PEARL JAM - "My Way (frank Sinatra Cover)" Tablature
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Author/Artist: Pearl Jam
Title: My Way
Album: Live
Transcribed by: Hernán Daniel Scanavino
Email: flexhelp@sti.com.br
This is probably the most famous song of Frank Sinatra. I think Pearl Jam is
playing a cover of Elvis Presley, who also played it. This is one of the first
songs I've learned to play whith my father, so I think I know it pretty well.
I'm not sure if Pearl Jam have played it exactly like this, but I did it My Way!
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-|-----------1---1----|-------0---0----|-------2---2----|-----3---3---3--|----
-|---------0-------0--|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|---2-------2----|----
-|-------2-----------2|---2-----------2|---2-----------2|-0--------------|----
-|-----3--------------|----------------|-0--------------|----------------|----
-|--------------------|-0--------------|----------------|----------------|----
And now, the end is near, and so I face My friend, I'll say it
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-----------3---3---3--|-------3-------1|-------1-3-1----|-------1---1----|----
---------2-------2----|-----4-------2--|-----0---0-0-0--|-----0-------0--|----
-------0--------------|---5-------3----|---2-----0-2---2|---2-----------2|----
----------------------|----------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|----
----------------------|-3-------1------|----------------|----------------|----
clear, I'll .... case, of which .. certain I've lived a life that's
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-------------0---0----|-------1---1----|-------3---3----|-------1---1----|----
-----------0-------0--|-----2-------2--|-----4-------4--|-----0-------0--|----
---------2-----------2|---3-----------3|---5-----------5|---2-----------2|----
----------------------|----------------|----------------|-3--------------|----
-------0--------------|-1--------------|-3--------------|----------------|----
full, I've .... each and every highway, More and more, much more than
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-------------0--------|-------3---3----|-------1---1----|-------1---1----|----
-----------0---0---0--|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|----
---------0-------0---0|---0-----------0|---2-----------2|---2-----------2|----
----------------------|----------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|----
-------3--------------|-3--------------|----------------|----------------|----
this, I did it my way. Regrets I have a
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-------------0---0----|-------2---2----|-----3---3---3--|-----3---3---3--|----
-----------0-------0--|-----0-------0--|---2-------2----|---2-------2----|----
---------2-----------2|---2-----------2|-0--------------|-0--------------|----
----------------------|-0--------------|----------------|----------------|----
-------0--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----
few, but ... few to mention, I did what I
-------------1-------1|----------------|----------------|---------0------|----
-----------3---3---3--|-------3-------1|-------1-3-1----|-------1---1----|----
---------2-------2----|-----4-------2--|-----0---0-0-0--|-----0-------0--|----
-------0--------------|---5-------3----|---2-----0-2---2|---2-----------2|----
----------------------|----------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|----
----------------------|-3-------1------|----------------|----------------|----
had, and ... thru' without exception I planned each charted
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-------------0---0----|-------1---1----|-------3---3----|-------1---1----|----
-----------0-------0--|-----2-------2--|-----4-------4--|-----0-------0--|----
---------2-----------2|---3-----------3|---5-----------5|---2-----------2|----
----------------------|----------------|----------------|-3--------------|----
-------0--------------|-1--------------|-3--------------|----------------|----
course, I've ... each and every highway And more, much more than
----------------------|---------3------|-----0-0---0-0-0|----------------|----
-------------0--------|-------3---3----|-----1-1---1-1-1|-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|-----2-2---2-2-2|-2---2-2---2-2-2|----
----------------------|----------------|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-2---2-2---2-2-2|----
-------3--------------|-3--------------|----------------|-0---0-0---0-0-0|----
this, I did it my way.Yes there... times, I'm sure you
-------1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|----
-------1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|----
-------2---2-2---2-2-2|-2---2-2---2-2-2|-2---2-2---2-2-2|-2---2-2---2-2-2|----
-------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---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|----
-------1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|----
knew, When I bit off more than... chew, but ... it all, when there was
