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Alice in Chains
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Tab2

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

Song

all tuned - Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

Gtr I - 'Jerry Cantrell clean electric'

Gtr II, III - 'Jerry Cantrell dist electric (2 gtrs arr. for 1)'

Intro

Q=72

4/4

Gtr I

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

||--2--2-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-|-5--5-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-|
||o-2--2-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-|-5--5-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-|
||--3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-|-6--6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-|
||--4--4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|-7--7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-|
||o-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|-7--7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-|
||--2--2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-|

|-Rhy Fig 1

Q E E +E E E S S Q E E +E E E S S 4x

|-2--2-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-|-5--5-0-(0)-0-0-0-0--||
|-2--2-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-|-5--5-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-o||
|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-|-6--6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6--||
|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|-7--7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7--||
|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|-7--7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-o||
|-2--2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5--||

end Rhy Fig 1-|

Verse 1

Gtr I plays Rhy Fig 1 x4

Gtr II,III

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

W +W

|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-6------------------|-(6)------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|

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

+W +W

|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-(6)------------------|-(6)------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|

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

+W +W

|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-(6)------------------|-(6)------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|

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

+W +W

|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-(6)------------------|-(6)------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|

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

+W +Q. E +E Q E

|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-(6)------------------|-(6)------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|--------4-(4)-3---2---|
|----------------------|----------------------|

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

E Q E +H W

|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-------4-(4)---------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-5-2-----------------|-5------------------|

