Train - 'I'm About to Come Alive' From 'My Private Nation' Album tuning - D Standard on Acoustic and Electric tabbed by jjhand Pat Monahan has nice vocal melody and harmony in this song. The hammer-ons and pull-offs in the folk inspired acoustic part are also a nice touch. Please rate and comment. Intro/Verse Riff D|---------------------------|-0---0---------------------| A|---------------------------|-0-1-0---------------------| F|-2h4-2-----0-0-----------0-|-0-0-0-----0-0-----------0-| C|-0-0-0-----2-0-----0-0h2---|-x-x-x-----2-0-----0-0h2---| G|-x-x-x---------------------|-3-3-3---------------------| D|-3-3-3---------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------|-0---0---------------------| |---------------------------|-0-1-0---------------------| |-2h4-2-----0-0-----------0-|-0-0-0-----0-0-------------| |-0-0-0-----2-0-----0-0h2---|-x-x-x-----2-0---------0---| |-x-x-x---------------------|-3-3-3-------------0h2-----| |-3-3-3---------------------|-------------------------3-| PreChorus (0:49) |-0----------0---|-0------------0-| |-1----------1---|-1------------1-| |-2----------2---|-0------------0-| |-2----------2---|-2------------2-| |-0----------0---|-3------------3-| |----------------|----------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------|-0-1-0---------------------| |-2h4-2-----0-0-----------0-|-0-0-0-----0-0-------------| |-0-0-0-----2-0-----0-0h2---|-x-x-x-----2-0---------x-x-| |-x-x-x---------------------|-3-3-3-------------0h2-x-x-| |-3-3-3---------------------|---------------------------| |-0----------0---|-0------------0-| |-1----------1---|-1------------1-| |-2----------2---|-0------------0-| |-2----------2---|-2------------2-| |-0----------0---|-3------------3-| |----------------|----------------| Chorus- played 2x Acoustic |--3---------------|--7-----------|-------------|--8------8---------| |--0---------------|--8-----------|-------------|--8------8---------| |--0---------------|--9-----------|--9----------|-10------9---5-----| |--0---------------|--9-----------|-10----------|-10-----10---5-----| |--2---------------|--------------|-10----------|-------------3-----| |--3---------------|--------------|--8----------|-------------------| | | Electric |-------------10---|--------------|-------------|-------------------------| |------------------|--------------|-------------|-------------------------| |-12p11----12------|--repeat------|-repeat------|-12-----12--(12p11-12h14)| |-------12-------12|--------------|-------------|-----12------------------| |------------------|--------------|-------------|-------------------------| |------------------|--------------|-------------|-------------------------| Electric repeats same notes through 3 bars, () is first time only Bridge - similar to Prechorus |-0----------0---|-0------------0-|-3--------------|-0--------------| |-1----------1---|-1------------1-|-0----------0---|-1------------0-| |-2----------2---|-0------------0-|-0----------0---|-0------------0-| |-2----------2---|-2------------2-|-0----------0---|-2------------0-| |-0----------0---|-3------------3-|-x----------2---|-3------------2-| |----------------|----------------|-3--------------|----------------| |-0--------------|-0------------0-| |-1----------0---|-1------------1-| |-2----------0---|-0------------0-| |-2----------0---|-2------------2-| |-0----------2---|-3------------3-| |----------------|----------------| Play Chorus Again 2x then fade out with this riff KEY ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ************************************