Rooster Alice in Chains
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 94 13:54:26 CST
From: rob@praline.nevada.edu (Rob Goggins)
Subject: Rooster by Alice in Chains
"Rooster," by Alice in Chains (written by Jerry Cantrell)
Tablature approximated to best of ability by Rob Goggins
(rob@praline.nrlssc.navy.mil)
There are two hard parts of this song. The first is to get the right
tuning--it's what I call the "drop F#" tuning--lower the G string 1/2
step to an F#. Whew, that was easy. The other hard part is notated later.
In addition, Alice in Chains detunes everything by 1/2 step, so the
actual tuning is (low freq to hi freq) Eb, Ab, Db, F, Bb, Eb. But I'm
going to pretend were using E, A, D, F#, B, E. Here goes....
intro, verse:
F#5 A5~Asus2
Eb-> E 02-0----5--0--0- Bb-> B 02-0----5--0--0- F--> F# 00-0----7--3--3- repeat for duration of intro, 2 verses Db-> D 44-4----7--2--2- (Ain't found a way....leads me to nowhere) Ab-> A 44-4----0--0--0- Eb-> E 02-0---- -------
pre-chorus:
[B] [Asus2] [F#5] [B] [Asus2]
-------0-------02-0---- ------- -------0------- 0-------0-------02-0---- -------0-------0------- 0-------3-------00-0---- -------0-------3------- 4-------2-------44-4---- -------4-------2------- 2-------0-------44-4---- -------2-------0------- ------- -------02-0---- ------- ------- -------
Here they come... Yeah, here comes the Rooster...
chorus:
[F#5] [Asus2] [F#5]
02-0----0------- --0---- 02-0----0------- --0---- 00-0----3------- --0---- repeated several times 44-4----2------- --4---- 44-4----0---4320 --4---- 02-0---- -------0--0----
^ ^ ^
CRUNCH! OBCRUNCH!
CRUNCH!
You know he ain't gonna die...
"interlude riff":
[F#5] [E] [F#5] [Asus2]
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- repeat 2 more times ------- ------- ------- ------- 2124----4--2--4-1------- ------- 2--2----0------- 20----- -------
^
********************************************
*This is the hardest part of the song... *
*the guitar plays nothing here, even though*
*you ache to crunch out an Asus2! *
********************************************
Come out into another pre-chorus, chorus, verse, pre-chorus, chorus,
and then outro. Don't step on any mines while playing (even though
it'd be COOL!).
enjoy
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<<< Don't worry--you can play major thirds & still go to hell. >>>
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Rob Goggins rob@praline.nrlssc.navy.mil
From: WLarmore@aol.com
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 12:13:25 -0400
Here is the correct way to play this excellent song. The other version is
terribly wrong. You don't need any crazy alternate tunings besides the usual
1/2 step down.
Okay, here is the CORRECT way to play Rooster by Alice in Chains:
(As always, tune down 1/2 step!)
Intro:
=
Guitar 1 (clean w/ chorus) =
[F#] [F#7add4] [A] [Aadd2]
e----2-2-0---0-0-0-0-- --5-5-0---0-0-0-0----- B----2-2-0---0-0-0-0-- --5-5-0---0-0-0-0----- G----3-3-3---3-3-3-3-- --6-6-6---6-6-6-6----- D----4-4-4---4-4-4-4-- --7-7-7---7-7-7-7----- (Repeat a couple of times=
[)]
A----4-4-4---4-4-4-4-- --7-7-7---7-7-7-7----- E----2-2-2---2-2-2-2-- --5-5-5---5-5-5-5-----
1st verse:
Guitar 1 repeats intro
Guitar 2 (w/ dist. & envelope filter) plays:
(fdbk)
e-------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----------- B-------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----------- G---6~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~(6)~ ~~~~~ ~(6)~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~-------- D-------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----------- A-------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---4--3--2- E-------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----------- e------------- -------- --------- --5~~~------- --5------ ---------------=
[--]
B------------- -------- ----7~~~~ ---------5-7- ----7---- --(7)~~~-------=
[--]
G------------- -------- --------- --2~~~------- --2------ ---------------=
[--]
D-------4~~~~~ -------- --4------ ---------2-4- ----4---- --(4)~~~-------=
[--]
A------------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- ---------------=
[--]
E--5-2-------- ---5~~~~ --------- ------------- --------- ---------------=
[--]
Chorus:
(I'm getting lazy, so you'll have to figure out the strumming by yourself=
=2E)
(It's not hard!)
