Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains - No Excuses (standard Tuning For Beginners) bass tab

No Excuses - Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies

Tabbed By: Ty W. (tydogg2443@aol.com)

Tuning: Standard(E,A,D,G)

Ive read other tabs that claim its tuned down a quarter or half-step.

Those other tabs are great... Ive tried them myself and theyre

fine. But since Im lazy, I tabbed this song using the standard

EADG tuning for other lazy people like me as well as beginners.

It sounds fine. If you don't compare the two side-by-side, you

wouldn't know the difference.

Also, for those beginners out there... This is an easy song.

Don't get discouraged if it seems too fast. If you practice it

for a little bit, you can catch on pretty quickly. =D

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VERSE

G)----------------------------------

D)-------------10--8----------------

A)----------------------8--6--8-----

E)---4h6-6--------------------------

CHORUS

G)----------------------------------

D)----------------------------------

A)----------------------------------

E)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-

(cont.)

G)----------------------------------

D)----------------------------------

A)----------------------------------

E)-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--

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Throw in variations whereever you want...

CHORUS VARIATION

G)------------------------------------------

D)------------------------------------------

A)-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-

E)------------------------------------------

(cont.) VARIATION 1

G)----------------------------------

D)----------------------------------

A)----------------------------------

E)-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8h/

(cont.) VARIATION 2

G)----------------------------------

D)-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--

A)----------------------------------

E)----------------------------------

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ORDER/STRUCTURE

1) Drum Intro

2) Verse 12x

3) Chorus

4) Verse 12x

5) Chorus

6) Verse 4x

7) Chorus (guitar solo)

8) Verse 8x

9) Chorus

10) Verse (slows down then ends)

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Im aware the CHORUS is off, but Im finding it hard to translate

the quarter-step/half-step variations to standard tuning.

But if youre playing it with a band in standard tuning, this will do.

Play around with it and maybe youll find some cool variations

of your own.

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