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Eternal Life Tabs

(ver. 3)
Jeff Buckley
Eternal Life (Live)
Jeff Buckley
This is a tab of the Mystery White Boy version of this song, but the other versions on Olympia and Live In Chicago are very, very similar. In the tab, Guitar 1 = Jeff and Guitar 2 = Michael Tighe. I’ve completely tabbed this with no help whatsoever, and I think you’ll find that it’s *** near perfect except for the ending, maybe.

Intro
Part 1
Guitar 1 – try to get loads of feedback
|--------------------------------------------10b-10b///7-|-7/8/7///12vv-|--------------|
|----------------------(      feedback     )-------------|--------------|--------harm.-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------|----------7---|
|----------------------5/4/5/4/5/4/5/4/5/4/5-------------|----( x3 )----|--------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3bp0~~~~h1////////12-----------------------------------|--------------|-4p3h4h6~~----|

Part 2
Guitar 1 – random feedback

Guitar 2
|---------------|--- ( x23 ) ---|-------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|--6--6----6--6-|-----6----6--6-|-------------|
|--x--x----x--x-|-----x----x--x-|-------------|
|--4--4----4--4-|-----4----4--4-|-------------|
|-0-00-0000-00--|-0000-0000-00--|-4b~~~~~~~~--|

Pre-Verse 1
Guitar 1
|---- ( x4 ) ---|----------------|----- ( x2 ) ------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-----6----6--6-|-----6----6-----|-----6----6--------|
|-----6----6--6-|-----6----6-6b8-|-----6----6-6/8b10-|
|-----4----4--4-|-----4----4-----|-----4----4--------|
|-0000-0000-00--|-0000-0000------|-0000-0000---------|
pm____ ____ __    ____ ____        ____ ____

Guitar 1 contd.
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3/4/5//6/5/6/7/8/10b/8~~-|-7/8/10-7/8/10-6/8/10-12~~-|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------- ( x3 ) ----------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|

Guitar 2
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-----6----6--6-|
|-----6----6--6-|
|-----4----4--4-|  x10 I think
|-0000-0000-00--|
pm____ ____ __

Verse 1
Guitar 1
|---------------------------------3-3-33-3-3-3-3-3-33-3-3-33-|
|---------------------------------5-5-55-5-5-5-5-5-55-5-5-55-|
|-5555555-5-555555-------------------------------------------|
|-5555555-5-555555555555-5-555533----------------------------|
|-3333333-3-333333555555-5-555533----------------------------|
|-----------------333333-3-333311----------------------------|

Guitar 2
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6----6--6----6----6--6-|
|-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----x----x--x----x----x--x-|
|-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4----4--4----4----4--4-|
|-0000--0000--00--0000--0000--00--0000-0000-00-0000-0000-00--|
pm____  ____  __  ____  ____  __  ____ ____ __ ____ ____ __

Guitar 1 contd.
|---------------------------------3-3-33-3-3-3-3-3-33-3-3-33-|
|---------------------------------5-5-55-5-5-5-5-5-55-5-5-55-|
|-----5-----5------------------------------------------------|
|---5-----5-----5-----5-----5---3----------------------------|
|-3-----3-----3-----5-----5----------------------------------|
|-----------------3-----3-----1------------------------------|

Guitar 2 contd.
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6----6--6----6----6--6-|
|-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----x----x--x----x----x--x-|
|-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4----4--4----4----4--4-|
|-0000--0000--00--0000--0000--00--0000-0000-00-0000-0000-00--|
pm____  ____  __  ____  ____  __  ____ ____ __ ____ ____ __

Guitar 1 contd.
|---------------------------------3-3-33-3-3-3-3-3-33-3-3-33-|
|---------------------------------5-5-55-5-5-5-5-5-55-5-5-55-|
|-----5-----5------------------------------------------------|
|---5---5-----5-----5-----5---5/7b---------------------------|
|-3-------3-----3-----5-----5--------------------------------|
|-----------------3-----3------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 contd.
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------6----6--6----6----6--6-|
|------------------------------------x----x--x----x----x--x-|
|------------------------------------4----4--4----4----4--4-|
|--------------------------------0000-0000-00-0000-0000-00--|
pm                               ____ ____ __ ____ ____ __

Guitar 1 contd.
|--------------------------------3-3-33-3-3-3-3-3-33-3-3-33-|
|--------------------------------5-5-55-5-5-5-5-5-55-5-5-55-|
|-555555-57777777-------------------------------------------|
|-555555-57777777555555-53333333----------------------------|
|-333333-35555555555555-53333333----------------------------|
|----------------333333-31111111----------------------------|

Guitar 2 contd.
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-555555-57777777--------------------6----6--6----6----6--6-|
|-555555-57777777555555-53333333-----x----x--x----x----x--x-|
|-333333-35555555555555-53333333-----4----4--4----4----4--4-|
|----------------333333-31111111-0000-0000-00-0000-0000-00--|
pm                               ____ ____ __ ____ ____ __