[B] [D] [F#7ADD4/E] [F#] [B/F#]
e--7---10---X-X--- ---0--------2---------------------- B--7---10---X-X--- ---0--------2-------4-------------- G--8---11---X-X--- ---3--------3-------4-------------- D--9---12---X-X--- ---4--------4-------4-------------- A--9---12---X-X--- ---4--------4-------2-------------- E--7---10--------- ---0--------2-------2--------------
Then repeat the first B & D part, then this:
e--------0~~-- ------------------ --------0~~--- -----5--(5)~~-----------=
[-----]
B--------0~~-- ------------------ --------0~~--- -----5--(5)~~-----------=
[-----]
G--------3~~-- --2--------------- --------3~~--- --2--2--(2)~~-----------=
[-----]
D-----4--4~~-- --2--------------- --2-----4~~--- --2--2--(2)~~-----------=
[-----]
A--2--4--4~~-- --0--4~~-3~~-2~~-- --0--4--4~~--- --0--0--(0)~~-----------=
[-----]
E--0--2--2~~-- ------------------ -----2--2~~--- ------------------------=
[---]
Interlude:
e--------------- ------------- -------------- ------------------------ --=
[--]
B--------------- ------------- -------------- ------------------------ --=
[--]
G--4--3--4--4/6- --6--4--4/6-- --3----------- --4--3--4--4/6--6--6/9-- --=
[--]
D--------------- ------------- -----4--2--2-- ------------------------ --=
[--]
A--2--1--2--2/4- --4--2--2/4-- --1----------- --2--1--2--2/6--4--4/7-- --=
[--]
E--------------- ------------- -----2--0--0-- ------------------------ --=
[--]
e----------------- ------------------------------------------------------= B----------------- ------------------------------------------------------= G--9--9/11--9--11- --14--11--9-------------------------------------------= D----------------- ------------------------------------------------------= A--7--7/9---7--9-- --12--9---7-------------------------------------------= E----------------- ------------------------------------------------------=
2nd verse:
fdbk =
e---- ------- ---- ---------- ------ -------- --14--------- -------------=
[---]
B---- ------- ---- --17--14-- --17-- --(17)-- --------17~~- -14---14~~---=
[---]
G---- ------- ---- ---------- ------ -------- -----14------ -14----------=
[---]
D--4- --(4)-- ---- ---------- ------ -------- ------------- ----17-------=
[---]
A--4- --(4)-- ---- ---------- ------ -------- ------------- -------------=
[---]
E--2- --(2)-- ---- ---------- ------ -------- ------------- -------------=
[---]
e------------ ------------------------- ---------------------------- ----=
[----]
B--14'------- ------------------------- ---------------------------- ----=
17~~
G--14'------- -------14----------14---- -------14----16----14-16/18- -18-=
[----]
D------16~~~- -14-16----16-14-16----16- -14-16----16----16---------- ----=
[----]
A------------ ------------------------- ---------------------------- ----=
[----]
E------------ ------------------------- ---------------------------- ----=
[----]
Outro:
1/2 ALL BENDS 1/2
e--X-------- ---- -16-17-16'`16-- -14------------------------------ ---- =
[-----]
B----X------ ---- --------------- -----16'`(16)-16'-16'-16'`(16)'-- -14- =
[-(14)]
G------X---- ---- --------------- --------------------------------- ---- =
[-----]
D--------4-- ---- --------------- --------------------------------- ---- =
[-----]
A--------4-- ---- --------------- --------------------------------- ---- =
[-----]
E--------2-- ---- --------------- --------------------------------- ---- =
[-----]
and that's it...
-Will
From: WLarmore@aol.com
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 19:02:33 -0400
Okay, here is the CORRECT way to play Rooster by Alice in Chains:
=0D
(As always, tune down 1/2 step!)
