Alter Bridge - All Ends Well Chords & Tabs

Alter Bridge - "All Ends Well"
From the album 'Fortress' (2013)
Drop D Tuning, down 1 fret
tabbed by jjhand

This song has one of Mark's difficult finger picking parts but is a
very warm uplifting song with nice dual guitar harmony throughout.
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Intro/Verse Part 1 - played 2x

    Acoustic #1
eb|-------------------|-------------------|
Bb|-3------------3----|-3-----------------|
Gb|-----2--0h2--------|-------------------|
Db|-0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--0--0--|
Ab|-------------------|-------------------|
Db|-------------------|-------------------|

Note that B and G strings are quarters and the lower string plays
triplets throughout. Takes a little practice!


Verse Part 1 now repeats with Guitar 2 adding:

eb|-------------------|-------------------|
Bb|-------------------|-------------------|
Gb|-7NH-----7NH-------|-------------------|
Db|-----7NH-----7NH---|-------------------|
Ab|-------------------|-------------------|
Db|-------------------|-------------------|




In verses, Verse Part 1 plays 2x,

lyrics:
"If I could ease your mind, calm the storm inside"

Verse Part 2, play 2x from 2nd bar on

    Acoustic
|-------------------||-2--------3---2----|-1--------3---1----|
|-3------------3----||-------------------|-------------------|
|-----2--0h2--------||-4---4-------------|-3---3-------------|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--||-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|
| Guitar 2
|-------------------||-------------------|----------12p10----|
|-------------------||-------------------|-------10------10--|
|-7NH-----7NH-------||----------7NH------|-------------------|
|-----7NH-----7NH---||------7NH-----7NH--|-------------------|
|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
"Pull your drifting heart back from a cruel and bitter tide"
"Show you that tomorrow everything will be just fine"


Ending 1 (Part 2)
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-3------------3----|-3------------3----|
|-----2--0h2--------|-----2--0h2--------|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|------5---/7---5---|-------------------|
|--7----------------|-7-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|



Ending 2 (Part 2) - Acoustic is the same, but:

Guitar 2
|-------------------|-------------------|
|------5---/7---10--|-------------------|
|--7----------------|-7-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|


Verse Ending

|-3--------5----3--|-3--------5----3--|-3---2------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|----------5---3---|-3------------3---|
|-----5------------|-----4------------|------------------|-----2---0h2------|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|
| Guitar 2
|--8------10p8-----|--7-------8p7-----|------------------|------|
|------8--------8--|------8--------8--|------------------|--7NH-|
|------------------|------------------|---------7NH------|------|
|------------------|------------------|-----7NH-----7NH--|------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------|
"Oh                   in due time"


  Acoustic 1
|-3--------5----3--|-3--------5-------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----5------------|-----4------------|------------------|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|
| Guitar 2
|--8------10p8-----|--7-------8p7-----|------------------|
|------8--------8--|------8-----------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  "Oh"



Prechorus - play 2x, with final bar held extended and played twice

Acoustic 1 strums chords written above, relative to standard

 Guitar 3 - Distortion
  D             G              B             A
|-------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-5------------|-9-----------|-7----------|
|-5-----------|-5------------|-9-----------|-7----------|
|-4-----------|-5------------|-9-----------|-7----------|
|
| Guitar 2
|-------------|-------5------|-------------|------------|
|-------3-----|----2---------|-------3-----|-2h3-2------|
|----2-----2--|-0------------|----0-----0--|--------2---|
|-0-----------|--------------|-4-----------|------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|------------|

"Somewhere down the road, the stars will show
Somewhere down the road, you're almost home.     You're almost home"


Chorus - Guitar 3 strums Chords indicated, relative to standard tuning
         Listen to song for strumming pattern
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/alter_bridge/all_ends_well_tab.html ]
Guitar 4 - Heavy Distortion
  G            D            A               A
|------------|------------|---------------|-----------------|
|------------|------------|---------------|-----------------|
|------------|------------|-------6--7--9-|--9--7\6--7--7\6-|
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|-----------------|
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-----4--5--7-|--7--5\4--5--5\4-|
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|-----------------|
"If you believe in nothing else"


