huge. But the key is not to lose your intergrity. Pearl Jam have remained one of the remaining true bands. Their music is art, pure and true, and they don't sell out for anything.

No Picture Matt Average	#11 by Matt at Oct 22, 2001 at 12:44 PM EST
	Rap is SHIT ! Rock reigns supreme!

No Picture adam Average	#12 by adam humphreys at Nov 10, 2001 at 11:34 PM EST
	You could take this song very generally and apply to any kind of habit, i.e. any mindless routine that someone goes through just because it's been imprinted in the animal part of his/her brain..Just any stupid thing that you do without thinking about, from biting your nails to booting H. "It's not your way" because you're just going through the motions & not actually thinking about what you're doing..you're like a slave to your own brain.

No Picture CJ Wanna Be	#13 by CJ West at Feb 1, 2005 at 5:18 PM EST
	I always thought this was about drug addiction, like Eddie is trying to tell someone with an addiction that "It's not your way" but he can't help them no matter how hard he tries. The first verse seems to be examining why people try drugs and the second could be about being unable to control the addiction.