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This is not the official tablature but it's as close as you can get. (BELIEVE ME!) This
song is off Pearl Jam's album "Riot Act". It's Called Love Boat Captain. A very fun song
to pick up. If anyone knows the solo, please e-mail. Standard Tuning.
Intro/verse 1:
The guitar plays the same chords as the organ,
Except they're palm-muted in a repetitive rhythm, which
You'll pick up easy from the CD.
C Cm
Is this just another day
G F
In this God forgotten place?
C Cm G
First comes love and then comes pain.
F
Let the games begin.
C Cm
Questions rise and answers
G F
fall insurmountable.
Chorus:
(Strumming now)
E D7
Love Boat Captain take the reins and steer us towards
E D7
The clear. Here. It's already been sung, but it can't be said enough,
Fill 1: Gmaj Fmaj
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|-0-----------------|-------------2--------|
|-----0-------------|---------3------------|
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|-------------3-----|-1--------------------|
All you need is love.
Verse 2:
Same chords as the start but played more openly, in a strumming rhythm.
C Cm G F
Is this just another phase? Earthquakes making waves.
C Cm G F
Trying to shake the cancer off. Stupid human beings.
C Cm G F
Once you hold the hand of love, it's all surmountable.
Mid-section:
Almost like a bridge...Just strum these chords to the lyrics.
A C G A
Hold me and make it the truth,
A C G A
That when all is lost there will be you.
A C G
Cause to the universe I don't mean a thing.
A C G
And there's just one word I still believe.
And it's...
Fill 2:
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|----------0---2-------2---------|----------0---2-------2---------|
|------3-----------3-------3-----|------3-----------3-------3-----|
|--1-----------------------------|--1-----------------------------|
love.
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-|
|----------0---2-------2---------|--3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-|
|------3-----------3-------3-----|--1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-|
|--1-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
Verse 3- strumming same chords as earlier verses-(C, Cm, G, F):
It's an art to live with pain. Mix the light into gray.
Lost nine friends we'll never know. Two years ago today.
And if our lives became too long would it add to our regret?
Chorus 2 - Same chords (Emaj, D7), but played looser and with more power.
And the young they can lose hope cause they can't see beyond today.
The wisdom that the old can't give away.
Hey, constant recoil. Sometimes life don't leave you alone.
Mid-section 2- Same as last mid-section.(A, C, G).
Hold me and make it the truth.
That when all is lost there will be you.
Cause to the universe I don't mean a thing.
And there's just one word that I still believe and it's love.
Love. Love. Love. Love.
FILL 2
Outro - (C, Cm, G, F).
Love boat captain take the reigns. Steer us towards the clear.
I know it's already been sung. Can't be said enough.
Love is all you need. All you need is love.
Love. Love. Love.
Like I always recommend, you should listen to the song while learning it. It makes the
strum pattern way easier to learn. And if you get stuck it'll rescue you. Peace or Love
choose one.
