Alter Bridge – One By One (Bass Tab)
Drop Bb (Bb-F-Bb-Eb)
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written by Mark Tremonti and Myles Kennedy
on the album 'Blackbird'
Tabbed by jjhand
Bass Tuning - A C# G# C# F#
Brian uses a different tuning playing this live - similar to drop D but with a different
low B string tuning. All strings tuned down from standard 1 fret but the 4th is down
3 frets and the 5th string tuned down 2 frets to get the lowest tone in the chorus. Most
of this song can be played with a 4 string bass. See him play around 2:00 in this link:
Intro
F#|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
G#|------------------------|------------------------6-|-5~----------------8-6--|
C#|-0---0---0---0---3-1--3-|-1~--0-0---0---0---1-0----|-----0-0---0---0--------|
A |------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-1-1-------3-3----------|
|------3-3-------5-5--5--|
|------------------------|
Verse Intro
F#|------------------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------|
C#|-0----------------------------------------| hold for 4 bars
A |------------------------------------------|
Verse Riff pt 2 (0:35)
F#|--------------------------|------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------|------------------------------|
G#|-1-1------------1-1-------|------------------------------|
C#|----------2--5------------|-5-5------0--2--5-5-----------|
A |--------------------------|------------------------------|
Main Verse Riff
F#|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G#|-3-----5-----3-----5---------7-|-3-----5-----3-----5-----------|
C#|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-7-8---|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-7-8-7-|
A |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G#|-3-----5-----3-----5---------7-|-3-----5-0-----3h5-----3-3-----|
C#|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-7-8---|---0-0-------------------------|
A |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Prechorus
F#|--------------------------|---------------------------|
C#|--------------------------|---------------------------|
G#|-1-1------------1-1-------|--------------hold---------|
C#|----------2--5------------|-5-5------0--2-----5-------|
A |--------------------------|---------------------------|
Chorus
F#|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|-3----3---3-3-3--3-3--3-|------------------------|
A |------------------------|-2----2----2-2---2-2--2-|
1st ending 2nd
F#|--------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|
C#|--------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|
G#|--------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|
C#|-0----0---0-0-0-----0--0--|----------------8-10\| |-----------8-8-8-8-|
A |--------------------------|-0---0----0--0-------| |-0-----------------|Play Main Verse Riff - First 2 bars 4x
Play Verse Riff Pt 2
Play Main Verse Riff Complete
Play Prechorus
Play Chorus Again
Lead-in to Bridge
|------------------------| |------------------------| |-1-1-------3-3----------| then play Intro 2x |------3-3-------5-5--5--| |------------------------|
Final Chorus
F#|-------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|-------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|-------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|-3________/10------|------------------------|-0----0---0-0-0---0--0--|
A |-------------------|-2----2----2-2---2-2--2-|------------------------|
"One By One..."
F#|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|----------------8-10\|-3----3---3-3-3--3-3--3-|------------------------|
A |-0---0----0--0-------|------------------------|-2----2----2-2---2-2--2-|
F#|--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
C#|--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
G#|--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
C#|-0----0---0-0-0-----0--0--|----8-------8--8--8-8-8-|-3--x16------------|
A |--------------------------|-0---0---0--------------|-------------------|
F#|--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
C#|--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
G#|-3--x16-------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
C#|--------------------------|-0--x16-----------------|-8--x12-----8/10~--|
A |--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
F#|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
C#|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
G#|----------------------|-3--x16---------------|-------------------|
C#|-3--x16---------------|----------------------|-0--x16------------|
A |----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
Ending
F#|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|------------|
C#|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|------------|
G#|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|------------|
C#|-8--x16------------|-0-hold---------|------------8--8\---|-0-hold-----|
A |-------------------|----------------|--0----0------------|------------|key:
\ or / slide
x16 repeat same note in 16th note pattern (one bar above has 12 notes - x12)
___ hold note before sliding
~ add vibrato
h hammer-on