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Off He Goes
From: jeremy keehn
ok, this one's not too tough... basically three chords, though there are
some nice variations you can throw in if you want- i added in a
G/F-Asus2-Am pattern that can just be left as F-C-Am if you prefer...
and instead of playing Fs, you can play Csus4 (11033x)... that sounds
pretty good, too.
Intro
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[repeat 2x]
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F C
F C F C Am
Know a man... His face pulled and tense...
F C G/F Asus2 Am
Like he's riding on a motorbike... in the strongest winds
F C F C
So I approach with tact... suggest that he should relax
F C G/F F
But he's always moving much too fast
Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am
Said he'll see me on the flipside... of this trip he's taken for a ride
F C F C F C
He's been takin'... too much on... off he goes
F C G/F Asus2 Am F C
with his perfectly un--kept clothes... there he goes
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F C Am
F C F C
He's yet to come back... but I see his picture
F C F C Am F C
Doesn't look the same up on the rack... we go way back
F Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am
I wonder 'bout his insides... it's like his thoughts are too big for his size
F C F C F C
He's been taken... Where? I don't know... off he goes
F C G/F Asus2 Am F C
with his perfectly un--kept hope... there he goes
[repeat chorus riff]
F C F C
And now I rub my eyes... for he has returned
F C F C G/F Asus2 Am
Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned
F C
For he still smiles... and he's still smiling
F C F C G/F Asus2 Am
Nothing's changed but the surrounding bullshit... that has grown
F C F C
And now he's home and we're laughing
F C F C Am
Like we always did... my same old... same old friend
F C F C
Until a quarter to ten... I saw the strain creep in
F C F C G/F Asus2 Am
He seemed distracted and I know just what is going to hap-pen next
F C F C
Before his first step... he is off again
From: Alan Maxwell Herlihy
Am (strum Am a few times)
E|---------0-
B|---------1-
G|---------2- x 2
D|-----3-2-2-
A|---3-----0-
E|-1---------
then
F C C
E|---------1-0-0-
B|---------1-1-1-
G|-------2-2-0-0-
D|-----3---3-2-2-
A|---3-----3-3-3-
E|-1-------1-----
Then the rest of the song is basically just a combination
or F, C and Am chords. A classic "3 chord"-er.
There's also this little bit, or something similar.
E|--------------|------|--------------|-----------|
B|--------------|------|--------------|-----------|
G|--------------|------|--------------|-2-0-------|
D|-3-2-3-2-3-2--|-0--2-|-3-2-3-2-3-2--|-----0-0-2-|
A|-------------3|------|-------------3|-----------|
E|--------------|------|--------------|-----------|
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 96 11:29 GMT+1300
From: "w.p. richards"
Off He Goes
Pearl Jam
from No code album.
Intro: Am
e-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-------------
B-------------1-1-1-1-1-1-------------
G-------------2-2-2-2-2-2------------- x2
D-------3--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-------------
A----0--------0-0-0-0-0-0-------------
E-1-----------------------------------
You may want to try lifting your big finger on and off when playing the Am.
F C F C F
e--1--x--0--0--0--0--0--0--1--1--0--0--0--0--0--0--1--1
B--1--x--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1
G--2--x--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--2--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--2
D--3--x--2--2--2--2--2--2--3--3--2--2--2--2--2--2--3--3
A--3--x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3
E-----x------------------------------
Chords used in song:
Am C F G
e---0--0--1--3-----------------------
B---1--1--1--3-----------------------
G---2--0--2--4-----------------------
D---2--2--3--5-----------------------
A---0--3--3--5-----------------------
E------------3-----------------------
Lyrics:Verse
C F C F Am
Know a man His face seems pulled and tense
F C F C F C Am
like hes riding on a motorbike in the strongest winds
F C F C
So I approach with tact suggest he should relax
Am F G F
but hes always moving much too fast
(at the end of the verse there is no chord but try C for fun)
Chorus 1
Am Intro picking Am
Said hell see me on the flip side of his trip hes taken for a ride
Intro picking F C F C F C
hes been taken too much on off he goes
F C Am F C
with his perfectly unkept clothes there he goes
Verse 2( same chords as in verse 1 I think)
Hes yet to come back but I see his picture
doesn't look the same up on the rack we go way back
Chorus 2( chords are same as chorus 1)
I wonder bout his insides its like his thoughts are too big for his size
hes been take where? T don't know off he goes
withe his perefectly unkept hope there he goes
and now I rub my eyes for he has returned
seems my preconception are what should have been burned
for he still smiles and hes still strong
nothing's chaned but the surronding bullshit that has grown
And now hes home and were laughing
like we always did my same old same old friend
Until a quarter to ten i see the strain creep in
He seems ditacted and i know just what going to happen next
before his first step he is off again
I havent done the rest because it repeats itself i think.Comments e-mail me at.
danielr@es.co.nz.
