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Song

Transcribed by www.mikesguitarsite.co.ukWords and Music by Jerry CantrellGtr I, II

(Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Jerry Cantrell - Rhythm w/dist'

Gtr III, IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Jerry Cantrell - Lead w/dist'

Intro

Q=89

4/4

Gtr I

W +W E Q E +Q +S +E.

|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-5---------------|-(5)---------------|-4s5---[4]-(4)---(4)-([4])---|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-3---------------|-(3)---------------|-2s3---[2]-(2)---(2)--(2)----|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|

|

| Gtr II

| PM--| PM--| PM---| PM--| PM--| PM---|

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-6-3-3-3-6-|--3--3-3-6-3-3-3-6-|-3-3-3--6---3--3--3--------6-|
|-1-1-1-4-1-1-1-4-|--1--1-1-4-1-1-1-4-|-1-1-1--4---1--1--1--------4-|

|-Rhy Fig 1

T

+S +E. +Q +Q. E

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-(4)-([4])------(4)---(4)--------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-(2)--(2(21))---(2)---(2)-----[2]b3====|
|---------------------------------------|

|

|  PM------------|      PM---|

| E E E E E E E E

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--3-----------3--3--6--3--3-3--6-------|
|--1-----------1--1--4--1--1-1--4-------|

end Rhy Fig 1-|

w/Rhy Fig 1

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+Q +E +E +H +H.. E

|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------3b5==|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-(2)---([2])-([2])-([2])-------|-(2)r------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|

\1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5_____

~~~~~~~~~~~

|-3-|

+Q +E S S S S E. +E. S S S S S S S S +S E Q E

|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-(3)r==(3)-1h3p1-------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3-[1]---([1])---1-|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-3-2-1-0-1-2-3-(3)S17-----18-------18-------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|

|

~~~~

+E +E S S S S +H +W

|--------------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------20-------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------18-19-------------------|--------------------|
|-(18)-(18)----------17b18==(17)-------|-(17)---------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------|

|

| PM------| PM---| PM---| PM--|

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|------------------4-------------------|----------4---------|
|------------------4-----------------4-|----------4-------4-|
|------------------------------------4-|------------------4-|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------|
|---3----3---3----------------3--3-3---|---3--3-3---3-3-3---|
|---1----1---1----------------1--1-1---|---1--1-1---1-1-1---|

|-Rhy Fig 1A

~~~~

+Q S S S S +H +W

|------------------------------------|---------------------||
|------------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------20-------------------------|---------------------||
|------------18-19-------------------|---------------------||
|-(17)r------------17b18==(17)-------|-(17)----------------||
|------------------------------------|---------------------||

|

| PM----| PM---| PM---| PM--|

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|----------------4-------------------|----------4----------||
|----------------4-----------------4-|----------4-------4--||
|----------------------------------4-|------------------4--||
|------------------------------------|---------------------||
|---3---3--3----------------3--3-3---|---3--3-3---3-3-3----||
|---1---1--1----------------1--1-1---|---1--1-1---1-1-1----||

end Rhy Fig 1A-|

Verses 1 + 2

w/Rhy Fig 1

~~~~

a +W W W W

|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-(17)r(17)---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

w/Rhy Fig 1A

~~~~

Q S S S S +H +W

||---------------------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------------------|--------------------|
||------20-------------------------|--------------------|
||---------18-19-------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------17b18==(17)-------|-(17)---------------|
||---------------------------------|--------------------|

~~~~

+Q S S S S H +H +H

|----------------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------20-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------18-19-----------------|-----------------------|
|-(17)r------------17-17b18========|=(17)-------(17)-------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------|

w/Rhy Fig 1

~~~~

+H +H W W W

|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-(17)r======(17)-------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

w/Rhy Fig 1A

~~~~

Q S S S S +H +W

|--------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------|
|-----20-------------------------|--------------------|
|--------18-19-------------------|--------------------|
|--------------17b18==(17)-------|-(17)---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------|

|-Riff A

~~~~

+Q S S S S H +H +H

|----------------------------------|------------------------||
|----------------------------------|------------------------||
|---------20-----------------------|------------------------||
|------------18-19-----------------|------------------------||
|-(17)r------------17-17b18========|=(17)-------(17)--------||
|----------------------------------|------------------------||

end Riff A-|

Chorus

Gtr III

