Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains - Heaven Beside You (2) guitar tab

Heaven Beside You by Alice In Chains

(3 versions)

From: Jeffrey K. Krinks (krinks@apk.net)

Here is the complete transcription of heaven beside you from the

official tabulature book.

tune half step down

Aadd9 G6 Cmaj7 Badd11 B D6 E5 Em

0 0 0 0 7 7 x 0

0 0 0 0 7 7 x 0

6 4 9 6 8 7 x 0

7 5 10 9 9 7 x 2

7 5 10 9 9 5 2 2

5 3 8 7 7 x 0 0

intro

gtr 1 (acousic)

rhy fig 1:

--------------------------------------

--------------------------------------

--------------------------------------

---5br(5)-------0---------0-----------

----------7---7---7-----5-------------

-0----------5-------53---------------

gtr 2 (clean electric)

hold bend

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-3b-3----------------------------------------------------12--14bp12-----12~~-----

------0-2b-2b---b2r2-2b-0--------------------------------12--14bp12-----12~~-----

--------------------------2~~-----2-0--0h2p0-------------------------14----------

---------------------------------------------2-----------------------------------

-----------------------------0-3b--------------3-0-3b-0--------------------------

P.M.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

-(12)-------------------------------------------------------------------

-(12)-------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------0---------0------------0---------0---------------------

-----------7---7---7-----5--------7---7---7-----5-----------------------

-------------5-------53------0-----5-------53-------------------------

riff A:

-----7-109-7-9-x-x-9-x-109-7/9-x-x-9-x-109-7/9-x-x-9-x-x----

-----x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----

-x-x-7-109-7-9-x-x-9-x-109-7/9-x-x-9-x-109-7/9-x-x-9-x-x----

---------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------

be what you want to be

--------

---14b--

---14b--

--------

--------

--------

Aadd9 G6 Cmaj7 Badd11

Like the coldest winter chill, heaven beside you, hell within

gtrs 3 and 4:

so theres problems in your life thats fucked up and I'm not blind

I'm just see-through faded, super jadded, and out of my mind

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------

-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------

interlude:

gtrs 3 and 4: PM.

-------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------

-------2--2-----------------0--------0------------------

-2-----------------------2--------1-----1---------------

-0--0---------5br(5)--3--------2------------------------

gtr 5: w/distortion P.M.

-------------------------------------------------

-8-----------------------------------------------

-7------------------------------------------------

-9--------------------------0--------0------------

-7-----------------------2--------1---------------

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

gtr 6: w/flanger P.M.

-0-----------------------------------------------

-0--------------------------------------------------

-0--------------------------------------------------

-2--------------------------0---------0-------------

-2-----------------------2---------1-----1------------

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

GUITAR SOLO:

gtr. 5:

grad. release

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------15-----------------------14--12~~~----

---------------12h14p12-12~~~-14br(14)-------14~~~~-------------14-14--12~~~----

---------12h14--------------------------------------------12h14-14--------------

---13h14--------------------------------------------12h14-----------------------

-0------------------------------------------------------------------------------

hold bend

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

-(12)-15br(15)br(15)-------------5-----5-5-5-5----------------------12----

-(12)--------------------12~~---7b----7-7-7-7r(7)--------------14--14b---

----------------------14------------------------------5~~--/14------------

---------------------------------------------------7----------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

repeat this a bunch:

-0------0-----0------0------0-----0-----------------

---0-------------------0----------------------------

-----15----15---15b------15----15----12~~-----------

----------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------

end of solo:

-0------------0-----0---0---0--------------

---12/(15)-15---14-13--12--10-------------

-------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------

3rd chorus riff:

--------------------------

-10br(10)-10p8--10--------

--------------------------

--------------------------

--------------------------

--------------------------

And that should pretty much do it. Any other requests from the book,

e-mail me at krinks@apk.net

===============================================================================

From: Niall Gallagher (niall@peamount.iol.ie)

Note: Tune your guitar down half a tone to play this.

Intro: Repeat x10 times

b= bend up a whole step

r= release

e-----------------------------------------------------

b-----------------------------------------------------

g-----------------------------------------------------

d---------5b6r5----------------0------------------0----

a----------------------7----7-----7------------5-------

E---0---------------5-------------------5---3----------

Chorus :

Aadd9 Gb Cmaj7 Badd11 D 6/9

e---------------------------------------------------

b---------------------------------------------------

g-------6--------4--------9---------8--------11-----

d-------7--------5--------10--------9--------12-----

a-------7--------5--------10--------9--------12-----

E-------5--------3--------8---------7--------10-----

Strumming Pattern : / = Downward Strum

+ = Upward Strum

A G C B - Repeat x3 times

//// //// //// ////

A G C B D

//// //// //// /+/+/+/+

Verse : - Repeat x2 times

Note : This is picked on an acoustic guitar.

e-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

b-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

g-----0--------0----|-----0--------0----|-----0--------0----|-----0--------0----|

d---0---0----0---0--|---0---0----0---0--|---0---0----0---0--|---0---0----0---0--|

a-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

E-4--------4--------|-5--------5--------|-6--------6--------|-7--------7--------|

pm = palm mute

- Repeat this part x4 times

Em

e---------------------------------------

b---------------------------------------

g--0------------------------------------

d--2----2---------------0pm------0pm----

a--2-------2b3r2------2pm------1pm------

e--0----------------3pm------2pm------2-

Repeat from Intro

===============================================================================

From: engdm@ix.netcom.com (Evan Mead)

tune down a 1/2 step

intro riff

*=means to bend up a whole step

e-------------------------------------------

b-------------------------------------------

g-------------------------------------------

d---------5*-----------0----------------0---

a-------------7-----7-----7---------5-------

E---0------------5-----------5---3----------

I didn't include the strumming pattern, you'll have to do that yourself.

a g c b

e--0--3--0--2---

b--2--3--1--0---

g--2--0--0--2---

d--2--0--2--1---

a--0--2--3--2---

E-----3---------

note- electric strums, acoustic picks the strings

e-----------------------

b-----------------------

g--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0---

d--1-1--2-2--3-3--4-4---

a--3-3--4-4--5-5--6-6---

e-----------------------

!=means to palm mute

e-------------------------------

b-------------------------------

g--0----------------------------

d--2--2------------0!-------0!--

a--2-----2------2!--------1!----

e--0----------3!-------2!-------

write me with any questions at engdm@ix.netcom.com

Get this song at:  amazon.com sheetmusicplus.com

Share your thoughts

Comments