Pearl Jam * Alive

Part 1 (intro) demonstrates the main riff of this song.
Part 3 is demonstrating the chords that are played during 
the chorus. The "Lead Pattern" example is a featured lick
from the main guitar solo. This song has many useful guitar
licks and lead patterns, many of which are based upon E
blues scale (shown below). 

  Part 1 * Intro
    s                s   h h    v             s   h h
e :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G :------0-2--------|-----------------|-2-2-2-----------|
D :----0---2--------|---0-7-9---7-----|-2-2-2----0-7-9--|
A :-10-----0--------|-7---------------|-0-0-0--7--------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

      b.rel             s   h h    v            s   h h
e :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G :--------------0--|-2---------------|-0-0-0-2---------|
D :-7-9--------7-0--|-2----0-7-9---7--|-0-0-0-2----0-7-9|
A :-----------------|-0--7------------|-0-0-0-0--7------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


                     Part 2            Part 3 * Chorus
       b.rel
e :-----------------|-----------------|-0--3--2---------|
B :-----------------|-----------------|-0--3--3---------|
G :-------------0---|-10-10-10--5-----|-1--0--2--2------|
D :-7--9-----7--0---|-10-10-10--5-----|-2--0--0--2------|
A :-----------------|-8--8--8---3-----|-2--2-----0------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-0--3------------|

   Lead Pattern Example
    f        p
e :-----12----------|-----------------|-----------------|
B :--------15-12----|-----------------|-----------------|
G :-14--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   E Blues Scale
   E   G  A  A#  B    D  E  G   A  A#   B  D  E
e :-----------------|-----------------|-------12--------|
B :-----------------|-----------------|-12-15-----------|
G :-----------------|-------12-14-15--|-----------------|
D :-----------------|-12-14-----------|-----------------|
A :-------12-13-14--|-----------------|-----------------|
E :-12-15-----------|-----------------|-----------------|

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