PEARL JAM - "black cat" Tablature
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Author/Artist: Temple Of The Dog
Title: Black Cat (aka Bellshit)
Album: Unreleased demo
Transcribed by: Evan Cowan
Email: evan@giventowail.com
With slide
Tuning -- Open D -- (low to high) : DADF#AD
12^ -- harmonic at the 12th fret
Lyrics from unofficial soundgarden website
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-|-x-x---x-x---x-x----x-x---x-x----x-x---x----x-x---x-x----x-x---12^-12^---|--
-|-x-x---x-x---x-x----x-x---x-x----x-x---x----x-x---x-x----x-x---12^-12^---|--
-|-x-x---x-x---x-x----x-x---x-x----x-x---x----x-x---x-x----x-x-------------|--
-|---0-------------0------------0----------0------------0------------------|--
0:36
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-|-----12--vvvvvvvvvv---------\--------------------------------|--------------
-|-----12--vvvvvvvvvv---------\--------------------------------|--------------
-|-/12---------------------------------------------------------|--------------
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Black cat black cat's gone gone for good gone for long
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-|------------------------------------------------------------/-12-vvvv--\--|-
-|------------------------------------------------------------/-12-vvvv--\--|-
-|-----------------------------------------/-3----------------/-12-vvvv--\--|-
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Don't believe that he left me alone and I hope he don't come home
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-|-----------------------------/-5------------\-----------------|-------------
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Looking back the black path trust him once lost my map
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-|--------5-\--------------------------------------/-12--------\----|---------
-|-------------------------------------------------/-12--------\----|---------
-|-/-5--------------------------------/-3----------/-12--------\----|---------
-|-/-5--------------------------------/-3---------------------------|---------
-|------------------------------------/-3------------------------0--|---------
Trust again to save my bones and I never made it back
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Black cat black cat's gone gone for good gone for long
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-|-/5\------------------------------/-3-------------\-------------|-----------
-|-/5\------------------------------/-3-------------\-------------|-----------
-|-/5\------------------------------/-3-------------\-------------|-----------
Don't believe I made it home and I hope he don't come home
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-|-------------------/-5-------------\---------------|------------------------
-|-----------------x-/-5-------------\---------------|------------------------
-|-----------------x-/-5-------------\---------------|------------------------
-|-----------------x-/-5-------------\---------------|------------------------
-|-------------------/-5-------------\---------------|------------------------
Never had anything never lose and I never win
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-|-----/-5---------------\-------------------------------------/-12-------\-|-
-|-----/-5---------------\-------------------------------------/-12-12----\-|-
-|-----/-5---------------\--------------------/-3---\---/-3--\-/-12-------\-|-
-|-----/-5---------------\--------------------/-3---\---/-3--\--------------|-
-|-----/-5---------------\--------------------/-3---\---/-3--\--------------|-
Lost my only love never get her back there's a black cat on my back
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-|-------------------------------------------0-0--------------------|---------
Black cat black cat's gone gone for good gone for long
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-|------------/5\------------------------/-3-------------/-12-------|---------
-|------------/5\------------------------/-3-------------/-12-------|---------
-|------------/5\------------------------/-3-------------/-12-------|---------
Don't believe that he left me alone and I hope he don't come home
-|--------------12-----12-----15\14-12----12-----12----12--13-15--------12\-|-
-|----------------------------------12---------------------------15---------|-
-|-12-------/12-----12----/15-------12-12----/12----12---------------15-----|-
-|----12--\-/12------------------------------/12----------------------------|-
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-|-/-3--0-3--0-3--/6\----3------12-----12-----15--12----12-----------------|--
-|-/-3------------/6\--3----/12-----12-----15--------12--------------------|--
-|-/-3-----------------------------------------------------0---------------|--
-|-/-3---------------------------------------------------------------------|--
-|-/-3--------------------------------------------------------5--/5-/5-/5--|--
-|-/-3--------------------------------------------------------0------------|--
-|---------------------------------------12vvv--\-----|-----------------------
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-|---------------------------------12vvv--------\-----|-----------------------
-|-5/7--------------------12vvvvvv--------------\-----|-----------------------
-|-----0-3b*--0-3/5-----------------------------------|-----------------------
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*quarter step bend
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-|-------------------------------------12^-12^-12^--------------|-------------
-|-------------------------------------12^-12^-12^--------------|-------------
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Mercy mercy laying low down where the poor dogs go
-|-/3--------\--------------------------------------------------------------|-
-|-/3--------\-------------------------3-----/-----/--12-vvvvv--------------|-
-|-/3--------\---------------------------3---/-----/--12-vvvvv--------------|-
-|-/3--------\-----------------------3---3---/-----/--12-vvvvv--------------|-
-|-/3--------\--------------------------------------------------------------|-
-|-/3--------\--------------------------------------------------------------|-
Lick my wounds when I go home death is spiraling down death is low
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-|---------12\---------------------------------------------------|------------
-|---------12\---------------------------------------------------|------------
-|---------12\----------------------------------------------3/5\-|------------
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-|----------------------------------------------------------3/5\-|------------
Black cat black cat's gone gone for good gone for long
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-|----------------------------------------------3-----/-----/-12-----------|--
-|------------------------------------------/3-----3--/-----/-12-----------|--
-|------------------------------------------/3-----3--/-----/-12-----------|--
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Can't believe that he left me alone and I hope he don't come home
-|----------------------------12--------------12--|---------------------------
-|-/12-------/12----------/12-----12\-----/12-----|---------------------------
-|-/12-------/12----------/12-----12\-----/12-----|---------------------------
-|-/12-------/12----------/12-------------/12-----|---------------------------
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Every day every hour another baby's born
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-|-/12---------------------/12------------|-----------------------------------
-|-/12---------------------/12-----12\----|-----------------------------------
-|-/12---------------------/12------------|-----------------------------------
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Going to hang my head dry and blind
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-|---------------------------/-12-----12-12------\----|-----------------------
-|------0--/3---3---/--------/-12-----12-12-----------|-----------------------
-|------0--/3-------/--------/-12-----12-12-----------|-----------------------
-|---------/3-------/---------------------------------|-----------------------
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'Til the black cat drags it home
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Black cat black cat's gone gone for good gone for long
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Can't believe that he left me alone and I hope he don't come home
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Mercy mercy I'm laying low down where the poor dogs go
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Lick my wounds when I grow old the sun is down and gone
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Sun is down sun is down and gone (gradual volume swell on the chord)
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Sun is down sun is down and gone
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Sun is down sun is down and gone
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Black cat sun is down and gone
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Hope he don't come home Fade out
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP, representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
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