Jerry Cantrell - Solitude
From 'Degradation Trip' album
Tuning - D standard, 2 guitars
Tabbed by jjhand

Nice acoustic number with electric guitar accents to produce a nicely 
layered melody. I totally revamped this since the other tab had many
errors. Please rate/comment.


Intro - Acoustic
   G                             Eb
D|--------------------------|------------------------|
A|-2p0----------0--2--------|----------1--1--1--1--1-|
F|-2---2--------------2-----|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|
C|-2------2--------------2--|-2--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
G|-0---------0--------------|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
D|--------------------------|------------------------|

                           1st ending (2nd time strum once and hold)
|------------------------||-------------------------|
|-0--3--2----2--2--2--2--||-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
|-0--2--2----2--2--2--2--||-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
|-0--2--2----2--2--2--2--||-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
|-0--0--0----0--0--0--0--||-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|------------------------||-------------------------|




Verse - Guitar 1 played 4x

D|---------0-------|-------0-------0-|-------2----------|
A|-----------0-----|---------3-------|-----3---3-----3--|
F|-------0-----0---|-----0-----0-----|---2-------2------|
C|-----2---------2-|---2---------2---|-0-----------0----|
G|---2-------------|-3---------------|------------------|
D|-0---------------|-----------------|------------------|

D|-------0----------||
A|---------0--------||
F|-----2-----2---2--||
C|---2--------------||
G|-0-----------0----||
D|------------------||

"There's no out, downside up for good
No light, reflection understood
Had to try, perversion satisfied
insane...so i indulge the beast awhile"




(0:53) Gtr 1 play Verse Riff again 2x, 2nd Guitar plays:

* Semi-clean 
|-------------|-------------|--------------|-----------|
|-------------|-------3____-|--------------|-----------|
|-2b3r-0------|---------2b4-|----0-2b4-0---|---------0-|
|-------------|-------------|------------2-|------0h2--|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|-----------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|-----------|

|-------------|-------------|--------------|-----------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|-----------|
|-(0)---------|-------------|--------------|-----------|
|-------------|-2-----------|-2-0----------|-----------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|-4---------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|-----------|



(0:53) - Guitar 3 Riff (w/ fast chorus) - played 2x

|---12--------|-----10------|-----14-------|------14b15---|
|------12-----|---12--------|---12---------|----12--------|
|-------------|-12----------|-14-----------|-/14----------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|



Pre-Chorus

D|-3---3-3---3---|-2----------2---3---|                                    
A|-3---3-3---3-0-|-3----------3---3---| play 2x
F|-0---0-0---0-0-|-2----------2---0---|
C|-0---0-0---0-0-|-0----------0---0---|
G|-2---2-2---2---|----------------2---|
D|-3---3-3---3---|----------------3---|
  "When hurting yourself feels right"
  "And there's nothing familiar in sight"


At end of this part, Guitar 2 plays at 1:18

D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
F|-----------------|
C|----------0-4b5r-|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|



   Acoustic
D|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-------3-----3---|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|
A|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-------3-----3---|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|
F|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-0---0-0---0-0---|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|
C|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-0---0-0---0-0---|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|
G|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-2---2-2---2-----|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|
D|-----------------|-3---3-3---3-----|-----------------|
 |
 | Gtr 2
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|
G|-2---2-2---------|-3-2-0-----------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|
  "Take the time to pull the weeds   choking flowers in your"



PreChorus Ending:
|---------0-------|-------0---0-0-0-0-|
|-------3---3-----|-------3---3-3-3-0-|
|-----0-------0---|-----0-----0-0-0-0-|
|---2-----------2-|---2-------2-2-2-2-|
|-3---------------|-3---------3-3-3-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------0-|
|
| Gtr 2
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|---0-------------|-------------------|
|--2--------------|-------------------|
|-3---------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
 "life.                       Seal your"



Chorus

   Dm                  Bb_add9
|-(0)----0-0---0-0-0-|-0----0----0-0-0-0--|| play 3x
|-(0)----0-0---0-0-0-|-3----3----3-3-3-0--||                                
|-(0)----0-0---0-0-0-|-0----0----0-0-0-0--||
|-(2)----2-2---2-2-2-|-2----2----2-2-2-2--||
|-(2)----2-2---2-2-2-|-3----3----3-3-3-2--||
|-(0)----0-0---0-0-0-|-----------------0--||
|
| Gtr 2 - Clean
|-------15-----------|-------15-----------||
|---12--------12-----|---12--------12-----||
|-----12--------12---|-----12--------12---||
|-14--------------14-|-14--------------14-||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||

"doom                     Cold transparent"
"blue                     Locked inside a "
"room                          In solitude"


Chorus Ending holds Dm Chord






Verse 2 - Same as First Verse Riff, but Guitar 2 Added

(2:09, 2:14, 2:24, 2:29) Play similar to this:
|-----------------|
|-5--5b7r---------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|

Lyrics:
"There's no flesh, my own ghost awaits
Unclean, defiled, hallucinatory state
Lust, sloth, not my only sins
it's just how, when it's time, 
on a degradation trip...yeah"





Play Chorus Again, same Lyrics

Repeat Chorus to End with lyrics (3:34)
"Insanity takes you 
So black it's untrue
So black it's untrue..."


KEY
************************************
| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| r  Bend release
************************************
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