Love Boat Captain Guitar Tabs by Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam -Love Boat Captain off Riot Act. 
Tabbed by Robin Cordy (robin.cordy@ncl.ac.uk).
17th December 2002.

One of my favourites from the new record. Good to know there
are some proper bands still  out there. I'd love to see Kroeger
write a song this good. 

Had a couple of hours so I though I'd put it up. 
E-mail me with any thoughts, suggestions etc. 

Pretty straightforward stuff. Simple chords with a few fills etc.
Arranged for one guitar
Standard tuning : E A D G B E 	Time Signature: 4/4

Intro/verse 1:
The guitar plays basically the same chords as the organ, 
except they're palm-muted in a repetetive rhtyhm, which
you'll pick up easy from the CD. 

  C                                Cm
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-1------------------------------|-4------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|-5------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------|-5------------------------------|
|-3------------------------------|-3------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
                Is      this          just         another       

  GMaj                             Fmaj
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|-1------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|-2------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|-3------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------|-3------------------------------|
|-3------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  day?                  This      god       forgotten      place.

Repeat this x2 with lyrics:
First comes love and then comes pain. Let the games begin.
Questions rise and answers fall insurmountable.


Chorus:

  Emaj                             D7   
|-----------------0--------------|-----------------2--------------|
|-----------------0--------------|-----1-----------1--------------|
|-----1-----------1--------------|-----2-----------2--------------|
|-----2-----------2--------------|-0---0-----------0--------------|
|-----2-----------2--------------|--------------------------------|
|-0---0--------------------------|--------------------------------|
        Love     boat   captain    take the reigns and steer us towards the 

Emaj                             D7   
|-----------------0--------------|-----------------2---------0----|
|-----------------0--------------|-----1-----------1---------1----|
|-----1-----------1--------------|-----2-----------2---------2----|
|-----2-----------2--------------|-0---0-----------0---------0----|
|-----2-----------2--------------|--------------------------------|
|-0---0--------------------------|--------------------------------|
  clear.          Here .           It's  already been sung   but it 

                                  
|-3-----------2---0---------------|
|-1-----------1---1---------------|
|-2-----------2---2---------------|
|-0-----------0---0---------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
 can't be said enough. All you need 


Fill 1:  Gmaj          Fmaj
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-0-----------------|-------------2--------|
|-----0-------------|---------3------------|
|---------2---------|-----3----------------|
|-------------3-----|-1--------------------|
  is      love.

 
Verse 2:
Same chords as the start but played more openly, in a strumming rhythm.
  C              Cm           GMaj              Fmaj
|--------------|------------|---------------|--------------|
|-1------------|-4----------|-0-------------|-1------------|
|-0------------|-5----------|-0-------------|-2------------|
|-2------------|-5----------|-0-------------|-3------------|
|-3------------|-3----------|-2-------------|-3------------|
|--------------|------------|-3-------------|--------------|

  GMaj                             Fmaj
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|-1------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|-2------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|-3------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------|-3------------------------------|
|-3------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Repeat this x2. 
Lyrics:
Is this just another phase? Earthquakes making waves.
Trying to shake the cancer off. Stupid human beings.
Once you hold the hand of love it's all surmountable.


Mid-section:
Just strum these.
   Amaj                             Cmaj           Gmaj
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--2-----------------------------|--1---------------0------------|
|--2-----------------------------|--0---------------0------------|
|--2-----------------------------|--2---------------0------------|
|--0-----------------------------|--3----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------3------------|
   Hold        me        and        make           it    the 
 
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--2-----------------------------|--1---------------0------------|
|--2-----------------------------|--0---------------0------------|
|--2-----------------------------|--2---------------0------------|
|--0-----------------------------|--3----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------3------------| 
   truth.


Repeat this twice w lyrics:
That when all is lost there will be you.
Cause to the universe I don't mean a thing.
And there's just one word I still believe.
And it's...


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

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-|
|----------0---2-------2---------|--3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-|
|------3-----------3-------3-----|--1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-|
|--1-----------------------------|--------------------------------|


Verse 3 - Same chords as earlier (C, Cm, G, F):

It's an art to live with pain. Mix the light into grey.
Lost nine friends we'll never know. Two years ago today.
And if our lives became too long would it add to our regret?


Chorus 2 - Same chords (Emaj, D7)., but played looser and with more power. 

And the young they can lose hope cause they can't see beyond today.
The wisdom that the old can't give away.
Hey, constant recoil. Sometimes life don't leave you alone.


Mid-section 2 - Same again (A, C, G). Simple stuff really.

Hold me and make it the truth.
That when all is lost there will be you.
Cause to the universe I don't mean a thing.
And there's just one word that I still believe and it's love.
Love. love. love. love.


Followed by fill 2 (no repeat).

Outro - (C, Cm, G, F).
Love boat captain take the reigns. Steer us towards the clear.
I know it's already been sung. Can't be said enough.
Love is all you need. All you need is love.
Love. Love. Love.


That's it. Enjoy...

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