Sleight of Hand Lyrics

"Sleight of Hand" by Pearl Jam
Sent by: Jimbopo
e-mail: unsupersmith@gmail.com
"...I think, one of the more interesting songs..." -Ed Vedder.
Guitar 1: Open-A (B dropped 1 step): E A D G A E
Guitar 2: standard tuning: E A D G B E
G1(0:02)(clean) (0:12)
*let all notes ring
Routine was the fate. Wake-up, wash and pour himself into uniform...
Something he hadn't imagined bein'. As the merging traffic passed...
G2 (enters at 0:33)(distortion w/ echo)
G1 (0:35) (0:45)
Found himself starin' down... At his own hands.
*~hold note breifly
G1 (0:46) (0:58)
Not rememberin' change... not recalling a plan... what was it?
G1 (distortion) (1:04)
He was okay... but wondering... about wandering.
G1 (1:18) (1:25)
What was his fate... brought by consequence? As is moved by sleight of hand.
G1(1:26)(clean)
Mondays were made to fall.. lost on a road he knew by heart.
It was like a book he read in his sleep... endlessly. Sometimes
he hid in his radio watchin others pull into their homes while he was drifting
G1 (distortion)
On the line... of his own...off the line.. and to the side
By the line... as dirt turned to sand... as is moved by sleight of hand...
G2 (2:53)
G1(2:54)(clean)
When he reached the shore of his.. clip-on world...
He resurfaced to the norm... organized his few things: coat and keys.
Any new realizations would have to wait... till' he had more time...
G1 (distortion) (3:36)
Oh time!.. Time to dream... to himself. He waves goodbye
to himself... "I'll see you on the other side"... another man...
...moves by sleight of hand.
G2 fades out(4:11)
Hooray! That's the end of that depressing song!
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
b = bend (to indicated frett)
pb = pre-bend (bend before striking)
r = release bend
~ = vibrato
X = string noise
() = mute (after striking)
^ = harmonic (if there were any :( but you can add some)
This post is to fill that gap where there is no song. I could hardly play it
so I know something's wrong. Someone should consider re-doing this whole thing.
I wrote it on four hours of sleep and I'm feelin' a little woozy. Cheers!