Off he goes (Pearl Jam)

Intro: Am Am F C F C D|-----3-2-2------------------------3-2-2------------------------------------| A|---3----------------------------3------------------------------------------| E|-1----------------------------1--------------------------------------------| |---fig1---| C F C Am Know one man... his face seems pulled and tensed... F C F C Am Like he´s ri - ding on a motor - bike... in the strongest winds... F C F C So I ap - proach with tact... suggest that he should relax... F C G F But he´s always moving much too fast... fig1 Am F Am Said he´ll see me on the flip - side... 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 Am F C with his perfec - tly... unkept clothes... there he goes... intermezzo: G|-----------------------------------------------------------| D|-3-2-3-2-3-2---0---2--2--2-2--3-2-3-2-3-2---0---2--2--2-2--| A|-------------3---3------------------------3---3------------| Am G|---------------2-0-------------2-0-------------------------| D|-3-2-3-2-3-2-------2-3-2-3-2-------2-3-2-3—-2--------------| A|-------------3---------------3-----------------3-0---------| 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... fig1 Am F 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 Am F C with his perfec - tly... unkept hope... there he goes... intermezzo F C F C And now I rub my eyes... for he has returned F C F C fig1 Am Seems my precon - ceptions are what should have been burned... F C F C For he still smiles... and he´s still strong... F C F C fig1 Am Nothing´s changed but the sur - rounding bullshit... that has grown... F C F C And now he´s home and we´re laughing... F C F C fig1 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 fig1 Am He seemed dis - tracted and I know just what is going to happen next... F C F C Before his first step... He is off again... intermezzo F C F C...