Alter Bridge – Fortress tab

Alter Bridge - 'Fortress'
From the album 'Fortress'
Tuning - Mark: open D5 tuning, tuned flat by 1 fret
         Myles: Drop D flat
tabbed by jjhand

This song took me over a week to work out due to the different
tunings and solo section. The Lisbon, Portugal concert footage
(16/11/2013) had Myles playing a drop-d flat tuning for his
parts but Mark is still in open tuning.

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Intro/ Verse Riff (Mark):db|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|db|--------0-------------0------|--------0-------------0------|ab|---12-----12-----12-----12---|---12-----12-----12-----12---|Db|-0----0------0-0----0------0-|-0----0------0-0----0------0-|Ab|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|Db|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||--------0-------------0------|--------0-------------0------||---12-----12-----12-----12---|---12-----12-----12-----12---||-------------0-------------0-|-------------0-------------0-||-13--13--------13--13--------|-12--12----------------------||-----------------------------|---------------10--10--------|

Repeat Intro with Guitar 2 plays low open string




Intro Solo (Myles)eb|-----10~~~~~---|----------8-10-|--------------|--------------|Bb|-/10-----------|---------------|-8~~~~~-------|--------10-11-|Gb|---------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|Db|---------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|Ab|---------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|Db|---------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|

|---------------|----------------|--------------|--------------||/10~~~~--------|----------------|--------------|--------------||---------------|------12br13-10-|-12-10--------|--------------||---------------|----------------|-------12~~~~~|--------------||---------------|----------------|--------------|--------------||---------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|




Verse Part Overdubs (Mark on an open-tuned guitar),

played 2x during both intro solo and versedb|------------------------------|------------------------------|db|--0--7------12---0--7------12-|--0--7------12---0--7------12-|ab|-----8----12--------8----12---|-----8----12--------8----12---|Db|------------------------------|------------------------------|Ab|------------------------------|------------------------------|Db|------------------------------|------------------------------|

|------------------------------|-------------------------------||--0--7--10--12---0--7--10-12--|---0--7--8--12---0--7--14--12--||-----8--------------8---------|------8-------------8----------||------------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------------|



Verse Lyrics (with Lead & Rhythm):



Chorus

Mark (Myles plays same power chords)db|------0---|------0----|-0---------|-----------|db|------0---|------0----|-0---------|-----------|Ab|------0---|------0----|-0---------|-----------|Db|--3---3---|--1---1----|-0---------|-(0)-------|Ab|--3---3---|--1---1----|-0---------|-(0)-------|Db|--3---3---|--1---1----|-0---------|-(0)-------|

|------0---|------0----|-0---------|---------------||------0---|------0----|-0---------|---------------||------0---|------0----|-0---------|---------------||--3---3---|--1---1----|-0---------|-(0)--1-0--1/7-||--3---3---|--1---1----|-0---------|-(0)--1-0--1/7-||--3---3---|--1---1----|-0---------|-(0)--1-0--1/7-|

play first line again, then:

|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||--3---3---|--1--------|-0---------|-(0)-------||--3---3---|--1--------|-0---------|-(0)-------||--3---3---|--1--------|-0---------|-(0)-------|




Play Verse Again




Play Chorus Again, but Mark's guitar adds:

db|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|db|-5----7----|------5----|-5----4----|-----------|ab|-----------|-6---------|-----------|-6----5----|Db|-5----7----|------5----|-5----4----|-----------|Ab|-----------|-6---------|-----------|-6----5----|Db|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|    **with vibrato





Mark - Descending Lick (Chorus 2 Ending)  played 4xdb|-------------------------|------------------------|db|-------------------------|------------------------|Ab|-------------------------|------------------------|Db|-------------------------|-0----------------------|Ab|-------------------------|-0----------------------|Db|-8-7-5-7-5-3-5-3-2-3-2-1-|-0----------------------|


on 4th time, last bar is:|---------------------|----------------||---------------------|----------------||-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|-0---0-0--------||-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-|-5---5-5---x\---||-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-|-5---5-5---x\---| * pick scrape|-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-|-5---5-5---x\---|




(3:11) Bridge Part 1, played 2x (Mark's Guitar, doubled by Myles)

db|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-----------------------|db|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-----------------------|Ab|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-----------------------|Db|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-10---10-10--10---10-10|Ab|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-8----8--8---8----8--8-|Db|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-8----8--8---8----8--8-|

|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||----------------------|-3----3-3--3----3-3--|-3----3-3--3----3-3--||-10---10-10--10-------|-3----3-3--3----3-3--|-3----3-3--3----3-3--||-8----8--8---8----7-7-|-3----3-3--3----3-3--|-3----3-3--3----3-3--||-8----8--8---8----7-7-|-3----3-3--3----3-3--|-3----3-3--3----3-3--|

|--------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|-------------------------||-7----7-7---7---7-7-|-------------------------||-7----7-7---7---7-7-|-------------------------||-7----7-7---7---7-7-|-8-7-5-7-5-3-5-3-2-3-2-1-|




