Alter Bridge – Never Say Die (Guitar Tab)

Drop Db (Db-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)

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Alter Bridge - "Never Say Die" (Also referred to by the title "Outright") Bonus Track from "Fortress" Guitar 2 Double Drop D lowered 1 fret (DbAbDbGbBbDb) Tabbed by jjhand This bonus song from the Fortress sessions combines some of AB's bright power ballad songwriting and unique lead guitar lines. Please rate or comment.
Intro
    Guitar 1              play bar 2x
eb|---------------||------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------||------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-4-4-4-6-6-6-7-||----------------------------------4-4-4-6-6-6-7-|
Db|---------------||------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-2-2-2-4-4-4-5-||-0--------------------------------2-2-2-4-4-4-5-|
Db|---------------||-0----------------------------------------------|
|
  | Guitar 2 (clean tone, let notes ring)
db|---------------||-0--0--2-4p0---0--2-4p0---0--2--5------0--2--5--|
Bb|---------------||------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------||----------------------0-----------0-------------|
Db|---------------||------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------||------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------||------------------------------------------------|
Intro pt 2 - played as shown (Guitar 1 changes on 2nd time)
  Guitar 1                             Ending #1            Ending #2
|----------------------------------------------------|----------7~~~---9~~~-10~~~|
|----------------------------------------------------|----10b12~-12b14~-----13b15|
|--------------------------------------4-4-4-6-6-6-7-|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0------------------------------------2-2-2-4-4-4-5-|---------------------------|
|-0--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Guitar 2
|-0-------12-----------12-----------12------------12-|-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---11--9---11---11--9---12---12--9----12---12--9----|--repeat---------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|

Main Riff - play 2x
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-7-4-0---7-4-0-7-4-0-4-7-7-4-0-|-9-5-0---9-5-0-9-9-9-11-11-11-12--|
Verse Riff - Guitar 2, guitar 1 holds open Db chord like intro
    play 2x
db|-0--0--2-4p0---0--2-4p0---0--2--5------0--2--5-----|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------0------------0---------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------|
at the end of this part, Guitar 1 plays:
|------|-----------------------------|
|------|-----------------------------|
|------|-----------------------------|
|------|-----------------------------|
|--0-0-|-0---------------------------|
|--0-0-|-0---------------------------|
  PM PM  let-ring

 Guitar 2 - play 2x
|-0-------12-----------12------------12-----------12-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|---11--9---11---11--9---12---12--9----12---12--9----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

Prechorus
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------7b8r7--|----------------------------|
|-------/7-7---------------|----------------------------|
|-5--5--------4--4---------|-2---2---2-2----------------|
|-5--5--------4--4---------|-2---2---2-2---0-2-4-4b5r-0-|
|-5--5--------4--4---------|-2---2---2-2----------------|

|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------7b8r7--|---------------------------|
|-------/7-7---------------|---------------------------|
|-5--5--------4--4---------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------12\|
|-5--5--------4--4---------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------12\|
|-5--5--------4--4---------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------12\|
Chorus - Play Main Riff Again Verse 2 - Same as Verse 1, less Guitar 1 this time Play Prechorus and Chorus Similarly to 1st time Bridge - Straight 16ths here
    First bar
     play 3x                                    4th bar
db|-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--------------|
Bb|---15-15---14-14---8-8---10-10---7-7--|   ---8-7---8----8-7---8--------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------|   -----------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------|   -----------------------pick scrape-|
Ab|--------------------------------------|   ------------------------x\\\\\-----|
Db|--------------------------------------|   ------------------------x\\\\\-----|
play First bar 2x Bridge Pt 2
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-11---12---14---11---12---14--|-7----6-6----6-6-----9~---|
|------------------------------|-7----7-7----7-7----------|
|-9----10---12----9---10---12--|-0----0-0----0-0-----7~---|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
play First bar 2x again
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-11---12---14---11---12---14--|-7----6-6--6-6---6-6-6---6-|
|------------------------------|-7----7-7--7-7---7-7-7---7-|
|-9----10---12----9---10---12--|-0----0-0--0-0---0-0-0---0-|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|

|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6---7---9--|----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------|----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--4---5---7--|-0--------------|
|-----------------------------|-0--------------|
Guitar 2 plays Verse Riff 2x
Guitar 1, with slide on Verse Riff repeat
eb|------------------|---------------7-------9--10---|
Bb|-/8______\7~------|---------10b12---12b14---13b15-|
Gb|---------------7/-|/14~---------------------------|
Db|------------------|-------------------------------|
Ab|------------------|-------------------------------|
Db|------------------|-------------------------------|
Play Chorus Again
Outro Solo
db|--------------------------------9--0-|
Bb|------------8/12-10---10--5--8-------|
Gb|-7/12-9---9--------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|

|-------------------14-16-17p16p14-16-17-19p17p16--------|
|-15-14h15p14--14-15-----------------------------17-15---|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------16-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

|-/19----19-17-16h17p16---------|--------------16--16-17-19-16-17-19-21-24~~-|
|-------------------------------|----------------15--------------------------|
|-----------------------14\11~~-|-----11--14/16------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------12-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-9/10---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|

Ending
     Guitar 2
     play 3x                                    4th bar
db|-0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0|   -0---0----0---0------------0---|-0---|
Bb|---15-15---14-14---8-8---10-10---7-7--|   -7/8-7/8--7/8-7-10p8p7-8p7-5/7-|-5/7-|
Gb|--------------------------------------|   -------------------------------|-----|
Db|--------------------------------------|   -------------------------------|-----|
Ab|--------------------------------------|   -------------------------------|-----|
Db|--------------------------------------|   -------------------------------|-----|
|
  | Guitar 1
eb|--------------------------------------|   -------------------------------|-----|
Bb|--------------------------------------|   -------------------------------|-----|
Gb|--------------------------------------|   -------------------------------|-----|
Db|-0------------------------------------|   -0-----------------------------|-0---|
Ab|-0------------------------------------|   -0-----------------------------|-0---|
Db|-0------------------------------------|   -0-----------------------------|-0---|
KEY ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | r Bend release | br bend as indicated, then release ************************************