Blackbird Alter Bridge
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Alter Bridge - Blackbird
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Tabbed by: Abbas A. Rahman
Band: The Unforgiven Theorem/ Made in the Shade.
Year: 2013
Email: cs_krazy@hotmail.com
Comments: This 4 string version is for those who do not have a 5 string bass.
Brian Marshall did this song with a 5 string bass. So gotta improvise.
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Bass Enters when the clean guitars are about to change to distortion/ heavy riff @ 0:57
[E] [A] [G#]
G-----------|------------| D-----------|------------| A-----------|------------| D--2--------|--7----6----|
Heavy Riff - Play x2
[F#] [G#] [F] [G#] [E] [G#] [A] [G#]
G---------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| D---------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| A---------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| D--4~~---6b7r6--|-3~~--6b7r6--|-2~~--6b7r6--|--7--7--6--6--|
Chorus -
[D] [C#] [E] [B] [D#] [G] [C#] [C#]
G-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------|----------| D-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------|----------| A-------------|-4--4--4--4--|----------2--|-------------|---------|-4--------| D--0--0--0--0-|-------------|-2-2-2--2---2|-1-1-1--1--1-|-0-0-0-0-|------11\-|
Verse 2-
[F#] [F#C#F#] [F] [C] [E] [E] [F#G] [G#] [A] [A] [B] [A] [G#] [G#] [A] [G#]
G------------|------------|--------------|-------------------| D------------|------------|--------------|-------------------| A---------4--|------3-----|--------------|-0--0-2-0-----0----| D--4-----4-4-|-3----------|-2----2-4-5-6-|----------6-6---6--|
[C#] [C#]
G------------|------------|--------------|-------------------| D------------|------------|--------------|-------------------| A-------/9~--|-------3-3--|--------2-----|-0--0-2-0-----0----| D--4---------|-3----------|-2--------4-6-|----------6-6---6--| G-------------|------------|--------------|-------------------| D-------------|------------|--------------|-------------------| A-------------|------3-----|--------------|-2--2-4-2-1--1-2-1-| D--4---4-6-7-6|-3----------|-2----2-4-5-6-|-------------------| G------------|------------|--------------|-------------------| D------------|------------|--------------|-------------------| A-------4----|-------3----|--------1-----|-2--2-4-2-1--1-2-1-| D--4---------|-3----------|-2--------4-6-|-------------------|
PreChorus - play x2
G----------------|--------------|---------------|--------------| D----------------|--------------|---------------|--------------| A----------------|--------------|---------------|--------------| D---4~~---6b7r6--|--3~~--6b7r6--|--2~~---6b7r6--|--7--7--6--6--|
Chorus -
G-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------|---------| D-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------|---------| A-------------|-4--4--4--4--|----------2--|-------------|---------|-4-4-4-4-| D--0--0--0--0-|-------------|-2-2-2--2---2|-1-1-1--1--1-|-0-0-0-0-|---------| G-------------|------------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| D-------------|------------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| A-------------|-------2--2-|------------|-4--4--4-4-4-|----------2--|-------------| D--4--4--6--6-|-7--7-------|-0--0--0--0-|-------------|-2-2-2--2---2|-1-1-1--1--1-| G---------------|-------------------------| D---------------|-------------------------| A---------------|-------------------------| D--0--0-0--0--0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Low riff
[C#] [D] [C#] [D] [C#] [B] [C#] [C#] [D] [F] [F#F] [D]
G------------|------------|------------|-------------| D------------|------------|------------|-----3-4-3---| A-4--4--4--4-|-5-4--5-4-2-|-4-4-4-4-4--|-4-5-------5-| D------------|------------|------------|-------------|
[C#] [D] [C#] [D] [C#] [B] [C#] [C#] [D] [F] [G#A] [/B]
G------------|------------|------------|-------2-1-4--| D------------|------------|------------|-----3-------4~| A-4--4--4--4-|-5-4--5-4-2-|-4-4-4-4-4--|-4-5----------| E------------|------------|------------|--------------|
Guitar Interlude
G------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------------| D------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------------| A------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------/9\-| D------------|-0~---------|-7~---------|-6~---------|-7~-6~-7p6-4~----| G------------|------------|------------|-------------|-----------------| D------------|------------|------------|-------------|-----------------| A------------|------------|------------|-------------|-----------------| D-4~---------|-0~---------|-7----------|-6~----------|-7~-6~-7p6-4~----| G-11-9------------------------------| D------11-10-9----9-----------------| A--------------12--12-11-9-11-12----| D--------------------------------4--| B-----------------------------------|
Vocals begin again
G------------|--------------|------------------|--------------------------| D------------|--------------|------------------|--------------------------| A------------|--------------|------------------|--------------------------| D-4----------|-0------------|-7----6-----------|-0-4--0-4--0-4--6-6/7\6---| G-------------|--------------|------------------|--------------------------| D-------------|--------------|------------------|--------------------------| A-------------|--------------|------------------|--------------------------| D-4---4p6-7/6-|-0------------|-7----6-----------|-0-4--0-4--0-4--6-6/7\6---|
Myles Kennedy's Solo- This is an alternate version. We only have 1 guitarist in
the band. So I play this rhythm
G--2-2\1--1-2\1---|-7-7\6-4-/9-7-7p6-4|----------------|--2-2-2-1-2p1-| D-4-----4------4-4|4------------------|-7-7\6-4-3-3-4p3|-------------4| A-----------------|-------------------|0---------4-----|-4-4-4--------| D-----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------|
Tremonti's solo- Play Chorus
Pretty simple song. Im really busy atm. Will leave the ending to you guys to figure out. Gd luck.
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