THEM BONES (Bassline) As recorded by Alice In Chains (From the 1992 Album DIRT) Words and Music by Jerry Cantrell Gtr I (Db Ab Db Gb) - 'Drop D - Tuned Down 1/2 Step' Intro Moderate Heavy Rock Q=84 1. 7/8 Gtr I E S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S ||----------------------------|----------------------------|| ||o---------------------------|---------------------------o|| ||o-5-------------------------|-3-------------------------o|| ||----0-0-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-0-0-|---0-0-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-0-0--|| Verse 2. E S S S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S S S |-------------------------||---------------------------| |-------------------------||o--------------------------| |-3-----------------------||o-5------------------------| |---0-0-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-3---||----0-0-1-1-1-2-2-2-3/-0-0-| Chorus 4/4 E S S E S S S S S S S S 4x E E S S S S +S S E S S E |---------------------------||----------------------------| |--------------------------o||----------------------------| |-3------------------------o||----------------------------| |---0-0-1-1-1-2-2-2-3/-0-0--||-8-8-8-8-8-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7S=| 7/8 E E S S S S +S S S S S E. E S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------||----------------------------| |---------------------------------||o---------------------------| |---------------------------------||o-5-------------------------| |-10-10-10-10-10-9-(9)-9-9-9-9-8-||----0-0-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-0-0-| 1. 2. E S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E |----------------------------||--------------------------|| |---------------------------o||--------------------------|| |-3-------------------------o||-3------------------------|| |---0-0-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-0-0--||---0-0-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-3---|| Verse E S S E S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S 4x ||---------------------------|----------------------------|| ||o--------------------------|---------------------------o|| ||o--------------------------|-3-------------------------o|| ||--0-0-0-1-1-1-2-2-2-3/-0-0-|---0-0-1-1-1-2-2-2-3/-0-0---|| Chorus 4/4 E E S S S S +S S E S S E E E S S S S +S S S S S E. |---------------------------|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------|---------------------------------|| |-8-8-8-8-8-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7S|=10-10-10-10-10-9-(9)-9-9-9-9-8-|| Guitar Solo Guitar Solo 7/8 E S S E S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S 4x ||---------------------------|---------------------------|| ||o--------------------------|--------------------------o|| ||o-5------------------------|-3------------------------o|| ||----0-0-1-1-1-2-2-2-3/-0-0-|---0-0-1-1-1-2-2-2-3/-0-0--|| 4/4 E E S S S S +S S E S S E E E S S S S +S S S S S E. |---------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------------| |-8-8-8-8-8-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7S|=10-10-10-10-10-9-(9)-9-9-9-9-8-| 1. 7/8 E S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S ||----------------------------|----------------------------|| ||o---------------------------|---------------------------o|| ||o-5-------------------------|-3-------------------------o|| ||----0-0-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-0-0-|---0-0-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-0-0--|| Verse 2. E S S S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S S S |--------------------------||---------------------------| |--------------------------||o--------------------------| |-3------------------------||o--------------------------| |---0-0-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-3---||--0-0-0-1-1-1-2-2-2-3/-0-0-| Chorus 4/4 E S S E S S S S S S S S 4x E E S S S S +S S E S S E |---------------------------||-||-----------------------------| |--------------------------o||-||o----------------------------| |-3------------------------o||-||o----------------------------| |---0-0-1-1-1-2-2-2-3/-0-0--||-||--8-8-8-8-8-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7S=| |3| E E S S S S +S S S S E Q 3x W |---------------------------------||------*| |--------------------------------o||------*| |--------------------------------o||------*| |-10-10-10-10-10-9-(9)-9-9-9-9-8--||------*| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duration Legend --------------- 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 ---------------- 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 ----------- | - 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