Hard To Imagine Guitar Tab

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"Hard to Imagine"
by Pearl Jam


         (A)                                                 (B)

   A     A       A        A                    D  B  A   C        
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-2-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-2-----7-7-h-9-7-7--------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-h-9----|
D:-2------------------7-7-h-9-7-7--7-h-9-7---------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


       (B)
             
             
e:-----------------|
B:-----------------|
G:-----------------|
D:---7-h-9-h-7-7---|
A:-----------------|
E:-----------------|


bare with me..this isnt really organized that great..
the tab above is basically just the little riffs Mike McCready plays
or at least what you can play..they are not exactly correct..but you
can always just fiddle around..do what feels right..

For what i've labeled (A) in the tab.. you just fool around and play that
little riff i gave.. no need to just play the same over and over again
add little hammer ons and pull offs and different switches.. while
the rhythm is basically just the chord A strummed over and over again
listen for the timing.. sort of strum slow then fast then slow and let it
linger through out the verses.. then when it gets to the transition on
part (B) play D B(?) A C and then that little riff i gave.
and thats about it.. until it changes to the "things were different then"
part.. which is just G and A back and forth.(you can add little harmonics
hammerons pull offs, whatever you like)

here is the lyrics with chords.. this song isnt perfect.. words and tab
I'm 17 years old and only been playing a year so don't expect much
but when i play it..i think it sounds ok.

*verse*
A        A      A           A
Paint a picture Isnt all in gray
A        A        A        A
light your pillow lay back watch the flames
A        A        A      A           
I'll tell a story but no one listens that long
A        A           A        A
it's hard to imagine it's hard to imagine

CHORUS (B)

D B(?) A C

D B(?) A C

Tear upon us all the days are long
Fly the meadow lay down four years now
after heaven seen all they saw
its hard to imagine its hard to imagine

CHORUS (B)

D B(?) A C
D B(?) A C
D B(?) A C

INTERLUDE

G  A  G  A

G                     A
things were different then
                 G
All is different Now
           A                G
I tried to explain    Somehow
G                     A
things were different then
                 G
all is different now 
           A                G
i tried to explain    somehow


thats about it.. the tape i got of this is from a boot
called "free world" and its not to great  a copy..
i cant understand a word eddie says in the second part
so i just wrote down what it sounded like
and im not sure about the B chord in the chorus.. that
would be why there is a question mark in front of it..
the absolute best thing to do is to listen to the song 
and play it the way you want to.. this is just my version

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Tyler Average	#1 by Tyler Hutchison at Apr 27, 1973 at 5:25 AM EST
	I posted a possible meaning for this song two years ago. I've just read over the lyrics again and I believe my previous meaning was wrong. The song seems to be saying..."It's hard to imagine". That's it. He's not talking about imagining anything in particular, just making a comment that it's difficult for people to use their imaginations. Possibly based on an experience where he was trying to explain a past event to someone who just could not understand it.

No Picture A.K.A. Steven Average	#2 by A.K.A. Steven Stelacio at Oct 28, 1998 at 12:22 PM EST
	I think this is a war reflection song. Mainly, an older war, where people could only see the coverage on black and white TV. The story is about what is really going on behind all of the news, a story told by a veteran of that war, but no one wants to hear it. Then the second verse is about the veteran flashing back. Tear into yourself cuttings on your arm Heart-a-beatin', tickin' like a bomb After having seen all that they saw Then after they get back to the home country everythings changed. It's hard for them to grasp. That is what I think of whe I hear this song.

No Picture Jacob Lead Player	#3 by Jacob Julian at Feb 25, 1999 at 5:06 AM EST
	i could go with the evolving from when they recorded ten idea, except this was recorded a year after Ten, and they had songs like this recorded before this. what i get from this is that its about how its hard for us to imagine horrible things that other people experience, how trauma can affect people to the extent that they cannot act as tho they never lived thru it..(all is different now)...if ya get my rambling...

No Picture PunkJunky Wanna Be	#4 by PunkJunky at Mar 30, 2003 at 4:51 PM EST
	...i think its on some soundtrack, and the scene in the film (that its playd in) is meant to represent the song perfectly - so if anyone can suss that one out theyll hav the answer...