=0D
Intro:
=
Guitar 1 (clean w/ chorus) =
=0D
=0D[F#] [F#7add4] [A] [Aadd2]
e----2-2-0---0-0-0-0-- --5-5-0---0-0-0-0----- B----2-2-0---0-0-0-0-- --5-5-0---0-0-0-0----- G----3-3-3---3-3-3-3-- --6-6-6---6-6-6-6----- D----4-4-4---4-4-4-4-- --7-7-7---7-7-7-7----- (Repeat a couple of times=
[)]
A----4-4-4---4-4-4-4-- --7-7-7---7-7-7-7----- E----2-2-2---2-2-2-2-- --5-5-5---5-5-5-5-----
=0D
1st verse:
=0D
Guitar 1 repeats intro
=0D
Guitar 2 (w/ dist. & envelope filter) plays:
=0D
(fdbk)
e-------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----------- B-------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----------- G---6~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~(6)~ ~~~~~ ~(6)~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~-------- D-------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----------- A-------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---4--3--2- E-------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----------
=0D
e------------- -------- --------- --5~~~------- --5------ ---------------=
[--]
B------------- -------- ----7~~~~ ---------5-7- ----7---- --(7)~~~-------=
[--]
G------------- -------- --------- --2~~~------- --2------ ---------------=
[--]
D-------4~~~~~ -------- --4------ ---------2-4- ----4---- --(4)~~~-------=
[--]
A------------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- ---------------=
[--]
E--5-2-------- ---5~~~~ --------- ------------- --------- ---------------=
[--]=0D
Chorus:
=0D
(I'm getting lazy, so you'll have to figure out the strumming by yourself=
=2E)
(It's not hard!)
=0D
=0D[B] [D] [F#7ADD4/E] [F#] [B/F#]
e--7---10---X-X--- ---0--------2---------------------- B--7---10---X-X--- ---0--------2-------4-------------- G--8---11---X-X--- ---3--------3-------4-------------- D--9---12---X-X--- ---4--------4-------4-------------- A--9---12---X-X--- ---4--------4-------2-------------- E--7---10--------- ---0--------2-------2--------------
=0D
Then repeat the first B & D part, then this:
=0D
e--------0~~-- ------------------ --------0~~--- -----5--(5)~~-----------=
[-----]
B--------0~~-- ------------------ --------0~~--- -----5--(5)~~-----------=
[-----]
G--------3~~-- --2--------------- --------3~~--- --2--2--(2)~~-----------=
[-----]
D-----4--4~~-- --2--------------- --2-----4~~--- --2--2--(2)~~-----------=
[-----]
A--2--4--4~~-- --0--4~~-3~~-2~~-- --0--4--4~~--- --0--0--(0)~~-----------=
[-----]
E--0--2--2~~-- ------------------ -----2--2~~--- ------------------------=
[---]=0D
Interlude:
=0D
e--------------- ------------- -------------- ------------------------ --=
[--]
B--------------- ------------- -------------- ------------------------ --=
[--]
G--4--3--4--4/6- --6--4--4/6-- --3----------- --4--3--4--4/6--6--6/9-- --=
[--]
D--------------- ------------- -----4--2--2-- ------------------------ --=
[--]
A--2--1--2--2/4- --4--2--2/4-- --1----------- --2--1--2--2/6--4--4/7-- --=
[--]
E--------------- ------------- -----2--0--0-- ------------------------ --=
[--]=0D
e----------------- ------------------------------------------------------= B----------------- ------------------------------------------------------= G--9--9/11--9--11- --14--11--9-------------------------------------------= D----------------- ------------------------------------------------------= A--7--7/9---7--9-- --12--9---7-------------------------------------------= E----------------- ------------------------------------------------------=
=0D
2nd verse:
fdbk =
e---- ------- ---- ---------- ------ -------- --14--------- -------------=
[---]
B---- ------- ---- --17--14-- --17-- --(17)-- --------17~~- -14---14~~---=
[---]
G---- ------- ---- ---------- ------ -------- -----14------ -14----------=
[---]
D--4- --(4)-- ---- ---------- ------ -------- ------------- ----17-------=
[---]
A--4- --(4)-- ---- ---------- ------ -------- ------------- -------------=
[---]
E--2- --(2)-- ---- ---------- ------ -------- ------------- -------------=
[---]=0D
e------------ ------------------------- ---------------------------- ----=
[----]
B--14'------- ------------------------- ---------------------------- ----=
17~~
G--14'------- -------14----------14---- -------14----16----14-16/18- -18-=
[----]
D------16~~~- -14-16----16-14-16----16- -14-16----16----16---------- ----=
[----]
A------------ ------------------------- ---------------------------- ----=
[----]
E------------ ------------------------- ---------------------------- ----=
[----]=0D
Outro:
1/2 ALL BENDS 1/2
e--X-------- ---- -16-17-16'`16-- -14------------------------------ ---- =
[-----]
B----X------ ---- --------------- -----16'`(16)-16'-16'-16'`(16)'-- -14- =
[-(14)]
G------X---- ---- --------------- --------------------------------- ---- =
[-----]
D--------4-- ---- --------------- --------------------------------- ---- =
[-----]
A--------4-- ---- --------------- --------------------------------- ---- =
[-----]
E--------2-- ---- --------------- --------------------------------- ---- =
[-----]=0D
and that's it...
=0D
-Will
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