Elderly Woman Behind The Counter
In A Small Town

Pearl Jam

          D Csus2   G/B                   Csus2  G/B
           I seem to recognize your face
           D     Csus2   G/B                      Csus2   G/B    G
           Haunting, familiar, yet I can't seem to place it
           D         Csus2    G/B                           Csus2       G/B     G
           Cannot find the candle of thought to light your name
           D   Csus2       G/B                     Csus2   G/B
           Lifetimes are catching up with me
                        Csus2     Asus4                Csus2
                        All these changes taking place
                          Asus4                  Csus2
                        I wish I'd seen the place
                             Asus4             Em7/G  Em7
                        But no one's ever taken me

                                       D               Csus2             G/B   Csus2 G/B   G
                                       Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away...
                                       Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away...

           I swear I recognize your breath
           Memories like fingerprints are slowly raising
           Me, you wouldn't recall, for I'm not my former
           It's hard when you're stuck upon the shelf
                        I changed by not changing at all
                        Small town predicts my fate
                        Perhaps that's what no one wants to see
           I just want to scream, "hello!"
           My 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...

                                       Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away...
                                       Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away...
                                       Hearts and thoughts they fade...away...
                                       Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away...
                                       Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away...
                                       Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away...
                                       Hearts and thoughts they fade...


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The D chord should be played with pinky free, so you can switch into the Csus2 correctly. After that you switch from one chord to another keeping your fingers planted on the high e and B strings, 3rd fret. The G/B and the G chords are actually the same chord -- the difference being the bass note. If you can, play the bass notes for each chord.
     Chords:
            D Csus2 G/B G Asus4 Em7/G Em7
        e |-2---3----3--3---3-----3----0--
        B |-3---3----3--3---3-----3----3--
        G |-2---0----0--0---2-----0----0--
        D |-0---2----0--0---2-----2----2--
        A |-0---3----2--2---0-----2----2--
        E |-------------3---------0----0--











What a long strange trip it's been!