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A Little Bitter

Alice in Chains
Tab
★4.6(12)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

This is a frickin' sick song.

1/2 step down, dropped Db, chorus effect.

Verse Riff keep rereating 1st 2 measures |(4th time only)------------------|

e|----||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----|.7-----9---7-----|----------------|7-----9---------|--7---9---7-----.
D|----|.--9---------9---|----------------|--9-------9-----|----9-------9---.
A|--7-||----7-----------|--------------7-|----7-------7-7-|5-------------7-|
E|----||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

& 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Let Each Note Ring, Best to Bar index across 7th

Chorus Riff (Palm Muted)

e||----------------|----------------||
B||----------------|----------------||
G|.----------------|----------------.|
D|.----------------|----------------.|
A||220-0-2---0-2-0-|220-0-2---0-2-0-||
E||220-0-2---0-2-0-|220-0-2---0-2-0-||

1e& 2 & 3 & 4 & 1e& 2 & 3 & 4 &

Pre-Solo Rhythm Riff

e||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
B||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
G|.----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------.|
D|.----------------|--------------7-|9---------------|----------------.|
A||2---------------|8--7----7-5---5-|7---------------|----------------||
E||2---------------|8--7----7-5-----|----------------|----------------||

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 a2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Let Ring (Each note)-----------------------------------------------

Solo Rhythm Riff

e||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
B||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
G|.----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------.|
D|.----------------|--------------7-|9---------------|----------------.|
A||2---------------|8--7----7-5---5-|7-------------0-|2200002---------||
E||2---------------|8--7----7-5-----|--------------0-|2200002---------||

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 a2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Let Ring (Each note)---------------------------(P.M.)

Solo

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

B|15151515151515151515151515151515|15151515151515151515151515151515|

G|14(-/-w-h-o-l-e--s-t-e-p--b-e-n-|d--a-n-d--b-a-c-k--d-o-w-n------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

With wah pedal

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|15151515151515151512~~~~~~~~~~~~|--------------------------------|
G|cont'd-bend----)1512~~~~~~~~~~~~|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|15(/bend up)----|----------------|
E|10/\/\/\/\/\//\/|\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/|----------------|----------------|

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Go crazy all over the place on whammy, with wah pedal I think

End of solo lick

e|1512----------------------------|
B|----1512----14(/scoop)----------|
G|--------141214(/scoop)----------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

Song Order:

Verse Riff

Verse Riff 2x while Layne sings

Chorus Riff 4x

Verse Riff 2x one with singing one without

Chorus Riff 4x

Pre-Solo Riff 3x

Solo riff 4x with solo

End of solo lick

Verse Riff 2x

Chorus Riff 8x

At the end there's this thing (it repeats until the end):

e||--------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------||
G|.--------------------------------.|
D|.121412--12--1214----------------.|
A||--------------------------------||
E||--------------------------------||

1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

With Wah Pedal

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