Guitar 1: Open D tuning (D,A,F#,D,A,D)
Guitar 2: Standard tuning
Guitar 1 - Distorted
Opening Riff:
D-------|-------------------------|
A-------|-------------------------|
F#------|-------------------------|
D-------|------------0------------|
A-------|------X-3-X-5------------|
D--15\--|--5/7-------0--6-5p3-4p0-|
Guitar 2 - Distorted
e-----------------------|
B--5/7-7-X-5-7----------|
G--5/7-7-X-5-7----------|
D--5/7-7-X-5-7--6-5\3---|
A--3/7-5-X-X-5--------5-|
E-----------------------|
Riff 1 (in 2/4 time)
Guitar 1 Riff 1A
D--------------------|---12-|
A--------------------|---12-|
F#-------------------|---12-|
D--------------------|---12-|
A--5-3---------------|---12-|
D------7-5-3-0-3-5-0-|---12-|let ring
Guitar 2
e--------------------|
B--------------------|
G--7-5---------------|
D------7-5-3-0-3-5-0-|let ring
A--------------------|
E--------------------|
Verse Riff
Guitar 1 - with some palm muting
*
D-------------------|
A-------------------|
F#------------------|
D------------0------|
A------X-3-X-5------|
D--5\7-------0---3/-|
*
Guitar 2
e----------------------|
B--5/7-7-X-X-X-7-X-7-7-|
G--5/7-7-X-5-X-7-X-7-7-|
D--5/7-7-X-5-X-7-X-7-7-|
A--3/5-5-X-X-X-5-X-5-5-|
E----------------------|
Chorus
Guitar 1
D: Bb: C:
D----12-----8-----10--|
A----12-----8-----10--|
F#---12-----8-----10--|
D----12-----8-----10--|
A----12-----8-----10--|
D----12-----8-----10--|
That's how the chords are played. They go like this:
D Bb D C
"Even Flow Thoughts arive like butterflies.."
Continue this chord progression through chorus until:
D C D C
"Him away, him away..."
Let the chords ring through the chorus'
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/pearl_jam/even_flow_tab_ver_11.html ]
Guitar 2
e-------------------------|-------------------|
B-------------------------|-------------------|
G--12-11-------7-9b10r9-7-|--11---------------|
D--------12-8-------------|-----12-10---------|(whammy)
A-------------------------|-------------------|
E-------------------------|-------------------|
E ven flow Butterflies
Repeat the second part for "him away..."
Riff 2
Guitar 1
D--------------------------------|
A----------------------------12\-|
F#---------------------------12\-|
D--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X----12\-|
A--10-10-10-10-10-11-11-12---12\-|
D--10-10-10-10-10-11-11-12---12\-|
Guitar 2
e---------------------10\-|
B---------------------10\-|
G---------------------11\-|
D---------------------12\-|
A--X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X----12\-|
E--8-8-8-8-8-9-9-10---X---|
Solo
Guitar 1 plays Riff 2 with palm muting throughout most ofthe solo, then
drops out a little bit before riff 3 comes in. If you listen to the
song, you should be able to figure it out.
Riff 3 (bridge from solo back into chorus)
Guitar 1
D--------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------|
F#-------------------------------------------|
D------X-10-X-12--10\------X-10-X-12--/14-12-|
A--/12-----------------/12-------------------|
D--------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 plays a D with lots of muting and scratching, growing louder and
louder until the chorus. Played like this:
e--5-
B--7-
G--7-
D--7-
A--5-
Outro Riff
Guitar 2 (with wah)
e---------------------------|
B---------------------------|
G--12-10---10-----------10\-|
D-------12----10----10--10\-|
A----------------12---------|
E---------------------------|
Order of Song:
Opening Riff (with slide only 1st time)
Riff 1 (guitar 1 goes right into verse riff at *)
Verse Riff
Riff 1 (into opening riff)
Opening Riff (guitar 2 with wah)
Riff 1 (guitar 1 plays riff 1A also)
Chorus
Verse Riff
Riff 1 (guitar 1 plays riff 1A also)
Chorus
Riff 2
Solo
Riff 3
Chorus
Riff 2 (guitar 1 continues riff 2 until end)
Outro Riff