Zak Lo
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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FrEAk!!! Wanna Be |
#1 by FrEAk!!! Matis at May 19, 1974 at 5:44 AM EST |
| THe way this song introduces itself and the way it crescendoes into "is this just another phase" is so amazing... Eddie's voice basically delivers this song to it's climax .... I love this song so much... Pearl Jam Owns all that can be owned... It's already been sung, but it can't be said enough....;) | |
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Super Average |
#2 by Super Q at Mar 25, 1976 at 5:10 PM EST |
| LBC refers to the highest being of creation. The author of love. If God is not in the forgotten place, where there is death, love boat captain- maybe Jesus, stirs us towards the clear. It's an art to live in pain is similar to love is self-sacrifice. Am I right Mr. Eddie Vedder??????????? | |
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Bye! Average |
#3 by Bye! at May 30, 1977 at 5:32 AM EST |
| Riot act seems like an album that very gradually becomes awesome the more you listen to it, i have not got to this stage yet, however, this song is instantly wonderful in every way. | |
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mike Average |
#4 by mike rojas at Jan 12, 1978 at 12:45 PM EST |
| I totally agree with Meithan. Great interpretation, thanks. I suppose the line on the Roskilde accident could be a sort of "commemoration", but it could also want to say that (as WildFlower wrote) if people would understand what love really means in our lives, things like that wouldn't happen. | |
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eddy Lead Player |
#5 by eddy blade at Mar 11, 1978 at 6:52 AM EST |
| At First, i thought it was just another song about love...but this kinda threw me off "lost nine friends we'll never know, two years ago today and if our lives became too long, would it add to our regret?" hmm? | |
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The Random Rock Average |
#6 by The Random Rocker at Sep 2, 1986 at 6:18 AM EST |
| This song, I think, was most likely written as a tribute to the 9 people trampled to death in a stage rush at the Roskilde music festival in Denmark on the last day of the European leg of the 2000 Binaural Tour. "Lost 9 friends we'll never know two years ago today." It is also about receiving guidance or direction towards a positive lifestyle from a higher power, I think. Very powerful song, probably the best on "Riot Act." | |
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Jaime Average |
#7 by Jaime at Apr 12, 1990 at 2:38 PM EST |
| to me the key is this (and I think it's very profound): to the universe, I don't mean a thing but there's just one word I still believe, and it's "love" it's Eddie's realization as a humanist that the only thing that matters is human love...because to the universe we don't mean a thing...but to each other we do matter... | |
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Jon Lead Player |
#8 by Jon Shuffler at Feb 28, 1995 at 3:48 PM EST |
| I love the powerfull and somewhat angry line: trying to shake the cancer off, stupid human beings does anyone have an interpretation on what he means by this?? | |
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Shreder Dude Wanna Be |
#9 by Shreder Dude at Dec 10, 1997 at 8:12 AM EST |
| "i know it's already been sung, it can't be said enough love is all you need... all you need is love love, love..." he's quoting the beatles. too obvious? the message of this song is clear. there's not much to interpret. | |
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Ben Rhythm Player |
#10 by Ben Jammin at Jul 16, 1999 at 9:01 PM EST |
| the song has definite intense meaning, but people, without the underlying thoughts, the song is still unbelievable. Riot Act is the most under rated album ever and so is this song under rated. People, will you please listen! | |
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dimebag 66' Average |
#11 by dimebag 66' at Mar 4, 2000 at 5:30 AM EST |
| This is one of my favourite Pearl Jam songs. It's about love. Period. But it goes beyond romantic love, which is pretty much all pop singers write about nowadays. When I first listened to this song I had good old memories of Live, a very spiritual band that has been singing about love and what defines us as human beings for a long time. Love Boat Captain is powerful yet simple in its message. "It's an art to live with pain, mix the light into grey". Can more truth be said in a single line? | |
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Curtis Rhythm Player |
#12 by Curtis Lee at May 17, 2000 at 7:39 AM EST |
| Teibest, I have to disagree with you. I love Pearl Jam, but there are some very dodgy songs on Riot Act. The beginning and the end are pretty good, but the songs in the middle are...not up to scratch for a band we know can do such great stuff. | |
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SOCIETY DWELLIN Average |
#13 by SOCIETY DWELLIN MOTHER FUCKER! at Aug 3, 2007 at 1:01 AM EST |
| my favourite song off Riot Act, LBC refers to the nine PJ fans killed in the Roskilde incident. Obviously an emotional moment for eddie and the band if they choose to write a song about it and include it in the album. the song also touches on the ignorance of the young people of today, when compared to the older generation who have life experience under their belt. (and tyhe young they can lose hope cos they cant see beyond today/ the wisdom that the old cant give away) all in all LBC tells that, no matter what happens in the world or what state the world is in, love will inevitably conquer all. (NB: Pearl Jam Australian Tour was absolutely insane) | |
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