~~~~~~~~

E Q E +E Q E +Q. E E E E E

|--------------------|---------------------|
|-3b5-3--------------|---------------------|
|--------5-(5)-4-----|---------------------|
|------------------5-|-(5)-----3--3--5-3-5-|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|

|-Riff B

|

| Gtr II

| E Q E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E

|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-5------------------|---------------------|
|-3---5--5-(5)-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|-----3--3-(3)-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|

|-Rhy Fig 2

~~~~~~~~

E Q E +E Q E +Q. E E E Q

|--------------------|---------------------|
|-3b5-3--------------|---------------------|
|--------5-(5)-4-----|---------------------|
|------------------5-|-(5)-----3-3-5-------|
|--------------------|---------------3-----|
|--------------------|---------------------|

| end Riff B-|

|

| E Q E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E

|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-----5--------------|---------------------|
|-----3--5-(5)-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-----------|
|-3b4----3-(3)-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-1-3-3b4-1-|

end Rhy Fig 2-|

1.

~~~~~~~~

E Q E +E Q E +Q. E E E E E

|--------------------|---------------------|
|-3b5-3--------------|---------------------|
|--------5-(5)-4-----|---------------------|
|------------------5-|-(5)-----3--3--5-3-5-|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|

|

| E Q E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E

|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-5------------------|---------------------|
|-3---5--5-(5)-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|-----3--3-(3)-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|

~~~~~~~~

E Q E +E E E E +H Q +E +E

|--------------------|------------------------||
|-3b5-3--------------|------------------------||
|--------5-(5)-4-4---|------------------------||
|------------------5-|-(5)-------3b5==(3)r(3)-||
|--------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------|------------------------||

|

| E Q E +E E E E +E E E E Q. +E

|--------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------|------------------------||
|-----5--------------|------------------------||
|-----3--5-(5)-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5--------------||
|-3b4----3-(3)-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-1b3r=====(1)-||

Gtr III

w/Rhy Fig 1A

e E Q H W W

|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3---------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|

|

| Gtr I

| W +W E Q E +Q +S +E.

|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5---------------|-(5)---------------|-[4]s[5]---[4]-(4)---(4)-([4])---|
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3---------------|-(3)---------------|-[2]s[3]---[2]-(2)---(2)--(2)----|
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|

T

+S +E. +Q +Q. E

|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|-(4)-([4])------(4)---(4)-------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|-(2)--(2(21))---(2)---(2)-----[2]b3===||
|--------------------------------------||

Verse 2

w/Rhy Fig 1

Gtr I

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+W +W

|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(2)---------------|-(2)r==============|
|-------------------|-------------------|

|-Fill 1

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+W +Q Q H

|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-(2)---------------|-(2)----------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||

end Fill 1-|

2.

w/Rhy Fig 2 (last 3 bars)

Gtr IV

~

|---6---| |----6-----| |----6----|

Q E E E E Q S +S S +S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|-3b4==(3)r-3b4==(3)r-2h3p2------2h=3p2-3p2h3h5p2h3p2---2h|
|---------3--3h=5-3---|---------------------------5-5-----------------------5---|
|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|

|

| Gtr III

| ~~~ ~~~~~~~

| Q. E E E E E E Q E +E Q E

|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|-3b5-------3---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------5---(5)-----4-----------------|
|-(5)-----3--3--5-3-5-|---------------------------------------------------5-----|
|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
   |----6-----| |----6----| |-----6-----|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T S S S T T S S S

|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|--3p=2---2h3p2---2h3p2---2h3p2-2h3h5p3p2-------2-----------||
|-------5-------5-------5-----------------5p==0---5----3----||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||

|

|~~~~~

| +Q. E E E E E

|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-(5)-----------------3-----3-------5-----3-------3b5=======||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||

Guitar Solo

w/Rhy Fig 2

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

S S S S S T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T S S S S S

|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-------2h3h5p3p2-2h3h5p=3p=2-2h3h5p3p2-2h3p2h3p2---3-|
|--0----0h3h5-------------------------------------------5---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

|

| +H +H

|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-(3)-------------------------(3)---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

~~~

|-3--| |----6-----|

S S S T T T T T T S S S S S S S S S E +E

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--2----------2h3-------2h3s5p=3h=5p3h5p3-5s7-(7)---|
|-----5p0-3p0------5p=0-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

|

| ~~~

| +Q +H.

