From: "Daniel J. Graeber" <graeberd@student.msu.edu>
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Well, I sat down last night and spent a good few hours with just me, my
Washburn, a pad of paper and the CD player and transcribed this mother
as best as I could. What follows is just the intro, about 11 seconds of
the song. The rest is very similar so faking it with a little bit of improv
should get you through the song. The basic chord progression is Em-B-Bm-A.
The position for these chords are at the end of this message.
Yellow Ledbetter
Em B Bm A Em
|_______________9^7________9__________9___5_____________5^7^5__________________
|___________7___9^7_________7_________7______________5_______5_________________
|*__________7___9^7___9^7____8_______________6_________________6_______________
|___2__7^9______7_____9^7__________________________7_______________2___________
|*__2__7^9______7______________9__9________________________________2___________
|___0___________7_______________________________5__________________0___________
"Unsealed on a porch a....."(second time through this section)
_12__10_________
_12__10_________|
_______12__9___*|
_______12__9____|
_______________*|
________________|
The entire song follows this chord progression (Em-B-Bm-A-Em) except
for the tail end of the song where the lyrics are
"I don't wanna stay.." (repeated)
which is
__9___ __7___ __5___
__9___ __7___ __5___
__9___ __8___ __6___
__7___ __9___ __7___
__7___ __9___ __7___
__7___ __7___ __5___
Em B Bm A
The solo for this song is in D pentatonic in the 10th position. I was too
damn lazy to figure it out AND write it down. Maybe later!
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I got these lyrics awhile ago off of alt.music.pearl_jam. This is very close
to what is heard on the b-side to the Jeremy single. Good luck to all!
Yellow Ledbetter
Unsealed
On a porch a letter sat
Then you said i wanna leave it again
Once i saw him
On a beach of weathered sand
And on the sand i wanna leave it again
On a weekend wanna wish it all way
And they called an i said an i want what
i said an i call out again
And the reason oughta leave her calm i know
I said i know what i wear that a box or the bag
Oh yeah can you see them?
Out on the porch
Ah, but they don't wave
I see them
Round the front way, yeah
And i know and i know
I don't wanna stay
make me cry
I see
I don't know there's something else
I wanna drum it all away
An i said
I said i i don't know where there's a box or the bag
Oh yeah can you see them?
Out on the porch
Ah, but they don't wave
I see them
Round the front way, yeah
And i know and i know
I don't wanna stay
I don't wanna stay
I don't wanna stay
From: Brad Campbell <jmcdanie@stmarys-ca.edu>
Yellow Leadbetter: Guitar Solo
By: Pearl Jam (Mike McCready)
Transcription By: Brad Campbell
Symbols:
/=slide up
\=slide down
h=hammer on
p=pull off
w=whammy bar
b=bend
[example: 3b(4)=bend the third fret UP to the fourth]
[example: b(4)3=release the bend (i.e bend 4th fret DOWN to third)]
The bars break corresponding to 4/4 time. I put them in to give people a
sense of rhythm for the song. Just keep in mind that every bar has four
beats, except the first bar, which is a one beat (two-note) pick-up I did
the solo from memory, so there will undoubtedly be some problems. I
didn't note every little slide, vibrato, pull-off, or hammer-on, but I
tried to note the major ones. Listening to the music while playing will
really help.
e:------|-----0--0--0--3b(4)--4--|b(4)3--0--2--2--0-------------|
B:0--0--|0h2---------------------|-------------------2--0-------|
G:------|------------------------|------------------------------|
D:------|------------------------|-------------------------4--2-|
A:------|------------------------|------------------------------|
E:------|------------------------|------------------------------|
e:-----------------------------|-------|9--7--9h7-----------------------
B:-----------------------------|-------|-----------9--7b(9)--9--b(9)7-5-
G:-----------------------------|-------|--------------------------------
D:4h2--2---2h4--2-----2-----2--|5b(6)--|--------------------------------
A:--------4--------4-----4-----|-------|--------------------------------
E:-----------------------------|-------|--------------------------------
Release the 5b(6) slowly throughout the 2nd bar
(The end of this staff is supposed to have a bar break)
e:------------------|---7-----7h9--------------------|
B:5h7--7w5--7h5-----|9-----9-------14-12-14-12-14-12-|
G:---------------6--|--------------------------------|
D:------------------|--------------------------------|
A:------------------|--------------------------------|
E:------------------|--------------------------------|
Try using hammer-ons and pull-offs to smooth out the "14-12" combinations
e:14b(15)b14-12----12h14-12-12-12\0--|------9h7-9--9--7----------------|
B:--------------14-------------------|9--9---------------9--7--9h7-----|
G:-----------------------------------|------------------------------9--|
D:-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A:-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
The "14b(15)b14" means bend and release quickly
e:------------------------------|--------------------------7---|
B:7------------7h5-----5--7--5--|9b(10)b9--7\5--5h7--5--9-----9|
G:---9--6--9~-------6-----------|------------------------------|
D:------------------------------|------------------------------|
A:------------------------------|------------------------------|
E:------------------------------|------------------------------|
e:9--7h9p7h9p7h9p7h9p7h9p7h9p|7h9p7h9p7h9\0|
B:---------------------------|-------------|
G:---------------------------|-------------|
D:---------------------------|-------------|
A:---------------------------|-------------|
E:---------------------------|-------------|
Please send questions, comments, recommendations to:
Brad Campbell
(jmcdanie@galileo.stmarys-ca.edu)