Pearl Jam — Even Flow (ver 5) Tab

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—53———|
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——57———————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'

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