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Long Road, as performed by Pearl Jam
Merkin Ball

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Author/Artist: Pearl Jam
Title: Long Road.
Album: Merkinball Single.
Transcribed by: Thiago Oliveira da Costa
Email: MikeMcCready@hotmail.com
(05/17/99)

I think there are 2 guitars and both do kinda the same.

Intro:
|-2-------------------------------------------------------------------
|-3-------------------------------------------------------------------
|-2-------------------------------------------------------------------
|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------

Verse:
|-2-------------2-------------------2---------------------------------
|-3-------------3-------------------3---------------------------------
|-2-------------2-------------------2---------------------------------
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------

Pre chorus: "Holding hands are daughters and sons..."                   
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------------------
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------------------
On the second time after this comes the Fill 1

Chorus: "I have wished for so long"                              
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2-2-----------------------------------
|-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------
|-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-----------------------------------
|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------
|-2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------------
|-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------------------------

Iterlude: "And the wind keeps roaring"                
|-0-0-0-0-0---3-3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2-2-----------------------------------
|-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2-2-----------------------------------
|-2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------
|-3-3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2-2-----------------------------------------------
|-------------3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------------
After, fill 1 also.

Then
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----2---------2--------2-------2--------2--------2------------------
|-------3---------3--------3-------3--------3--------3----------------
|-0-0------0-0-------0-0-----0-0------0-0------0-0--------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------

The part where eddie sings "Ah, Ah, Ah"
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------------------
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------------------
With fill 1 after also.

Chorus and Chorus.

then
|-2-------------2-------------------2---------------------------------
|-3-------------3-------------------3---------------------------------
|-2-------------2-------------------2---------------------------------
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------

At the end, very close to the end of the song.
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------
|---0-----------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------

In the live version in the chorus right before the A chord he does:
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-0h2-----------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------

Fill 1.
|-3-2-0-0-0-2---------------------------------------------------------
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------------------
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------------------
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------------------
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