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# "ALONE" By Pearl Jam #
# As heard on the 2003 album "Lost Dogs" #
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I like the way the solos warp around each other in this song... One of
the most fun songs to play.
G1: Standard Tuning (EADGBE) - Electric Full distortion w/wah pedal
G2: Standard Tuning (EADGBE) - Electric Clean Crunch w/dist./wah pedal
G3: Standard Tuning (EADGBE) - Electric Full distortion (pre-recorded)
Track 06 Length: 3:11
Intro 0:00
G1 PM....\|----------------||----------------| |----------------||--2-------------||--2--2-2--2-2==-||--0--0-0--0-0==-|
Chorus Rythm 0:01
G1+G2 (full distortion)
|---7----7----7----7----7--7---|||o--8----7---10----8----7--8--o|||---7----7----7----7----7--7---|||---9----9----9----9----9--9---|||o-10----7----7----7----7--7--o|||------------------------------|| 3x
G1+G2
|--7----7----7===\--------||--8----7---10===\--------||--7----7----7===---------||--9----9----9===---------||-10----7----7===---------||-------------------------|
Pre-verse Rythm 0:14
G1
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-------------------------------5~-|----------------------------------||-----------------------------4----|-----------------------------4-7/-||------------5~-----0-7p5-0-7------|------------5~-----0-7p5-0-7------||----------------/5----------------|----------------/5----------------||-0---0-5=h7-----------------------|-0---0-5=h7-----------------------|
G2 full dist. w/slow phaser and wah (hardly audible under distortion)
|---------------12-12-12--10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10------12-12-12-12\-||---------------12-12-12--10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-<12>-12-12-12-12\-||----------------------------------|----------------<12>--------------||------------5~--------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-0---0-5=h7-----------------------|----------------------------------|
G1 PM........\|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-------------------------------5\-|---------------------5--5-5--5----||-----------------------------4----|-------------------------------5--||------------5~-----0-7p5-0-7------|------------5~-----0--------------||----------------/5----------------|----------------/5----------------||-0---0-5=h7-----------------------|-0---0-5=h7-----------------------|
G2
|-------------------10-10-10-10-10-12-12\---------------12-12--12-12\-||-------------------10-10-10-10-10-12-12\---------------12-12--12-12\-||---------------<12>--------------------------------------------------||------------5~-<12>----------------------------5~--0-----------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||-0---0-5=h7-----------------------------0-5=h7-----------------------|
Verse 0:27 (G1 lightly plays Pre-verse Rythm 2x)
G2 (Clean Crunch - Let notes ring) PM PM PM PM |---------7--7-----7--10--7--7--7--|----------10-------10-10---10-10\-||-x---x---8--8-----8---8--8--8--8--|-----------8--8----12-12---12-12\-||-x---x---7--7-----9---9--9--9--9--|-----------7--7-------------------||---------9--9---------------------|--------9--9--9-------------------||---------7--7---------------------|--------7--7--7-------------------||----------------------------------|-0---0----------------------------| Wide awake like snakes in a panic, never woke up alone ever before...
G2 PM PM PM PM PM |---------7--7-----7=h10--7--7--7--|----------10-------x-10--10-10-10-||---------8--8-----8------8--8--8--|-----------8--8----x-10--10-10-10-||---------7--7-----9------9--9--9--|-----------7--7-------------------||---------9--9---------------------|--------9--9--9-------------------||---------7--7---------------------|--------7--7--7-------------------||-0---0----------------------------|-0---0----------------------------|Had a woman long as he can remember, his to forget, but he can't, he can't.
G2 PM PM PM PM PM |---------7--7-----7---7-------7---|-------------------x-10---x-10-10-||---------8--8-----8---7---x---7---|--------8--8-------x-10---x-10-10-||---------7--7-----7---7---x---7---|--------7--7----------------------||---------9--9-----9---9-------9---|--------9--9----------------------||---------7--7---------------------|--------7--7----------------------||-0---0----------------------------|-0---0----------------------------|Out of bed having dreams in the shower, she's standin' naked he's apologising.
G2 PM |--------10--7-----7=h10--7--7--7--|----------------10--x-10--x-10-12-||-----x---8--8-----8------8--8--8--|--------8--8----10--x-10--x-10-12-||-----x---7--7-----9------9--9--9--|--------7--7----------------------||---------9--9---------------------|--------9--9----------------------||---------7--7---------------------|--------7--7----------------------||-0--------------------------------|-0---0----------------------------|Reaches for her and the water turns red-got woken up to be burned, burned, again.
