Corduroy Live Guitar Tab

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Author/Artist: pearl jam
Title: corduroy live
Transcribed by: Saverain
Email: saverain@hotmail.com

This is a live version of the song.  It is a little different but as an
awesome sound.
v strum down
^ strum up

intro

-|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
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-|----9----9-------9----9-9---9-----9----9-------9----9-9-|-------------------|
-|-7-----7-7--7--7-7--7-7---7-------7----7-------7----7-7-|-------------------|
-|-------------------------------5-----5----8--8----8---8-|-------------------|
v  v  v ^  v  v ^  v ^ ^ v ^  v  v  v ^  v  v ^  v ^ v

-|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
-|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
-|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-------------------------------------------|
-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------------------------------------|
-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8--8-8-8-8-8-8---|-------------------------------------------|
v v v v v v v v  v v v v v v v

-|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
-|----------------0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-------------------------------------------|
-|-10-10-10-10-9--4--4-4--4-4-4-4-|-------------------------------------------|
-|-10-10-10-10-9--5--5-5--5-5-5-5-|-------------------------------------------|
-|-8--8--8--8--7--5--5-5--5-5-5-5-|-------------------------------------------|
-|-8--8--8--8--7--3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|-------------------------------------------|
V  ^  V  ^  ^  ^  ^ v  v ^ v ^

-|----------------------3-----|-------|---------------------|-----------------|
-|---------0--0-0-------0-0---|-------|---------0--0-0------|-----------------|
-|-5-5-5-5-4--4-4--2-0------0-|-------|-5-5-5-5-4--4-4--2-0-|-----------------|
-|-x-x-x-x-0--0-0--2-0--------|--4x---|-x-x-x-x-0--0-0--2-0-|-----------------|
-|-3-3-3-3-2--2-2--0-x--------|-------|-3-3-3-3-2--2-2--0-x-|-----------------|
-|-3-3-3-3-0--0-0----3--------|-------|-3-3-3-3-0--0-0----3-|-----------------|
v ^ V ^ v  v ^  ^ ^  ^ v ^

-|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------|--------|
-|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------|--------|
-|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------|--------|
-|----9---9-------9----9-9---9-----9----9-------9--9-9-9-9-9-|-------|--------|
-|-7----7-7--7--7-7--7-7---7-------7----7-------7--7-7-7-7-7-|-------|--------|
-|------------------------------5-----5----8--8----8-8-8-8-8-|-------|--------|
interlude                                         ^ v ^ v ^  verse

-|-3--3--3-2--3--3-3--3-2-2-3--3--3--3-2--3--3-3--3-2-2-3-|-------------------|
-|-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3-3-3-3--3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|-------------------|
-|-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-------------------|
-|-x--x--x-x--x--x-x--x-x-x-x--x--x--x-x--x--x-x--x-x-x-x-|-------------------|
-|-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2-2-2-2--3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|-------------------|
-|-0---------------------------0--------------------------|-------------------|
v  v  v ^  v  ^ v  v ^ v ^  continue rythm

Source: GuitarMasta.net
http://www.guitarmasta.net/p/pearl_jam/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture The other James Wanna Be	#1 by The other James Molina at Oct 1, 2007 at 1:51 PM EST
	im wondering in what context he means: cant buy what I want beacuse its free, cant be what you want because i am free..any suggestions?

No Picture Batmanuel Badass	#2 by Batmanuel at Oct 2, 2007 at 7:09 AM EST
	I don't think Eddie stuff up the lyrics when he sings live, I think he does it intentionally, as he does with most songs, when he wants to give a different message.

No Picture skater-boy Rhythm Player	#3 by skater-boy at Oct 2, 2007 at 5:40 PM EST
	dmitri is correct -- first line of the 2nd verse is supposed to say "varmint's path", not firmest. It is clearly a "V" being enunciated by Eddie.

No Picture Abe Lead Player	#4 by Abe Watson at Oct 3, 2007 at 8:23 AM EST
	"I'm already cut up and half dead I'll end up alone like I began" I always liked those lines. One of the greatest grunge songs ever.

No Picture TOm Wanna Be	#5 by TOm HIrsch at Oct 5, 2007 at 3:03 AM EST
	NOPE

No Picture btotherizzad Average	#6 by btotherizzad moriznad at Oct 9, 2007 at 6:11 AM EST
	eddie vedder had a corduroy jacket he used to wear -- like in the jeremy video. The song title comes from one day when he saw a rip off of his jacket on sale in a store for a few hundred bucks. Hence "they can buy but can't put on my clothes"

No Picture Senour Average	#7 by Senour Dakota at Oct 9, 2007 at 4:56 PM EST
	OKAY I THINK THE LYRICS ARE MESSED UP BIG TIME!!! IT'S: "i don't want to take what you can give, i'd rather starve than eat your BREAD" not breast ?? what the hell were they thinking....

No Picture alex Average	#8 by alex at Oct 9, 2007 at 7:16 PM EST
	I AGREE... I WAS REFERRING TO THE FIRST TIME... (HE SAYS BREAD)

No Picture Zach Wanna Be	#9 by Zach U haft 2 ask 1st at Oct 10, 2007 at 1:28 AM EST
	yups kewl quote :) it is a really nice song and has the power in it, to make you at least feel at the slightest bit how that person feels

No Picture Nick Average	#10 by Nick Vanderstelt at Oct 10, 2007 at 6:50 AM EST
	"It is about a relationship but not between two people. It's more one person's relationship with a million people. In fact, that song's almost a little too obvious for me. That's why instead of a lyric sheet we put in an X-ray of my teeth from last January and they are all in very bad shape, which was analogous to my head at the time", Eddie Vedder.

No Picture Neal Average	#11 by Neal Breen at Oct 11, 2007 at 8:42 PM EST
	thanx bellyfull

No Picture The Guitar Guy Lead Player	#12 by The Guitar Guy at Oct 18, 2007 at 5:06 AM EST
	Artsy- I think in the context of the song he means that the things that he wants: common courtesy, privacy, love, respect...are all things that cannot be bought with money...but the more money you have the less of those things you tend to get. Cant be what you want because Im free.... that means that Eddie doesnt want to be your answer man or your dancing monkey because he is trying to live his own life. Your Parents might have wanted you to become a doctor, but you wanted to be a ballet dancer-- you cant be what they want because youre free! 2 of the 3 times I saw them in concert they opened with this song!