Buried Alive Bass Tab
by Alter Bridge
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Buried Alive – Alter Bridge
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Tuning: Drop C (they might play in drop c#, but I do it in Drop C, if it doesn’t sound
just make the string adjustment)
Intro (first half)
F
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C
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G
---3-------------1111---3333-------3-----------1-111-3-333-----------------
C
-------3----0-------------------------3----3-------------------------------
Intro (second half)
F
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C
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G
---0-3---------------1111--3-333----0-3------------1111--3333--------------
C
--------0-3----0-0----------------------0-3--0-0---------------------------
Verse (I twist and turn…)
F
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C
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G
-1------3------------------------------------------------------------------
C---23-23--4--43-3-000--0-3-0-3-0-6-—8-23-23---4--43-3-000---0-3-0-3-0-6--—8-
Interlude (I’m cold…and I’m so afraid)
F
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C
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G
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C
-----00----00-----00----00—---12/0-0----00-----00-----00-------------------
Chorus (wherever you see this part, hold out the 1 and 3 at the end)
F
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C
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G
---3-------------1111---3333-------3-----------1-111-3-333-----------------
C
-------3----0-------------------------3----3-------------------------------
Preverse (repeat for next verse)
F
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C
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G
-1------3------------------------------------------------------------------
C---23-23--4--43-3-000--0-3-0-3-0-6-—8-23-23---4--43-3-000---0-3-0-3-0-6--—8-
Chorus (I’ve been buried alive…)
F
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C
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G
---3-------------1111---3333-------3-----------1-111-3-333-----------------
C
-------3----0-------------------------3----3-------------------------------
Breakdown Intro (rest first half, repeat twice before lower octave breakdown)
F
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C
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G
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C
--------------------------12-12-12-15-14-12-12-12-12-15-14-12-12-15-14-12---
Breakdown (4x)
F
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C
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G
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C
----0-00-0-3-2-0--0-0-0-3-2-0--0-3-2-0-------------------------------------
Bridge (Let me breathe again…) (option to play an octave higher for style)
F
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C
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G
---1---0---3---2-------1---0---3---2---------------------------------------
C
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Breakdown (3x)4th time stop after first section
F
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C
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G
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C
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(4 note guitar lick)
Chorus (I’ve been buried alive…)
F
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C
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G
---3-------------1111---3333-------3-----------1-111-3-333-----------------
C
-------3----0-------------------------3----3-------------------------------
Post-chorus
F
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C
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G
---3-------------1111---3333-------3-----------1-111-3-333-----------------
C
-------3----0-------------------------3----3-------------------------------
Outro
(2x)
F
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C
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G
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C
----0-00-0-3-2-0--0-0-0-3-2-0--0-3-2-0-------------------------------------
Then
F
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C
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G
--11---------33----------5555----------------------------------------------
C
-------33-----------33-------------12/-------------------------------------
/ slide up
\ slide down
h hammer-on
p pull-off
~ vibrato
+ harmonic
x Mute note
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