Shame in You Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains - "Shame in You"
From the Album 'Alice in Chains (tripod dog cover, 1995)'
Tuning: Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Tabbed by jjhand
This song was one of my favorites from the 90's. I tabbed what I could
hear for 2 guitars. Please rate or comment if you can help make the tab
better. Thanks.
Rhythm Guitar - Clean Intro/Main Verse Riff (with a little octave pedal):
[Db] [C/Db] [B/Db] [Ab]
eb|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Bb|----12b14r12------|----12b14r12-----|----12b14r12-----|-----12b14r12----| Gb|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---9-------------| Db|-0----------------|-11--------------|-10--------------|-----------------| Ab|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------| Db|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
(0:13) Lyrics:
"When I waken, and I'm achin', time for sleepin', yeah
When I'm sayin' time to go and, I've been hurtin', yeah"
Verse Riff 2 - 2nd Guitar (0:38) - with light flange/reverb, Gtr 1 noted above
[Ab] [Db] [C/Db] [B/Db]
|---------5--------|-------5---------|--------5--------|--------5--------| |-------5----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-7--6---------7---|-5----------7----|-6----------7----|-5----------7----| |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
"When I'm layin, I'm still tryin', concentrating on"
[Ab]
|--------5---------| |------------------| |-4----------7--7--| |------------------| |------------------| |------------------|
"dyin', yeah"
(0:54) Prechorus Pt 1:
Rhythm - Heavy Grunge Distortion
|----------------------|---------------------|----------1------| |----------------------|---------------------|-------1--1------| |----------------------|----3--4--3----4--3--|-----2-2--2------| |-0---0-0--0-----------|-4--4--4--4----4--4--|-3---3-3--3------| |-0---0-0--0-----------|-4--4--4--4----------|-3---3-----------| |-0---0-0--0-----------|-4--4--4--4----------|-3---3-----------|
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| Lead - dist & flange
|----------------------|----------------0-----|----------1---1--| |-7-----7-7-7---7-7-7--|-------0-0h2------2---|-------1---------| |-7-----7-7-7---7-7-7--|----3---------3-------|-2--2------------| |-9p7---7-9-9p7-7-9-9p7|-4------------------4-|-3---------------| |----------------------|----------------------|-----------------| |----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
Prechorus Pt 2
Rhythm
|----------0---0------------------------| |----------2---2------------------------| |-2-----2--2---2------------------------| |-2-----2--2---2------------------------| continued below |-0-----0--0---0------------------------| |---------------------------------------|
|
| Lead - note the pinch harmonics
|---------------------------------------|-----------| |----------3p2-------------------5b7PH--|-3~~~~-----| |----------2-----4b6PH-4b6r4PH-2--------|-----------| |-2-----2------2------------------------|-----------| |-0-------------------------------------|-----------| |---------------------------------------|-----------|
(1:08) Prechorus Pt 3 - Rhythm
|---------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------|----------8b10r8----------|----------8b10r8----------| |---------------------|-----------------------11-|-----------------------10-| |-0---0-0--0------0---|----11------------11------|----10-----------10-------| |-0---0-0--0------0---|-9------9------------9----|-8------8------------8----| |-0---0-0--0------0---|--------------------------|--------------------------|
"You're right as rain, but you're all to blame Agreed my crime's the same"
Prechorus Ending
Rhythm
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |---2--2--2--2--2--2--4-------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-4---------------------| |---2--2--2--2--2--2--2-------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------| |---0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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| Lead
|--------------------------17-------|------17----------------------------| |-17b19_19_19_19_19_19_19_____19b17-|--------------15p14-----------------| |-----------------------------------|-16b18--16p14------14---------------| |-----------------------------------|---------------------14-12h14-12\11-| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
****************************************************************
Chorus Rhythm (1:25)
|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| |-0---0-0--0----0----|-------4--6b7r6-----4--|-------3--5b7r5-----3-| |-0---0-0--0----0----|----4------------4-----|----3------------3----| |-0---0-0--0----0----|-4---------------------|-3--------------------|
"My sins I'll claim, give you back shed pain, go find a place for own"
*** see below
|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------|--------------------|-----------------------| |-2----2--4b6r4----2--|--------------------|-----------------------| |-2----2--------2-----|-0---0-0--0----0----|-------4--6b7r6-----4--| |-0----0--------------|-0---0-0--0----0----|----4------------4-----| |---------------------|-0---0-0--0----0----|-4---------------------|
"shame So you can deal with this thing unreal No"
Rhythm
|----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------------| |-------3--5b7r5-----3-| |----3------------3----| |-3--------------------|
"one made you feel any"
*** Lead part for 4th bar
|-------------------------------|-----------------| |-7------7----7-----7----7----7-|-----------------| |-9b11---9b11-9b11--9b11-9b11---|-9b11r9-7~~~~~---| |-------------------------------|-----------------| |-------------------------------|-----------------| |-------------------------------|-----------------|
Chorus Ending Solo (continued from 2 lines above) - Rhythm
|--------------------------------------|--------------------| |--------------------------------------|--------------------| |--------------------------------------|--------------------| |-2--2--2--2--2--2--4------------------|-2---2-2--4b6r4-----| |-2--2--2--2--2--2--2------------------|-2---2-2------------| |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0------------------|-0---0-0------------| |--------------------------------------|--------------------|
| "hurt, yeah"
|
|Lead
|--------------------------------------|------17b19r17b19__r| |-------------15p14----------15p14-----|--------------------| |-14---------------14------14-----14---|--------------------| |-14h16p14-14---------14h16---------14-|-(14)---------------| |--------------------------------------|--------------------| |--------------------------------------|--------------------|
