Army Reserve Guitar Tab

Intro
e|----12-12-12---10-10-10----------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------10-10----12---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7---5---3----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--8---6---4----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9---7---5-------repeat x amount of times---------------------------------|
A|--9---7---5----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--7---5---3----------------------------------------------------------------|
"How long must she stand..."
Chorus
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7---9---10--12---7-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7---9---10--12---7-------------------------------------------------------|
E|--5---7---8---9----5-------------------------------------------------------|
"I'm not blind, I can see...."
That all i really got, not sure if its right but listen to the song for strum
counts and ya Pearl Jam rocks


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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


Justin Wanna Be	#1 by Justin at Oct 1, 2007 at 11:33 AM EST
	Hmm, this has to be an anti war song, mainly because of the fact that ed is so against the war!

DemolitionLover Wanna Be	#2 by DemolitionLover ^^v^^ at Oct 2, 2007 at 12:38 AM EST
	I reckon this song is actually addictive.the guitar at the start is real coll. theres a cool as bit of guitar in the intro, thats goes all DIII DIIIWWWW ...............i dunno THE GREATEST BAND OUT>

Alexander Wanna Be	#3 by Alexander Taule at Oct 2, 2007 at 2:11 AM EST
	"Eddie wrote the lyrics together with Damien Echols, a guy on Death Row (See the two Paradise Lost movies or read about the Robin Hood Hills Murders). I think it's about Damiens mother. " how does eddie know him?

Euroynmous Average	#4 by Euroynmous at Oct 7, 2007 at 2:41 AM EST
	Eddie wrote the lyrics together with Damien Echols, a guy on Death Row (See the two Paradise Lost movies or read about the Robin Hood Hills Murders). I think it's about Damiens mother.

No Picture Snap! Crackle! Average	#5 by Snap! Crackle! Josh!! waldenmaier at Oct 7, 2007 at 9:17 PM EST
	Speaking as someone who was in the Reserve/Guard and got deployed overseas, I know my wife felt like that sometimes. But it's interesting, on one hand she hated the fact that the Army had taken me away from her and our kids, and on the other, she was extremely proud of me and what I was doing. I think Ed's gotten it fairly right from the spouse's perspective. On the other side of the coin, though, it's further proof to me that the general public doesn't really understand why those of us who've served do it. When I enlisted I can't tell you how many of my high school friends told me they thought it was crazy, or that it was a poor choice. It's all fine and good if you choose not to enlist, or even if you choose not to support the military, but don't have a go at people who've chosen to serve.

goofy Rhythm Player	#6 by goofy at Oct 7, 2007 at 11:45 PM EST
	Nice NorthWriter! :) I agree.

Eric Average	#7 by Eric Zinkhon at Oct 8, 2007 at 10:23 AM EST
	one of the best on the new album... the music is really good, i like the beginning

Jordan Wanna Be	#8 by Jordan Ivory-Marcotte at Oct 8, 2007 at 11:38 PM EST
	I think JoNNieS K hit the nail on its head on this one. It's clearly about the war, clearly about a family who's father is sent to the war and clearly about the struggles with the truth that even seems to devide the family (her son's slanted always giving her the sideways-eye). The best song on the latest album if you ask me. Emotions flow at times when I hear this song, the lyrics and the guitars. A great one which i believe we will enjoy many many times on concerts, built out with extraordinary instrumental parts.

Kyle Wanna Be	#9 by Kyle Kom at Oct 9, 2007 at 12:16 PM EST
	I think they got in contact after Eddie got interested in the case. I know he has visited him at DR. Many people belive this Damien and his two friends are innocent and many celebrities are trying to help to push for a new trial. The story is a real tradgedy for all involved. I don't want to start a discussion about this case here, visit the site: www.wm3.org if you want to read about it.

Josh Average	#10 by Josh Sanchez at Oct 10, 2007 at 10:31 PM EST
	I figured it was an anti war song but ive never heard of damien echols. Its a good song.

No Picture bob Average	#11 by bob fred at Oct 12, 2007 at 9:48 PM EST
	written from the perspective of a mother whose husband is out fighting at war and she is left alone with her son. the family is breaking apart as their lives become a lie: "And mom, she reassures To contain him But it's becoming a lie She tells herself And everyone else Father is risking His life for our freedoms" she tries to claim that her husband is fighting for the good of America to contain her son from total anguish - trying to make her son think the fighting is worthwhile. but as the chorus shows: "I'm not blind I can see it coming Looks like lightning In my child's eye" She can see that the son is not buying her story! the son is starting to realise that the war is not worthwhile after all! the "lightning in my child's eye" is the rage that is building up inside the son from his father being gone. and "i can see it coming" is how the mother knows that if this continues the son is going to burst and go crazy. the closing chorus is amazing: "I'm not frantic I can feel it coming Darling you'll save me If you save yourself" she is making a desperate plea to her husband in her mind to return from war. "Darling you'll save me If you save yourself" she's trying to say to her husband - if you leave the war and save yourself from dying and come back to the family, you'll save me from despair.

yomomma!! Wanna Be	#12 by yomomma!! at Oct 14, 2007 at 12:28 AM EST
	Not sure, but the lines "But it's becoming a lie" before: "She tells herself And everyone else Father is risking His life for our freedoms" allows me to suspect that this is an anti war/army song. Its becoming apparent to this woman that the war efforts and military influence is a dying breed fallacy. She hopes that her son doesn't follow in his dad's footsteps. "Darling you'll save me If you save yourself"

Dan Lead Player	#13 by Dan archy at Oct 14, 2007 at 2:06 PM EST
	This song is ghostly haunting. Beautiful lyrics, and very real. "How long must she stand Before the ground, it gives way To an endless fall" How long will she have to pretend to have things in order, before the bad news is inevitably broken to her, and everything falls apart... "She can feel this War on her face Stars on her pillow She's folding in darkness Begging for slumber" The most beautiful lyric I have ever read. I'm not even American, and it touches me.. ...burying her husband again and again in the recesses of her haunted mind, while dreaming of sleep. If she had another head on her pillow, or could bury him herself, at least she could close her eyes. "Her son's slanted Always giving her The sideways eye And empty chair where dad sits How loud can silence get?" The knowingly inquisitive look. The boy is a little too young to fully understand what's going on, but he knows that it isn't right. Mom's coming apart at the seams, and every time she reassures her son that everything's okay, she doubts it more and more. "I'm not blind I can see it coming Looks like lightning In my child's eye I'm not frantic I can feel it coming Darling you'll save me If you save yourself" Woman's intuition/premonition... ...she's talking to herself, bracing herself for the news that she is all too certain is coming. The lighting is the gut feeling she gets every time she sees the "where's daddy" look in her son's eye. The song's inevitable conclusion is that the husband is dead. The mother's self-dialogue is continued in the next song - "Come Back"

DemolitionLover Wanna Be	#14 by DemolitionLover ^^v^^ at Oct 17, 2007 at 2:49 PM EST
	Seems like it's about a mother seeing reformation in her childs eyes. She tells herself And everyone else Father is risking His life for our freedoms Her childs father is away at war fighting for his son and family so they never have to go through what he is going through right now again. The child is seeing what is happening and the "lightning in my child's eye" is the child burning to change the passed (when he is older of course) and take a stand against war.

~Ivy Loves Shav Rhythm Player	#15 by ~Ivy Loves Shavo~ at Oct 18, 2007 at 8:13 AM EST
	its about a mom lieing and telling evryone her husband is over seas when he's really he's just in the reserve because she asked him not to join