WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Alter Bridge - Zero Bass | Ver. 1
Brian Marshall's Bass Tuning - 5 string, flat 1/2 step
Timing is 6/8 (6 beats per bar)
Intro/ Main Riff, played 4x
Gb|-------------------------|------------------|
Db|-------------------------|------------------|
Ab|-------------------------|------------------|
Eb|-5-7--7----5-7-5--5------|------------------|
Bb|-----------------------5-|-3----------------|
Verse - Play Main Riff again 3x,
"Now there is a light in the dark some will say
There is a grace up high
There is a beauty that some can behold"
End on:
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|---------5--------|
|-5-7--7----5-7-5--5------|------------------|
|-----------------------5-|-3----------------|
"Not I, Not I"
Continue with Guitar:
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------| play 3x
|-5-7--7----5-7-5------|------------------|
|--------------------5-|-3-------5--------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------| play once
|-5-7--7----5-7-5------|------------------|
|--------------------5-|-3----------------|
Prechorus
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-4---------------|
|-3---------------|---------3---5-3-|-2-------2-------|---------2-----2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------2---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-5---------------|-------------------|-7-------------|
|-3-------3-------|------3--3---0-3-|-5--5--5--5--5--5--|-5-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|
Chorus
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-5---------4---------|-----------------|-----------5-----5---|
|---------------------|---------------------|-3--3--3---------|---------------------|
|-0---------0---------|---------------------|-----------3-6p5-|-3---3---3-----3-----|
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-------------5---|-3--3--3---------|-----------------|
|-0---------0---------|-3---2---0-------|-----------3-6p5-|-3---3---3---3---|
Verse 2 - Same as Verse 1
Play Prechorus Again (1:58)
Chorus 2 (2:13)
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-5--------4--------|-----------------|-----------5-----5---|
|-------------------|-------------------|-3--3--3---------|---------------------|
|-0--------0--------|-------------------|-----------3-6p5-|-3---3---3-----3-----|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------5---|-3--3--3---------|-----------------|
|-0--------0--------|-3---2---0-------|-----------3-6p5-|-3---3---5p3-3---|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-5--------4--------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-3--3--3---------|-----------------|
|-0--------0--------|-------------------|-----------3-6p5-|-3---3---3---3---|
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|---------7p6-5---|-3--3--3---------|-----------------|
|-0---------0--------|-3---2-----------|-----------3-6p5-|-3---3---3---3---|
Bridge - Wah Guitar plays for 2 bars, then Bass plays 2 bars
|--------|--------|----------------------|------------------------|
|--------|--------|----------------------|------------------------|
|--------|--------|------------------5-7-|------------------------|
|--------|--------|-5-7--7--5-7--5-7-----|-5-7--7--5-7--5-7-5-----| play this 2x
|--------|--------|----------------------|------------------------|
Solo Part - played 2x
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------5-7-|-------------------------|-5-7--7---5-7----5-7-7---|
|-5-7--7----5-7----5-7-----|-5-7--7----5-7----5-5----|-------------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-5----5----5----5----|
|---------------------|
Bridge 2 (between Solo, Last chorus)
|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|-----------|-5---------|-4----------|-4---------|
|-3---------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-5-----5~--|-4-----2--1-|-(1)-------|-----------|
|-3---------|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|-0---------|
Last Chorus - Play chorus riff again
Outro Solo - Play Main Riff until end
Key:
() held/ringing note from previous bar
~ vibrato
p pull-off