Dirt Bass

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Full Bass tab. Fairly simple since most parts repeat throughout the song. Please rate or comment.Was this info helpful?

Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	Eb Ab Db Gb
Capo:	no capo

Author jjhand [a] 56,231. Last edit on Jul 3, 2018

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Alice in Chains - "Dirt"
From the "Dirt" Album
Bass Tuning - Eb Ab Db Gb
tabbed by jjhand
 
This song has a weird scale and sounds middle eastern, but its
fairly simple to play. I tuned the bass a 1/2 step down like all
of their material. Please rate/comment.
 
[Intro]
   (0:13)
Gb|------------|-----------|------------|---------------|
Db|-7----------|-7---------|-(7)--------|-(7)-------7\--|
Ab|------------|-----------|------------|---------0-----|
Eb|------------|-----------|------------|---------------|
 
 
 
 
[Verse Riff]
 
    play 3x (first time without lyrics)
Gb|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
Db|-----------5---|-(5)-----------|---------------|----------------|
Ab|-0-----5-7-----|-------7-5-3---|-0-----5-7-----|--------5p0-3-5-|
Eb|---------------|---------------|-----------3---|-(3)------------|
 
Gb|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
Db|-----------5---|-(5)-----------|---------------|----2-2-3-3-0-0--|
Ab|-0-----5-7-----|-------7-5-3---|-0-----5-7-----|-----------------|
Eb|---------------|---------------|-----------3---|-(3)-------------|
 
 
 
 
[Chorus]
 
    play 2x
Gb|------------|------------|------------|--------------|
Db|------------|------------|------------|--------------|
Ab|-0----1-----|-3----------|-0----1-----|-3------------|
Eb|------------|------3-----|------------|--------------|
   "One who doesn't care  is one who shouldn't be"
 "I tried to hide myself from what is wrong for me"
 
 
 
 
Play Verse Riff 3x again
 
 
Play Chorus Again 2x through
 
 
 
[Solo Bass Part]
 
    play 4x (solo is 16 bars)
Gb|------------|-----------|------------|---------------|
Db|------------|-----------|------------|---------------|
Ab|-0----3-----|-(3)-------|-0----3-----|---------------|
Eb|----3-------|-----------|----3-----1-|-(1)-----------|
 
 
 
 
Play verse riff again 3x
 
 
Play Chorus Again 2x through
 
 
Play verse riff again to end song
 
 
KEY
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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| ()  ringing note from last bar
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