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Alice in chains - The devil put dinosaurs here - Stone (2013)
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Tabbed by Sleexus, Norway
Includes full solo!
Tuning - Drop C#, (C#, G#, C#, F#, A#, D#)
Easiest way is to tune to drop D, then take every string
half a step down.
Intro 00:12-00:37
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Guitar 1 Main riff
The note on the second fret is played only two times, not three. It also
have a little vibrato on it the second time to make the riff really
groove! The five last notes in the riff are palm muted.
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||--4b5br4--2--2~--0-1-2--0-1---------------------||
x x x x x
Guitar 2 Bending lick coming in at 00:26
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1st verse 00:37-01:03
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Guitar 1 Main riff
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The fourth time the riff goes into a "fat",
what we in Drop D tuning call, five-string D5
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|------------------------2--0----------------------|
|------------------------2--0----------------------|
|--4b5br4--2--2~--0-1-2--2--0----------------------|
Two more times before the chorus
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Guitar 2 licks
Guitar 2 kicks in with some cool licks when guitar 1
hit the D5 chord at 00:51
|-------7-------10---------5-----------------------|
|--8s10-------8----------5-------4b5br4------------|
|---------9(Let ring)--7------2--------------------|
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1st chorus 01:04- 01:15
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Guitar 1 Main riff
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Guitar 2
Three first times of the main riff
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Guitar 3 Chorus lick
Three first times of the main riff
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2.verse 01:16 - 01:53
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Guitar 1 Main riff
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|------------------------2--0----------------------|
|------------------------2--0----------------------|
|--4b5br4--2--2~--0-1-2--2--0----------------------|
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|--4b5br4--2--2~--0-1-2--0-1-----------------------|
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|---------------------------2----------------------|
|------------------------2--0----------------------|
|------------------------2--0----------------------|
|--4b5br4--2--2~--0-1-2--2--0----------------------|
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Guitar 2
Guitar 2 kicks in with the licks again at 01:29
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/alice_in_chains/stone_tab_ver_2.html ]
|-------7-------10---------5-----------------------|
|--8s10-------8----------5-------4b5br4------------|
|---------9(Let ring)--7------2--------------------|
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Guitar 2 Bending lick coming in again at 01:35
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Doing the licks one more time at 01:41
|-------7-------10---------5-----------------------|
|--8s10-------8----------5-------4b5br4------------|
|---------9(Let ring)--7------2--------------------|
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2nd chorus 01:54- 01:15
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Guitar 1 Main riff
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Guitar 2
Three first times of the main riff
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Guitar 3 Chorus lick
Three first times of the main riff
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Breakdown 02:04-02:41
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Guitar 1
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Guitar 2 run this little dissonant octave riff at
02:10, 02:16, 02:22, 02:29, 02:35
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Solo 02:42-03:19
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Solo guitar
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|--9h11h12p11p9h12--11--11--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------12----------------------------------|
|------------------------------14--14s12-10h12-10s9-10p9-7------|
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Last half of second bar: Let the open E string ring together
with the other notes between each time you pick it. The first
7s9 slide is very quick into the 9 note.
|---------------------------------------0---------0------0------|
|---------------------------------------7s8s7-----10-----10s12--|
|--9h11h12p11p9h12--11--11---------7s9---------9------9---------|
|---------------------------12--9-------------------------------|
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|--pb17to19br17-------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------19----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------19-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------16------------------------------------14-16-----|
|------------------------17-16~--14--16b17br16--14s12-14s16-------14--|
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A.H. A.H. A.H. A.H. A.H. A.H. A.H.
|--7------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------7----7---------------------------------------------------|
|-------5--------------7----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------7-whammy--7-whammy------------------------|
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The last tricks in the solo with raising the two last 7 A.H. notes
and the rest of the few last notes not in this tab is done with a
whammy bar.
Solo rythm guitar
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||--4---4-5---5--7--7s9------------------------------||
||--4---4-5---5--7--7s9------------------------------|| x3
||--2---2-3---3--5--5s7------------------------------||
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|--2---2----------------------------------------------|
|--0---2----------------------------------------------|
|--0---0----------------------------------------------|
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For the rest of the song check verse and chorus sections
of this tab!
Glossary
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b bend
br Bend release
~ Vibrato
x Palm mute
s slide
H Hammer-on
p Pull off
pb Pre-bend
A.H. Artifical Harmonics
