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Poison

Alice Cooper
Tab
3.6(10)

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Subject: TAB: 'Poison' (corrected version) by Alice Cooper

Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 18:52:04 -0500

From: Nathan Denney <dhdenney@skn.net>

part 1 part 2

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:-----------9-----7---------5------5-----::-----------9---7---------5-----5
:7--7-7-----------------4H5----4H5-------::-7--7-7--------------4h5---4h5--
:5--5----5-----5-----5--------------7--5-::-5--5----5---5----5-------------

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part 3

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:-*-*-*----Slide-pick--------12<-----------------------:

:-*-*-*----against-strings---10<-----------------------:

THE SONG STARTS WITH PART 1.2.3 THEN COUNTINUES TO PART 1 TWICE THEN

TO PART 4.

part 4

D D

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:-------------9-----7----------9------7------------------
:7--7---7----------------7------------------7-------7----
:5--5------5-----5----5-----5-----5------5-----5----5----

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Start of words:

your cruel device

your blood like ice

one look could kill <-----START OF MUTED CHORDS

my pain your thrill

THE CHORDS ARE DONE WITH RIGHT HAND MUTING,THE FIRST FOUR CHORDS ARE NOT

BEING PLAYED FIRST TIME.THE FIRST TWO OR THREE D CHORDS ARE MUTED THEN

THE CHORUS STARTS.

4 Dm/Bb/F/C/Gm/Eb9/Bb9/D/D/

GM EB9 Bb9 D

drums enter

P.M distortion

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----3-----3---------------6-----6-------------1----1----------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
--3----------4--3--4---------------7-6-7----1---------2-1-2---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
5------5----------------8----8------------3-----3-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
---------------------6----------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-

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PRE-chorus:

2

-

4 Gm-Eb/Bb-f/Cm-Ab/Eb-Bb/Am-f/c-g/Dm-Bb/f-c/

I WANNA LOVE YOU BUT I BETTER NOT TOUCH

I WANNA HOLD YOU BUT MY SENSES TELL ME TO STOP

I WANNA KISS YOU BUT I WANT IT TOO MUCH

CHORUS:

4

-

4 Dm/Bb/F/C/ x4 Bb strike the chord one time then the solo begins.

YOU'RE POSION

YOU'RE POISON RUNNING THROUGH MY VEINS

YOU'RE POSION

I DON'T WANNA BREAK THESE CHAINS!

POSION........... <------------STRIKE Bb

SOLO: <Dm PROGRESSION>

------------------------------------------10--------------------------------
--------------------------------------13b----13--10--------13---------------
---------------->9--7-------5-------------------------11h12-----11br--------
-------5--5------------4h5---------------------------------------------12---
-3b-----3--3------------------5>7--5----------------------------------------

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-------------------------------------15-------15--17---20b------------------
-------------15-17-18-------15-17-18-------18-------------------------------
---------17-----------------------------------------------------------------
--10------------------------------------------------------------------------

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INDEX FOR NOTATIONS:

> < = SLIDE WITHOUT FRETTING THE NOTE

3b = BEND THE NOTE DOWN A HALF STEP

11br = FRET THE NOTE. BEND IT A HALF STEP. THEN RELEASE IT.

20b = BEND THE NOTE A WHOLE STEP.

Comments

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