ARTIST..: PEARL JAM
ALBUM...: NO CODE
SONG....: OFF HE GOES
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INTRO:
Am
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F C F
C F C Am
Know a man... His face seems pulled and tense...
F C F C F C Am
Like he's riding on a mototbike... in the strongest winds...
F C F C
So I Approach with tact... suggest that he should relax...
F C F C Am
But he's always moving much too fast...
F Am F Am
Said he'll see me in the flipside... of this trip he's taken for a ride...
F C F C F C
He's been takin'... too much on... off he goes
F C F C Am F C
With his perfectly... unkept clothes.... there he goes...
F C F C
He's yet to come back... but I see his picture...
F C F C Am F C
Doesn't look the same up on the rack... We go way back...
F Am F Am
I wonder bout his insides... it's like his thought are too big for his size
F C F C F C
He's been takin'... Where? I don't know... off he goes
F C F C Am F C
With his perfectly... unkept hope.... there he goes...
F C F C
And now I rub my eyes.. for he has returned
F C F C F C Am
Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
F C F C
For he still smiles... and he's still strong...
F C F C F C Am
Nothing's changed but the surronding bullshit... that has grown...
F C F C
And now he's home and we're laughing...
F C F C F C Am
Like we always did... my same old... same old friend...
F C F C
Until a quarter to ten... I saw the strain creep in...
F C F C F C Am
He seemed distracted and I know just what is going to happen next...
F C F C
Before his first step... he is off again...
CHORDS: Am F C
1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3
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Transcribed by Daniel Ayala Rodriguez (dayrod@100mbps.es)
from Murcia (Spain)
If you do any correction please, send it me: dayrod@100mbps.es
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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No Picture
nick Wanna Be |
#1 by nick at Oct 29, 1976 at 3:55 AM EST |
| I guess this song could validly either be in reference to the self or in reference to an outside entity. The latter being what I ment in my last post. I was falling asleep and wasn't paying proper attention while reading the Eddie Vedder quote. | |
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No Picture
Travis Wanna Be |
#2 by Travis Alford at Nov 4, 1985 at 12:32 AM EST |
| It is about a friendship that has been strained over addiction. The addiction could be drugs, or something like touring as posted earlier. The friend always looks distracted and then has to go. The non afflicted friend sees the weakness that the other friend has to the substance/thing. He sees that the friendship becomes less important to the fiend friend than the thing that he is addicted to....and then the friend leaves..predictably...again... presumeably to go back to the thing that has been distracting and calling to him. | |
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No Picture
Ahhma Average |
#3 by Ahhma Yomamma at Jun 8, 1989 at 11:20 AM EST |
| This song is about me an my brother. I am a high strung guy...going from city to city over the past 10 years...changing jobs frequently...living by the seat of my pants. My brother is the opposite...same job since college...he'll live in the same house for the rest of his life...very cool, calm and laid back. I imagine my brother wrote this song for me...possibly to try to coax me into slowing down, settling down, and coming down to Earth. And at the end of the song, just when he thinks that I have slowed down..."He's off again." | |
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No Picture
ryan Lead Player |
#4 by ryan harney at Apr 24, 1994 at 1:31 AM EST |
| Sorry about adding another set of lyrics to this song. I didn't see that there was more than one page of Pearl Jam songs, and I thought "Off He Goes" should've been on there. Yeah, I'm smart. | |
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No Picture
Daron Average |
#5 by Daron Malakian at Jul 22, 1997 at 3:36 PM EST |
| This song always makes me think about Cobain. I think that I saw Ed wearing a t-shirt tribute to Kurt on a TV show, could have been Letterman or something and Im pretty sure he sang this song. Anyway it could also be that my memory is playing tricks again!! But still reminds me of Kurt. PLEASE A NEW ALBUM SOON!! AND COME BACK TO OZ SOON TOO!!!! | |
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No Picture
Allen Average |
#6 by Allen Stone at Sep 17, 2000 at 9:48 AM EST |
| well.....when i saw pj in concert in Columbus (which, by the way was awesome) Eddy said this song is about his friend...his really good friend that was always there but then he just fell in with a different crowd and they kinda parted ways in high school, but they still talked every once i a while until his friend messed up w/ some drug dealer and was killed...wheather or not that is a true story...i don't know. But that's what eddy said at our concert. | |
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