Dissident Chords
by Pearl Jam
Dissident by Pearl Jam is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dsus. It uses the chords Dsus4, G, C, F5, G5 and C5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: (check out one of the other dissident tabs for the solo intro)
Dsus4 G
Verse 1:
C C
she nursed him there, over a night
C C
i wasn't so sure she wanted him to stay
C C
what to say...what to say
C C
but soon she was down, soon he was low
C C C C
at a quarter past...a holy no...
C C C C C C G
she had to turn around
G C G
when she couldn't hold, oh...she folded...
G C
a dissident is here
G C
escape is never, the safest path
G G
a dissident, a dissident is here
Verse 2:
C C
and to this day, she's glided on
C C
always home but so far away
C
like a word misplaced
C C
nothing said, what a waste
C C
when she had contact...with the conflict...
C C
there was meaning, but she sold him to the state
Chorus
Instrumental:
F5 G5 C5
Different Chorus:
G C G
she gave him away when she couldn't hold...no...she folded...
G
a dissident is here
G C G
escape is never, the safest path
G C G
a dissident, a dissident is here
G
couldn't hold on...she couldn't hold...no...she folded...
G
a dissident is here
G
escape is never the safest place
G
a dissident is here