ALICE IN CHAINS
'Sickman'

from the album 'Dirt'


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tune half step down


use these riffs thru the song. listen yourself for structure and timing.
all riffs are here. no solo, sorry.



riffs
=====


intro
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--11-}-dive with------------|
|--11-}---bar----------------|
|--------------------11\7----|
|----------------------------|


riff 1
   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------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--|


fill 1 (under riff 1 first time. fade out)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-------7-------7-------7-------7-------7-------7-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


riff 2 (chorus)
    . . . .     . . . .     . .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------7-7-8-------7-7----------|
|-----------3-3---------3-3-----3--7-7-7-7-8-8---5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3----|
|-----------1-1---------1-1-----1-----------------------------------|
|---0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-------------------------------------|


riff 3 (slower, with fill 2, vibrato all notes)
     ah      ah      ah      ah
|----------------------------------|
|---/10-----/10------10------10----|
|---/-8-----/-8-------8-------8----|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|


fill 2                       one and
|---half-->-----half---half---half----|
|-15^-----(15)15^-~~-15^----17^->(17)-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|


riff 4
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4--------3---------------4-----4-----4-----4--
|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----------2---------2~--2-----2-----2-----2----
|--------1-----------0-----------1------------5--5--0---half----1-----------0------------
|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0------3--3--0--3^---0---------0-----------0------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


  --------------------------------0--|----------------------------------0----|
  ------4-----4--------3----------0--|----------------------------------0----|
  ----2-----2----------2-------------|---------------------------------------|
  --1------------5--5--0-------------|------3-----2------------quarter-------|
  --------0------3--3--0---half------|----5-----4----5--5--7--5^-------------|
  ------------------------3^---0-----|--6-----5------3--3--5--3^-----0-------|

                ah, what's the difference, I'll die.


fill 3 (under last bar of riff 4)
|--------half------------------------------|
|---half-^--->half-------------------------|
|--9^---------------9-\-7---7~~~~----------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|



that's all I have. I got bored and didn't tab the rest of the song, maybe later.
have you noticed that I write "maybe later" to all my tabs? maybe later means
probably never. :)