Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains - Dont Follow bass tab

D O N ' T F O L L O W

Alice in Chains

from the EP "Jar of Flies" 1994

words and music by Jerry Cantrell

transcribed by Scott Andrews

sha3u@virginia.edu

acoustic guitar

RYTHYM FIG 1

D D/F#

|----------------2--------------------------2-------------|

|-------3-----------3--------------3-----------3----------|

|----------2-----------2--------------2-----------2-------|

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

|---------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------2------------------------|

pick w/ fingers; let ring

Gsus2 A

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

|-------3-----------3------------3-p2-----------2---------|

|----------2-----------2---------------2-----------2------|

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

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

|----3----------------------------------------------------|

D D/F#

|----------------2--------------------------2-------------|

|-------3-----------3--------------3-----------3----------|

|----------2-----------2--------------2-----------2-------|

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

|---------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------2------------------------|

Gsus2 A (end RYTHYM FIG 1)

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

|-------3-----------3------------3-p2-----------2---------|

|----------2-----------2---------------2-----------2------|

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

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

|----3----------------------------------------------------|

VERSE 1 - w/ RYTHYM FIG 1 (three times)

hey, I ain't never coming home

hey, I'll just wander my own road

hey, I can't meet you here tomorrow

CHORUS:

say goodbye don't follow

Gadd9

|----------------3-------------------------3-------------|

|-------------------3-------------------------3----------|

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

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

|--------------------------------------------------------|

|----3--------3-----------------3-------3----------------|

misery so hollow

A

|---------------------------------------------------------|

|---3-p2-----------2---------3--p2-----------2------------|

|---------2-----------2-------------2-----------2---------|

|------------2-----------2-------------2-----------2------|

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

|---------------------------------------------------------|

RYTHYM FIG 1

VERSE 2 - w/ RYTHYM FIG 1 (three times)

hey, you, you're living life full throttle

hey, you, pass me down that bottle

hey, you, you can't shake me 'round now

CHORUS

get so lost and don't know how

yeah, it hurts to carry

on now

D

|--2--------------------------|

|--3--------------------------|

|--2--------------------------|

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

|-----------------------------|

|-----------------------------|

let ring

RYTHYM FIG 2 play 4x (end RYTHYM FIG 2)

A D Dsus4 D

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

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

|--2---2--2----2----2---2----2--2--2--|--2---2--2---2---2--2--2--2--2--2--|

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

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

|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

VERSE 3 - w/ RYTHYM FIG 2 (two times)

forgot my woman, lost my friends

things I'd done and where I'd been

sleep in sweat, the mirror's cold

see my face, it's growing old

scared to death, no reason why

doing whatever to get me by

think about the things I've said

read the page it's cold and dead

and take me home

yeah, take me home

take me home

take me home, yeah take me

home yeah

A

|-----------------------------|

|--2--------------------------|

|--2--------------------------|

|--2--------------------------|

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

|-----------------------------|

let ring

OUTRO:

Gadd9 A

|----------------3---------------------------------------|

|-------------------3----------3-p2-----------2----------|

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

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

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

|----3--------3------------------------------------------|

Gadd9

|----------------3-------------------------3-------------|

|-------------------3-------------------------3----------|

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

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

|--------------------------------------------------------|

|----3--------3-----------------3-------3----------------|

say goodbye don't

A

|---------------------------------------------------------|

|----3-p2-----------2------------3-p2-----------2---------|

|----------2-----------2---------------2-----------2------|

|-------------2-----------2---------------2-----------2---|

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

|---------------------------------------------------------|

follow.

D

|--2---------------------------------||

|--3---------------------------------||

|--2---------------------------------||

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

|------------------------------------||

|------------------------------------||

let ring

--

DON'T FOLLOW

Alice in Chains

Tabbed by Mike Gray (SLX6B@CC.USU.EDU)

Main Melody

|---------2--------|---------2--------|---------0--------|--p---------------|

|---3-------3------|---3-------3------|---3-------3------|-3>2-------2------|

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

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

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

|------------------|-3----------------|-3----------------|------------------|

Fill I Ending I

|---------3--------|---------3--------|--p---------------|--p---------------|

|---3-------3------|---3-------3------|-3>2-------2------|-3>2-------2------|

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

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

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

|-3----------------|-3----------------|------------------|------------------|

*Play Main Melody 2 times for intro (no lyrics)

*Then play Main Melody with Lyrics:

Hey, I ain't never coming home

Hey, I'll just wander my own road

Hey, I can't meet you here tomorrow

Say goodbye don't follow

*Play Fill I and Ending I with lyric:

Misery so hollow

*Again play Main Melody 2 times no lyrics and then w/lyrics:

Hey you, you're livin' life full throttle

Hey you, pass me down that bottle, yeah

Hey you, you can't shake me round now

I get so lost and I don't know how

*Play Fill I, but replace Ending I with a D chord: -2-

-3-

(with the lyric:) -2-

And it hurts to care, I'm going down ---

---

---

*There's a short pause and then the song alternates between an A chord and

D chord till the final outro. You'll have to listen to the song for the

rhythm--sorry!! There are hammer-ons for both chords as follows:

(A) (D)

|--0---------------| |--0>2-------------|

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

|--2---------------| |--2---------------|

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

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

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

*The lyrics in this section are as follows:

Forgot my woman, lost my friends

Things I'd done and where I've been

Sleep in sweat the mirrors cold

See my face it's growin' old

Scared to death no reason why

Do whatever to get me by

Think about the thing I said

Read the page it's cold and dead

Take me home (5 times then the outro:)

*The outro is simply the Main Melody played ONCE ONLY and then

play Fill I with the D chord ending to the lyric:

Say goodbye don't follow

Thats my best guess......This is a really cool tune.

Comments?? Enjoy!!

-Mike Gray

SLX6B@CC.USU.EDU

Once again-thanks Joe for the pre-made ASCII Tab!!

(Joe Palumbos jmp@moscom.com)

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