------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALICE'S RESTAURANT - Arlo Guthrie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Michael Kress E-mail: micalk@sbcglobal.net I modeled this tab after Arlo's live performance at the 2005 Farm Aid (on YouTube). This is the main part of it, the part most people are interested in, and I couldn't find one that matched it. I'll let others be the judge of its accuracy, but I was very picky about about watching his performance and listening to the notes. The only part that is questionable is the first two measures of the third riff - these are hard to hear in the performance, but the Alice's Restaurant album released in the '90s is very similar and I got a good read off of that. On the slide, bar your finger across the first four strings and hold it so you catch the next note on the fourth string that comes along. The only real chord shape in here is a C, but it's very brief, comes and goes, so I didn't note it. Watch the Farm Aid concert for the chord shapes and changes. The other playing tip is that the thumb plays 4, 5 and 6 strings as you'd expect, and they are all standard quarter notes, so this is the bass/rhythm line. When I was figuring out this tab I worked out the bass line first, then the rest of it. Might help you to do the same to learn it. Would love feedback on it, especially the third riff if you think Arlo does it differently. Standard E Tuning, Capo on II e||-----------------|| -0---------0-----|-----5---3p0-----|-----------0-----| B||-----0---1---3---|| ---------4-----1/|-2---------------|---0-1---0-------| G||---------------0-||o---------------1/|-2-----2-------2-|-2-----0-----0---| D||-----------------||o-----2-------0---|-----2-------0---|-----0-------0---| A||---------0---2---|| -3---------------|-0---------------|-----------------| E||-----3-----------|| ---------3-------|---------0-------|-2-------3-------| |-----------------|-0---------0-----|-----5---3p0-----|-----------------| |-1---0---1---3---|---------4-----1/|-2---------------|---0-------1-----| |---------------0-|---------------1/|-2-----2-------2-|-2-----2-2-----0-| |-----------------|-----2-------0---|-----2-------0---|-----0-------0---| |-3-------0---2---|-3---------------|-0---------------|-----------------| |-----3-----------|---------3-------|---------0-------|-2-------3-------| |-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0---0---1---3---|---------1-------|-1---------------|---0-------1-----| |---------------0-|---------------0-|---4-----3-----0-|-2-----2-2-----0-| |-----3-----------|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----3-------3---| |---------0---2---|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-3---------------|---------3-------|-3-------3-------|-1-------1-------| |-----------------|-0---------0-----|-----5---3p0-----|-----------0-----| |---0-------1-----|---------4-----1/|-2---------------|---0-1---0-------| |-2-----2-2-----0-|---------------1/|-2-----2-------2-|-2-----0-----0---| |-----0-------0---|-----2-------0---|-----2-------0---|-----0-------0---| |-----------------|-3---------------|-0---------------|-----------------| |-2-------2-------|---------3-------|---------0-------|-2-------3-------| |----------------- || |-----0---1---3--- || |---------------0-o|| |-----------------o|| |---------0---2--- || |-----3----------- || ************************************ / slide up p pull-off ************************************