MAN IN THE BOX (Bassline)
As recorded by Alice In Chains
(From the 1990 Album FACELIFT)
Words and Music by Jerry Cantrell and Layne Staley
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Tune Down Half Step'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=108
4/4
Gtr I
E E Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------||-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------||o----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------||o--------------7-|--------------7-|--------------7-|
|---0-12--||--0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-----|
Verse
Q E E E E S S E 4x Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------------||-||-----------------|----------------|
|------------------o||-||o----------------|----------------|
|----------------5-o||-||o--------------7-|--------------7-|
|-0----0---0-5h7----||-||--0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-----|
1. 2.
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E S S E E E E E S S S S Q
|----------------|-------------------||----------------------||
|----------------|------------------o||----------------------||
|--------------7-|----------------5-o||-----------------/7--||
|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-5h7----||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------||
Pre-Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----1---1-1-1-2-|-2-2-1-0---------|-----1---1-1-1-2-|
|-3-3---3---------|---------3-3-3-3-|-3-3---3---------|
+E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E S S Q E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-(2)-2-1-0-----7--|----------------------|--------------7--|
|-----------3-3----|-0----0---0---(0)-(0)-|-0----0---0------|
Chorus
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H +Q. E
|----------------|-----------------||---------------|
|----------------|-----------------||o--------------|
|--------------7-|-------------7--||o--------------|
|-0----0---0-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----||--0----(0)---3-|
~
+E Q E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------5---5-|-(5)-5-5-5---------|------------------|
|-(3)-3--3S7---7---|-----------7-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-0-3--|
H +Q. E +E Q E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|------------5---5-|-(5)-5-5-5---------|
|-0----(0)---3-|-(3)-3--3S7---7---|-----------7-5-3-5-|
+E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|--------------------||-||-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------o||-||o----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------o||-||o--------------7-|--------------7--|
|-(5)-5-3-3-2-2-1-1--||-||--0----0---0-----|-0----0---0------|
Verse
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E S S E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|-------------------||-||-----------------|
|----------------|------------------o||-||o----------------|
|--------------7-|----------------5-o||-||o--------------7-|
|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-5h7----||-||--0----0---0-----|
1.
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E S S E
|----------------|----------------|--------------------||
|----------------|----------------|-------------------o||
|--------------7-|--------------7-|----------------5--o||
|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-5h7-----||
Pre-Chorus
2.
E E E E S S S S Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------/7--||-----1---1-1-1-2-|-2-2-1-0---------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------||-3-3---3---------|---------3-3-3-3-|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E S S
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|-----1---1-1-1-2-|-(2)-2-1-0-----7--|-----------------------|
|-3-3---3---------|-----------3-3----|-0----0---0---(0)-(0)--|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|--------------7-|--------------7-|-------------7--||
|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----||
Chorus
H +Q. E +E Q E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
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||o--------------|------------------|-------------------|
||o--------------|------------5---5-|-(5)-5-5-5---------|
||--0----(0)---3-|-(3)-3--3S7---7---|-----------7-5-3-5-|
~
+E E E E E E Q H +Q. E +E Q E E E E E
|------------------|--------------|------------------|
|------------------|--------------|------------------|
|------------------|--------------|------------5---5-|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-0-3--|-0----(0)---3-|-(3)-3--3S7---7---|
Guitar Solo
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------||-||------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------o||-||o-----------------|
|-(5)-5-5-5---------|-------------------o||-||o--------------7--|
|-----------7-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-3-3-2-2-1-1--||-||--0----0---0------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E S S E
|----------------|----------------|--------------------||
|----------------|----------------|-------------------o||
|--------------7-|--------------7-|----------------5--o||
|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-5h7-----||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----1---1-1-1-2-|-2-2-1-0---------|-----1---1-1-1-2-|
|-3-3---3---------|---------3-3-3-3-|-3-3---3---------|
+E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E S S Q E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-(2)-2-1-0-----7--|----------------------|--------------7--|
|-----------3-3----|-0----0---0---(0)-(0)-|-0----0---0------|
Chorus
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H +Q. E
|----------------|-----------------||---------------|
|----------------|-----------------||o--------------|
|--------------7-|-----------------||o--------------|
|-0----0---0-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--0----(0)---3-|
~
+E Q E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------5---5-|-(5)-5-5-5---------|------------------|
|-(3)-3--3S7---7---|-----------7-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-0-3--|
H +Q. E +E Q E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|------------5---5-|-(5)-5-5-5---------|
|-0----(0)---3-|-(3)-3--3S7---7---|-----------7-5-3-5-|
+E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|--------------------||-||-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------o||-||o----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------o||-||o--------------7-|--------------7--|
|-(5)-5-3-3-2-2-1-1--||-||--0----0---0-----|-0----0---0------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E S S E
|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|------------------o||
|--------------7-|----------------5-o||
|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-5h7----||
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
