Alice Cooper - Poison Chords & Tabs

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Subject:         TAB: 'Poison' (corrected version) by Alice Cooper
   Date:         Fri, 7 Nov 1997 18:52:04 -0500
   From:         Nathan Denney 


                  part 1                                  part 2

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:----------------------------------------::--------------------------------
:-----------9-----7---------5------5-----::-----------9---7---------5-----5
:7--7-7-----------------4H5----4H5-------::-7--7-7--------------4h5---4h5--
:5--5----5-----5-----5--------------7--5-::-5--5----5---5----5-------------
:----------------------------------------::--------------------------------



                 part 3

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:-*-*-*----Slide-pick--------12<-----------------------:
:-*-*-*----against-strings---10<-----------------------:





THE SONG STARTS WITH PART 1.2.3 THEN COUNTINUES TO PART 1 TWICE THEN 

TO PART 4.



                 part 4

 D                                                   D 

:--------------------------------------------------------
:--------------------------------------------------------
:-------------9-----7----------9------7------------------
:7--7---7----------------7------------------7-------7----
:5--5------5-----5----5-----5-----5------5-----5----5----
:--------------------------------------------------------



Start of words:

your cruel device

your blood like ice

one look could kill       <-----START OF MUTED CHORDS

my pain your thrill 



THE CHORDS ARE DONE WITH RIGHT HAND MUTING,THE FIRST FOUR CHORDS ARE NOT 

BEING PLAYED FIRST TIME.THE FIRST TWO OR THREE D CHORDS ARE MUTED THEN 

THE CHORUS STARTS.


4   Dm/Bb/F/C/Gm/Eb9/Bb9/D/D/

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/alice_cooper/poison_tab_ver_2.html ]
   Gm                      Eb9                      Bb9          D    

                                                            drums enter

P.M                                                           distortion  

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----3-----3---------------6-----6-------------1----1----------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
--3----------4--3--4---------------7-6-7----1---------2-1-2---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
5------5----------------8----8------------3-----3-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
---------------------6----------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
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PRE-chorus:

2

-

4  Gm-Eb/Bb-f/Cm-Ab/Eb-Bb/Am-f/c-g/Dm-Bb/f-c/



I WANNA LOVE YOU BUT I BETTER NOT TOUCH

I WANNA HOLD YOU BUT MY SENSES TELL ME TO STOP

I WANNA KISS YOU BUT I WANT IT TOO MUCH


CHORUS:

4

-

4  Dm/Bb/F/C/ x4  Bb strike the chord one time then the solo begins.

YOU'RE POSION

YOU'RE POISON RUNNING THROUGH MY VEINS

YOU'RE POSION

I DON'T WANNA BREAK THESE CHAINS!

POSION...........    <------------STRIKE Bb 



SOLO:    



------------------------------------------10--------------------------------
--------------------------------------13b----13--10--------13---------------
---------------->9--7-------5-------------------------11h12-----11br--------
-------5--5------------4h5---------------------------------------------12---
-3b-----3--3------------------5>7--5----------------------------------------
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-------------------------------------15-------15--17---20b------------------
-------------15-17-18-------15-17-18-------18-------------------------------
---------17-----------------------------------------------------------------
--10------------------------------------------------------------------------
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INDEX FOR NOTATIONS:



>  <  =  SLIDE WITHOUT FRETTING THE NOTE

3b    =  BEND THE NOTE DOWN A HALF STEP

11br  =  FRET THE NOTE. BEND IT A HALF STEP. THEN RELEASE IT.

20b   =  BEND THE NOTE A WHOLE STEP.