Band: Pearl Jam
Song: Rearview Mirror
Album: Vs (1993)
Transcribed by:
Brett Goodsall (bhg@ihug.com.au)
Alright, as you probably know from the video clip, there are at least 3 guitars in this song. Eddy Vedder is obviously playing the rythm to it all, and Mike adds the icing. Some of the timings are a bit tricky and so on so just listen and play along with the CD a bit and you should get it. Im not gonna be one of those hard motherfuckers and say that if you can`t get it then you shouldnt be playing guitar. Fuck them, this is a shit tab (my first) and I hope it helps. Good luck. This song fucking rocks.
The main chords in the song are as follows:
Bm C G A5 F G
e|--------------------------3---|
B|--------------------------3---|
G|--------------------------0---|
D|-9---11---5---7---4---4---0---|
A|-9---11---5---7---4---4---2---|
E|-7---9----3---5---0---2---3---|
INTRO AND VERSE
The intro and the verse are all pretty ordinary. It just jumps between the A and the B
e|-------------------| |-------------------| |-------------------|
B|-------------------| |-------------------| |-------------------|
G|-------------------| |-------------------| |-------------------|
D|-------------------| |-------------------| |-------------------|
A|------5---5-7------| |------7---7-9------| |------5---5-7------|
E|--5-5---5-----0-0--| |--7-7---7-----0-0--| |--5-5---5-----0-0--|
CHORUS
The chorus it a bit different.
Eddy & Stone both play:
Bm C G A F Fm G,
Bm C G A5 Fm Fm G G (Mike only at tail)
e|---------------------------------|--3---|
B|---------------------------------|--3---|
G|---------------------------------|--0---|
D|-9---11---5---7---4---4---4---5--|--0---|
A|-9---11---5---7---4---4---4---5--|--2---|
E|-7---9----3---5---2---0---2---3--|--3---|
Listen to the CD to get the timings. These are all down strums.
Mike only strums the chords once, and on the first note.
i.e
Bm Bm, Bm C, G G, G A, then the tail of the riff, though instead of power chords like the other guys he ends on the G chord.
The majority of the song is much the same, though the lead Mike adpats is as follows:
e|------------12--14----------12--14-| Then, ---------------------------------------------|
B|-----12--12---------12--12---------| --12--12--12-14-14b16r14---12--14-14b16r14---|
BRIDGE
When the slow bit starts Eddy wastes no time and goes straight to strumming the 5th Fret on low E string.
(Listen for the timings)
Eddy:
A|-----------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Stone:
D|--7------5--/9---7------------------------
A|--x------x--/x---x------------------------ Let notes ring
E|--5------3--/7---5------------------------
Mike:
e|---------------------- ----------------
B|---------------------- Then, ----------------
G|----7-----/-----10---- ----------------
D|---------------------- -----9-----7----
A|---------------------- ----------------
E|---------------------- ----------------
Then, when the song picks up it alters between the B7 and C9 for a few bars each then back into the verse riff.
B7 C9
e|----------------------
B|----------------------
G|----------------------
D|--9---11--------------
A|--9---11--------------
E|--7---9---------------
Remember: God gave rock n` roll to you.
Brett.
