Them Bones - Alice in Chains

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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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[Tuning in Drop-C#: C#G#C#F#A#D#]
[Ignore the chord diagrams.  Play with power-chords (one finger barre-chords) on lowest 3 strings]

[Song is mostly in 7/8 time, apart from choruses in 4/4]

[Intro 1]
   
Aaah!
   
Aaah!
   
Aaah
   
Aaah!

[Verse 1]
   
I...
   
believe...
   
them bones are
   
me

   
Some...
   
say...
   
we're born int

o
   
the grave

[Chorus 1]
       
     I feel so

 alone
            
Gonna end up a

 
 big old pile 

of them bones

[Intro 2]
   
Aaah!
   
Aaah!
   
Aaah
   
Aaah!

[Verse 2]
   
Dust...
   
rise...
   
right on over
   
my time

   
Emp-
   
-ty....
   
fossil of...
   
the new scene

[Chorus 2]
       
     I feel so

 alone
            
Gonna end up a

 
 big old pile 

of them...[bon

es]

[Guitar Solo]
    x 8
   
    x 4

[Verse 3]
   
Toll
   
due
   
bad dream come
   
true

   
I
   
lie
   
dead gone unde

r
   
red sky

[Chorus 3]
       
     I feel so

 alone
            
Gonna end up a

 
 big old pile 

of them...
       
     I feel so

 alone
            
Gonna end up a

 
 big old pile 

of them...
       
     I feel so

 alone
            
Gonna end up a

 
 big old pile 

of them bones.


[For anyone interested, the implied harmony of the chorus is (in concert pitch): Amaj7 Ab7sus B6 Bbm7b5]

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