Just Breathe Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Just Breathe guitar lessons and chord page by Pearl Jam. This song was released in 2009 and became a favorite for me to teach students some more intricate fingerpicking patterns.
If you haven’t learned my ‘Travis Picking’ pattern, then I highly recommend you go ahead and learn that first before attempting this song as all the variations will be based off of that pattern.
I will provide a strumming pattern that you can use to strum along with this as well if fingerpicking isn’t your thing.
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Just Breathe Guitar Chords:
Just Breathe Strumming Patterns:
Easier Strumming: For those of you who cannot count 16th note strumming patterns well. You can play the above as an 8th note pattern just note you will need to double each chord.
So for example, the intro progression for this song is:
C C G G C C G G
You would need to strum it as: C C C C G G G G C C C C G G G G
1 2+ 3+ 4+
D DU DU DU
Strumming:
1 +a 2 e+a 3 + a 4 e + a
D DU DUDU D DU DU DU
PICKING PATTERNS:
Verse Picking Patterns: Over chords C & G
Chorus Picking Patterns: Over Am and F
Bridge & Outro Picking Patterns: Over Various Chords
Just Breathe Guitar Lesson:
Currently, there is not video lesson for this song.
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Just Breathe Chord Chart:
Intro:
C C G G
C C G G
Verse:
C C G G
Yes, I understand that every life must end, uh-huh
C C G G
As we sit alone, I know someday we must go, uh-huh
C C G G
Oh I'm a lucky man, to count on both hands the ones I love
C C G G
Some folks just have one, yeah, others they've got none, uh-huh
Chorus
Am Am
Stay with me...
F F
Lets just breathe...
C C G G
C C G G
Verse (Same picking pattern as previous verse)
C C G G
Practiced all my sins, never gonna let me win, uh-huh
C C G G
Under everything, just another human being, uh-huh
C C G G
I don't wanna hurt, there's so much in this world to make me bleed
Chorus (Same picking pattern as previous chorus)
Am Am
Stay with me
F F
You're all I see...
Bridge
G Dm
Did I say that I need you?
G Dm
Did I say that I want you?
F Dsus2
Oh, if I didn't, I'm a fool you see
Dm G7
No one knows this more than me
G
As I come clean...
Verse
C C G G
I wonder every day, as I look upon your face, uh-huh
C C G G
Everything you gave and nothing you would take, oh no
Am Am F F
Nothing you would take, everything you gave...
Bridge
G Dm
Did I say that I need you?
G Dm
Did I say that I want you?
F Dsus2
Oh, if I didn't, I'm a fool you see
Dm G7
No one knows this more than me
G
As I come clean...
C C G G
C C G G
Outro (Bridge/Outro picking pattern)
Am Am F F
Nothing you would take, everything you gave
Am Am
Hold me 'till I die
F
Meet you on the other side...
This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
We do not distribute printable chord and lyrics charts. These charts are here only to support online learning. We highly recommend buying music from Hal Leonard or a reputable online sheet music store.