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Heaven Beside You

Alice in Chains
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★4.5(13)

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A Intro

Q=108

4/4

Gtr I

Q E +E +E +E E E +E E E E E E E E

|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|----5b6==(5)-(5)r(5)-----|-------0---------0-|
|---------------------7---|-----7---7-----5---|
|-0---------------------5-|-(5)-------5S3-----|

|-Rhy Fig 1 end Rhy Fig 1-|

Gtr I plays Rhy Fig 1 x4

Gtr II

E E Q +E E E E +Q a +E E a +E +E Q

|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---3h5--------(5)p=3---------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------0-2b4==|=(2)---2b4-(2)-2pb4---2b4==(2)r(2)-0----|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|

~ ~~~

|-3-|

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

|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-2-------------------2----0-|-(0)---0h2p0-----------|
|----------------------------|-------------2---------|
|----0---------3b3.5---------|---------------3-0-3-0-|

~~~

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

|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------12----14b15==(14)r|=(14)-------12-------------|
|-------------------12----14b16==(14)r|=(14)p12----12-------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------14----------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-(0)-----------(0)-------------------|---------------------------|

$

~~~~

+Q Q H W

|----------------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)-----------------------|-------------------|
|-(12)-----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|

W W

|-------------------------|--------------------|

H E E E a E Q E E E E E E

|-------------10s==9--7-7s9-|-------9---10s9-7-/9-|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------10s==9--7-7s9-|-------9---10s9-7-/9-|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|

Q E E E E E a E Q E E H

|----9--------10s==9--7-7s9-|-------9------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------||
|----9--------10s==9--7-7s9-|-------9------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------||

B Verse 1 & 2

Gtr I plays Rhy Fig 1

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

|---------------------------------------|--------------------|
|----14pb15==(14)-------(14)r======(14)-|-(14)---------------|
|----14pb16==(14)-------(14)r======(14)-|-(14)---------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------|

|-Riff A end Ruff A-|

Rhy Fig 1 + Riff A (both x2)

with Riff A

Q E +E +E +E E E +E E E E E E E E

|---------------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------------|------------------0--||
|--------------5b6==(5)--(5)r(5)--------|--------0-------0-0--||
|--------------------------------7------|------7---7----------||
|-0----------------------------------5--|--(5)-------5S3------||

C Chorus 1 & 2

Aadd2 G6

Gtr I

|-chorus Rhy 1

Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Gtr II

Q Q +E E E E Q Q +E E E E

||-----5---(5)-5-5-5-|----3---(3)-3-3-3-|
||o----5---(5)-5-5-5-|----3---(3)-3-3-3-|
||--6--6---(6)-6-6-6-|-4--4---(4)-4-4-4-|
||--7--7---(7)-7-7-7-|-5--5---(5)-5-5-5-|
||o-7--7---(7)-7-7-7-|-5--5---(5)-5-5-5-|
||--5--5---(5)-5-5-5-|-3--3---(3)-3-3-3-|

Cmaj7 Badd4

Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Q Q +E E E E Q Q +E E E E 3x

|------8----(8)--8--8--8-|----7---(7)-7-7-7--||
|------8----(8)--8--8--8-|----7---(7)-7-7-7-o||
|--9---9----(9)--9--9--9-|-8--8---(8)-8-8-8--||
|-10--10---(10)-10-10-10-|-9--9---(9)-9-9-9--||
|-10--10---(10)-10-10-10-|-9--9---(9)-9-9-9-o||
|--8---8----(8)--8--8--8-|-7--7---(7)-7-7-7--||

end chorus Rhy 1-|

|-chorus Rhy 2

Aadd2 G6

Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Q Q +E E E E Q Q +E E E E

|----5---(5)-5-5-5-|----3---(3)-3-3-3-|
|----5---(5)-5-5-5-|----3---(3)-3-3-3-|
|-6--6---(6)-6-6-6-|-4--4---(4)-4-4-4-|
|-7--7---(7)-7-7-7-|-5--5---(5)-5-5-5-|
|-7--7---(7)-7-7-7-|-5--5---(5)-5-5-5-|
|-5--5---(5)-5-5-5-|-3--3---(3)-3-3-3-|

