Elderly Woman Behind The Counter

Pearl Jam


Ament wrote a pretty easy bassline for this song, but sometimes it's not 
the difficulty that makes music special, but instead, the feel and soul
you put into it.  And don't forget to add those "little things" that give
a song flavor. (just listen to the song a couple of times, you'll hear what 
I mean)     


guitarvedder intro for 2 bars


first verse:  

         D  C  G/B  C  G/B                      D  C  G/B  C  G/B
    ----|----------|--------|                  |----------|----------|                   
    ----|----------|--------| play 2x then     |----------|----------|  
    *0*3|5--3--2---|3--2----| small variation  |5--3--2---|3--3-2---2|
    ----|----------|-----3--| on 3x:------>    |----------|----------|
 *pick-up only on 1x
                        
   "....haunting familiar yet....."         "...lifetimes are catching up..."


bridge:

       C      A7                          Em
     ||-----------|                      |------------||
     ||-----------| play 3x then------>  |------------||
     ||3--3-3-0--0|                      |7-----7--7-||
     ||-----------|                      |---0--------||
      "all these changes..."              "taken me..." 
   

chorus: (if you can't tell, it's the same as the verse riff)

       D  C  G/B  C   GB 
     ||----------|---------|
     ||----------|---------| play chorus 2x
     ||5--3--2---|3---2----|
     ||----------|------3--|
      "hearts and thoughts they fade...  fade away..."


verse 2:

     same as verse 1 (played 4x and with no pick-up)


bridge:

     same as the first time 


verse 3:

     same as verses 1 and 2 (played 4x and once again with no pick-up)


chorus:

     same as first chorus (played 2x) 


fade:

     continue playing the chorus and slowly fade away.................


Submitted by:  Whisper (*)