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Ver 1 Ver 2

Riot Act Tabs:

All Or None Tab

Send "All Or None" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Artist: pearl jam
Title: all or none
Album: riot act
Transcribed by: rafael salazar

tuning (both guitars): Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

intro:
-------------------1--0-------------------------------------------------------|
----------1--1--1--3--3-----------1------1--1--1---3--------------------------|
-2-----2--2--0--2--2--2---------0-----2--2--0--2---2--------------------------|
-2-----0--3--3--3--0--0-----0h2----------3--3--3---0--------------------------|
-0--------3--3--3---------0--------------3--3--3------------------------------|
---3-2-2----------------------------2-----------------------------------------|


verse:
------------------------1--0--------------------------------------------------|
-1--1--1--1---1--1--1---3--3--------------------------------------------------|
-2--0--2--2---2--0--2---2--2--------------------------------------------------|
-2--2--2--0---3--3--3---0--0--------------------------------------------------|
-0--0--0------3--3--3---------------------------------------------------------|
----------2-------------------------------------------------------------------|


chorus:
----------------------------------5------------------1--0---------------------|
-----------3-----------3-----------5--------1--1--1--3--3---------------------|
---------2---2-------2---2----------5-------2--0--2--2--2---------------------|
-------3-------3---3-------3---------7------3--3--3--0--0---------------------|
--------------------------------------7-----3--3--3---------------------------|
--2--3-----------3---------------------5--------------------------------------|
2x

solo 1:
-----------------------------------------8----8-------------------------------|
--5--------------------6-5--5-6-5-6-8br6---8b---8b-6-5-6-6-6p5----------------|
----7p5---5---5--7h5-------------------------------------------7-5------------|
--------7------------7--------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


---------------------8-10p8----10-8-10b-10-8h10p8-----------------------------|
-----------10br-8-10--------10--------------------10-8vv\5-5-6p5-6p5----------|
------5-7------------------------------------------------------------7-5------|
--5h7-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------5-6-8-6-5-3vv-------------------------------------------------|
----5---5---5-----------------------------------------------------------------|
--7---7---7---7---------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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solo 2:
--5vvv-5----------------------------------------------------5-----5--8b-------|
---------8-5---5-------5----------------------------------5---8b--8b----------|
-------------7-----5-7---7-5---5-9p7-5h7p5---5-------5-7b---------------------|
-----------------7-----------7-----------------7-5h7--------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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--8b-8b-8b---------5----------------------------------------------------15----|
-----8b-8b--8-10v----8-5---5---------------5----------------------------------|
-------------------------7-----5-7p5---5-7---7p5v-7br-5h7p5---/17-17-17-------|
-----------------------------7-------7----------------------------------------|
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----13--12-13-12--------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------15-13--------------------------------------------------------|
-17---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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repeat & fade

All Or None Tab

Send "All Or None" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Jon Badass	#1 by Jon Coath at Feb 3, 1971 at 1:24 AM EST
	Hmm...I see it a bit differently. I see a man talking to himself, about himself. Imagine to begin a day...along the lines of Soundgarden's "The Day I Tried to Live." You begin a day and say to yourself, today will be different; today I will do all that I have to do, all the way (i.e. study/work for 18 hours straight, write the great American novel, solve an archaic math problem). Imagine you put yourself up against a seemingly impossible standard, but since its you, you can do it. And then you fail. And the next day fail yet again. So here's the speaker of the song, and this is his hopeless situation. He tries and tries, and never quite manages. In his mind, however its All or None. Either he manages to do that seemingly impossible thing, or to hell with it, he won't do a thing. At the end, he comes clean with (surrenders to)himself; that is, with the one he can never please (since he has such high expectations of himself). I think this tends to quite common with high achievers. I had a friend who said that either he would get the best job available for someone in his field, or he would quit his life and go join the French Foreign Legion for 5 years; its All or None.

No Picture hamadi Wanna Be	#2 by hamadi alameddine at Apr 26, 1972 at 10:16 PM EST
	Like justiceforall said, I think it is about unrequited love, but I think it goes a bit deeper. I think it is about a friend in love with a friend. CAN WE HELP THAT OUR DESTINATIONS ARE THE ONES WEVE BEEN BEFORE? I think this line means that they have already gone through conflict together as friends.

No Picture Secondhand Smok Wanna Be	#3 by Secondhand Smoka at Aug 25, 1972 at 5:14 AM EST
	Yeah, its about life. Going around in circles, having to fight the same battles over and over, but still trying to get away from them.

No Picture Maarten Average	#4 by Maarten Wuyts at Mar 4, 1976 at 7:37 AM EST
	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This song is about depression which is a common result of perfectionism. 'All or None' is a psychological term used to describe this kind of thought-pattern (Not settling for 'mediocrity'). "i surrender :: " (to depression) "for the one I'll never please" (himself). "can we help that our destinations :: are the ones we've been before" is a reference to ageing, and looking back at our life missing the young years of who we were. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ platus 2006.

No Picture UknownSoldier Lead Player	#5 by UknownSoldier Nightmare at Apr 20, 1977 at 6:05 AM EST
	i think its about bush, like most of the album, written in his character.

No Picture brennan Average	#6 by brennan collins at Jul 22, 1986 at 9:03 AM EST
	war can be used as a metaphor though... war w/ a loved one... i think justiceforall303's comment is accurate.

No Picture Scott Average	#7 by Scott Anderson at Aug 23, 1987 at 12:32 PM EST
	It's about life.

No Picture Master Shaïtan Wanna Be	#8 by Master Shaïtan at Dec 24, 1996 at 10:14 PM EST
	I agree that it's about love. It's really easy to bring Bush into it if you want, and I can see the argument for it. The music, which is all important in Pearl Jam's level of maturity, seems to hint towards a more heart-felt song. I see it as an unrequited love as well, perhaps a newly unrequited love, though. Like the person he loves fell in love with him for a short time then fell apart again. Now he knows that it's all of love, or none. It's one of those situations where you either have all of it or none of it, there is no in between.

No Picture ALEX Lead Player	#9 by ALEX FOWLER at Mar 23, 1997 at 3:19 AM EST
	I'd have to relate this to my current relationship. I think of the song as being reflexive and he is asking himself why he isn't giving 100%. He feels too fickle. If he doesn't give all he won't have anything. His fickleness comes from his feeling that he will never be happy with anything he has. He is trying hard to keep this relationship going but his own inhibitions prevent him from doing that. It's a hopeless situation trying to make this long distance relationship work and if he isn't 100% committed to it, it just won't work.

No Picture Failure by Desi Average	#10 by Failure by Design at Apr 9, 1997 at 9:58 AM EST
	alright, i think it's about Bush, too. Because of this part: "here's the selfless confession leading me back to war can we help that our destinations are the ones we've been before? " ..about the ones who have been in war by Bush or died by Bush. I love this song!

No Picture Derek Average	#11 by Derek Lamberty at Nov 22, 1998 at 8:28 PM EST
	This is one of my favorites from Ed. I think it's about pursuing a girl and a meaningful relationship even when you know things will never work out the way you want them to. But it's all or none - you might as well still try and just hope that something remotely good can come out of it rather than sit back and think how you should have done more.