Cmaj7 Badd4 D6add9

Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Q Q +E E E E Q Q +E E E E

|------8----(8)--8--8--8-|----7---(7)-----------||
|------8----(8)--8--8--8-|----7---(7)-----------||
|--9---9----(9)--9--9--9-|-8--8---(8)-11-11-11--||
|-10--10---(10)-10-10-10-|-9--9---(9)-12-12-12--||
|-10--10---(10)-10-10-10-|-9--9---(9)-12-12-12--||
|--8---8----(8)--8--8--8-|-7--7---(7)-10-10-10--||

end chorus Rhy 2-|

D Bridge 1 & 2

G#maj7 A7

Q Q +Q Q +Q Q +Q Q

| | | | | | |

/ / / / / / /

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|-----0--------0---|------0--------0---|
|-----5--------5---|------5--------5---|
|-3-3---3--3-3---3-|--4-4---4--4-4---4-|
|-4-4---4--4-4---4-|--5-5---5--5-5---5-|

Bb6 B+

+Q Q +Q Q +Q Q +Q Q

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / /

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|------0--------0---|------0--------0----|
|------5--------5---|------5--------5----|
|--5-5---5--5-5---5-|--6-6---6--6-6---6--|
|--6-6---6--6-6---6-|--7-7---7--7-7---7--|

G#maj7 A7

Q Q +Q Q +Q Q +Q Q

| | | | | | |

/ / / / / / /

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|-----0--------0---|------0--------0---|
|-----5--------5---|------5--------5---|
|-3-3---3--3-3---3-|--4-4---4--4-4---4-|
|-4-4---4--4-4---4-|--5-5---5--5-5---5-|

|

| Gtr III

| W W

|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|

To Coda

Bb6 B+

+Q Q +Q Q +Q Q +Q Q

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / /

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q

|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|------0--------0---|------0---------------0---|
|------5--------5---|------5---------------5---|
|--5-5---5--5-5---5-|--6-6---6--6------6-------|
|--6-6---6--6-6---6-|--7-7---7--7------7-------|

|

| \2___/

| ~~~

| W H E a +E +Q

|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------8---(8)-(8)--|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|

E Interlude

Gtr II

~~~~~~ PM| PM| PM

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

|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|------2-(2)------------|---------0-----0---|
|-------------1b2==(1)r=|=(1)---2-----1---1-|
|-0---------------------|-----3-----2-------|

|

| Gtr III

| W +E E Q Q E E

|-0---------------------|-(0)---------------|
|-0---------------------|-(0)---------------|
|-0---------------------|-(0)---------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------0-|

~~~~~~ PM| PM| PM

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

|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------2-(2)-------------|---------0-----0----|
|-------------1pb2==(1)r=|=(1)---2-----1---1--|
|-0----------------------|-----3-----2--------|

|

| W +E E Q H

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

Gtr I plays Rhy Fig 1

Q E +E +E +E E E +E E E E E E E E

Gtr II

W +W

|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-(2)---------------|
|-0-----------------------|-(0)---------------|

D.S. al Coda

+W +W

|---------------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------||
|-(2)-----------------------|-(2)----------------||
|-(0)-----------------------|-(0)----------------||

Guitar Solo Gtr II,III play Fig E

&

Gtr II

E E E E E E Q

|-------------------||-
|-------------------||
|-------------------||
|-----5---------5---||
|-6-6---6-6-6-------||
|-7-7---7-7-7-------||

|

| Gtr IV

| H E E Q W

|-------------------||-----------------------|
|-------------------||-----------------------|
|-------------------||-----------------------|
|-------------------||-----------------------|
|-------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------2/-17\--||-0---------------------|

~~~ ~~

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

|-----------------------------------17b19==|=(17)-----(17)r(17)-------15-----|
|---------------------------------x--------|--------------------------15-----|
|-----------------12h14-12------x----------|------------------------------14-|
|-----------12h14--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----12h14--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-(0)--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

~~~ ~~ ~~~

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

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------12h14-12---|-(12)-15b17==(15)r(15)b17==(15)---(15)r(15)-------------|
|-14------------12----12h14-12---|-(12)------------------------------------------------12-|
|---------------12h14------------|-------------------------------------------------14-----|
|---------12h14------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~~~

+H +E +E E a E

|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------5---|
|-(12)-------(12)-(12)---7b9==(7)--|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~

+E E E E a +E E E E +E E E +E H

|-------------------------------|-----------------------0--------|
|-(5)-5-5-5---------------------|-----------------------0--------|
|-(7)-------7r(7)-7-------------|---------14b16==(14)-(14)r======|
|-----------------------------5-|-(5)-/14------------------------|
|--------------------------7----|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~~

