Alice In Chains - Nothin Song Chords & Tabs

Alice in Chains - Nothin' Song
From the album 'Alice in Chains' (1995)
Tuning: Db, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb
tabbed by jjhand

Thanks to AirForceMetalhe for his tab on UltimateGuitar.com, which 
gave me a starting point, since there's no youtube videos of AIC
playing this. I added the lead parts and it sounds good.
Please rate/comment.



Intro - using light distortion

     Db(b5)         Db
eb|-------|------|-------|------|
Bb|-------|------|-------|------|
Gb|-------|------|--2----|-(2)--|
Db|--6----|-(6)--|--4----|-(4)--|
Ab|--5----|-(5)--|--5----|-(5)--|
Db|-------|------|-------|------| Play 4x




Main riff - during verses, played 6x or so

 Heavy distortion
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-----5-5-5-5-5-4--5---------|
|--4-----------------7-6b7---| <- bend may be a dip & release of trem bar
|--0-------------------------|
|--0-------------------------| Play once without vocals then again with

"


At end of a few main riff bars, this is the ending:
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-------2--2-2-2-2-2-2--|
           pm.........
 (late)



Chorus (2 gtrs.):

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|----------9~~~~----|
|-0--------6~~~~----|  "The nothin song sticks to your mouth like
|-0--------0--------|   peanut butter on the brain... oh_wheee!
|-0-----------------|   nothin ever stays the same"
|                   |
| w/flanger         |
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|----------9NH~~~~~-|  <--- use trem bar to get slow heavy vibrato
|--12~~~/-----------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|





After Chorus - (1:51) Lead plays 

|------------------------------|-------------10-10------10----10-10-|
|--------------------3---------|----------10----12-10------10-10-10-|
|-5p4---4-2--x-4-x-x---x-2---2-|----------11-------11-11---12-------|
|-4---4-4-4--x-4-x-x-4-x-5p4-4-|-/12--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-/12--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/alice_in_chains/nothin_song_tab_ver_4.html ]
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-0-----------7-7----7----7----7----7----7----7----|
|---------------9b11-9b11-9b11-9b11-9b11-9b11-9b11-|
|-0------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|




Play Verse Again


Play Chorus Again




After second Chorus, Intro returns, but Lead Guitar adds (3:26)
|------------------|-------------|---------------------|
|----3-------------|-------------|-----9--9------------|
|-------2--2-------|-(2)---------|-/11______11--9------|
|-0--------3b4-----|-(4)---------|------------10-------|
|------------------|-------------|-----------------9~--|
|------------------|-------------|---------------------|

|-----------|--------------|---------------------|
|-----------|--------------|---------------------|
|-----------|----2---------|---7----5~-----------|
|-----------|-4___---------|---------------------|
|-0---------|--------------|-5----5--------------|
|-0---------|--------------|---------------------|

|----------------------|
|----9----9------------|
|-11__-11__-11----9----|
|--------------10------|
|-------------------9~-|
|----------------------|




Play Verse Again, then ending twice



Play Chorus again once through (no repeats)


Lead after final chorus
|---------------------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|
|---------------------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|
|----7-----5----------|-----------|-5b7_____r5---5-7--|-----------|
|-------6-----7~------|-(7~)------|------------7------|-----------|
|-5-------------------|-----------|-------------------|-0---------|
|---------------------|-----------|-------------------|-0---------|

|---------------------|--------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|--------------|----9----9-----------|
|----7-----5----------|---7---5------|-11__-11__-11---9----|
|-------6-----7~------|-----6-----7--|-------------10------|
|-5-------------------|-5------------|------------------9~-|
|---------------------|--------------|---------------------|

Ending
  play 3x                   finish
|---------------------|   |---------------------|---------|
|---------------------|   |----9----9-----------|---------|
|----7-----5----------|   |-11__-11__-11---9----|---------|
|-------6-----7~------|   |-------------10------|---------|
|-5-------------------|   |------------------9~-|---------|
|---------------------|   |---------------------|----0----|



KEY
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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| r   Bend release

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