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-(3)-------------(3)-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
   |--3--|

T T T S T T T T S T S. T T T T T T T T T T T S. +S S

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------10--------------------10----------10----12b14==(12)r----|
|--7---7-7-7s12p0-12-12-12p0-------12-12-12--12-12----10-12-12----10-----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

| ~~~~

| +W

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(3)r-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~

|---3----|

S E. +E E +S +S S S S Q

|----------------------------------------------------|
|-12--[10]---([10])----------------------------------|
|-------------------12b14==(12)r(12)p10----10--------|
|---------------------------------------12----12-----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

w/Rhy Fig 2 first 3 bars

Gtr IV

~~~~

+S S S S Q +T T T T T S T T S T T S T

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----------2---------0h2-------0-2p0---0-5---|
|-(12)-9S4---3---(3)-----3-5p3-------0-----3-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

+T T S T T S E S S S S S S T T T S T S

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----------0-5--------5p=0-0-2-------5---0----|
|-(3)h5-3-3-----3-3-3-----------5p3-3-------3--|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

\1___/

~~~~

S S S S S +E. +Q.. +T +T

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-2p==0-5-5-5b7==(5)---(5)--------(5)r-(5)-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

/1\ \1 /1\ \2___/

+E +Q E E a +E +E. +S

|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|-(5)--(5)---------4---(4)-(4)-----(4)-||
|--------------------------------------||
|------------0-0-----------------------||
|--------------------------------------||

|

| +E E E E Q. +E

|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|-(5)---5--5-5-------------------------||
|-(3)---3--3-3-1b3r============(1)-----||

w/Rhy Fig 1A

\1

+E. +S E E H W

|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(4)---(4)-x-----------|-------------------|
|-----------x-----------|-------------------|
|-----------x-----------|-------------------|
|-----------x-----------|-------------------|

|

| Gtr I

| W +W

|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|--5--------------------|-(5)---------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|--3--------------------|-(3)---------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|

E Q S S +Q +S +E. +H.. E

|-----------------------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------||
|-4-5-------------------------------|----------------------||
|-------[2]-------------------------|----------------------||
|-2-3-------[2]-(2)---([2])-([2])---|-(2)--------------[2]-||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------||

Verse 3

Rhy Fig 1 + Fill 1

Rhy Fig 1A + Riff A

Chorus

Rhy Fig 2 + Riff B x2

w/Rhy Fig 2 + Riff B x1.5

Gtr IV

~~~~~~~~~

E Q E +E Q E +Q. E E E E E

|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-15b17-15------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------17-(17)-16------|--------------------------|
|------------------------17-|-(17)-----15-15--17-15-17-|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~

E Q E +E Q E +Q. E E E Q

|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-15b17-15------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------17-(17)-16------|--------------------------|
|------------------------17-|-(17)-----15-15-17--------|
|---------------------------|-------------------15-----|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~

E Q E +E Q E +Q. E E E E E

|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-15b17-15------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------17-(17)-16------|--------------------------|
|------------------------17-|-(17)-----15-15--17-15-17-|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~

E Q E +E Q E +H Q +Q

|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-15b17-15------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------17-(17)-16------|-----------------------------||
|------------------------17-|-(17)-------15b17===(15)r====||
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||

|

| ~~~~~~~~~

| E Q E +E Q E +H Q +Q

|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
|--3b5---3------------------|-----------------------------||
|------------5--(5)--4------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------5-|--(5)--------3b5=====(3)r====||
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||

|

| E Q E +E E E E +E E E E Q. +E

|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------5------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------3---5--(5)--5-5--5-|--(5)-5-5--------------------||
|--3b4-------3--(3)--3-3--3-|--(3)-3-3-0--1b4r========(1)-||

Outro

Rhy Fig 1A + Riff A

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