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

Q. E +H H. +E S S

|---------------------|-5-------------(5)-----|
|-------7-(7)---------|-------------------5-7-|
|---------------------|-2-------------(2)-----|
|-4-------------------|-------------------2-4-|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|

~~~

S E. +H. +W

|-5----------------------|----------------------||
|---7--(7)---------------|-(7)------------------||
|-2----------------------|----------------------||
|---4--(4)---------------|-(4)------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------||

Chorus 1

Gtr I

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

|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-x-x-|-0-2--2-0-2-(2)---2-0-|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-x-x-|-0-2--2-0-2-(2)---2-0-|
|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-x-x-|-3-3--3-3-3-(3)---3-3-|
|-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-x-x-|-4-4--4-4-4-(4)---4-4-|
|-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-x-x-|-4-4--4-4-4-(4)---4-4-|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----|-0-2--2-0-2-(2)---2-0-|

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

|-2--2-2-2-------2-2-2-2-2-2-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
|-2--2-2-2-4-(4)-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
|-3--3-3-3-4-(4)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-||
|-4--4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||
|-4--4-4-4-2-(2)-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||
|-2--2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||

Gtr II,III

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

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

||-------0-(0)----|-----------------|------0-(0)----|------5-(5)----||
||o------0-(0)----|-----------------|------0-(0)----|------5-(5)---o||
||-------3-(3)----|-2---------------|------3-(3)----|-2----2-(2)----||
||----4--4-(4)----|-2---------------|---4--4-(4)----|-2----2-(2)----||
||o-2-4--4-(4)----|-0----4-(4)-3--2-|-2-4--4-(4)----|-0----0-(0)---o||
||--0-2--2-(2)----|-----------------|-0-2--2-(2)----|---------------||

Interlude

Gtr II,III

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

||-------------------|------------------|----------------|---------||
||o------------------|------------------|----------------|--------o||
||--4-3-4-4s6-(6)----|-6----4-(4)--4s6--|-3--------------|---------||
||-------------------|------------------|---4-2-2-(2)----|-(2)-----||
||o-2-1-2-2s4-(4)----|-4----2-(2)--2s4--|-1--------------|--------o||
||-------------------|------------------|---2-0-0-(0)----|-(0)-----||

|-Riff A end Riff A-|

Gtr II plays Riff A

Gtr III

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

|---------------------|----------------------|---------------|--------||
|---------------------|----------------------|---------------|--------||
|-4-3-4-4s6-(6)---6s9-|-9----9s11-(11)--9-11-|-14-11-9-------|-(9)----||
|---------------------|----------------------|---------------|--------||
|-2-1-2-2s4-(4)---4s7-|-7----7s=9--(9)--7--9-|-12--9-7-------|-(7)----||
|---------------------|----------------------|---------------|--------||

Chorus 2 & 3

Gtrs II,III

$

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

|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-0-2-2-2-2-------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-0-2-2-2-2-------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)--3-3--|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-(4)--4-4--|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-(4)--4-4--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-0-2-2-0-2-2-(2)--2-2--|

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

|-------------------2--2-2-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-----------4-(4)---2--2-2-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-4-(4)-3-3--3-3-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4--4-4-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4--4-4-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-0-2-2-0-2-2-(2)-2-2--2-2-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|

To Coda after repeat

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

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

||-------0-(0)----|-----------------|------0-(0)----|------5-(5)----||
||o------0-(0)----|-----------------|------0-(0)----|------5-(5)---o||
||-------3-(3)----|-2---------------|------3-(3)----|-2----2-(2)----||
||----4--4-(4)----|-2---------------|---4--4-(4)----|-2----2-(2)----||
||o-2-4--4-(4)----|-0----4-(4)-3--2-|-2-4--4-(4)----|-0----0-(0)---o||
||--0-2--2-(2)----|-----------------|-0-2--2-(2)----|---------------||

Verse 2

Gtr I plays Rhy Fig 1 x4

Gtr II,III

W +H +H +W

|--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-4------------------|-(4)------(4)---------|-(4)------------------|
|-4------------------|-(4)------(4)---------|-(4)------------------|
|-2------------------|-(2)------(2)---------|-(2)------------------|

+H Q E S S W

|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------17-14-|-17---------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-(4)--------------------|------------------------|
|-(4)--------------------|------------------------|
|-(2)--------------------|------------------------|

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

+W S S Q. +H S S Q. +H

|-----------------------|-14-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-(17)------------------|-------17------(17)---------|-14----14------(14)---------|
|-----------------------|----14----------------------|-14-------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|----17----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|

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

E Q. +H +W

|------------------------------|------------------------|
|-14b14.5----------------------|------------------------|
|-14b14.5----------------------|------------------------|
|---------16------(16)---------|-(16)-------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------|

E E E E E E E E

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-------14-----------14------|
|-14-16----16-14--16----16---|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|

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

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

|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----17------(17)----------|
|-------14----16-----14-16s18-|-18-----------------------|
|-14-16----16-----16----------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|

D.S. al Coda

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

W +W +W

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

Outro

Gtr I plays Rhy Fig 1

&

a a a W +W

|-x------------------------|----------------------|
|---x----------------------|----------------------|
|-----x--------------------|----------------------|
|-------4------------------|-(4)------------------|
|-------4------------------|-(4)------------------|
|-------2------------------|-(2)------------------|

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

|----------------------|-16-17------(17)---16b17==(17)r(16)-----|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-(4)------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-(4)------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-(2)------------------|----------------------------------------|

Gtr I plays Rhy Fig 1 (1st 2 bars)

W Q E +E E Q S +S

|-14------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|----16b17r(16)-16b17-16b17---16b17r(16)b17==|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|

+E Q. +H +Q +H.

|---------------------------|---------------*|
|-(17)-14------(14)---------|-(14)--(14)----*|
|---------------------------|---------------*|
|---------------------------|---------------*|
|---------------------------|---------------*|
|---------------------------|---------------*|

|

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

|---2------2-0--(0)-0-0-0-0-|---5----(5)----*|
|---2------2-0--(0)-0-0-0-0-|---5----(5)----*|
|---3------3-3--(3)-3-3-3-3-|---6----(6)----*|
|---4------4-4--(4)-4-4-4-4-|---7----(7)----*|
|---4------4-4--(4)-4-4-4-4-|---7----(7)----*|
|---2------2-2--(2)-2-2-2-2-|---5----(5)----*|

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