PEARL JAM - "footsteps" Tablature

From: CECARMAN@MIAVX1.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: TAB: Footsteps by Pearl Jam

Notes: This is my first transcription, so forgive my mistakes. I tried to be as accurate as I could. If you want an idea what this song sounds like, listen to Temple of the Dog's "Times Of Trouble", because the guitar part is basically the same except for a D in the main riff rather than a G and a different ending chord in the chorus (where Cornell hangs on "trouble...."). This is a really good song, and I hope it gets onto Pearl Jam's new album, which they are recording right now. On the Jeremy CD sing
le, it's just Eddie singing and Stone playing an acoustic guitar.

Footsteps by Pearl Jam (Stone Gossard & Eddie Vedder)
Transcribed by Chris Carman, cecarman@miav1.acs.muohio.edu
>From the Jeremy CD Single


Intro Main riff----------------------------|
|-- let ring etc...
--------------|----------------------|----------------|---------------------
--------------|----------------------|----------------|---------------------
--------------|--------0----(0)------|-------(0)------|-------0----(0)------
--------------|-------------(0)------|-----------(0)--|------------(0)------
--------------|----------------------|----------------|---------------------
--(3)-(3)-(3)-|---1h3-----3-----1----|--1-------------|--1h3-----3-----1----
----- ------- ----- ----

Main riff 4x until verse w/slight variations
Play main riff 7 times over verse until

---------------|-----0--0-0-0-x-x-|
---------------|-----0--0-0-0-x-x-|
-------0-------|-----0--0-0-0-x-x-|
--------(0)----|-----0--0-0-0-x-x-|
---------------|-----0--0-0-0-x-x-|
--1h3------3-1-|--1---------------|
----

Bridge
C C9 C9 Dmajsus4(+9)? C C C Dmajsus4(+9) C C9 C9

--0--0--0--|--0-------0-0-0--|--0---0-0--|--0--------0-0-0--|--0--0--0-----
--1--3--3/-|--3---3-3-3-3-3\-|--1---1-1--|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--|--1--3--3/----
--0--0--0--|--0---0-0-0-0-0--|--0---0-0--|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--|--0--0--0-----
--2--2--2/-|--4---4-4-4-4-4\-|--2---2-2--|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4--|--2--2--2/----
--3--3--3/-|--5-------5-5-5\-|--3---3-3--|--5--------5-5-5--|--3--3--3/----
-----------|-----------------|-----------|------------------|--------------
Ohhh...... I did ...

Dmajsus4(+9) E5 C
(**) (main riff again)
--0-------0-0-----|--0---0--0-0--|--0-----------|-------------------
--3--3-3--3-3-----|--0---0--0-0--|--1-----------|-------------------
--0--0-0--0-0-----|--x---x--x-x--|--0-----(0)---|------0------------
--4--4-4--4-4-4-4-|--2---2--2-2--|--2-----------|-------------------
--5-------5-5-5-5-|--2---2-------|--3-----------|-------------------
------------------|--0---0-------|---------(3)--|--1h3----3-1-------
if there was a reason...


Main riff 4x w/slight variations
Play main riff 3 times until above variation
Play entire Bridge with variation above at (**)

C C

--0--|--0---0-0-0-0-0--|
--1--|--1---1-1-1-1-1--|
--0--|--0---0-0-0-0-0--| then play Bridge again with above variation
--2--|--2---2-2-2-2-2--|
--3--|--3---3-3-3-3-3--|
-----|-----------------|

Then play this 4x:

Chorus
E5 E5/F# G A
--- ---- --- ---- --- --- -let ring- --- ---- --- (***) ----
--0--0-0-0----|---------0--0-0-0-|--3---3-3-3--0-|--0--0--0-0-0-0--
--0--0-0-0----|---------0--0-0-0-|--0---0-0-0--2-|--2--2--2-2-2-2--
--x--x-x-x----|---------x--x-x-x-|--0---0-0-0--2-|--2--2--2-2-2-2--
--2--2-2-2----|-----(2)-2--2-2-2-|--0---0-0-0--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--2-|---2--------------|--3---3-3-3----|-----------------
-----
you..... Footsteps in the hall...(etc)

On the 4th time, hold the A chord at (***)

Play the main riff 4x with variation on 4th time.
Play Bridge 2x into Chorus
Play Chorus 4x with variation on 4th time.
Then play main riff 4x with variation 1st time as Outro:

--------------------
--------------------
-------------------- Just change the G to a D the first time only.
-------0------------
--------------------
--1h3-----3---1-----
----

I usually like to end it on a G chord like xx0003 (low to high), because the missing lower notes gives it a more delicate ending if you use a ritard.