Dont Follow Tab

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Tuning:	Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Capo:	no capo
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Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
 
  acoustic guitar
  RYTHYM FIG 1
       D                           D/F#
Eb|----------------2--------------------------2-------------|
Bb|-------3-----------3--------------3-----------3----------|
Gb|----------2-----------2--------------2-----------2-------|
Db|----0--------0-----------0--------------0-----------0----|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------2------------------------|
     pick w/ fingers; let ring
 
       Gsus2                       A
Eb|----------------0----------------------------------------|
Bb|-------3-----------3------------3-p2-----------2---------|
Gb|----------2-----------2---------------2-----------2------|
Db|-------------0-----------0---------------2-----------2---|
Ab|--------------------------------0-----------0------------|
Eb|----3----------------------------------------------------|
 
       D                           D/F#
Eb|----------------2--------------------------2-------------|
Bb|-------3-----------3--------------3-----------3----------|
Gb|----------2-----------2--------------2-----------2-------|
Db|----0--------0-----------0--------------0-----------0----|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------2------------------------|
 
 
       Gsus2                       A       (end RYTHYM FIG 1)
Eb|----------------0----------------------------------------|
Bb|-------3-----------3------------3-p2-----------2---------|
Gb|----------2-----------2---------------2-----------2------|
Db|-------------0-----------0---------------2-----------2---|
Ab|--------------------------------0-----------0------------|
Eb|----3----------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[VERSE 1]  w/ RYTHYM FIG 1 (three times)
 
hey, I ain't never coming home
hey, I'll just wander my own road
hey, I can't meet you here tomorrow
 
 
[CHORUS]
 
  say goodbye don't follow
       Gadd9
Eb|----------------3-------------------------3-------------|
Bb|-------------------3-------------------------3----------|
Gb|-------0--------------0----------0--------------0-------|
Db|----------0--------------0----------0--------------0----|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|----3--------3-----------------3-------3----------------|
 
                               misery so hollow
      A
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---3-p2-----------2---------3--p2-----------2------------|
Gb|---------2-----------2-------------2-----------2---------|
Db|------------2-----------2-------------2-----------2------|
Ab|---0-----------0------------0------------0-----------0---|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
RYTHYM FIG 1
 
 
[VERSE 2] - w/ RYTHYM FIG 1 (three times)
 
hey, you, you're living life full throttle
hey, you, pass me down that bottle
hey, you, you can't shake me 'round now
 
 
[CHORUS]
 
get so lost and don't know how
yeah, it hurts to carry
 
     on now
     D
Eb|--2--------------------------|
Bb|--3--------------------------|
Gb|--2--------------------------|
Db|--0--------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------|
   let ring
 
 
  RYTHYM FIG 2                                    play 4x  (end RYTHYM FIG 2)
     A                                     D                  Dsus4 D
Eb|-------------------------------------|--2---2--2---2---2--2--0--2--2--2--|
Bb|--2---2--2----2----2---2----2--2--2--|--3---3--3---3---3--3--3--3--3--3--|
Gb|--2---2--2----2----2---2----2--2--2--|--2---2--2---2---2--2--2--2--2--2--|
Db|--2---2--2----2----2---2----2--2--2--|--0---0--0---0---0--0--0--0--0--0--|
Ab|--0---0--0----0----0---0----0--0--0--|-----------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 
 
[VERSE 3] - w/ RYTHYM FIG 2 (two times)
 
forgot my woman, lost my friends
things I'd done and where I'd been
sleep in sweat, the mirror's cold
see my face, it's growing old
 
scared to death, no reason why
doing whatever to get me by
think about the things I've said
read the page it's cold and dead
 
and take me home
yeah, take me home
take me home
take me home, yeah     take me
 
     home              yeah
     A
Eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|--2--------------------------|
Gb|--2--------------------------|
Db|--2--------------------------|
Ab|--0--------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------|
   let ring
 
 
[OUTRO]
 
       Gadd9                     A
Eb|----------------3---------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------3----------3-p2-----------2----------|
Gb|-------0--------------0-------------2-----------2-------|
Db|----------0--------------0-------------2-----------2----|
Ab|------------------------------0-----------0-------------|
Eb|----3--------3------------------------------------------|
 
