Alice in Chains - "Brush Away"
From the "Alice in Chains" 1995 Album
Eb tuning
tabbed by jjhand
I noted the beats in the main Intro & verse parts to get timing right.
Ths song has nice layered guitar/bass rhythms that make a spooky heavy
sound, and a eerie harmonized part in the solo. Please rate/comment.
Intro (Main Riff) - Rhythm Guitar
play 4x clean, then add distortion for verse
1 2 3 4
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|----------0h6p0--------6-|
|----6------------6-------|
|-4-----4------------4----|
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Verse - Lead Guitar 'Bend part', play along with Main riff
1 2 3 4
|-------------------------| during the intro the first note fades in
|----------8b9r8~---------|
|-(6)-------------------6-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
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Play Main riff 4x (4 bars) for each vocal line:
"I could use some time to curl away
My aggression is where you stake your claim
Why I question this curve on which you grade?
My conception, a joke or latest craze?"
(0:43) Last time before chorus, Rhythm changes the last note
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|----------0h6p0----------|
|----6------------6-----5-|
|-4-----4------------4----|
|-------------------------|
Chorus - play 2x
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/alice_in_chains/brush_away_tab_ver_2.html ]
Rhythm with palm mutes throughout (lead bends continue)
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-4-4-4-4/5-5-5-|-2-4-4-4-4~-----|-2-4-4-5-5-7-7-7-|-7-9-9-9-9--------|
|-0-2-2-2-2/3-3-3-|-0-2-2-2-2~-----|-0-2-2-3-3-5-5-5-|-5-7-7-7-7--------|
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| Very Distorted 3rd Guitar - plays off beat chords
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------2-----|----------------|-----------2-----|---4--------4-----|
|-2-4-4-5-5-0-----|---2---4---2----|-2-4-4-5-5-0-----|---2--------2-----|
|-0-2-2-3-3-------|---0---2---0----|-0-2-2-3-3-------|------------------|
"I try to get away, and yet I stick around"
"So fall and crawl away, and brush away loose ground"
Guitars Resume Main Riff & Bend Part
Verse 2 (only play Main Riff 6x this time):
"My intention, I arrive at eight?
Lie and dream some, surprise you guys I'm late.
All right, correction, forgetting something... wait"
Play Chorus Again
After Layne says "Yeah.....", play Main Riff & bends through solo part
(2:20) Start Solo - HARMONIZER USED LATER
|--------|---------|-----------------------------------|----13__b14-b14-b14--|
|--------|---------|------------------------9-13b14-13-|-b14-----------------|
|-9~~~---|-(9~)----|-9b10r9----9h10-pb11r10------------|---------------------|
|--------|---------|--------11-------------------------|---------------------|
|--------|---------|-----------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------|---------|-----------------------------------|---------------------|
|-(b14)------------------|----------------------------|
|--------9-------9-9-----|-12--9-----9\-9-----9\--9\--|
|----------11b13-----r11-|-----11b13----11b13---------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
use harmonizer set for +3rd in C minor to end of solo
|----b15_b15_b14_b14_13-12-9PH-| play 3x
|-12---------------------------|
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Ending:
|----b15_b15_b14_b14_b14-13-13-|-13-13-13-9PH-------|
|-12---------------------------|--------------------|
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Play Chorus Again
Play Main Riff as song ends
KEY:
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| PH pinch harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
