Alice In Chains – Man In The Box (Bass Tab)

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The first version of this didn't seem correct, here is the full and correct version. Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Tune Down Half Step' [Intro]
   Moderate Rock Q=108
  4/4
   Gtr I
   E E  Q       Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
G|----------||-----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------||o----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------||o--------------7-|--------------7-|--------------7-|
E|---0-12--||--0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-----|
[Verse 1]
   Q  E E E E S S E  4x     Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
G|-------------------||-||-----------------|----------------|
D|------------------o||-||o----------------|----------------|
A|----------------5-o||-||o--------------7-|--------------7-|
E|-0----0---0-5h7----||-||--0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-----|

                    1.                   2.
   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E S S E     E E E E S S S S  Q
G|----------------|-------------------||----------------------||
D|----------------|------------------o||----------------------||
A|--------------7-|----------------5-o||-----------------/7--||
E|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-5h7----||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------||
[Pre-Chorus]
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----1---1-1-1-2-|-2-2-1-0---------|-----1---1-1-1-2-|
E|-3-3---3---------|---------3-3-3-3-|-3-3---3---------|

   +E  E E E E E Q    Q  E E E E E  S   S    Q  E E E E E E
G|------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
A|-(2)-2-1-0-----7--|----------------------|--------------7--|
E|-----------3-3----|-0----0---0---(0)-(0)-|-0----0---0------|
[Chorus]
   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q       H    +Q.   E
G|----------------|-----------------||---------------|
D|----------------|-----------------||o--------------|
A|--------------7-|-------------7--||o--------------|
E|-0----0---0-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----||--0----(0)---3-|

                                                        ~
   +E  Q  E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E Q
G|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
A|------------5---5-|-(5)-5-5-5---------|------------------|
E|-(3)-3--3S7---7---|-----------7-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-0-3--|

   H    +Q.   E   +E  Q  E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
G|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
D|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
A|--------------|------------5---5-|-(5)-5-5-5---------|
E|-0----(0)---3-|-(3)-3--3S7---7---|-----------7-5-3-5-|

   +E  E E E E E E E         Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
G|--------------------||-||-----------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------o||-||o----------------|-----------------|
A|-------------------o||-||o--------------7-|--------------7--|
E|-(5)-5-3-3-2-2-1-1--||-||--0----0---0-----|-0----0---0------|
[Verse 2]
   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E S S E         Q  E E E E E E
G|----------------|-------------------||-||-----------------|
D|----------------|------------------o||-||o----------------|
A|--------------7-|----------------5-o||-||o--------------7-|
E|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-5h7----||-||--0----0---0-----|

                                     1.
   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E S S E
G|----------------|----------------|--------------------||
D|----------------|----------------|-------------------o||
A|--------------7-|--------------7-|----------------5--o||
E|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-5h7-----||
[Pre-Chorus]
   2.
   E E E E S S S S  Q      E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|----------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D|----------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------/7--||-----1---1-1-1-2-|-2-2-1-0---------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------||-3-3---3---------|---------3-3-3-3-|

   E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E Q    Q  E E E E E  S   S
G|-----------------|------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----1---1-1-1-2-|-(2)-2-1-0-----7--|-----------------------|
E|-3-3---3---------|-----------3-3----|-0----0---0---(0)-(0)--|

   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
G|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
D|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
A|--------------7-|--------------7-|-------------7--||
E|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----||
[Chorus]
     H    +Q.   E   +E  Q  E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
G||---------------|------------------|-------------------|
D||o--------------|------------------|-------------------|
A||o--------------|------------5---5-|-(5)-5-5-5---------|
E||--0----(0)---3-|-(3)-3--3S7---7---|-----------7-5-3-5-|

                 ~
   +E  E E E E E Q    H    +Q.   E   +E  Q  E E E E E
G|------------------|--------------|------------------|
D|------------------|--------------|------------------|
A|------------------|--------------|------------5---5-|
E|-(5)-5-5-5-5-0-3--|-0----(0)---3-|-(3)-3--3S7---7---|

                                                Guitar Solo
   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E         Q  E E E E E E
G|-------------------|--------------------||-||------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------o||-||o-----------------|
A|-(5)-5-5-5---------|-------------------o||-||o--------------7--|
E|-----------7-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-3-3-2-2-1-1--||-||--0----0---0------|

   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E S S E
G|----------------|----------------|--------------------||
D|----------------|----------------|-------------------o||
A|--------------7-|--------------7-|----------------5--o||
E|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-5h7-----||

   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----1---1-1-1-2-|-2-2-1-0---------|-----1---1-1-1-2-|
E|-3-3---3---------|---------3-3-3-3-|-3-3---3---------|

   +E  E E E E E Q    Q  E E E E E  S   S    Q  E E E E E E
G|------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
A|-(2)-2-1-0-----7--|----------------------|--------------7--|
E|-----------3-3----|-0----0---0---(0)-(0)-|-0----0---0------|
[Chorus]
   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E     H    +Q.   E
G|----------------|-----------------||---------------|
D|----------------|-----------------||o--------------|
A|--------------7-|-----------------||o--------------|
E|-0----0---0-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--0----(0)---3-|

                                                        ~
   +E  Q  E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E Q
G|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
A|------------5---5-|-(5)-5-5-5---------|------------------|
E|-(3)-3--3S7---7---|-----------7-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-0-3--|

   H    +Q.   E   +E  Q  E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
G|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
D|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
A|--------------|------------5---5-|-(5)-5-5-5---------|
E|-0----(0)---3-|-(3)-3--3S7---7---|-----------7-5-3-5-|

   +E  E E E E E E E         Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
G|--------------------||-||-----------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------o||-||o----------------|-----------------|
A|-------------------o||-||o--------------7-|--------------7--|
E|-(5)-5-3-3-2-2-1-1--||-||--0----0---0-----|-0----0---0------|

   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E S S E
G|----------------|-------------------||
D|----------------|------------------o||
A|--------------7-|----------------5-o||
E|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-5h7----||
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) / - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda