Dissident Lyrics

"Dissident" by Pearl Jam
The key to playing most of the rhythm parts is the open G string.
Add it liberally. Standard tuning.
Symbols
h - hammer on
p - pull off
~ - vibrate note
= - hold note
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
X - string noise
Chords:
G: 3 5 5 0 X X
F#5: 2 4 4 X X X
Fadd9: 1 3 3 0 X X
Intro:
Play twice:
dd9
G--14b16--14b16r14--12--14~ -- --14--14b16-r14--12~ --
Play twice:
dd9
G--14b16===--14b16===---14b16-r14~ -- --14--14b16-r14-12~ --
Verse Riff:
D--0h2-------0h2--2h3--3/5--5---5-5-5---5--5--5--5------5----5-----
D--0h2---2---0h2--2h3--3/5--5---5-5-5---5--5--5---5---5--5\--
Fill at end of Verse Riff:
G------------5~ --
Verse 1 (with Verse Riff):
"She nursed him there overnight
Wasn't so sure she wanted him to stay
What to say, what to say
Soon she was down, soon he was low
At a quarter past, holy no
She had to turn around"
Chorus 1:
"When she couldn't hold"
G--14b16--14b16r14--12--14~ -- --14--14b16-r14--12~ --
"She folded" "A dissident is here"
G--14b16--14b16r14--12--14~ -- --14--14b16-r14--12~ --
"Escape is never" "the safest path"
B--15b17----15b17--r15~ -- --15b17---15b17-r15--------
G------------------------- ---------------------12~ --
"A dissident" "A dissident is here"
G--14b16--14b16r14--12--14~ -- --14--14b16-r14--12~ --
Verse 2 (with Verse Riff):
"And to this day she's glided on
Always home but so far away
Like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste
When she had contact with the conflict
There was meaning but she sold him to the state
She had to turn around"
Chorus 2:
"When she couldn't hold, she folded
A dissident is here
Escape is never the safest path
A dissident, a dissident is here"
Repeat 4 times:
dd9
G--14b16--14b16r14--12--14~ -- --14--14b16-r14--12~ --
Bridge:
Repeat 4 times:
Chorus 3:
"When she couldn't hold"
G--14b16--14b16r14--12--14~ -- --14--14b16-r14--12~ --
"She folded" "A dissident is here"
G--14b16--14b16r14--12--14~ -- --14--14b16-r14--12~ --
"Escape is never" "The safest path"
B----------------------------- ------------------------15b17-15~ -
G--14b16--14b16r14--12--14~ -- --14--14b16-r14--12~ --------------
"A dissident" "A dissident is here"
B--15b17--15b17-r15---------------- --15b17--15b17-r15------------------
G--------------------12~ --h14p12-- --------------------12~ --------12--
D---------------------------------- --------------------------12h14-----
"Couldn't hold" "No she couldn't hold"
e----------------------------- ------------------------15b17-15~ -
G--14b16--14b16r14--12--14~ -- --14--14b16-r14--12~ --------------
"She folded" "A dissident is here"
G--14b16--14b16r14--12--14~ --------12-14p12-- --14--14b16-r14--12~ --
"Escape is never" "The safest path"
B------15----15----- -15h17~ --15----15h17~ --15~ - -----15h17~ --15-----
"A dissident, a dissident is here"
e-------------------- -15~ ------15~ --15-------- ---------------------
B--15h17~ --15~ --17- -------17-----------15h17-- -15h17p15------------
G-------------------- --------------------------- ----------16\14-12~ -
Roger Meech rmeec@hcsd.hac.com meech@sfu.ca