Alice In Chains – Shame In You (Bass Tab)

Drop Db (Db-Ab-Db-Gb)

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From the Album 'Alice in Chains (tripod dog cover, 1995)' Bass Tuning: Db Ab Db Gb Tabbed by jjhand This song might be played in Mike Inez's 5 string but I wrote it for 4 stringers. Have fun & rate or comment.

Main Riff - from beginning, play 3x
Gb|-------------|------------|------------|-------------|
Db|-------------|------------|------------|-------------|
Ab|-5-----------|-4----------|-3----------|-0-----------|
Db|-------------|------------|------------|-------------|

"When I waken, and I'm achin', time for sleepin', yeah When I'm sayin' time to go and, I've been hurtin', yeah" When I'm layin, I'm still tryin', concentratin' on dyin, yeah"

Prechorus - 
Gb|-------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
Db|-------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
Ab|-5-----------|-9-----9----9---|-8------------|-0-----0---0---|
Db|-------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|

|-------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-5----5--5---|-8-----8----8---|-7----7----7\-|-0-0-0-0-0---0---|
|-------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|

|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0~--------|
|-----------------------|

Chorus (1:25)
Gb|-------------|---------------|--------------|------------------|
Db|-------------|---------------|--------------|------------------|
Ab|-------------|---------------|--------------|-0-----0----0h2-2-|
Db|-0----0---0--|-3------3------|-2----2----2--|------------------|

|-------------|---------------|--------------|-------------------|
|-------------|---------------|--------------|-------------------|
|-------------|---------------|--------------|-0-0-0-0-0---0-----|
|-0----0---0--|-3------3------|-2----2----2--|-------------------|

|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|-0-------0--------|-0-------0--------|
|--------------------|------------------|------------------|

Play Main Riff Again 2x Play Prechorus again at 2:30 Play Chorus Again at 3:01

Bridge (3:31) - listen for rhythm
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------5------5------5--5-5-|
|-0----0--0-0-|-3----3--3-3-|-5----5--5-5-|-0-0-0-0----0-0----0-0--------|

|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
|-0----0--0-0-|-3----3--3-3-|-5----5--5-5-|----------------------|

|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-0------0-0-0-------|-0-------0---------|
|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|

Final Riff (starting at 4:08) - repeat until ending
Gb|----------------------------|
Db|----------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------|
Db|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\------2------|

(4:31) Slight Riff change
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|------------------/7---7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\------------|