Off He Goes


Pearl Jam





Intro


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F C





F C           F C                    Am


  Know a man... His  face pulled and tense...


          F C                             G/F  Asus2 Am 


Like he's riding on a motorbike... in the strongest  winds


       F           C                    F           C


So I approach with tact... suggest that he should relax


    F           C      G/F      F


But he's always moving much too fast


                             Am Asus2 Am                          Asus2 Am  


Said he'll see me on the flipside...      of this trip he's taken for a ride





          F C       F        C     F      C


He's been takin'... too much on... off he goes


            F   C  G/F Asus2 Am         F        C


with his perfectly un--kept  clothes... there he goes





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F C Am





     F           C     F C


He's yet to come back... but I see his picture


F C                F    C         Am         F      C


  Doesn't look the same up on the rack... we go way back


F                    Am Asus2  Am                                Asus2   Am


I wonder 'bout his insides... it's like his thoughts are too big for his size





          F C              F       C       F      C


He's been taken... Where?  I don't know... off he goes


            F   C  G/F Asus2 Am      F        C


with his perfectly un--kept  hope... there he goes





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          F      C              F     C


And now I rub my eyes... for he has returned


F C           F     C              G/F         Asus2 Am


  Seems my preconceptions are what should have been  burned


    F        C   


For he still smiles... and he's still smiling


F C                            F        C           G/F  Asus2 Am


  Nothing's changed but the surrounding bullshit... that has   grown





F            C    F         C


And now he's home and we're laughing


F              C      F       C               Am


Like we always did... my same old... same old friend


        F          C                F            C


Until a quarter to ten... I saw the strain creep in


F C                          F         C                G/F Asus2 Am


  He seemed distracted and I know just what is going to hap-pen   next


           F     C       F         C


Before his first step... he is off again