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Pick Up The Bones
Alice Cooper
Brutal Planet
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Tabbed by: Mark Patterson
Email: mepcody@yahoo.com
i know you've probably heard this a lot, but this is my first tab. i just
always wanted to learn this but there were no good tabs so i said screw
it, i'll make 'em. enjoy! and the lyrics are from the booklet of the CD.
Tuning: acoustic is C#(Db) - Db Gb B E Ab Db
Tuning: Electric is drop B - B Gb B E Ab Db
| / slide up
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato/hold note
I'll warn you now, if its the main solo your looking for, i don't have it.
i'm not good enough to tab it out, or even play it probably. sorry.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------0--------------------0-------0-------0---------------|
D|---4---4---4---4---4---4~---------------4---4---4---4---4---4~------------|
A|-2-------0----------------------------2-------0---------------------------|
E|-----------------0------------------------------------0-------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0-------0-------0------------------0-------0-----------------------|
D|-----4---4---4---4---4---4~-------------4---4---4---4---------------------|
A|-0-2-------0--------------------------2-------0---------------------------|
E|-------------------0----------------------------------0~------------------|
(during the intro, you hear a quiet guitar playing in the background with a
heavy reverb and a light delay played like this)
-first note fades in, then hold last until about the solo if you can
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B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--(19)~--19~--18~--16~--19~--18~--16~-------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
vocals come in
"collecting pieces in an old pillow case,
this one has a skull but it don't have a face"
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B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------0--------------------0-------0-------0---------------|
D|---4---4---4---4---4---4~---------------4---4---4---4---4---4~------------|
A|-2-------0----------------------------2-------0---------------------------|
E|-----------------0------------------------------------0-------------------|
"these looking like the arms of my father so strong,
and the ring on this finger means my grandmothers gone"
-the guitar does NOT stop, it keeps going for the rhythm of the solo which
is basically the same
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0-------0-------0------------------0-------0-------0-------0-------|
D|-----4---4---4---4---4---4~-------------4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----|
A|-0-2-------0--------------------------2-------0---------------------------|
E|-------------------0----------------------------------0--------3----------|
Rhythm for solo and played until chorus
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----------|
D|----4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---------|
A|--2-------0-----------------------2-------0-------------------------------|
E|------------------0-------3-----------------------0-------3---------------|
Solo
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------10-8-7-----------------------------15b~~-----------------|
G|-----7-9-9b-9~----------9-7-6-9-7---------7b.-----------------------------|
D|--/9------------------------------9-7-9~----------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-solo
solo continues further on, just rhythm for solo is played
"Here's some legs in a pile where my sister once played,
here' some mud made of blood and these teeth are decayed"
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B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----------|
D|----4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---------|
A|--2-------0-----------------------2-------0-------------------------------|
E|------------------0-------3-----------------------0-------3---------------|
-Solo continues while rhythm is played
-also during "and i just can put him back together again", the heavy
electric guitar comes in.
"The ear of my brother the hand of a friend,
and i just can put him back together again"
e|------------------------------17-19-17b-17b-17b-17b-17b-17b-17b-17b-------|
B|-------------17b~---------/19---------------------------------------------|
G|------16-19---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--/16---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-This is for the electric guitar that comes in during the (17b-17b-17b-17b-
17b-17b-17b)up there.
Pre-Chorus
-the pre chorus is palm muted but it slowly gets unpalm muted
-and i actually think it might be a guitar playing one note and the bass
doing the (2-4-5) but i'm not sure
e|----------------------------------|*bass*---------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|A|--2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4----|
G|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|or--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|
A|--2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
Chorus
"Pick up the bones and set them on fire, follow the smoke, going higher and
higher. pick up the bones, and wish them goodnight, pry 'em a prayer, and
turn out the light
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-2-4----|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-4----|
E|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------0-2-4----|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-2-4-4~-|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-4-2~-|
E|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------0-2-4----|
Intro riff starts again
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------0--------------------0-------0-------0---------------|
D|---4---4---4---4---4---4~---------------4---4---4---4---4---4~------------|
A|-2-------0----------------------------2-------0---------------------------|
E|-----------------0------------------------------------0-------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0-------0-------0------------------0-------0-----------------------|
D|-----4---4---4---4---4---4~-------------4---4---4---4---------------------|
A|-0-2-------0--------------------------2-------0---------------------------|
E|-------------------0----------------------------------0~------------------|
-Little solo riff
e|----------------------------------------|
B|--17-18-17b~--12------------------------|
G|-------------------------7-9-10p9p7h9~--|
D|----------------------/9----------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
Vocals come back in
"There are stains on the floor where the kitchen one stood, there are ribs
in fire place mixed with the wood."
