Band: Pearl Jam
Song: Immortality
Album: Vitalogy
Transcriber: Robert Johnstone
Standard Tuning
Intro (play 4 times)
E----------------0--------------------------------------|
B------------------3------------------------------------|
G---------0---------------------------------------------|
D------2------------------------------------------------|
A----3--------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------0-----------------------------|
Em D2
Vacate is...
Em D2
Vengeance has no...
Em D2 Em D2
Cannot find the...
Em D2
Artificial...
Em D2
Vessel stabbed next...
Em D2 Em D2
Vulnerable...
C Em
A truant...
C Em
A wish to...
C Em A Asus A
But there's a...
Pre Solo( play 2 times)
E----------------------------9------------------------|
B---10b---8--------7sb--------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|
Em D2
As privileged as a...
C Em
A Truant finds...
A
Immortality
Em D2
Can't stop...
Em D2
Running in...
Em D2
Coming up a...
Em D2
All good truants
C Em
Stripped and...
C Em
Auctioned...
C Em
And whiskers...
C Em
Truants...
C Em
Cannot...
C A
Some die....
Outro
E-------------------9------------|
B----10s8s7s8--------------------|
G--------------------------------|
D--------------------------------|
A--------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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drw Average |
#1 by drw drw at Sep 28, 2007 at 3:27 AM EST |
| I'd never thought about the Indian meaning before, but it does make sense...there's a picture of an Indian on one of the pages in the Vitalogy book, and I think it's the Immortality one. There's also a poem on that page, or the opposite one, that makes me think that the song is against suicide 'Wish you'd stayed for the sunset, if not for me' | |
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adg Average |
#2 by adg ??? at Oct 6, 2007 at 10:14 AM EST |
| I'm not a Nirvana fan (I don't like them at all), but I've been told that shortly before Cobain's death heroin was destroying his ability to play guitar and sing. I'm wondering if that's what the last line of the song is about. If he hadn't killed himself, he could have progressively got worse and be placed in the same category as Axl Rose (former legend who 'lost it'). By killing himself, Kurt ensured he would be remembered as a great musician. | |
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jim Professional |
#3 by jim d.f at Oct 8, 2007 at 6:54 AM EST |
| yeah this is def. one of Eddie's songs about how the rockstar life isnt all its made out to be and sometimes when you want to break away the media and fans want more and more out of you until your only option to get away from it all is suicide... like cobain | |
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Kyle Average |
#4 by Kyle Lester at Oct 11, 2007 at 3:37 PM EST |
| as in the last line 'some die just to live' this song is about that form of immortality, suicide | |
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