 
       Gadd9
Eb|----------------3-------------------------3-------------|
Bb|-------------------3-------------------------3----------|
Gb|-------0--------------0----------0--------------0-------|
Db|----------0--------------0----------0--------------0----|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|----3--------3-----------------3-------3----------------|
 
                                     say goodbye don't
       A
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----3-p2-----------2------------3-p2-----------2---------|
Gb|----------2-----------2---------------2-----------2------|
Db|-------------2-----------2---------------2-----------2---|
Ab|----0-----------0---------------0-----------0------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
 
     follow.
     D
Eb|--2---------------------------------||
Bb|--3---------------------------------||
Gb|--2---------------------------------||
Db|--0---------------------------------||
Ab|------------------------------------||
Eb|------------------------------------||
   let ring
 
 
--
 
 
 
 
                                DON'T FOLLOW
                                Alice in Chains
                        Tabbed by Mike Gray (SLX6B@CC.USU.EDU)
 
 
  Main Melody
Eb|---------2--------|---------2--------|---------0--------|--p---------------|
Bb|---3-------3------|---3-------3------|---3-------3------|-3>2-------2------|
Gb|-----2-------2----|-----2-------2----|-----0-------0----|-----0-------0----|
Db|-0-----0-------0--|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|-------2-------2--|
Ab|------------------|------------------|------------------|-0-------0--------|
Eb|------------------|-3----------------|-3----------------|------------------|
 
 
  Fill I                                                    Ending I
Eb|---------3--------|---------3--------|--p---------------|--p---------------|
Bb|---3-------3------|---3-------3------|-3>2-------2------|-3>2-------2------|
Gb|-----0-------0----|-----0-------0----|-----0-------0----|-----0-------0----|
Db|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|-------2-------2--|-------2-------2--|
Ab|------------------|------------------|-0-------0--------|-0-------0--------|
Eb|-3----------------|-3----------------|------------------|------------------|
 
*Play Main Melody 2 times for intro (no lyrics)
*Then play Main Melody with Lyrics:
 
Hey, I ain't never coming home
Hey, I'll just wander my own road
Hey, I can't meet you here tomorrow
Say goodbye don't follow
 
 
*Play Fill I and Ending I with lyric:
Misery so hollow
 
 
*Again play Main Melody 2 times no lyrics and then w/lyrics:
 
Hey you, you're livin' life full throttle
Hey you, pass me down that bottle, yeah
Hey you, you can't shake me round now
I get so lost and I don't know how
 
*Play Fill I, but replace Ending I with a D chord:   -2-
                                                     -3-
(with the lyric:)                                    -2-
 And it hurts to care, I'm going down                ---
                                                     ---
                                                     ---
 
*There's a short pause and then the song alternates between an A chord and
 D chord till the final outro.  You'll have to listen to the song for the
rhythm--sorry!!  There are hammer-ons for both chords as follows:
 
          (A)                             (D)
Eb|--0---------------|            |--0>2-------------|
Bb|--0>2-------------|            |--3---------------|
Gb|--2---------------|            |--2---------------|
Db|--2---------------|            |--0---------------|
Ab|--0---------------|            |--0---------------|
Eb|--0---------------|            |--0---------------|
 
*The lyrics in this section are as follows:
Forgot my woman, lost my friends
Things I'd done and where I've been
Sleep in sweat the mirrors cold
See my face it's growin' old
Scared to death no reason why
Do whatever to get me by
Think about the thing I said
Read the page it's cold and dead
 
Take me home (5 times then the outro:)
 
*The outro is simply the Main Melody played ONCE ONLY and then
 play Fill I with the D chord ending to the lyric:
Say goodbye don't follow
 
 
 
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Perfect...except that to play it correctly you need to tune your guitar 1/2 step down. Play along with the song and you'll see, drove me crazy.
such an underrated song...shoulda been on their greatest hits great tab!
This is perfect except for the part where hes like "forgot my woman, lost my friends things I'd done and where I'd been..." I believe Cantrell plays an A7 instead of an A...I could be wrong though