Bridge Part 2 - played 2x

|---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------||---------------PM-PM-|---------------------||-8----4----5---1--4--|-8----4----5---------||-8----4----5---1--4--|-8----4----5---------||-8----4----5---1--4--|-8----4----5----1b2r-|

|---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------PM-PM-|-------------------------||-8----4----5---1--4--|-8----4----------------1-||-8----4----5---1--4--|-8----4----PM*********---||-8----4----5---1--4--|-8----4----0-0-0-1-1-1---|

Play low open string at end




Solo Section Rhythm (part 1, played during Mark's solos)

* in 4/4 time at 4:10

Mark play 3x                         4th bar (also starts riff)|-------------------------|      -------------------------||-------------------------|      -------------------------||-------------------------|      -------------------------||-------------^-^---------|      -------------------------||-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|      -10----7----10----13-----||-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|      -10----7----10----13-----|PM***********       *****

Myles Adds:|-------------10~---------|      -------------------------||-------------13b15~------|      -------------------------||-------------------------|      -------------------------||-------------------------|      -------------------------||-0---0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-|      -10----7----10----13-----||-0---0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-|      -10----7----10----13-----|


Solo Rhythm 2, during Myles solos - play () first time only

played 2xdb|-----------|-------------|-----------|------------|db|-----------|-------------|-----------|------------|Ab|-----------|-------------|-----------|------------|Db|-7---------|-7--8--4--7--|-1---------|-5----(8)---|Ab|-7---------|-7--8--4--7--|-1---------|-5----(8)---|Db|-7---------|-7--8--4--7--|-1---------|-5----(8)---|



SOLOS (**fairly accurate):

Mark - Solo 1db|-------------------------------|-------------------------|db|------12-17p12----12-8-7-7-7---|-----7-8-7\3-7-----------|Ab|-0-12----------13------------8-|-7-8-----------8-7-8-8-7-|Db|-------------------------------|-------------------------|Ab|-------------------------------|-------------------------|Db|-------------------------------|-------------------------|

|---------------------|----------------------------||---------------0-0-0-|---0-0---------0-0-------10-||---------------------|-8---------7-8--------------||-6PH~---/10~~--------|------5/7---------8/10------||---------------------|----------------------------||---------------------|----------------------------|

|---------------------|-------------------------------------||-12~~-/19~~------0-0-|-15h19p15----------------------------||---------------------|----------15h19p15-------------------||---------------------|-------------------15h19p15----------||---------------------|----------------------------15h20p15-||---------------------|-------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------||-------------18\-----18-19-19||-----14--11------------------||-----------------------------||-11--------------------------||-----------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------|----------||21-19-18-18-18-19---18-18--------------------|----------||------------------21-----21------------------|----------||---------------------------19-17-19-20-19-17-|19~~------||---------------------------------------------|----------||---------------------------------------------|----------|



Myles - Solo 2eb|-------------|--------------|--------------|Bb|-------------|--------------|--------------|Gb|-14~~~~~-----|-(14~~)-14-14-|-15______\-12-|Db|-------------|--------------|--------------|Ab|-------------|--------------|--------------|Db|-------------|--------------|--------------|

|----------------------------|-15~~----/17--|------------||------13-15-16p15-13-15p13--|-14~~---------|17~---15-17-||-12~~---------------------12|--------------|------------||----------------------------|--------------|------------||----------------------------|--------------|------------||----------------------------|--------------|------------|

|---------------|-17p15p14-15-14--14---------------|------||-17b18~--------|---------------17--17-15-17-15-13-|-15~~-||---------------|----------------------------------|------||---------------|----------------------------------|------||---------------|----------------------------------|------||---------------|----------------------------------|------|



Mark - Solo 3 (first note is played at end of previous bar)

db|---------------------------------|db|-0-19-0-----------------14-12-10-|Ab|-----------15-17-15--------------|Db|-------15----------17-15---------|Ab|---------------------------------|Db|---------------------------------|

|------------------------------|-------------------------||-12---------------------------|-13~------12-15-19-------||---12---10-8-10-8-7---12-10-8-|-----12-15----------20---||-----10-------------10--------|-------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------|

|----------------------------------|---------------------||-15-19-15-------------------------|----------/22___\19--||---------15-20-15-15-20-15--------|-17__\12-------------||--------------------------15-19-15|---------------------||----------------------------------|---------------------||----------------------------------|---------------------|

 same 2 string pattern here|--------------------------|---------------------||---19--17-----------------|---------------------||-17--15----19--17---------|-----------------3---||---------17--15----19--17-|-----/13-------------||-----------------17--15---|-11--------3br-------||--------------------------|---------------------|

|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||-3h5p3--5h7p5--7h9p7--10h12p10---||------3------5------7---------10-||---------------------------------|