Chorus 1
Both Guitars
    And as ..broken..really think
|------------0~~~~~---------------------------------------------------10br-|
|------------3~~~~~----------------------------------------------8-10------|
|------------2~~~~~------6----6--6----4----4--4----7----7--7---------------|
|-5~~~~~~~~~-------------6----6--6----4----4--4----7----7--7---------------|
|-5~~~~~~~~~-------------4----4--4----2----2--2----5----5--5---------------|
|-3~~~~~~~~~---------0000-0000-00-0000-0000-00-0000-0000-00-0000-----------|
pm                   ____ ____ __ ____ ____ __ ____ ____ __ ____

Pre-Verse 2
Both Guitars
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-----6----6--6-|
|-----6----6--6-|
|-----4----4--4-|  x2
|-0000-0000-00--|
pm____ ____ __

Verse 2
Guitar 1
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------7/9b-------------------------|
|-99999999999999997777777777777------------0---0-------0---0-|
|-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx----------0---0-------0---0---|
|-77777777777777775555555555555--------4-----------4---------|  x2
|------------------------------------5-----------5-----------|

Guitar 2 – first time guitars 1 plays above riff, only play the 5-4-0-0 part, then play whole riff on 2nd play of guitar 1.
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6---------0---0-------0---0-|
|-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-------0---0-------0---0---|
|-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----------4---------|
|-0000--0000--00--0000--0000--00----5-----------5-----------|
pm____  ____  __  ____  ____  __

Guitar 1 contd. (? not too sure about this one)
|---------------------------------3-3-33-3-3-3-3-3-33-3-3-33-|
|---------------------------------5-5-55-5-5-5-5-5-55-5-5-55-|
|-55555-44-44-4-4--------------------------------------------|
|-55555-44-44-4-4-55555-55533-5/7b---------------------------|
|-33333-22-22-2-2-55555-55533--------------------------------|
|-----------------33333-33311--------------------------------|

Guitar 2 contd.
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6----6--6----6----6--6-|
|-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6----6--6----6----6--6-|
|-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4----4--4----4----4--4-|
|-0000--0000--00--0000--0000--00--0000-0000-00-0000-0000-00--|
pm____  ____  __  ____  ____  __  ____ ____ __ ____ ____ __

Guitar 1 contd.– where its written 1:x:8 its actually 10:x:8 I just wanted to save space
|---------------------------------3-3-33-3-3-3-3-3-33-3-3-33-|
|---------------------------------5-5-55-5-5-5-5-5-55-5-5-55-|
|-5555555577777779999999911111111----------------------------|
|-555555557777777xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx----------------------------|
|-3333333355555557777777788888888----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|


Guitar 2 contd.
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------6----6--6----6----6--6-|
|-------------------------------------6----6--6----6----6--6-|
|-------------------------------------4----4--4----4----4--4-|
|---------------------------------0000-0000-00-0000-0000-00--|
pm                                ____ ____ __ ____ ____ __

Chorus 2
Both Guitars
    And as ..broken..really think
|---------------------------------------------------------------------10br-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------8-10------|
|-99-9999-999-999-99-----6----6--6----4----4--4----7----7--7---------------|
|-99-9999-999-999-99-----6----6--6----5----5--5----8----8--8---------------|
|-77-7777-777-777-77-----4----4--4----2----2--2----5----5--5---------------|
|--------------------0000-0000-00-0000-0000-00-0000-0000-00-0000-----------|
pm                   ____ ____ __ ____ ____ __ ____ ____ __ ____

Bridge
Guitar 1 only
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----3------3b~-----2------|
|---2-----2---------2-----2-----------4--------------3------|
|-4-----4-----4---3-----3-----3-----4---4-4--------3---3-3--|
|---------------------------------2------2-2-----1------1-1-|

|-------------|  trem pick  |------|  trem pick  |----------------------------|
|-10bvvv-10-9-10810810p810810-12bv-10810810p810810-12bv-108-10-10-8-12bv~~~r\-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Interlude part 1 – try to get a constant feedback sound
Just Guitar 1
|---------------------------------------|
|-- let go of the string so it twangs --|
|--- | ---------------------------------|
|--- V ---------------------------------|
|--8bp0---------6b~~~~~rp0--------------|
|---------------------------------------|

Part 2
Both Guitars
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-55555555555555-77777777777777-99999999999999-11111111111111-|
|-xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-|
|-33333333333333-55555555555555-77777777777777-88888888888888-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Pre-Solo Part
Both Guitars
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-----6----6--6-|
|-----6----6--6-|
|-----4----4--4-|  x4
|-0000-0000-00--|
pm____ ____ __