Chorus Rythm 0:51
G1+G2 (full distortion)
|---7----7----7----7----7--7---|||o--8----7---10----8----7--8--o|||---7----7----7----7----7--7---|||---9----9----9----9----9--9---|||o-10----7----7----7----7--7--o|||------------------------------|| 3xGo it alone,You got is, so it goes,Got his knees to his face,
G1+G2
|--7----7----7===\--------||--8----7---10===\--------||--7----7----7===---------||--9----9----9===---------||-10----7----7===---------||-------------------------|He can't take it any other way
Verse 1:05 (G1 lightly plays Pre-verse Rythm once)
G2 (Clean Crunch - Let notes ring) PM PM PM PM |---------7--7-----7=h10--7--7--7--|----------10-------x-10--10-10-10-||-----x---8--8-----8------8--8--8--|-----------8--8----x-10--10-10-10-||-----x---7--7-----9------9--9--9--|-----------7--7-------------------||---------9--9---------------------|--------9--9--9-------------------||---------7--7---------------------|--------7--7--7-------------------||-0--------------------------------|-0---0----------------------------|On the street he's walking wounded, havinÂ’ nothing, he's got nothing to say.
G2 PM|---------7--7-----7=h10--7--7--7--|-------10---------12-x-12---10-12-||-----x---8--8-----8------8--8--8--|-----x--8--8------12-x-12---10-12-||-----x---7--7-----9------9--9--9--|-----x--7--7----------------------||---------9--9---------------------|--------9--9----------------------||---------7--7---------------------|--------7--7----------------------||-0--------------------------------|-0--------------------------------|Thoughts of suicide add alleviation; anything to get his heart off of the cold.
Chorus Rythm 1:17
G1+G2 (full distortion)
|---7----7----7----7----7--7---|||o--8----7---10----8----7--8--o|||---7----7----7----7----7--7---|||---9----9----9----9----9--9---|||o-10----7----7----7----7--7--o|||------------------------------|| 3xGo it alone,You got it, so it goesGot his knees to his face,
G1+G2
|--7----7----7===\--------||--8----7---10===\--------||--7----7----7===---------||--9----9----9===---------||-10----7----7===---------||-------------------------|He can't take it for another day... Yeah yeah!
Bridge 1:31 (let full chords at second half of bar ring as whole notes)
G1
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|||o---------------------------------|--------------------------------o|||----------------------------------|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\-----|||-------------------------4=b5=r4~-|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\-0---|||o--7--7----5-7=\0--5-7------------|-----------------------------0--o|||---------7-------------0----------|---------------------------------|| 4x
G2
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|||o---------------------------------|--------------------------------o|||---9--9----7--9----7-9------------|-9-------------------------------|||---x--x----x--x----x-x------------|-9-------------------------------|||o--7--7----5--7~~~-5-7---9=b10r9~-|-9------------------------------o|||---------7-------------0----------|---------------------------------|| 2x
G3
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|||o---------------------------------|--------------------------------o|||---9--9----7--9----7-9------------|-9-------------------------------|||---x--x----x--x----x-x------------|-8---------------------------0---|||o--7--7----5--7~~~-5-7---9=b10r9~-|-9---------------------------0--o|||---------7-------------0----------|---------------------------------|| 2x
G2 \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/|----------------------------------|-9-------------------------------|||o---------------------------------|-9------------------------------o|||---9--9----7--9----7-9------------|-9-------------------------------|||---x--x----x--x----x-x------------|-8-------------------------------|||o--7--7----5--7~~~-5-7---9=b10r9~-|-9------------------------------o|||---------7-------------0----------|-9-------------------------------|| 2x
G3
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|||o---------------------------------|-9-----------------------(9)----o|||---9--9----7--9----7/9------------|-9-----------------------(9)-----|||---x--x----x--x----x--------------|-8-----------------------(8)-----|||o--7--7----5--7~~~-5/7---9=b10r9~-|-9-----------------------(9)----o|||---------7-------------0----------|---------------------------------|| 2x
G2+G3 at end of Bridge (G3 w/ slide continues into solo)|-------------------------------||-------------------------------||--12=/=13/=14/=15/=16/=17/=18--||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
Solo Rythm 1:55
G1
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|||o---------------------------------|--------------------------------o|||---9------------------------------|---------------------------------|||---9------------------------------|---------------------------------|||o--7\=6\=5\=4\=3\=2\=1=/=9=b10r9==|================================o|||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|| 4x
G2 TP..............................\ TP|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-17-----------------------------\-|----------------------------------||-16-----------------------------\-|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-14-14-14---------------16-17--17-||----------------------------------|----------16--17-17p0---14-14-----||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G3 w/ slide (slides up off fretboard up to bridge pickup) TP................................................\|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-19=/=============================|===============31\0---------------||-19=/=============================|===============31\0---2b4r2p0-2-0-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G2
