E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
                     Lightning Bolt - Pearl Jam
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Tabbed by: ehbacon

Tuning: Standard

Lyrics from the CD book


Intro:

guitar 1: 
   played 9 times-
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

guitar 2:
   play twice-
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------77----------------------------------|
G|-66-67-9--7-6--77-79----9-77-66-67-9-97-99---------------|
D|-------------7-----------------------------7-7-77--------|
A|-------------------------------------------------9-99-99-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
   .. .. .  . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . . ... .. ..

  she comes on like a stone…


Verse:

guitar 1:
    played 4 times-

  let ring------|
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|---------7---7--|
D|-7---7---7---7--|
A|-7---7---5---5--|
E|-5---5----------|
  now she comes after thee
  with her newly planted seeds...


guitar 2:

   play twice-
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------77----------------------------------|
G|-66-67-9--7-6--77-79----9-77-66-67-9-97-99---------------|
D|-------------7-----------------------------7-7-77--------|
A|-------------------------------------------------9-99-99-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
   .. .. .  . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . . ... .. ..


guitar 3:

  play twice-

  let ring-------------------------|
E|------12--------14--------12-------|
B|-10---10---15---15---10---10---15--|
G|--9----9---14---14----9----9---14--|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|


Chorus:

guitar 1:
      (let ring)        (let ring)
e|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------||------|
B|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------||------|
G|-----5-------------7-7-5-------------7-7-5-5\4-5\4--------7-7-5-5\4-5\4----|
D|-77--5----------77-7-7-5----------77-7-7-5-5\4-5\4-5---77-7-7-5-5\4-5\4-5--|
A|-77--3----------77-5-5-3----------77-5-5-3-3\2-3\2-5---77-5-5-3-3\2-3\2-5--|
E|-55-------------55----------------55---------------3---55---------------3--|
   you gotta know you’ll never let her go...       

                              (let ring)
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|----7-7-5-5\4-5\4--------7-7-5--------|
D|-77-7-7-5-5\4-5\4-5---77-7-7-5--------|
A|-77-5-5-3-3\2-3\2-5---77-5-5-3--------|
E|-55---------------3---55--------------|


guitar 2:

e|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------||------|
B|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------||------|
G|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------||------|
D|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------||------|
A|-777-7/12-12-10-10p9h10p9------777-7/12-12-10-10p9h10p9------777-7/12-12-10|
E|--------------------------10----------------------------10-----------------|
                         (let ring)
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|--------------------7-7-5---------|
A|-10p9h10p9------777-7-7-5---------|
E|-----------10-------5-5-3---------|


Solo: 

guitar 1:
   played 4 times (altered 4th time)
                                  (not played 4th time)
E|--------------------------------|------------|
B|--------------------------------|------------|
G|----------55555555-77777777-5555|---5---5----|
D|-77777777-55555555-77777777-5555|-5-5-5-5-5--|
A|-77777777-33333333-55555555-3333|-5-3-5-3-5--|
E|-55555555-----------------------|-3---3---3--|


guitar 2:
                         let ring----|                       let ring----|
e|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------||------|
B|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------||------|
G|-----5----5-------5---7-5~---------------5----5-------5---7-5~-------------|
D|-7-57--757--757-57--75---------------7-57--757--757-57--75-----------------|
A|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------||------|
E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------||------|

E|-----5-5-5-------5-5-5---------------------------------------------|
B|-5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5---5------------5--5--5----------------------|
G|-7b--7b7b7b--7b--7b7b7b--7br-7p5h7p5--7b-7b-7br-7p5h7--------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------7~~-7~~-7~~-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


Interlude:

guitar 1:

played 4 times
 (let every chord ring)
E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-7-----5-----4-----3-----|
A|-7-----5-----4-----3-----|
E|-5-----3-----2-----1-----|
  always something and never nothing…


play twice-
 (let every chord ring)
E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-2-----4-----5-----6-----|
A|-2-----4-----6-----7-----|
E|-0-----2-----3-----4-----|


guitar 2:
  
  play 4 times-
E|-0----0-------------0--------0-----0-----|
B|-2--2---2--3---3----3---3----3---3---3---|
G|-2---------4-4---4--4-4---4--2-2-------2-|
D|-2---------5--------2--------3-----------|
A|-0---------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|


play twice-
 (let every chord ring)
E|---------------------|
B|-3----5----3----5----|
G|-4----6----4----6----|
D|-2----4----5----7----|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|


Outro:

guitar 1 and 3 play what they play for the verse


guitar 2:

play twice (fade out second time)-
E|----------------9-----9/17-10-----------------9---------|
B|-10---10/14-10----10-----------10---10/14-10----10------|
G|----9-----------------------------9----------------7~~--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

 she’s a lightning bolt!!! Never let her go!!!





Order: 

Intro
Verse
Chorus
Solo
Interlude
Chorus
Intro
Verse
Outro


Lyrics:

Intro:

She comes on like a stone
But you don't know where from she was thrown
Like a burning meteor from miles high

Looking for a place to land 
She said, "Have you got yourself some sand?"
And whatever you replied
She took as, "Yes"

Verse:

Now she comes after thee
With her newly planted seeds and soon
You're prone down on your knees and there you dig

And then before you know the weeds are 
Obesely overgrown with all the
Wild seed she sows in your sleep

Chorus:

You gotta know you'll never let her go
Lightning bolt

Interlude:

Always something and never nothing 
Isn't that, the way we're thought to be?

Flipping through the worn out pages 
And stages when you knew not who to be
Til the lightning strike set you free

Chorus:

You gotta know you'll never let her go
Lightning bolt

Verse:

The crashing stormy waves erode her
Shoreline everyday until the
Castle of her ways turn to sand

She holds her lovely breast
As her birds fall from the nest
Flying toward the great northwest, yeh yeh yeh

Outro:

And with no repair in sight
There is no God with such might
As to open her world wide with subterfuge

And your death will soon arrive
As she finally decides that all her
Problems, they won't die with you





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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| b   Bend
| br  Bend release