Solo 1
Guitar 1
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------14p13p1214p13p1214p13p1214p13p1214p13p12-12b-13p12-10b-|
|-555555555--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-55555555555555555533---------------------------------------------------------|
|-33333333355555555533---------------------------------------------------------|
|----------33333333311---------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-555555555----------------6----6--6----6----6--6-|
|-55555555555555555533-----6----6--6----6----6--6-|
|-33333333355555555533-----4----4--4----4----4--4-|
|----------33333333311-0000-0000-00-0000-0000-00--|
pm                     ____ ____ __ ____ ____ __

Solo 2
Guitar 1 – sorry about this one.
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-555555555------------10b~~~~~~10-8-10- improvise – (go down scales with --|
|-55555555555555555533-------------------------------- hammers and pulls) --|
|-33333333355555555533------------------------------------------------------|
|----------33333333311------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-555555555----------------6----6--6----6----6--6-|
|-55555555555555555533-----6----6--6----6----6--6-|
|-33333333355555555533-----4----4--4----4----4--4-|
|----------33333333311-0000-0000-00-0000-0000-00--|
pm                     ____ ____ __ ____ ____ __
Solo 3
Guitar 1
|----------------------12b~~~10p8h10h12p10-t17p12p10-t17p12p10-t17p12p10-t17p12p10-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-555555555------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-55555555555555555533-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-33333333355555555533-------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------33333333311-------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-555555555----------------6----6--6----6----6--6-|
|-55555555555555555533-----6----6--6----6----6--6-|
|-33333333355555555533-----4----4--4----4----4--4-|
|----------33333333311-0000-0000-00-0000-0000-00--|
pm                     ____ ____ __ ____ ____ __

Guitar 1 contd.
|----------------------3-3-33-3-3-3-3-3-33-3-3-33-|
|----------------------5-5-55-5-5-5-5-5-55-5-5-55-|
|-5555444444--------------------------------------|
|-55554444445555555/9-----------------------------|
|-33332222225555555/9-----------------------------|
|-----------3333333/7-----------------------------|

Guitar 2 contd.
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------6----6--6----6----6--6-|
|--------------------------6----6--6----6----6--6-|
|--------------------------4----4--4----4----4--4-|
|----------------------0000-0000-00-0000-0000-00--|
pm                     ____ ____ __ ____ ____ __

Guitar 1 contd.
|--------------------------------3-3-33-3-3-3-3-3-33-3-3-33-|
|--------------------------------5-5-55-5-5-5-5-5-55-5-5-55-|
|-555555-57777777-------------------------------------------|
|-555555-57777777555555-53333333----------------------------|
|-333333-35555555555555-53333333----------------------------|
|----------------333333-31111111----------------------------|

Guitar 2 contd.
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-555555-57777777---------------------—10br~~~~~br~~br-12b~-|
|-555555-57777777555555-53333333----------------------------|
|-333333-35555555555555-53333333----------------------------|
|----------------333333-31111111----------------------------|

Ending – not sure
Guitar 1
|------ ( x4 ) -----|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-11111111111115\13-|-111111111110\8888888-|
|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x\---|--x-x-x-x-x-x\-xxxxxx-|
|--9-9-9-9-9-913\11-|--9-9-9-9-9-8\6666666-|
|-------------------|----------------------|

Guitar 2
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|------6------6----6-|
|------6------6----6-|
|------4------4----4-| x4
|-0000---0000---00---|
pm____   ____   __

Guitar 1 contd.             ____________________________________
|--------------------------| /  these numbers are all teens,  \ |-|
|--------------------------|/     eg- 0 =10, 2 =12, 4 = 14     \|-|
|-777777-7777/9999999-9999/0000000-0000/2222222-2222/4444444-4444-|
|-xxxxxx-xxxx/-xxxxxx-xxxx/-xxxxxx-xxxx/-xxxxxx-xxxx/-xxxxxx-xxxx-|
|-555555-5555/7777777-7777/8888888-8888/0000000-0000/2222222-2222-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 contd.             ____________________________________
|--------------------------| /  these numbers are all teens,  \ |-|
|--------------------------|/     eg- 0 =10, 2 =12, 4 = 14     \|-|
|-777777-7777/9999999-9999/0000000-0000/2222222-2222/4444444-4444-|
|-xxxxxx-xxxx/-xxxxxx-xxxx/-xxxxxx-xxxx/-xxxxxx-xxxx/-xxxxxx-xxxx-|
|-555555-5555/7777777-7777/8888888-8888/0000000-0000/2222222-2222-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 contd.
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-77x77777x777x7-----------------9~~~~-|
|-77x77777x777x7-77-x-77-x7--77--9~~~~-|
|-55x55555x555x5-77-x-77-x7--77--7~~~~-|
|--0--0-----0--0-55-x055-x5--550-0~~~~-|

ENJOY!
            
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