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B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------0--------------------0-------0-------0---------------|
D|---4---4---4---4---4---4~---------------4---4---4---4---4---4~------------|
A|-2-------0----------------------------2-------0---------------------------|
E|-----------------0------------------------------------0-------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0-------0-------0------------------0-------0-----------------------|
D|-----4---4---4---4---4---4~-------------4---4---4---4---------------------|
A|-0-2-------0--------------------------2-------0---------------------------|
E|-------------------0----------------------------------0~------------------|
"There are forces in the air, ghosts in the wind, some bullets in the back and some
on the skin"
-Another little solo riff ~~~(18b is a half bend)~~~
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------16-18-18b--16-14-16-------------------------------------------------|
D|--/16---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-After that, you use the rhythm for the solo until the next chorus
"There were demons with guns who marched thru this place, killing everything
that breathed, they're an inhuman race"
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----------|
D|----4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---------|
A|--2-------0-----------------------2-------0-------------------------------|
E|------------------0-------3-----------------------0-------3---------------|
_solo riff play during last verse
e|-------------------------17b----------------------------------------------|
B|-----15-17-17bp15----15--17b----------------------------------------------|
G|--16--------------16------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"there are holes in the walls, bloody hair on the bricks, and the smell of
this hell is making me sick"
e|-------------------------------19-17b-17b-17b-17b-17b-17b-17b-17b---------|
B|---------------------------/19--------------------------------------------|
G|--(really really quiet)---------------------------------------------------|
D|--14p12h14p12h14p12h14----------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus during the Bends (17b-17b-17---------------------------------------|b)
e|----------------------------------|*bass*-----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|A|--2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4------|
G|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|or--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------|
A|--2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|
E|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Chorus
"Pick up the bones and set them on fire, follow the smoke, going higher and
higher. pick up the bones, and wish them goodnight, pry 'em a prayer, and
turn out the light
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-2-4----|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-4----|
E|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------0-2-4----|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-2-4-4~-|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-4-2~-|
E|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------0-2-4----|
-there are actually little solo bends being played during this chorus and
they're all the same note continuing on from the pre-chorus.
e|--17b~~~~--17b~~~~--17b-17b~~~~--17b~~~~-17b~~~~~~-17b~~~~-17~~~~~~-------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Solo (Bridge)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-7--2--4--2-4-7--2-4-x-2-4-7--2--4--2-4-7--2-3-3-4----------------------|
A|-4-7--2--4--2-4-7--2-4-x-2-4-7--2--4--2-4-7--2-3-3-4----repeat 2x's-------|
E|-4-7--2--4--2-4-7--2-4-x-2-4-7--2--4--2-4-7--2-3-3-4----------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-7--2--4--2-4-7--2-4-x-2-4-7--2--4--2-4-7--2-3-3-4----------------------|
A|-4-7--2--4--2-4-7--2-4-x-2-4-7--2--4--2-4-7--2-3-3-4----------------------|
E|-4-7--2--4--2-4-7--2-4-x-2-4-7--2--4--2-4-7--2-3-3-4----------------------|
I can't make out how to play the sounds during the 2 time and i already said
i can't do some of the solo, it gets kind of intense, at least for me.
-Anyways, it just goes into the chorus and keeps soloing until the chorus
ends.
Chorus
"Pick up the bones and set them on fire, follow the smoke, going higher and
higher. pick up the bones, and wish them goodnight, pry 'em a prayer, and
turn out the light
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-2-4----|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-4----|
E|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------0-2-4----|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-2-4-4~-|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-4-2~-|
E|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------0-2-4----|
then it ends off with the intro riff and another little solo riff
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------0--------------------0-------0-------0---------------|
D|---4---4---4---4---4---4~---------------4---4---4---4---4---4~------------|
A|-2-------0----------------------------2-------0---------------------------|
E|-----------------0------------------------------------0-------------------|
e|--10p9--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------12p1012~-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------9p7h9~-7~------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ending
"Now, maybe someday, the suns gonna shine, flowers will bloom, and all will
be fine. but nothing will grow on this burnt cursed ground, cuz the breath
of the dead is the....only sound."
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------0--------------------0-------0-------0---------------|
D|---4---4---4---4---4---4~---------------4---4---4---4---4---4~------------|
A|-2-------0----------------------------2-------0---------------------------|
E|-----------------0------------------------------------0-------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0-------0-------0------------------0---------0---------------------|
D|-----4---4---4---4---4---4~-------------4---4----4-----4------------------|
A|-0-2-------0--------------------------2-------0---------------------------|
E|-------------------0---------------------------------------0~-------------|
| / slide up
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato/hold note
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