Tablature yellow ledbetter - Pearl Jam

          



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  From: "Daniel J. Graeber" <graeberd@student.msu.edu>

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  Well, I sat down last night and spent a good few hours with just me, my

  Washburn, a pad of paper and the CD player and transcribed this mother

  as best as I could.  What follows is just the intro, about 11 seconds of

  the song.  The rest is very similar so faking it with a little bit of improv

  should get you through the song.  The basic chord progression is Em-B-Bm-A.

  The position for these chords are at the end of this message.

  

  Yellow Ledbetter

  

     Em  B                   Bm             A                        Em

  |_______________9^7________9__________9___5_____________5^7^5__________________

  |___________7___9^7_________7_________7______________5_______5_________________

  |*__________7___9^7___9^7____8_______________6_________________6_______________

  |___2__7^9______7_____9^7__________________________7_______________2___________

  |*__2__7^9______7______________9__9________________________________2___________

  |___0___________7_______________________________5__________________0___________

        "Unsealed on a porch a....."(second time through this section)

  

  _12__10_________

  _12__10_________|

  _______12__9___*|

  _______12__9____|

  _______________*|

  ________________|

  

  

  The entire song follows this chord progression (Em-B-Bm-A-Em) except

  for the tail end of the song where the lyrics are

  

  "I don't wanna stay.." (repeated)

  

  which is

  

        __9___      __7___      __5___

        __9___      __7___      __5___

        __9___      __8___      __6___

        __7___      __9___      __7___

        __7___      __9___      __7___

        __7___      __7___      __5___

  

  Em      B           Bm          A

  

  

  The solo for this song is in D pentatonic in the 10th position.  I was too

  damn lazy to figure it out AND write it down.  Maybe later!

  

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  <>Transcribed by Mr. G<>

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  I got these lyrics awhile ago off of alt.music.pearl_jam.  This is very close

  to what is heard on the b-side to the Jeremy single.  Good luck to all!

  

  Yellow Ledbetter

  

  Unsealed

  On a porch a letter sat

  Then you said i wanna leave it again

  

  Once i saw him

  On a beach of weathered sand

  And on the sand i wanna leave it again

  

  On a weekend wanna wish it all way

  And they called an i said an i want what

  i said an i call out again

  

  And the reason oughta leave her calm i know

  I said i know what i wear that a box or the bag

  

  Oh yeah can you see them?

  Out on the porch

  Ah, but they don't wave

  I see them

  Round the front way, yeah

  And i know and i know

  I don't wanna stay

  

  make me cry

  

  I see

  I don't know there's something else

  I wanna drum it all away

  An i said

  I said i i don't know where there's a box or the bag

  

  

  Oh yeah can you see them?

  Out on the porch

  Ah, but they don't wave

  I see them

  Round the front way, yeah

  And i know and i know

  I don't wanna stay

  I don't wanna stay

  I don't wanna stay

  

  

  From: Brad Campbell <jmcdanie@stmarys-ca.edu>

  

  

  Yellow Leadbetter: Guitar Solo 

  By: Pearl Jam (Mike McCready) 

  Transcription By: Brad Campbell

  

  Symbols:  

  /=slide up 

  =slide down 

  h=hammer on 

  p=pull off 

  w=whammy bar

  b=bend 

  [example: 3b(4)=bend the third fret UP to the fourth] 

  [example: b(4)3=release the bend (i.e bend 4th fret DOWN to third)]

  

  The bars break corresponding to 4/4 time.  I put them in to give people a

  sense of rhythm for the song.  Just keep in mind that every bar has four

  beats, except the first bar, which is a one beat (two-note) pick-up I did

  the solo from memory, so there will undoubtedly be some problems.  I

  didn't note every little slide, vibrato, pull-off, or hammer-on, but I

  tried to note the major ones.  Listening to the music while playing will

  really help. 

  

  e:------|-----0--0--0--3b(4)--4--|b(4)3--0--2--2--0-------------|

  B:0--0--|0h2---------------------|-------------------2--0-------|

  G:------|------------------------|------------------------------|

  D:------|------------------------|-------------------------4--2-|

  A:------|------------------------|------------------------------|

  E:------|------------------------|------------------------------|

  

  

  e:-----------------------------|-------|9--7--9h7-----------------------

  B:-----------------------------|-------|-----------9--7b(9)--9--b(9)7-5-

  G:-----------------------------|-------|--------------------------------

  D:4h2--2---2h4--2-----2-----2--|5b(6)--|--------------------------------

  A:--------4--------4-----4-----|-------|--------------------------------

  E:-----------------------------|-------|--------------------------------

  

  Release the 5b(6) slowly throughout the 2nd bar

  (The end of this staff is supposed to have a bar break)

  

  

  e:------------------|---7-----7h9--------------------|

  B:5h7--7w5--7h5-----|9-----9-------14-12-14-12-14-12-|

  G:---------------6--|--------------------------------|

  D:------------------|--------------------------------|

  A:------------------|--------------------------------|

  E:------------------|--------------------------------| 

  

  Try using hammer-ons and pull-offs to smooth out the "14-12"  combinations

  

  

  e:14b(15)b14-12----12h14-12-12-12 


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