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--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/a/alice-in-chains/243819.html ]
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-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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