  G            D            A               A
|------------|------------|---------------|---------------------|
|------------|------------|---------------|---------------------|
|------------|------------|-------------7-|-7-6~-----------5b---|
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|------7p5---5h7---7~-|
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|---------7p5---------|
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|---------------------|
"Just keep believing in yourself"


  G            D            C#       A          B        A
|------------|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------|------------|---------/10-10-10-|------------------|
|------------|------------|-6--6--6-----------|------------------|
|-5----------|-0----------|---------/7--7--7--|-9--9--9--7--7--7-|
|-5----------|-0----------|-4--4--4-----------|-9--9--9--7--7--7-|
|-5----------|-0----------|-------------------|-9--9--9--7--7--7-|
"There will be times of trouble thats gonna hurt like hell"

  G            D
|------------|------------|---------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|---------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|---------------|-------------|
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|-7-----------|
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|-7-----------|
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|-7-----------|
"This much I know, it all ends well"





Play Verse Again, lyrics:

"If I could heal the scars
Show you what you are
Bind the wounds of disbelief
That brought you down so hard
I would be the tourniquet around your doubting heart"



Play Prechorus and Chorus Again, same lyrics


Bridge

 play 3x
  Bb          Gsus2         Dsus4
|-----6---6-8---5-------5-|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|
|---6---6---------8---8---|---8-----8-----8-----8---|
|-------------0-----0-----|-7-----7-----7-----7-----|
|-8-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-8-----------5-----------|-0-----------------------|
|-8-----------5-----------|-0-----------------------|
|-8-----------5-----------|-0-----------------------|
"So hard to see, so hard to find"
"All that you need will come in time"
"These words of wisdom, do not ignore"


last time
  Bb          Gsus2          C          D/C#
|-----6---6-8-----------10-|-------12--------12------|
|---6---6-------8-10--12---|-13-13------14-----------|
|-------------0------0-----|-------------------------|
|-8------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|----|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|----|
|--------------------------|-5-----------------------|----|
|-8-----------5------------|-5----------7------------|-0--|
|-8-----------5------------|-3----------4------------|-0--|
|-8-----------5------------|-------------------------|-0--|
"You have so much to give once you live. Once you live a little more"





Play Intro again 4x, on 3rd time add Distorted guitar:
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-0----------|-(0)---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0----------|-(0)---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0----------|-(0)---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
                             PM*********




Chorus 2 - Play same as before, except the lead part changes in line 2:

|------------|------------|---------------|-------------------------|
|------------|------------|---------------|-------------------------|
|------------|------------|-----------6-7-|-9p7p6-7-6---------------|
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|----------9-7-5-4--------|
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|-----------------7-5-4-5-|
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|-------------------------|
"Just keep believing in yourself"

Continue with chorus same as before.


Ending: play 3x similarly

  Guitar 1
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5---5---5-5-5-|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5---5---5-5-5-|-5---5---5-5-5-|-0---0---0-0-0-|-0---0---0-0-0-|
|-3---3---3-3-3-|-2---2---2-2-2-|-0---0---0-0-0-|-0---0---0-0-0-|
|---------------|---------------|-0---0---0-0-0-|-0---0---0-0-0-|
|
| Guitar 2
|----------------|----------------|-------play () 12x-----------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------------------|
|---------12--12-|-------------12-|-12-11-(11)-----11-11-9-9-7--|
|-10--10--12--12-|----------------|-----------------------------|
|-10--10--10--10-|-10--10------10-|-10-9--(9)-------9--9-7-7-5--|
|-10--10--10--10-|-9---9----------|-----------------------------|


Last time
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|--5------------|-0-------------|---------------|
|--5------------|-5-------------|-0-------------|
|--3------------|-2----(2b)-----|-0-------------|
|---------------|---------------|-0-------------|

one guitar holds chord, second plays the bend shown



KEY
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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| B   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| r  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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