Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
by Pearl Jam
From the CD: Vs.
Written by: Pearl Jam
Tabbed out by: Robert Trail
rwtrail@evansville.net

(In 6/8 time)
[Verse 1:]
D Cadd9     G            Cadd9   G/B
I seem to recognize your face
D    Cadd9  G                  Cadd9   G/B
Haughting familier yet I can't seem to place it
D      Cadd9    G                    Cadd9      G/B
Cannot find the candle of thought to light your name
D   Cadd9     G                Cadd9    G/B
Lifetimes are catching up with me

[Pre-chorus 1:]
Cadd9     A                   Cadd9    A
All these changes taking place       I wish I'd seen the place
Cadd9       A             Em
        but no one's ever taken me

[Chorus]
D          Cadd9         G/B G  Cadd9 G
Hearts and thoughts they fade   fade away
D          Cadd9         G/B G  Cadd9 G
Hearts and thoughts they fade   fade away

[Verse 2: same as before]
I swear I recognize your breath
Memories like fingerprints are slowly raising
You wouldn't recall for I'm not my former
It's hard when you're stuck up on the shelf

[Pre-chorus: same as before]
I changed by not changing at all    Small town predicts my
fate     perhaps that's what no one wants to see

[Verse 3: same]
I just want to scream, "Hello!"
By God it's been so long Never dreamed you'd return
But now here you are and here I am
Hearts and thoughts they fade away

[Chorus: same as before, keep playing and fade out]