• Song:

    Dead Or Alive

  • Artist:

    Journey

  • Album:

    Escape / Frontiers / In...

Journey: Dead or Alive
Escape (CBS)
Copyright 1981 Weed 
Perry, Schon, and Cain


One of the best bass performances ever, by one the best bassists ever. Ross Valory.  I saw him do this song live on this year?s tour, and he was on fire.  Very hard to do, but very good sounding when it?s done right.

Drum Intro                              Unison with guitar              
G------------------------------------|---------------------------------
D------------------------------------|-----------2--0----------0-------
A------------------------------------|-----------------4--2--4----4----
E------------------------------------|--0--3-4-------------------------
                                                                                                                                                
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------2-0----------------------------------
A---2--0--2-----------------------------4--2--0--4--0-2----------------
E------------3--0--------0--3--4--------------------------3-0----------
                                                                                                                                                
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------2--0--------------------------------------------2-0-------
A------------------4--2-----4-----2-------------------------------4----
E---0--3--4--------------4-----4-----4--3--0--------0--3-4-------------
                                                                        
                                  Verse                                 
G-----------------------------|----------------------------------------
D-----------------------------|----------------------------------------
A---2--0--4--0--2--0-----0----|---0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----0-0----
E---------------------3-------|----------------------------------------
                                                                                                                                                
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------4--5-------------------------------------5----------
A---0--0-----0--0-----------0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----0-----0-0----
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                                                
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D---7-----4-5----------------------------------------------------------
A------0-----------0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----4--0--5--0--7--0-3----
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                                                
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------5--------7-----4-5----------
A---0-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0-----0----------0----
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                                                
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------/12--12--1-------------------------------
A---0--0--0-----0--0--0--0------------------------0--0--0--0-0---------
E----------------------------------------3--3-4------------------------
                                                                                                                                                
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------5--------7-----4-5-------------------------------
A---0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0-----0-----------0--0--0--0-----0--0-0----
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                                                
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A---0--------0-----0-----0-----0-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0----0----
E---------2-----2-----3----4-------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                                                
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D---5--------7-----4-5-------------------------------------------------
A------0--0-----0-----------0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0-0----
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        
       0:36                                                             
G---|------------------------------------------------------------------
D---|--------------2--0----------0-------------------------------------
A---|--------------------4--2--4-----4--2--0-2-------------------------
E---|-----0--3--4--------------------------------3--0--------0--3-4----
                                                                                                                                                
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D---2--0-----------------------------------------2-0-------------------
A---------4--2--0--4--0--2-----------------------------4--2----4-------
E---------------------------3--0--------0--3--4--------------4----4----
                                                                                                                                                
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------2-0-------------------------------------
A---2--------------------------------4--2--0--4--0--2--0-----0----0----
E------4--3--0--------0--3--4----------------------------3-------------
                                                                                                                                                
G---------------------------------------------------------2-0----------
D---------------------------------------------------------------4-2----
A---0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--3-4----------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                                                
G------0--------------------------------2-0----------------------------
D---4-----4--2--0--2--------------------------4--2--0--4--0-2----------
A---------------------3--0-----0--3--4--------------------------3-0----
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                                                
G---------------2--0-----------------------------------------2-0-------
D---------------------4--2-----4-----2----------------------------4----
A------0--3--4--------------4-----4-----4--3--0-----0--3-4-------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        
                                  Chorus                                
G------------------------------|---------------------------------------
D---2--0--4--0--2--0-----0-----|-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0----0----
A---------------------3--------|---------------------------------------
E------------------------------|---------------------------------------
                                                                                                                                                
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D---0--0--0-----5--5--5--4-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----0--5-4----
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                                                
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D---0--5--4--0----0----------------------------------------------------
A---------------------3--3-----------------0--2--3-----3--3--3-3-------
E---------------------------1--1--2--2-3-------------------------------
                                                                                                                                                
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------0--0--0--0-----0-0----
A---3--3--3--3-----3--0--3--0--3--0--4-5-------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        

                                                                        
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D---0--0-----0--0--0--0-----5--5--5--4-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0----
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        

                                                                        
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D------0--5--4--0--5--4--0-----0----------------------------------------
A---------------------------------3-----3--1-----1--1--1--1-----1--1----
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        

                                                                        
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------0-------------------------------------------
A---1--1-----1--1--1--1--------3-----3--1-----1--1--1--1-----1--1--1----
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        

          Intro          Verse          1:53/guitar break               
G------|--------------|--------------|----------------------------------
D------|--------------|--------------|----------------------------------
A---1--|--------------|--------------|--5-----------7--7--5--7----------
E------|--------------|--------------|----------------------------------
                                                                        

                Guitar solo 
G---------|-------------------------------------------------------------
D---------|-------------------------------------------------------------
A------7--|-------------------------------------------------------------
E---------|-------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        

                                        Chorus                          
G------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------
D------------------------------------|-----------------|--------0-------
A---------------0--0--2--2--3--3--4--|-----------------|-----------3----
E------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------
                                                                        

                                                             Ending     
G---------------------------------------------------------|-------------
D---------------------------------------------------------|-------------
A------3--1-----1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--|--5--4-------
E---------------------------------------------------------|--------5----
                                                                        

                                                                        
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------5--4--------4-------------------------
A------4-----------7--7--5--7-----------5--4-----5--4--0--5--4--0-------
E---4-----5--4--0--------------------------------------------------3----
                                                                        

                                                                        
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------5--4--------4-------
A------------5--4--------4-----------7--7--5--7-----------5--4-----5----
E---0--7-----------5--4-----5--4--0-------------------------------------
                                                                        

                                                                        
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------5--4--------4-------------------------------
A---4--0--5--4--0-----------------5--4-----5--4--0--5--4--0-------------
E------------------3--0--------------------------------------3--0-------
                                                                        

                                                                        
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D---5--4--------4--------------------------------------2--0-------------
A---------5--4-----5--4--0--5--4--0--------------------------4--2--4----
E------------------------------------3-----0--0--3--4-------------------
                                                                        

                                                                        
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D---0-------------------------------------------------------------------
A------4--2--0--2-------------------------------------------------------
E------------------3--0-------------------------------------------------
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