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Song
Alice in Chains - Nothin' Song
From the album 'Alice in Chains' (1995)
Tuning: Db, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb
tabbed by jjhand
Thanks to AirForceMetalhe for his tab on UltimateGuitar.com, which
gave me a starting point, since there's no youtube videos of AIC
playing this. I added the lead parts and it sounds good.
Please rate/comment.
Intro - using light distortion
Db(b5) Db
eb|-------|------|-------|------| Bb|-------|------|-------|------| Gb|-------|------|--2----|-(2)--| Db|--6----|-(6)--|--4----|-(4)--| Ab|--5----|-(5)--|--5----|-(5)--| Db|-------|------|-------|------| Play 4x
Main riff - during verses, played 6x or so
Heavy distortion
|----------------------------| |----------------------------| |-----5-5-5-5-5-4--5---------| |--4-----------------7-6b7---| <- bend may be a dip & release of trem bar |--0-------------------------| |--0-------------------------| Play once without vocals then again with
"
At end of a few main riff bars, this is the ending:
|-----------------------| |-----------------------| |-----------------------| |-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2--| |-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2--| |-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2--|
pm.........
(late)
Chorus (2 gtrs.):
|-------------------| |-------------------| |----------9~~~~----|
|-0--------6~~~~----| "The nothin song sticks to your mouth like
|-0--------0--------| peanut butter on the brain... oh_wheee!
|-0-----------------| nothin ever stays the same"
| |
| w/flanger |
|-------------------| |-------------------|
|----------9NH~~~~~-| <--- use trem bar to get slow heavy vibrato
|--12~~~/-----------| |-------------------| |-------------------|
After Chorus - (1:51) Lead plays
|------------------------------|-------------10-10------10----10-10-| |--------------------3---------|----------10----12-10------10-10-10-| |-5p4---4-2--x-4-x-x---x-2---2-|----------11-------11-11---12-------| |-4---4-4-4--x-4-x-x-4-x-5p4-4-|-/12--------------------------------| |------------------------------|-/12--------------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-0-----------7-7----7----7----7----7----7----7----| |---------------9b11-9b11-9b11-9b11-9b11-9b11-9b11-| |-0------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
Play Verse Again
Play Chorus Again
After second Chorus, Intro returns, but Lead Guitar adds (3:26)
|------------------|-------------|---------------------| |----3-------------|-------------|-----9--9------------| |-------2--2-------|-(2)---------|-/11______11--9------| |-0--------3b4-----|-(4)---------|------------10-------| |------------------|-------------|-----------------9~--| |------------------|-------------|---------------------| |-----------|--------------|---------------------| |-----------|--------------|---------------------| |-----------|----2---------|---7----5~-----------| |-----------|-4___---------|---------------------| |-0---------|--------------|-5----5--------------| |-0---------|--------------|---------------------| |----------------------| |----9----9------------| |-11__-11__-11----9----| |--------------10------| |-------------------9~-| |----------------------|
Play Verse Again, then ending twice
Play Chorus again once through (no repeats)
Lead after final chorus
|---------------------|-----------|-------------------|-----------| |---------------------|-----------|-------------------|-----------| |----7-----5----------|-----------|-5b7_____r5---5-7--|-----------| |-------6-----7~------|-(7~)------|------------7------|-----------| |-5-------------------|-----------|-------------------|-0---------| |---------------------|-----------|-------------------|-0---------| |---------------------|--------------|---------------------| |---------------------|--------------|----9----9-----------| |----7-----5----------|---7---5------|-11__-11__-11---9----| |-------6-----7~------|-----6-----7--|-------------10------| |-5-------------------|-5------------|------------------9~-| |---------------------|--------------|---------------------|
Ending
play 3x finish
|---------------------| |---------------------|---------| |---------------------| |----9----9-----------|---------| |----7-----5----------| |-11__-11__-11---9----|---------| |-------6-----7~------| |-------------10------|---------| |-5-------------------| |------------------9~-|---------| |---------------------| |---------------------|----0----|
KEY
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| r Bend release
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