Myles - Final Solo (first bar is double tracked with harmony)|-------------------------------------||----------------------------10h11p10~||-------------------10h11p10~---------||----------12h13p12~------------------||-12h13p12~---------------------------||-------------------------------------|

|-17-15--------------------------|--------------||------18-15---------------------|--------------||-----------10h12p10-------------|--------------||-------------------12-10-5------|--------------||--------------------------7-5-0-|-6b7r6~~~~----||--------------------------------|--------------|

|---------------------|----------|------5--------------||---------------------|-----0----|-8b10--8p5-8b10-8p5--||---------------------|-----0----|-------------------8-||---------------------|-----0----|---------------------||-3--5--5b6-5b6-5--3--|-0--------|---------------------||---------------------|----------|---------------------|

|----------------------|-----5---------5-----------|----------||-8p5-8p5-8p5-8p5-8p5--|-8b10--5-8-5---------------|----------||----8---8---8---8---8-|-------------8---8-7-5---7-|-7-7~~\---||----------------------|-----------------------7---|----------||----------------------|---------------------------|----------||----------------------|---------------------------|----------|


Lick Returns (5:14)

    play 3x|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-0--0--------0--0--------||-------------------------|-0--0--------0--0--------||-8-7-5-7-5-3-5-3-2-3-2-1-|-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|                                  PM***       *****

|-------------------------|-------------||-------------------------|-------------||-------------------------|-------------||-------------------------|-------------||-------------------------|-------------||-8-7-5-7-5-3-5-3-2-3-2-1-|-8-7-5-7-5-3-|

Play Descending Lick same as earlier




Second Bridge (Before Ending Chorus, 5:32)
6/4 time

Markdb|-3------------5----|-4-------------4---|db|----------0--------|----------0--------|Ab|-----0-------------|-----0-------------|Db|-3--3--3--2--2--5--|-4--4--4--4--4--4--|Ab|-------------------|-------------------|Db|-------------------|-------------------|

|-3--------3\2--0---|--------------0----||-------------------|-0--------0--------||-----0-------------|-----0-------------||-3--3--3--2--2--0--|-0--0--0--0--0--0--||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|

|-3------------5----|-4-------------4---||----------0--------|----------0--------||-----0-------------|-----0-------------||-3--3--3--2--2--5--|-4--4--4--4--4--4--||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|

|/10----------------10---|-10----------------12---||-------------0----------|--------------0---------||-------0----------------|-------0----------------||/10--10--10--10--10--10-|-10--10--10--10-/12--12-||------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------|

|-8------------8----|-8-------------8\--||----------0--------|----------0--------||-----0-------------|-----0-------------||-8--8--8--8--8--8--|-8--8--8--8--8--8\-||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|


Myles, on repeats:

  play 3x|-------------------------------|-----------------||-------------------------------|-----------------||-------------------------------|-----------------||-12-0---0---0-12-14-15-14-12-0-|-0-12--12--12-0--||-------------------------------|-----------------||-------------------------------|-----------------|

rest 4 bars


  play 3x|------------------------|---------------------||------------------------|---------------------||------------------------|---------------------||------------------------|---------------------||------------------5-----|---------------------||-0-0---0--0-0-5-7---7-5-|-0-0---0--0-0--------|


rest 4 bars, then vol swell on open Db5 chord:

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




Play Final Chorus (same as Second Chorus)


Finale

  play 2x                           play 1x

 Rhythm|--------------------------|     --------------------------||--------------------------|     --------------------------||--------------------------|     --------------------------||--------------------------|     --------------------------||--------------------------|     --------------------------||-0--7p0-5-7--0--7p5p0-5-7-|     -0--8p0-7-8--0--8p7p0-7-8-|
|
| Lead (Mark, open tuning)|--------------------------|     --------------------------||--------------------------|     --------------------------||--------------------------|     --------------------------||--------------------------|     --------------------------||----8---7-8-----8-----7-8-|     ---10---8-10----10---8-10-||-0-----------0------------|     -0-----------0------------|


Finale, 4th bar:

 Rhythm|------------------------||------------------------||------------------------||------------------------||------------------------||-0-10p0-8-10-0--8p0-7-8-|
|
| Lead|------------------------||------------------------||------------------------||------------------------||---8----7-8-----8---7-8-||-0-----------0----------|


Finale Repeats, Lead plays:

  play 2xdb|-------------------------|     ------------------------|db|---7---5-7----7p5p0-5-7--|     ---8---7-8---8p7p0-7-8--|Ab|-------------------------|     ------------------------|Db|-------------------------|     ------------------------|Ab|-------------------------|     ------------------------|Db|-0---------0-------------|     -0---------0------------|


Both Guitars:|----------------------|---------------------|------||----------------------|---------------------|------||----------------------|---------------------|------||-8---8-8----7---7-7---|-1---1-1----5---5-5--|--0---||-8---8-8----7---7-7---|-1---1-1----5---5-5--|--0---||-8---8-8----7---7-7---|-1---1-1----5---5-5--|--0---|




KEY
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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| r   release bend
| br  bend & quick release
| ^   accented notes

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