• Song:

    Breathe Again

  • Artist:

    Alter Bridge

Alter Bridge - 'Breathe Again'
From 'AB III'
Tuning - 5 string tuned a half step flat 
tabbed by jjhand


Verse
Gb|------||----------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
Db|------||----------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
Ab|------||----------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
Eb|------||------------7---|-----------7----|-------------------|------------------|
Bb|-12~\-||-5------7/9---9-|-5-----7/9---9--|-0--0-0---0--0-0---|-0--0-0---0--0-0--|

|--------------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------7--|-------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|--------5h7----|-------------------|------------------|
|-5------7/9-10--9-7-|-5-------------|-0--0-0---0--0-0---|-0--0-0---0--0-0--|




Prechorus
|-----------|-----------|-------------------|------------------|-------------|---------|
|-----------|-----------|-------------------|------------------|--------7--7-|---------|
|-----------|-----------|-------------------|------------------|----5h7--7---|---------|
|-5---------|-----------|-------------------|------------------|-5-----------|------10\|
|-----------|-5---------|-0--0-0---0--0-0---|-0--0-0---0--0-0--|-------------|-5-------|




Chorus
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3---3-3---3-3--3--3-3--3-|-2---2-2---2-2--2--2-2--2/|-5---5-5---5-5--5--5-5--5-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|

|----------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------5--------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5-4-5-----4-5-4-7---5-4----|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------5-|-3---3-3---3-3--3--3-3--3-|-2---2-2---2-2--2--2-2--2-|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|

|---------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------7---|-------------------|
|-------------------5h7---7-|-------------------|
|-5---5-5---5-5--5----------|-5-----------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|




Play Verse Riff and Prechorus Again



Chorus 2 (2:08) - Most rhythms are straight 16ths. I tried to show where it changes

|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|--play 4x-----------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3---3-3---3-3--3--3-3--3-|-{2-2-2-2}--------------2/|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|

|----------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------5--------------------|--play 4x----------|--------------------------------|
|-5-4-5-----4-5-4-7---5-4----|-------------------|----------------/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9|
|--------------------------5-|-{3-3-3-3}---------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5---5-5---5-5--5--5-5--5-|-------3------------------|
|--------------------------|-3-2-3-----2-3-2-5---3-2--|



Bridge (2:31)
                                 play this bar 2x
|-------------|-------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|----7-6---------7-6-----------|----7-6---------7-6--------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------9-7---------9-7-5-----|--------9-7---------9-7-5--5-5-5-|
|-0---------0-|-0---------0-|-0----------0---------------0-|-0----------0--------------------|


|--------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|-------7--7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|
|--------------------------|-5---5-5---5-5--5--5-4-----|----------------------------|
|-3---3-3---3-3--3--3-3--3-|--------------5--------5-5-|-5---5----------------------|


|------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7\-|----------------------------3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5p0-5-5-5p4---|
|------------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|----------------------------5-5|


                                     Play 2x                       Play 2x - () is 1st time only
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|   ---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|   ---------------------------|
|---------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----7-6--------7-6----------|   ---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------9-7--------9-7-5-----|   ----------------------5----|
|-5-5-5-5-------------------------|-0---------0--------------0-|   -0-5-4-2-0-0--5-4-2-0---(0)|





Final Chorus - Play like Chorus 2, except changes when guitar solo plays

(3:41,3:53)
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------5-4---------5-7---|-------5-4----------------|
|-5---5-------5---5-------|-5---5-------5---5-5/7----|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|



Ending (3:59)
|--------------|-------------|--------------------------|
|--------------|-------------|--------------------------|
|--------------|-------------|--------------------------|
|-3------------|-2-----------|-5------------------------|
|--------------|-------------|--------------------------|

Key:

/ or \     slide
h          hammer-on
p          pull-off
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