Pearl Jam - Off He Goes
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-----
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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--0--------0--0--2----2--3--2--3--2--0--------0--2--0-
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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
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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jordan Average |
#1 by jordan roberts at Feb 26, 1970 at 8:47 PM EST |
| This is really a fucking brilliant song! I can relate so much to the meaning as quoted at the top of the page. | |
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Meaty Average |
#2 by Meaty at Aug 31, 1975 at 6:00 PM EST |
| ITS ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES WITH NEIL YOUNG GOD DAMN!! | |
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Maarten Average |
#3 by Maarten Wuyts at Aug 28, 1980 at 5:56 PM EST |
| If you go near the bottom of this page... http://www.thrasherswheat.org/jammin/pj.htm It makes reference to the song being about Neil Young. It seems pretty clear to me. Neil is constantly changing direction and going off on his own way at a moments notice. If you read "Shakey" an unauthorized biography of Neil Young you would get to know that this song fits him to a tee. | |
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Jay the Hellrac Average |
#4 by Jay the Hellracer... at Jun 2, 1987 at 4:04 PM EST |
| "The song "Off He Goes" is really about me being a shit friend. I'll show up and everything's great and then all of the sudden I'm outta there ...", Eddie Vedder. | |
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robert Average |
#5 by robert liedberg at Jan 7, 1990 at 12:20 AM EST |
| This is one of thoughs songs that can be about anything, our own interpretations are just as good as anyone else. i have no idea what this song means. but its really sad, but really awesome...a chill song. | |
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