-------3---3-3---3-3-3|-0---0-0---0-0-0|-0---0-0---0-0-0|-1---1-1---1-1-1|----
-------3---3-3---3-3-3|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|----
-------4---4-4---4-4-4|-0---0-0---0-0-0|-2---2-2---2-2-2|-2---2-2---2-2-2|----
-------5---5-5---5-5-5|-2---2-2---2-2-2|-2---2-2---2-2-2|-3---3-3---3-3-3|----
-------5---5-5---5-5-5|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-0---0-0---0-0-0|-3---3-3---3-3-3|----
-------3---3-3---3-3-3|----------------|----------------|-1---1-1---1-1-1|----
doubt, I ate it up and spit it out. I faced it all and I stood
-------3---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-0---0-0---0-0-0|-1---1-1---1-1-1|----
-------3---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|----
-------4---4-4---4-4-4|-4---4-4---4-4-4|-0---0-0---0-0-0|-2---2-2---2-2-2|----
-------5---5-5---5-5-5|-5---5-5---5-5-5|-2---2-2---2-2-2|-3---3-3---3-3-3|----
-------5---5-5---5-5-5|-5---5-5---5-5-5|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|----
-------3---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|----------------|-1---1-1---1-1-1|----
tall, and I did my way. (Couldn't figure out what Eddie
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---------3------------|-0-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|-8--8--8--8--8--8-------
---------0------------|-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|-9--9--9--9--9--9-------
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----------------------|-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|-10-10-10-10-10-10------
----------------------|-------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|-8--8--8--8--8--8-------
sings in this part) I did my................... way.....................
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-------8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--------------------------------------------------
-------9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--------------------------------------------------
-------10-10-10-10-10-10-10|--------------------------------------------------
-------10-10-10-10-10-10-10|--------------------------------------------------
-------8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--------------------------------------------------
..................y.
Hope this can be useful. Any problem, just e-mail me.
CORRECTIONS:
This corrections aren't important for the song. It doesn't modify anything really. I'm just commenting aspects of the way it is played.
In the 8th line I've tabbed this:
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-------------0--------|-------3---3----|-----1-1---1-1-1|-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|-----2-2---2-2-2|-2---2-2---2-2-2|----
----------------------|----------------|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-2---2-2---2-2-2|----
-------3--------------|-3--------------|----------------|-0---0-0---0-0-0|----
this, I did it my way.Yes there... times, I'm sure you
But I realized that in the back of those arpeggios the rhythm starts. Then the arpeggios stop and there will be only the rhythm. So, it would be something like this:
|---------------------|---------3------|--------------------------------------
|------------0--------|-------3---3----|--------------------------------------
|----------0---0---0--|-----0-------0--|--------------------------------------
|--------0-------0---0|---0-----------0|--------------------------------------
|---------------------|----------------|--------------------------------------
|------3--------------|-3--------------|--------------------------------------
|
|------1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|----------------|----
|------1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-0---0-0---0-0-0|----
|------2---2-2---2-2-2|-2---2-2---2-2-2|-2---2-2---2-2-2|-0---0-0---0-0-0|----
|------3---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-2---2-2---2-2-2|----
|------3---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-2---2-2---2-2-2|----
|------1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-0---0-0---0-0-0|----
this, I did it my way.Yes there... times, I'm sure you
Also I have to say that I don't really know if the correct tune is C. As I'd always played with C, I tabbed in this tune; it works...
And I'm not sure if the arpeggios are played with a guitar. Listen to it, I guessed it could be a piano or something like that.
Any other thing, just say.
See you
Hernán Daniel Scanavino
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
#-- File created with Instab - http://www.pconline.com/~smcarey/instab.html --#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
Author/Artist: Pearl Jam
Title: My Way
Album: Live
Transcribed by: Hernán Daniel Scanavino
Email: flexhelp@sti.com.br
This is probably the most famous song of Frank Sinatra. I think Pearl Jam is
playing a cover of Elvis Presley, who also played it. This is one of the first
songs I've learned to play whith my father, so I think I know it pretty well.
