in Chains - "Dirt"
From the "Dirt" Album
Bass Tuning - Eb Ab Db Gb
tabbed by jjhand
This song has a weird scale and sounds middle eastern, but its
fairly simple to play. I tuned the bass a 1/2 step down like all
of their material. Please rate/comment.
Intro (0:13)
Gb|------------|-----------|------------|---------------|
Db|-7----------|-7---------|-(7)--------|-(7)-------7\--|
Ab|------------|-----------|------------|---------0-----|
Eb|------------|-----------|------------|---------------|
Verse Riff - play 3x (first time without lyrics)
Gb|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
Db|-----------5---|-(5)-----------|---------------|----------------|
Ab|-0-----5-7-----|-------7-5-3---|-0-----5-7-----|--------5p0-3-5-|
Eb|---------------|---------------|-----------3---|-(3)------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/alice_in_chains/dirt_btab.html ]
Gb|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
Db|-----------5---|-(5)-----------|---------------|----2-2-3-3-0-0--|
Ab|-0-----5-7-----|-------7-5-3---|-0-----5-7-----|-----------------|
Eb|---------------|---------------|-----------3---|-(3)-------------|
Chorus - play 2x
Gb|------------|------------|------------|--------------|
Db|------------|------------|------------|--------------|
Ab|-0----1-----|-3----------|-0----1-----|-3------------|
Eb|------------|------3-----|------------|--------------|
"One who doesn't care is one who shouldn't be"
"I tried to hide myself from what is wrong for me"
Play Verse Riff 3x again
Play Chorus Again 2x through
Solo - play 4x (solo is 16 bars)
Gb|------------|-----------|------------|---------------|
Db|------------|-----------|------------|---------------|
Ab|-0----3-----|-(3)-------|-0----3-----|---------------|
Eb|----3-------|-----------|----3-----1-|-(1)-----------|
Play verse riff again 3x
Play Chorus Again 2x through
Play verse riff again to end song
KEY
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
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