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  Author/Artist: Pearl Jam
  Title: Present Tense
  Album: No Code
  Transcribed by:Chris Wilson(Correction by Evan Cowan,Austin Brownfield w/MikeM)
  
  Email: yokel@zip.com.au (ecowan@uclink4.berkeley.edu)
  
  G1 is mike, G2 is ed, G3 is probably their producer or 
  something and G4 is stone on his acoustic. All guitars 
  are standard tuning except for G1 which is high to low
  e-b-g-d-a-d (drop d).
  (06/29/99)
  
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  -----14----------------------14-----------------14----------12-11-9---9-------
  --------12---12-12-12-12--------12----12-----------12-12-----0----x-----0-----
  ------------------------------------------------------------12---12-12----12--
  -0------------------------10-------10----10-0-9---------9-0-------------------
   Intro G1  wsmall variations                                                 
  
  ----5------------3------------------------------------------------------------
  ----3------------3------------------------------------------------------------
  ----0---------0--2------------------------------------------------------------
  --------0--0--0---------------------------------------------------------------
  --------3--2--0---------------------------------------------------------------
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   During the first verse G2 comes in and sort of doubles G1                    
  
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  ----------------------------6-------------------------------------------------
  ----------------------------5-----------------2-------------------------------
  ------------5-5-5-5p3---3-x-3-----5-5-5-5p0-0-0-x-----------------------------
  ----------x-5-5-5-5p3-3-3-x-----x-5-5-5-5p0-0-0-x-----------------------------
  -12-12---x-5-5-5-5p3-3-3-x-----x-5-5-5-5p0-0-0-x-----------------------------
   Chorus G1                               with small variations                
  
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  ----0-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ----------3---32----0--------------------------------------------------------
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   G3 plays the main notes of the verse very quietly and slowly. let ring       
  
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   G2 continues to backup G1 in 2nd verse but with more detail                  
  
  ---------------------0---0---------0-0-0-0---0-0---------0---3---2---0--------
  -------3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3---3---3----
  ---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----
  ---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0----
  ---0-----0---0-0---3-3-----3-3-3-3---3---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------0----
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   towards the end of the second verse G4 comes in with this   X2               
  
  --------5---------5-----------------------------------------------------------
  ----------3---------3---------------------------------------------------------
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  --------------0--------0------------------------------------------------------
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   G5 plays this in the second chorus here and there                            
  
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  ---------10-------10-------10-------109--------9--------9--------9-----------
  --0----0----0---0----0---0----0---0------0----0---0----0---0----0---0----0----
  ----13-------13-------13-------13----------12-------12-------12-------12------
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Interlude part 1 X2 G1                                                       
  
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  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -97--------7--------7--------7--------7---------7--------7--------7--------7-
  -----0----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0-----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---
  -------10-------10-------10-------10--------10-------10-------10-------10-----
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           turn it into a bit of a strum building towards interlude #2          
  
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  -0----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ---10/------------------------------------------------------------------------
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  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  --10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---
  --0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---
  --13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Interlude part2 G1                                                          
  
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  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -7--7--7--7--7--7--7----------------------------------------------------------
  -0--0--0--0--0--0--0----------------------------------------------------------
  -10-10-10-10-10-10-10---------------------------------------------------------
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          X2                                                                    
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ---11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--
  ---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
  ---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   G2                                                                           
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -8-8-8------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -7-7-7------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -5-5-5------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      X2                                                                        
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ---11-11-11-11-11--8-8-8-8-8--------------------------------------------------
  ---10-10-10-10-10--7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------------------
  ---8--8--8--8--8---5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   G3                                                                           
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  --11-11-11-13-13-13-15-15----8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------------------
  --10-10-10-12-12-12-14-14----7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--------------------
  --8--8--8--10-10-10-12-12----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--------------------
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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   Interlude part 3 G1                           X2                             
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  --11-11-----------11-11-------------------------------------------------------
  --10-10-----------10-10-------------------------------------------------------
  --8--8------------8--8--------------------------------------------------------
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   G3                                                                           
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  --3---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  --2---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  --0---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  --0---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Climax, all guitars thrash D                                                 
  
  -10-------10-------10-------10-------10---------------------------------------
  ----13-------13-------13-------13-------13------------------------------------
  -------12-------12-------12-------12-------12---------------------------------
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Outro G2           X2                                                        
  
  -/14-------14-------14-------14-------14--------------------------------------
  -----15-------15-------15-------15-------15-----------------------------------
  --------14-------14-------14-------14-------14-----12-11--9-------------------
  ----------------------------------------------------0--0--0-------------------
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    then                 stop when G1 plays D then continue and fade out        
  
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   let G1 ring out with D then play intro thing a few times and fade out        
  
  

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