I'm not sure if Pearl Jam have played it exactly like this, but I did it My Way!
-|-------------0------|---------0------|---------3------|-------1-------1|----
-|-----------1---1----|-------0---0----|-------2---2----|-----3---3---3--|----
-|---------0-------0--|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|---2-------2----|----
-|-------2-----------2|---2-----------2|---2-----------2|-0--------------|----
-|-----3--------------|----------------|-0--------------|----------------|----
-|--------------------|-0--------------|----------------|----------------|----
And now, the end is near, and so I face My friend, I'll say it
-------------1-------1|----------------|----------------|---------0------|----
-----------3---3---3--|-------3-------1|-------1-3-1----|-------1---1----|----
---------2-------2----|-----4-------2--|-----0---0-0-0--|-----0-------0--|----
-------0--------------|---5-------3----|---2-----0-2---2|---2-----------2|----
----------------------|----------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|----
----------------------|-3-------1------|----------------|----------------|----
clear, I'll .... case, of which .. certain I've lived a life that's
---------------0------|---------1------|---------3------|---------0------|----
-------------0---0----|-------1---1----|-------3---3----|-------1---1----|----
-----------0-------0--|-----2-------2--|-----4-------4--|-----0-------0--|----
---------2-----------2|---3-----------3|---5-----------5|---2-----------2|----
----------------------|----------------|----------------|-3--------------|----
-------0--------------|-1--------------|-3--------------|----------------|----
full, I've .... each and every highway, More and more, much more than
----------------------|---------3------|---------0------|---------0------|----
-------------0--------|-------3---3----|-------1---1----|-------1---1----|----
-----------0---0---0--|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|----
---------0-------0---0|---0-----------0|---2-----------2|---2-----------2|----
----------------------|----------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|----
-------3--------------|-3--------------|----------------|----------------|----
this, I did it my way. Regrets I have a
---------------0------|---------3------|-------1-------1|-------1-------1|----
-------------0---0----|-------2---2----|-----3---3---3--|-----3---3---3--|----
-----------0-------0--|-----0-------0--|---2-------2----|---2-------2----|----
---------2-----------2|---2-----------2|-0--------------|-0--------------|----
----------------------|-0--------------|----------------|----------------|----
-------0--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----
few, but ... few to mention, I did what I
-------------1-------1|----------------|----------------|---------0------|----
-----------3---3---3--|-------3-------1|-------1-3-1----|-------1---1----|----
---------2-------2----|-----4-------2--|-----0---0-0-0--|-----0-------0--|----
-------0--------------|---5-------3----|---2-----0-2---2|---2-----------2|----
----------------------|----------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|----
----------------------|-3-------1------|----------------|----------------|----
had, and ... thru' without exception I planned each charted
---------------0------|---------1------|---------3------|---------0------|----
-------------0---0----|-------1---1----|-------3---3----|-------1---1----|----
-----------0-------0--|-----2-------2--|-----4-------4--|-----0-------0--|----
---------2-----------2|---3-----------3|---5-----------5|---2-----------2|----
----------------------|----------------|----------------|-3--------------|----
-------0--------------|-1--------------|-3--------------|----------------|----
course, I've ... each and every highway And more, much more than
----------------------|---------3------|-----0-0---0-0-0|----------------|----
-------------0--------|-------3---3----|-----1-1---1-1-1|-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|-----2-2---2-2-2|-2---2-2---2-2-2|----
----------------------|----------------|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-2---2-2---2-2-2|----
-------3--------------|-3--------------|----------------|-0---0-0---0-0-0|----
this, I did it my way.Yes there... times, I'm sure you
-------1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|----
-------1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|----
-------2---2-2---2-2-2|-2---2-2---2-2-2|-2---2-2---2-2-2|-2---2-2---2-2-2|----
-------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---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|----
-------1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|----
knew, When I bit off more than... chew, but ... it all, when there was