+E E E a +E E a +E E a +E

|--(0)-0----------------0---------------------0--------------||
|--(0)---0---------------------------------------------------||
|-(14)-----14pb15-(14)-----14pb15-(14)-----------14pb15-(14)-||
|------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------||

~~~

+E E E a +E E a +E E E

||-------0---------------0-------------0----|
||o--------0--------------------------------|
||--(14)-----14pb15-(14)---14pb15-(14)---12-|
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|

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

+E E E a +E E a +E E a +E

||-------0----------------0---------------------0---------------||
||o--------0---------------------------------------------------o||
||--(12)-----14pb15-(14)-----14pb15-(14)-----------14pb15-(14)--||
||--------------------------------------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------------------------------------||

~~~~~~ ~~~

+E E E a +E E a +E E E

|------0---------------0-------------0----|
|--------0--------------------------------|
|-(14)-----14pb15-(14)---14pb15-(14)---12-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

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

+E E E a +E E a +E E a +E

|------0----------------0--------------------0---------------|
|--------0---------------------------------------------------|
|-(12)-----14pb15-(14)-----14pb15-(14)----------14pb15-(14)--|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus 3 Gtr I,II play Fig C

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

|----0----0----0------||-----0-------------|-(0)---------------|
|-------------------0-||-------------------|-------------------|
|-19---18---17---16---||-14----------------|-------------------|
|---------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------||-------------------|-------------------|

|

| PM| PM| PM

| E E E E E E E E

|---------------------||
|---------------------||
|---------------------||
|---------0-------0---||
|--1----2------1----1-||
|----3-------2--------||

a +W +H +Q. S S

|--------------------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-14b16==(14)--------------------|-(14)-----(14)-----14p12----||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------||

W +W

||-------------------|--------------------|
||o------------------|--------------------|
||--14---------------|-(14)---------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|
||o------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|

+W a +H +Q. S S

|-------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|-(14)--------------------|-14b16==(14)-----(14)-----14p12--||
|-------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------------||

W +W

|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|-14---------------|-(14)---------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|

+W a +H +Q +E E

|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-(14)--------------------|-14b16==(14)-----(14)----(14)r14-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|

Bridge 3

G#maj7 A7

Q Q +Q Q +Q Q +Q Q

| | | | | | |

/ / / / / / /

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

||-------------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|
||------0--------0---|------0--------0---|
||------5--------5---|------5--------5---|
||o-3-3---3--3-3---3-|--4-4---4--4-4---4-|
||--4-4---4--4-4---4-|--5-5---5--5-5---5-|

Bb6 B+

+Q Q +Q Q +Q Q +Q Q

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / /

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|------0--------0---|------0--------0----||
|------5--------5---|------5--------5----||
|--5-5---5--5-5---5-|--6-6---6--6-6---6-o||
|--6-6---6--6-6---6-|--7-7---7--7-7---7--||

Outro Gtr II,II play fig E

~~~~~~~~~~~

E E E a +E E a +E E a +E

|----0----------------0--------------------0--------------|
|------0--------------------------------------------------|
|--------14pb15-(14)-----14pb15-(14)----------14pb15-(14)-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------------------------------|

+E E E a +E E a +E E E

||-------0---------------0-------------0----|
||o--------0--------------------------------|
||--(14)-----14pb15-(14)---14pb15-(14)---12-|
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|

|~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~

| +E E E a +E E a +E E a +E 3x

|------0----------------0--------------------0---------------||
|--------0--------------------------------------------------o||
|-(12)-----14pb15-(14)-----14pb15-(14)----------14pb15-(14)--||
|------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------------------||

+E E E E E E E E W

|---------------------------------------0-|-0--------|
|---------------------------------------0-|-0--------|
|---------------------------------------0-|----------|
|-------------------0----------------0--2-|----------|
|--(1)---2------------------------1-------|----------|
|------3---------------2------------------|----------|

|

| ~~

| +E E E a +E E a +E E E W

|------0---------------0-------------0----|----------|
|--------0--------------------------------|----------|
|-(14)-----14pb15-(14)---14pb15-(14)---12-|----------|
|-----------------------------------------|----------|
|-----------------------------------------|----------|
|-----------------------------------------|-0--------|

+W +W +W +W +W

|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|

|

| +W +W +W W +W

|------------|------------|------------|--0---------|-(0)----*|
|------------|------------|------------|--0---------|-(0)----*|
|------------|------------|------------|--0---------|-(0)----*|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|

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