Train - 'I'm About to Come Alive'
From 'My Private Nation' Album
tuning - D Standard on Acoustic and Electric
tabbed by jjhand
Pat Monahan has nice vocal melody and harmony in this song. The hammer-ons
and pull-offs in the folk inspired acoustic part are also a nice touch.
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Intro/Verse Riff
D|---------------------------|-0---0---------------------|
A|---------------------------|-0-1-0---------------------|
F|-2h4-2-----0-0-----------0-|-0-0-0-----0-0-----------0-|
C|-0-0-0-----2-0-----0-0h2---|-x-x-x-----2-0-----0-0h2---|
G|-x-x-x---------------------|-3-3-3---------------------|
D|-3-3-3---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-0---0---------------------|
|---------------------------|-0-1-0---------------------|
|-2h4-2-----0-0-----------0-|-0-0-0-----0-0-------------|
|-0-0-0-----2-0-----0-0h2---|-x-x-x-----2-0---------0---|
|-x-x-x---------------------|-3-3-3-------------0h2-----|
|-3-3-3---------------------|-------------------------3-|
PreChorus (0:49)
|-0----------0---|-0------------0-|
|-1----------1---|-1------------1-|
|-2----------2---|-0------------0-|
|-2----------2---|-2------------2-|
|-0----------0---|-3------------3-|
|----------------|----------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-0-1-0---------------------|
|-2h4-2-----0-0-----------0-|-0-0-0-----0-0-------------|
|-0-0-0-----2-0-----0-0h2---|-x-x-x-----2-0---------x-x-|
|-x-x-x---------------------|-3-3-3-------------0h2-x-x-|
|-3-3-3---------------------|---------------------------|
|-0----------0---|-0------------0-|
|-1----------1---|-1------------1-|
|-2----------2---|-0------------0-|
|-2----------2---|-2------------2-|
|-0----------0---|-3------------3-|
|----------------|----------------|
Chorus- played 2x
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/train/371758.html ]
Acoustic
|--3---------------|--7-----------|-------------|--8------8---------|
|--0---------------|--8-----------|-------------|--8------8---------|
|--0---------------|--9-----------|--9----------|-10------9---5-----|
|--0---------------|--9-----------|-10----------|-10-----10---5-----|
|--2---------------|--------------|-10----------|-------------3-----|
|--3---------------|--------------|--8----------|-------------------|
|
| Electric
|-------------10---|--------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|--------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|-12p11----12------|--repeat------|-repeat------|-12-----12--(12p11-12h14)|
|-------12-------12|--------------|-------------|-----12------------------|
|------------------|--------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|--------------|-------------|-------------------------|
Electric repeats same notes through 3 bars, () is first time only
Bridge - similar to Prechorus
|-0----------0---|-0------------0-|-3--------------|-0--------------|
|-1----------1---|-1------------1-|-0----------0---|-1------------0-|
|-2----------2---|-0------------0-|-0----------0---|-0------------0-|
|-2----------2---|-2------------2-|-0----------0---|-2------------0-|
|-0----------0---|-3------------3-|-x----------2---|-3------------2-|
|----------------|----------------|-3--------------|----------------|
|-0--------------|-0------------0-|
|-1----------0---|-1------------1-|
|-2----------0---|-0------------0-|
|-2----------0---|-2------------2-|
|-0----------2---|-3------------3-|
|----------------|----------------|
Play Chorus Again 2x then fade out with this riff
KEY
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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