-------3---3-3---3-3-3|-0---0-0---0-0-0|-0---0-0---0-0-0|-1---1-1---1-1-1|----
-------3---3-3---3-3-3|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|----
-------4---4-4---4-4-4|-0---0-0---0-0-0|-2---2-2---2-2-2|-2---2-2---2-2-2|----
-------5---5-5---5-5-5|-2---2-2---2-2-2|-2---2-2---2-2-2|-3---3-3---3-3-3|----
-------5---5-5---5-5-5|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-0---0-0---0-0-0|-3---3-3---3-3-3|----
-------3---3-3---3-3-3|----------------|----------------|-1---1-1---1-1-1|----
doubt, I ate it up and spit it out. I faced it all and I stood
-------3---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-0---0-0---0-0-0|-1---1-1---1-1-1|----
-------3---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|----
-------4---4-4---4-4-4|-4---4-4---4-4-4|-0---0-0---0-0-0|-2---2-2---2-2-2|----
-------5---5-5---5-5-5|-5---5-5---5-5-5|-2---2-2---2-2-2|-3---3-3---3-3-3|----
-------5---5-5---5-5-5|-5---5-5---5-5-5|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|----
-------3---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|----------------|-1---1-1---1-1-1|----
tall, and I did my way. (Couldn't figure out what Eddie
----------------------|-------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|-8--8--8--8--8--8-------
---------3------------|-0-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|-8--8--8--8--8--8-------
---------0------------|-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|-9--9--9--9--9--9-------
----------------------|-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|-10-10-10-10-10-10------
----------------------|-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|-10-10-10-10-10-10------
----------------------|-------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|-8--8--8--8--8--8-------
sings in this part) I did my................... way.....................
-------8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--------------------------------------------------
-------8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--------------------------------------------------
-------9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--------------------------------------------------
-------10-10-10-10-10-10-10|--------------------------------------------------
-------10-10-10-10-10-10-10|--------------------------------------------------
-------8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--------------------------------------------------
..................y.
Hope this can be useful. Any problem, just e-mail me.
CORRECTIONS:
This corrections aren't important for the song. It doesn't modify anything really. I'm just commenting aspects of the way it is played.
In the 8th line I've tabbed this:
----------------------|---------3------|-----0-0---0-0-0|----------------|----
-------------0--------|-------3---3----|-----1-1---1-1-1|-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|-----2-2---2-2-2|-2---2-2---2-2-2|----
----------------------|----------------|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-2---2-2---2-2-2|----
-------3--------------|-3--------------|----------------|-0---0-0---0-0-0|----
this, I did it my way.Yes there... times, I'm sure you
But I realized that in the back of those arpeggios the rhythm starts. Then the arpeggios stop and there will be only the rhythm. So, it would be something like this:
|---------------------|---------3------|--------------------------------------
|------------0--------|-------3---3----|--------------------------------------
|----------0---0---0--|-----0-------0--|--------------------------------------
|--------0-------0---0|---0-----------0|--------------------------------------
|---------------------|----------------|--------------------------------------
|------3--------------|-3--------------|--------------------------------------
|
|------1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|----------------|----
|------1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-0---0-0---0-0-0|----
|------2---2-2---2-2-2|-2---2-2---2-2-2|-2---2-2---2-2-2|-0---0-0---0-0-0|----
|------3---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-2---2-2---2-2-2|----
|------3---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-3---3-3---3-3-3|-2---2-2---2-2-2|----
|------1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-1---1-1---1-1-1|-0---0-0---0-0-0|----
this, I did it my way.Yes there... times, I'm sure you
Also I have to say that I don't really know if the correct tune is C. As I'd always played with C, I tabbed in this tune; it works...
And I'm not sure if the arpeggios are played with a guitar. Listen to it, I guessed it could be a piano or something like that.
Any other thing, just say.
See you
Hernán Daniel Scanavino
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