|---------------------------------------------12-------------------------------------||------------------------------------------12----12-15fb~-15h17p15----15-------------||-------------12-14-14b15r14p12----12-14fb-------------------------16----16-14b-12\0-||-14~-14\2/14-------------------14---------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G3
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------3-5-----------------------|----------------------------------||-2=b=4=-------0-2b4r2p0-2b-0---0--|-----------------------------2/12-||-----------------------------2----|-2--2--2--2~~~~~~~2~~~2~~~2~~~/12-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G2+G3 \1/\1/\1/\1/ (G2 turns on wah)|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----3-x-8=b=10=r8~~~~-8=b=10=r8--|-5-----5~~~~~~~~~~~~~-x-x---------||-2b4------------------------------|----7-----------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------<5>-<5>-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G2 (with wah)
|----------0h3p0-5b7r5p3---3h5p3---|-5--3[22]~~-----------------------||-----3=p0---------------5-------5-|-------------5--3~~~--------------||-2b3------------------------------|---------------------4--2~~~-2--0-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G3
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||------15p12-15fb=r15~-17b18r17p15-|----------------------------------||-14fb-----------------------------|-14--12~~-------------------------||----------------------------------|----------14--12~~----------------||----------------------------------|-------------------14--12~~-12-10-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G1
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-------------9---------9--9-------|-------------7-----------7--7-----||-------9-----9---------9--9---0-0-|-------6-----6-----------6--6--0--||-9-----9-----9---------9--9---0-0-|-4-----4-----------------4--4--0--||-7-----7--------------------------|-4-----------------------4--4-----||-0--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G2 \1 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/|--------------------------------------------------------------------||-17--17--17-17--17~~~~br~br~br~br~br~br~br~br~br~br~br~br~/20\0-----||----------------------------------------------------------------0-0-||----------------------------------------------------------------0-0-||----------------------------------------------------------------0-0-||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G3
|-17b19=19=19=19=19=19r18=18=18=18r17-15----15-17-15b-----------------||----------------------------------------17-----------17p15----15-17~-||-----------------------------------------------------------16--------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G1 *let note sustain|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-9*-------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-4h5p4h5p4h5p4h5p4h5p4h5p4~~~/9\0-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G2
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||-4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-4p2p0-4p2p0-4p2p0-2b=4=4r3=3=3r2-2b3r2-0---0-------||------------------------------------------------------------2---2----||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G3 \1/\/\/|-5p3p0---------------------------------------------------------------||-------5p3p0-5p3p0---------------------------------------------------||-------------------4p2p0-4p2p0-4p2p0-2-0-------0--------4/16---------||-----------------------------------------2-0-2---2~~~~~~-------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro 2:33 (G1 plays Chorus Rythm w/ 2 additional Em7 chords at end)
G2+G3 (G3 w/ slight echo)
|-12---12---12---12---12-----------|----------------------------------||-15fb-15fb-15fb-15fb-15b17r15\0---|-0----0----0----0----0------------||--------------------------------0-|-2b=4-2b=4-2b=4-2b=4-2=/4=/12p0---||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| Hoo...(vocal pitch matches E) Hoo... (vocal pitch matces D)
G2+G3
|----------------------------------|-12-----12-----12-----12-----12---||-0----0----0----0----0------------|-15fb---15fb---15fb---15fb---15fb-||-2b=4-2b=4-2b=4-2b=4-2=/4=/7p0----|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| Hoo... (vocal pitch matches B)
-Instrumental Break- (symbols continue)
Wide awake and he shakes in a panic,
Never woke up alone ever before,
Had his woman long has he can remember,
G3 \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/\1/\1/\1/\1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/\1/\1/\1/\1/|:---------------------------------:---------------------------------*||:---------------------------------:---------------------------------*||:---------------------------------:---------------------------------*||:---------------------------------:---------------------------------*||:---------------------------------:---------------------------------*||:-0---------------------------(0)-:-0--------------------------(0)--*| It's his to forget, but he can't, he can't
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere" if not specified)
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
n[n] - artificial harmonic (brackets indicate number of nodes)
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
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