Pearl Jam - The Fixer Tab

This song has tricky time changes between 5, 4 and 3 beats per bar.
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Intro (5/4 time, beats noted below)

play this 3x 4th time (3/4 time) Lead 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3
e 7 8 7
B 8 8 8 9 10 9
G 4 x 7 x 9 9 9 4 x 7
D 4 x 7 x 4 x 7
A 2 x 5 x 2 x 5
E
| Both guitars play this | Rhythm
e
B 8 8 8
G 4 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
D 4 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
A 2 5 7 7 7
E

Verse (3/4 time) - Both Guitars, play 4x with some slight changes

1 2 3 1 2 3
e
B
G
D 7 7 4
A 5 5 2 5 5 2 0 < last note can also
E 3 3 3 0 0 0 be '2p0'

On 3rd time through verse, Lead Guitar splits off and plays this 4x:

Swell Lick
e
B 3 3<
G 2 2 2< < is swell from
D volume/wah possibly
A
E

Chorus (4/4 time)

e 3 0 3
B 3 0 3 3 3
G 0 0 2 0 4 2
D 0 2 0 0 0
A x 2 0 x 2 0h2 0
E 3 0 3

For Verse 2, Rhythm is same,

Lead plays (0:46):
e
B 12 10 (10)
G
D 9 7 (7)
A
E
Lead plays (0:56):
e 10
B 12 10 (10) 12\10
G 7
D 9 7 (7) 9\7
A
E

Play Chorus again

3rd Verse, Lead plays 'Swell Lick' and synthesizer plays the chords.

(1:27) Music stops, Guitar fades in: Higher Lead Guitar part (played at ***) 5/4 time
e 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
B 3 3 3 3 3 10 12 10 12
G 2 2 2 2 2
D *
A *
E *

Bridge - 4/4 time

Rhythm
e 8 5
B 8 8 7 7 7 8 5
G 9 9 10 12 8 7 7 7 7 6
D 10 8 9 9 9 9 7
A 10 6 9 9 7
E 8 7 7 5
| | Lead
e 8 8 6 8 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 5 7
B 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 5
G 9 9 8 7 6
D
A
E

For 'Bridge' repeat, Rhythm plays same chords. Lead changes.

Lead Bridge Repeat:

e 8 10 8 10 8 10 8 10 8 10 8 10 8 10 8 10 7 10 7 10 7 10 7 10 5 7 5 7 5 7 5 7
B
G
D
A
E

Play Intro again

Play Chorus 4x and fade out

Fade out Chorus (2:35)

e
B
G 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7/
D
A 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5/
E
e
B
G/14 14 14 14 14 14 14\ 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9/11 11 11 11 11 11 11
D
A/12 12 12 12 12 12 12\ 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7/9 9 9 9 9 9 9
E
e
B
G 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12
D 12 12 14 14/16\14 14 14 14 14 14
A 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
E 10 10 12 12/14\12 12 12 12 12 12
e
B
G 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
D 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 9 9 7
A 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
E 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 7 7 5
fade out key: | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | x Mute note | < volume swell (back off volume knob, then turn up while playing)

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