Alter Bridge - New Way To Live Chords & Tabs

 

New Way To Live Chords & Tabs

Alter Bridge Chords & Tabs

Version: 1 Type: Bass Tab

New Way To Live Bass Tab

   
Alter Bridge - New Way To Live
Bonus track From Blackbird album
5 string bass tuning, half step flat
tabbed by jjhand


Main Riff (0:32) - guitar chords noted

    Gb       
Gb|------------------------|-------------------------|
Db|------------------------|-5-------------5---------|
Ab|--------------------2/5-|---5---------5---5-------|
Eb|-10\3----3---2-3--3-----|-----3-------------3-----|
Bb|-----------3------------|-------------------------|

  Db

|-/7-5-------------------------|-7-5-----------------------|
|------5-3-5-3-----------------|-----5-3-5-----------------|
|----------------3-5-3-5-------|-------------3-5-3-5-------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------3---|-----------------------3---|


repeat main riff as needed during vocals

"In your head monsters call
in the end you find there were none there at all (there at all)
But you keep them alive
Paralyzed, you cannot run, you only crawl (you only crawl)"





Chorus - First bar is merged into end of Verse Riff

                     ******** Repeat this part 3x   ********** 
Gb|---------------||-------------------|--------------------------|
Db|---------------||-------------------|--------------------------|
Ab|-5-5-5-5-------||-------------------|--------5---5-5-5-5-------|
Eb|---------8-8-6-||-6---------3-5-6---|-5-3----------------8-8-6-|
Bb|---------------||-------------------|-----3--------------------|
  "So find a new way to live       before you die in the cold"
  "And though the sky's caving in  I feel my slide take control"
  "And do not worry my friend      the way things call by your soul"

Gb|-------------------|-----------------------|
Db|-------------------|-----------------------|
Ab|-------------------|-----------------------|
Eb|-6---------3-5-6---|-5-3-------------------|
Bb|-------------------|-----3-----------------|

"Find a new way to live   before your fate's set in stone"







Play Verse Again



Play Chorus Again






During Acoustic Break - rest for 4 bars, then play (3:06)

Gb|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Db|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Ab|12\-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-------------5---|
Eb|----7---7---6---6---|---------5---5---|-7---7---6---6---|-----------------|
Bb|--------------------|-----3-----------|-----------------|-3---3----3---3--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/alter_bridge/new_way_to_live_btab.html ]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------5---------|-----------------|-------5---------|-5---5---5---5-5-|
|-7---7---6---6---|-10\-----5---5---|-7---7---6---6---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----3-----------|-----------------|-----------------|



Solo Section
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-/5-5------------|------------------|
|---------6-------|---------5-5-5-5-|-7---7-7-\6-6-6-6-|
|-0---------------|-----3-3---------|---0--------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-----------|
|-10---10-10-10---10---10-12-10-----|---------6---6---|---------5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------------------------|-0---0-----------|-------3---------|

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7---7---6-6-6-6-|-----------------|
|---0---0---------|-3---------------|




Going Into Final Chorus
(4:13)
|-----------|------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------|------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------|------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------|------------|---------------------------------|
|-3---------|-(3)--------|---------------------------------|


|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|
|---------------------------8-8-6-|
|---------------------------------|



Play Chorus again



Outro
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|-----2-2-2-1---1---|1/5-5-5-5----5--------------|
|-------------------|----------------5--5--5--5--|
|-0-----------------|----------3-----------------|

|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|1/5-5-5-5-5---5-----5-5-5-----|
|-7-------6---6---|------------------------------|
|-----0-----------|------------3---3---------3---|

|------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------|1/5-5-5-5----5--------------|
|---------6---6----|----------------5--5--5--5--|
|-12_\6__----------|----------3-----------------|

|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------7---6---6---|------------------------|
|-12_\6---6---------|-3----------------------|


KEY
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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| _   hold note before bending/sliding
| b   Bend
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