Would Chords

by Alice In Chains
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Key: Bbm
Capo: no capo
Author HvyFknMtl08 [a] 105.
3 contributors total, last edit on Dec 3, 2020
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Chords

F#m
F#5
Bm
G
D7
G#
E

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Alice In Chains - Would?
Album - Dirt (1992)
 
Chords used in this song include:
 
    F#m  F#5  Bm  G  D7  G#  E
eb|-2---------2---3--2---4---0---|
Bb|-2---------3---3--1---4---0---|
Gb|-2----6----4---0--2---5---1---|
Db|-4----4----4---0--0---6---2---|
Ab|-4---------2---2------6---2---|
Eb|-2-------------3------4---0---|
 
The bass starts out the song, the guitar comes in when you hear the ooohs from
Layne and the riff, the opening riff, goes like this:
eb|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------5----------------------------------|
Gb|-4h6~4h6~4-4~~~4h6~4h6-4-4~~~-4---4h6~4h6~4-4~~~4h6~4h6~4-4~~~----|
Db|-4--~4--~4-5~~~4--~4---4-5~~~5----4--~4--~4-5~~~4--~4--~4-5~~~--2-|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------2--|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------3---|
 
The verse riff on the other hand goes like this, the same, but at a lower octave:
     Know me broken by my master        Teach thee of child love here after
eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------2-------------------------------------2-|
Ab|-2h4~2h4~2-2~~~----2h3~2h3~2-2~~~-2--2h4~2h4~2-2~~~------2h4~2h4~2-2~~~-2--|
Eb|-2--~2--~2-3~~~----2--~2--~2-3~~~3---2--~2--~2-3~~~------2--~2--~2-3~~~3---|
 
[Chorus 1]
Bm       G
Into the flood again
G                   Bm    G
Same old trip it was back then
Bm          Bm
So I made a big mistake
G             Bm      G
Try to see it once my way
 
Go back to the opening riff and play it once, then move on to the second verse,
just like the first, different lyrics:
 
     Drifting bodies sole desertion       Flying not yet quite the notion
eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------2-------------------------------------2-|
Ab|-2h4~2h4~2-2~~~----2h3~2h3~2-2~~~-2--2h4~2h4~2-2~~~------2h4~2h4~2-2~~~-2--|
Eb|-2--~2--~2-3~~~----2--~2--~2-3~~~3---2--~2--~2-3~~~------2--~2--~2-3~~~3---|
 
[Chorus 2]
Bm       G
Into the flood again
G                   Bm    G
Same old trip it was back then
Bm          Bm
So I made a big mistake
G             Bm      G
Try to see it once my way
(go back to the opener riff, then to the third chorus)
 
[Chorus 3]
Bm       G
Into the flood again
G                   Bm    G
Same old trip it was back then
Bm          Bm
So I made a big mistake
G             Bm      G
Try to see it once my way
(now it's on to the bridge and the outro):
 
[Outro]
D7   G#      G              E
Am I wrong?  Have I run too far to get home?
D7     G#     G             E
Have I gone?  Left you here alone.
D7   G#      G              E
Am I wrong?  Have I run too far to get home?
D7     G#     G             E
Have I gone?  Left you here alone.
 
[Outro]
D7  D7  D7     D7    D7
If  I   would, could you?
 
 
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| h  Hammer-on
| ~  Vibrato
 
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14 comments
wmc128
It would be alot easier with a Barre chord G instead of a open G chord, brillant work.
+6
neal.dallmer
The only suggestion is to change the Hammer On where the vocals say "By my Master". The notes played there should be the same as the three other Hammer On's in your example. Other than that, it's fantastic. thanks for posting.
+1
darrennie
Thanks, love this song.
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