Chris Cornell – The Keeper (Guitar Tab)

Capo 2
Versions (3)

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First off, hats off to Daffdogg, whose version is likely the correct way to play this song, but for anyone else like me who can't play the x3225x chord properly, here's an alternative version if you don't mind retuning your guitar and can handle more dexterity with your picking hand than your fretting hand.
[Intro]
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B|---1-------1-------0-------0-----|---1-------1-------0-------0-----|
G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|-----3-------3-------0-------0---|-----1-------1-------0-------0---|
G|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

c|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---1-------1-------0-------0-----|---3-------1-------0-------0-----|
G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|-----3-------3-------0-------0---|-----1-------1-------0-------0---|
G|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| x2

[Verse 1]
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D|-----3-------3-------0-------0---|-----1-------1-------0-------0---|
G|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

c|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---1-------1-------0-------0-----|---3-------1-------0-------0-----|
G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|-----3-------3-------0-------0---|-----1-------1-------0-------0---|
G|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| x2

[Pre-Chorus 1]
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G|-5-------5-------4-------4-------|---------------------------------|
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[Chorus 1]
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B|-------------------0-------0-----|-------------------0-------0-----|
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D|-----2-------2-------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------0-------0---|
G|-5-------5-------0-------0-------|-5-------5-------0-------0-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| x2

c|---0-------0---------------------|---------------------------------|
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G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|-----2-------2-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---| 
G|-5-------5-------0-------0-------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-0-------0-------0-------0-------| 

c|---------------------------------|---0-------0-------0-------0-----|
B|---1-------1-------1-------1-----|---------------------------------|
G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
G|---------------------------------|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|
D|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|---------------------------------|

c|---0-------0-------0-------0-----|
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D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
G|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|
D|---------------------------------|

[Interlude]
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D|-----3-------3-------0-------0---|-----1-------1-------0-------0---|
G|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

c|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---1-------1-------0-------0-----|---3-------1-------0-------0-----|
G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|-----3-------3-------0-------0---|-----1-------1-------0-------0---|
G|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

[Verse 2]
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G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|-----3-------3-------0-------0---|-----1-------1-------0-------0---|
G|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

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B|---1-------1-------0-------0-----|---3-------1-------0-------0-----|
G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|-----3-------3-------0-------0---|-----1-------1-------0-------0---|
G|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| x2

[Pre-Chorus 2]
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G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------0-------0---|
G|-5-------5-------4-------4-------|---------------------------------|
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[Chorus 2]
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D|-----2-------2-------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------0-------0---|
G|-5-------5-------0-------0-------|-5-------5-------0-------0-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| x2

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G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
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D|---------------------------------|

[Bridge]
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B|---------------------------------|---2-------2-------2-------2-----|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2-----|-------2-------2-------2-------2-|
D|-------1-------1-------1-------1-|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|
G|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-2-------2-------2-------2-------|
D|-1-------1-------1-------1-------|---------------------------------|

[Verse 3]
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B|---1-------1-------0-------0-----|---1-------1-------0-------0-----|
G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|-----3-------3-------0-------0---|-----1-------1-------0-------0---|
G|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

c|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---1-------1-------0-------0-----|---3-------1-------0-------0-----|
G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|-----3-------3-------0-------0---|-----1-------1-------0-------0---|
G|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

[Pre-Chorus 3]
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G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------0-------0---|
G|-5-------5-------4-------4-------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-2-------2-------0-------0-------| x2

[Chorus 3]
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D|-----2-------2-------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------0-------0---|
G|-5-------5-------0-------0-------|-5-------5-------0-------0-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| x3 

c|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---0-------0-------0-------0-----|---1-------1-------1-------1-----|
G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|

c|---0-------0-------0-------0-----|---0-------0-------0-------0-----|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
G|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 

c|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---1-------1-------0-------0-----|---1-------1-------0-------0-----|
G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|-----3-------3-------0-------0---|-----1-------1-------0-------0---|
G|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

c|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---1-------1-------0-------0-----|---3-------1-------0-------0-----|
G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|-----3-------3-------0-------0---|-----1-------1-------0-------0---|
G|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

[Outro]
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G|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| x6
***This is the major trade-off with this tuning; the first chord of the bridge doesn't sound as crips as it does in standard tuning. Here, you could also play this as 1232xx, but it's perhaps a slight improvement if at all. I play the 1212xx as a bar chord so I can easily slide into x2222x as a bar as well, but that's just because I'm lazy. ;P