This is one of my all-time favorite songs. This is very accurate and very simple
to play To make more legible just copy/paste this into a blank document and resize
the text-sorry for the inconvenience
j e r e m y
Standard Tuning
Intro
|---------------------------------|e
|---------------------------------|B
|-----------------5---------------|G
|---------7---5-----5-------------|D
|-0-5-7-----0---------------------|A
|-------5-------------------------|E
Play 3x (then on third play...)
|---------------------------------------------------------|e
|---------------------------------------------------------|B
|----------------5----------------------------------------|G
|---------7---5----5-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------7---5--|D
|-0-5-7-0---0------------------------------0-5-7-0---0----|A
|---------------------------------------------------------|E
Verse 1
At home, draw-ing pic-tures, of moun-tain tops, with him on top
|------------------------------0-----------------------------|e
|-1--1--1-0--------1--(1)-3-1----1--(1)---1--(1)-1-1--(1)----|B
|------------2--------------------------------------------2--|G
|--------------2---------------------------------------------|D
|------------------------------------------------------------|A
|------------------------------------------------------------|E
Lem-on yel-low sun; arms raised in a "V" The Dead lay in pools of...
|------------------------x--(x)-------------------------------------------------|e
|---0-1--(1)-1-1--(1)--3---------0-1--(1)-0----3---0-1--(1)-1--(1)-1--3-1-0-0---|B
|-2-----------------------------------------2--------------------------------2-2|G
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E
Pre-Chorus
Dad-dy Didn't give at-ten-tion (no) oh, to the fact that mom-my
|-5-3-(3)--3-0--3--1-0------0-(0)------------------------------0-----|e
|-----------------------3----------3-3--3-1---3-1-(1)--3-1-(3)---1-(1|B
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|G
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|D
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|A
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|E
King__ Jer-e-my the wick-ed oh, ruled his world____
|----------------------------------------------------------|e
|-(1)-3--(3)-3-1-------------3-1-(1)----(1)-3--3--1--0-----|B
|----------------2--(2)---------------------------------2--|G
|-----------------------2--2-------------------------------|D
|----------------------------------------------------------|A
|----------------------------------------------------------|E
Chorus
Jer-e-my spoke in___Class_______ to-day___________(Play 2x)
|--------------------------------------------------------------|e
|---0--1--3--1-------(0)-1-0--(0)-1-0--------------------------|B
|-2------------(2)--------------------2-0--(0)-2-----2-------2-|G
|--------------------------------------------------------------|D
|--------------------------------------------------------------|A
|--------------------------------------------------------------|E
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/pearl_jam/jeremy_tab_ver_3.html ]
(Verse 2) Clear-ly I____Re-mem - ber pick -ing on___ the boy,___
|----------------------0-------------------------------------------|e
|-3--1-3--(3)-1-3--(3)---------1--(1)-3-1-(1)--1----0--------1-----|B
|--------------------------2-2-------------------2----2--(2)---2---|G
|----------------------------------------------------------------3-|D
|------------------------------------------------------------------|A
|------------------------------------------------------------------|E
Ooh____But we un-leashed a li-on. Gnashed his teeth and bit the
|-----0--(0)-0--0-0-1--(1)------------------------------------(0)-|e
|-(3)-------------------------0-1---3--3-3--3-3-1--3-1--3-3-3-----|B
|--------------------------2--------------------------------------|G
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|D
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|A
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|E
How Could I For - (Returns to beginning of Verse 1 for rest of V:2)
|------------------------|e
|-3--(1)-0--1------------|B
|-------------2----------|G
|------------------------|D
|------------------------|A
|------------------------|E
Chorus II
(*Play the first chorus, but add this part...)
Jer-e-my spoke___in_________class__________Day________________
|---------0--------------------------------0---0----0----0---0--|e
|---0--1----(1)--3----1-----3--(3)-1----------------------------|B
|-2----------------2----2--------------2------------------------|G
|---------------------------------------------------------------|D
|---------------------------------------------------------------|A
|---------------------------------------------------------------|E
Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh...(Play this 7x)
|-----5----5--------------|e
|-------------------------|B
|-------------------------|G
|-------------------------|D
|-------------------------|A
|-------------------------|E
Try to forget this (Try to forget this) Try to erase this_____
|-5--(5)------------0----0-5-(5)---------0---5-(5)-------------0--5-|e
|--------3-1-3--(3)---3-----------3-1-3-------------3-1-3--(3)------|B
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|G
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|D
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|A
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|E
(Try To Erase This) From the Black_______
|-5--(5)----------0----0--(0)----------------|e
|---------3-1-3----------------1--3--1-------|B
|--------------------------------------------|G
|--------------------------------------------|D
|--------------------------------------------|A
|--------------------------------------------|E
Ending Chorus
Jer-e-my Spoke in___Class_____________To-Day_____________
|---------3--0-------------------------------------------|e
|---0--1--3--1-1---(0)-1-0--(0)-1-0-------1----(1)---1---|B
|-2------------2---------------------2-0--2----(2)---2---|G
|--------------------------------------------------------|D
|--------------------------------------------------------|A
|--------------------------------------------------------|E
Jer-e-my Spoke in,___Spoke in,__Jer-e-my spoke in, Spoke in.
|---------3--0-------3--0---------------3--0----3--0----------|e
|---0--1--3--1-1-----3--1-1-------0--1--3--1-1--3--1--3--1--1-|B
|-2------------2----------2-----2------------2--------0--2--0-|G
|-------------------------------------------------------------|D
|-------------------------------------------------------------|A
|-------------------------------------------------------------|E
Jer-e-my Spoke in____Class________To - day.______
|---------3--0----------------------0--(0)---0---|e
|---0--1--3--1-1-----0-(0)--------3--------------|B
|-2------------2------------2--------------------|G
|------------------------------------------------|D
|------------------------------------------------|A
|------------------------------------------------|E
Ah - ha ah - ha ah - ha (Play 4x)
|-------------|e
|-0-(0)--1----|B
|-------------|G
|-------------|D
|-------------|A
|-------------|E