Chorus Ending (pt 2) - Rhythm
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-2--------------4----------------|-2--------------4------------------| |-2--------------2----------------|-2--------------2------------------| |-0--------------0----------------|-0--------------0------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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| Lead
|-17b19~~-------------------------|--------------------------------------------| |--------17b19~~14----------------|---------17---17---17-----------------------| |-----------------16b18~-14--14~~-|-16b18_____b18__b18--16-14-16-14------------| |--------------------------16-----|--------------------------------17-16-17-16~| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
****************************************************************
(2:02) Play Verse Riffs Again, Lyrics:
"Body's movin, only provin, no one needs to move
Still believin, yet mistaken, all God's children, yeah
(2:30) Play Verse Riff 2 part (bars 2-4) with
Distorted Rhythm guitar:
|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| |-0---0-0--4b5r4-----|-------4--6b7r6-----4--|-------3--5b7r5-----3-| |-0---0-0------------|----4------------4-----|----3------------3----| |-0---0-0------------|-4---------------------|-3--------------------|
"And I must say, I was stupid, selfishly she"
|-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-------2--4b6r4----2--2--| |----2-----------2--------| |-0-----------------------| |-------------------------|
"consumed, yeah"
(2:43) Repeat the Verse Riff 2 Rhythm part (above), with
Lead
|----------------------|----------------0-----|----------1h3p1-0-| |-8p7---10---8-10-8-7--|-------0-0h2------2---|-------1----------| |-7---7----7-9----9-7--|----3---------3-------|-2--2-------------| |-----0----------------|-4------------------4-|-3----------------| |----------------------|----------------------|------------------| |----------------------|----------------------|------------------|
(2:54) Play Prechorus Ending on Rhythm, Lead plays
|----------------------|-----------------------------------| |-2---2-3p2---2--------|-14---14-15p14-14-15p14-14-----15--| |-2---2-2-----2--------|-14---14-14----14-14----14--14-14--| |-2---2-4p2---2--------|-14---14-16p14-14-16p14-14--16-----| |-----------0----------|-----------------------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------------------|
Play Chorus Again, with new lyrics:
"And you must change patterns all we trained
Or n'er regain peace you seek
Now you hear me, for the things I see
Yeah, I believe in inner peace, yeah"
Lead at end of Chorus 2
|-------------------------------------------| |-------14-------------17b19--17b19r17-15~~-| |-16b18----16b18r16p14----------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|
****************************************************************
(3:31) Bridge - play this, then Bridge ending 1, then repeat this:
Rhythm
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|----------0---------|--------------------| |-0---0-0--0-----0-0-|-3---3-3--3-----3---|-5---5-5--5-----5---| |-0---0-0--0-----0-0-|-3---3-3--3---------|-5---5-5--5-----5---| |-0---0-0--0-----0-0-|-3---3-3--3---------|-5---5-5--5-----5---|
|
| Lead (changes slightly in repeat)
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|--------------------|---------------5---5-| |-------------5------|-------------5------|---------------5---5-| |---------5h7--7-5h7-|-7~~-----5h7--7-5h7-|-7~~--------5h7--7---| |--------------------|--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
"Throw out, blow up, hold in"
"Show fine, no signs, grow blind"
Bridge ending 1
|---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |-0------0-0--------0---------0---------| |-0------0-0--------0---------0---------| |-0------0-0--------0---------0---------|
|
|
|-------------------------------------------| |-7b8-b8-b8-b8-b8-b8-b8-r7-7-7-5------------| |-7b9-b9-b9-b9-b9-b9-b9-r7-7-7-5--5-7b9r7-5-| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|
Bridge ending 2 - Rhythm Chords on top
Lead Part
[Ab] [Ab2] [Ab] [Ab2]
|--------------------|------------------------------------| |-7-------5----------|-14----15p14------------15p14----14-| |-7-------6----------|-14----14---14-14----14-14---14--14-| |-7-------7----------|-14-14---------14h16-----------14---| |---------0----------|------------------------------------| |--------------------|------------------------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |-2------------------|-2------------------| |-2------------------|-2------------------| |-0------------------|-0------------------| |--------------------|--------------------|
Guitar Drops off, Drums continue
****************************************************************
(4:14) One Guitar Plays Lightly
|------------|------------5-----|--------------|------------| |-5----7-----|-5------7-----5---|------------5-|-(5)----5---| |-6----7-----|-6------7-------6-|-6--------6-6-|-(6)------6-| |-7----7-----|-7------7---------|-7--------7-7-|-(7)--------| |------------|------------------|--------------|------------| |------------|------------------|--------------|------------|
* Outro Pt starts
|------------|------------5-----|--------------| |----------5-|-(5)-----7----5---|-5------------| |-6------6---|-(6)-----7------6-|-6------------| continues randomly |-7----------|-(7)-----7--------|-7------------| |-0----------|------------------|--------------| |------------|------------------|--------------|
Outro Part 1 (Rhythm Guitar) repeated several times until 5:14
|----------------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------------|-------------------------| |--------2-------------------|--------2----------------| |-1b2r1------------1---2p1---|-1b2r1------------1---2--| |-------2---2-0--2---2-----2-|-------2---2-0--2---2----| |----------------------------|-------------------------|
(5:01-5:26) Lead Outro Part
|/15---15--x-15---x-x-14--14--|---------------------------| |-----------------x-x---------|-14/15--15--x-15\---10-10--| |/12---12--x-12---x-x-11--11--|---------------------------| |-----------------------------|-11/12--12--x-12\---7--7---| |-----------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------|
Ending (Rhythm plays a Ab5 chord)
|------------------| |-8--8--8----------| |------------------| |-5--5--5----------| |------------------| |------------------|
KEY
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| PH pinch harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| r release bend
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