Man In The Box Bass

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Alice in Chains
Man In The Box
 
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Tune Down Half Step'
 
 
[Intro]
 
   Moderate Rock Q=108
  4/4
   Gtr I
   E E  Q       Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
G|----------||-----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------||o----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------||o--------------7-|--------------7-|--------------7-|
E|---0-12--||--0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-----|
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
   Q  E E E E S S E  4x     Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
G|-------------------||-||-----------------|----------------|
D|------------------o||-||o----------------|----------------|
A|----------------5-o||-||o--------------7-|--------------7-|
E|-0----0---0-5h7----||-||--0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-----|
 
 
                    1.                   2.
   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E S S E     E E E E S S S S  Q
G|----------------|-------------------||----------------------||
D|----------------|------------------o||----------------------||
A|--------------7-|----------------5-o||-----------------/7--||
E|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-5h7----||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------||
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----1---1-1-1-2-|-2-2-1-0---------|-----1---1-1-1-2-|
E|-3-3---3---------|---------3-3-3-3-|-3-3---3---------|
 
 
   +E  E E E E E Q    Q  E E E E E  S   S    Q  E E E E E E
G|------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
A|-(2)-2-1-0-----7--|----------------------|--------------7--|
E|-----------3-3----|-0----0---0---(0)-(0)-|-0----0---0------|
 
 
[Chorus]
 
   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q       H    +Q.   E
G|----------------|-----------------||---------------|
D|----------------|-----------------||o--------------|
A|--------------7-|-------------7--||o--------------|
E|-0----0---0-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----||--0----(0)---3-|
 
 
                                                        ~
   +E  Q  E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E Q
G|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
A|------------5---5-|-(5)-5-5-5---------|------------------|
E|-(3)-3--3S7---7---|-----------7-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-0-3--|
 
 
   H    +Q.   E   +E  Q  E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
G|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
D|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
A|--------------|------------5---5-|-(5)-5-5-5---------|
E|-0----(0)---3-|-(3)-3--3S7---7---|-----------7-5-3-5-|
 
 
   +E  E E E E E E E         Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
G|--------------------||-||-----------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------o||-||o----------------|-----------------|
A|-------------------o||-||o--------------7-|--------------7--|
E|-(5)-5-3-3-2-2-1-1--||-||--0----0---0-----|-0----0---0------|
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E S S E         Q  E E E E E E
G|----------------|-------------------||-||-----------------|
D|----------------|------------------o||-||o----------------|
A|--------------7-|----------------5-o||-||o--------------7-|
E|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-5h7----||-||--0----0---0-----|
 
 
                                     1.
   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E S S E
G|----------------|----------------|--------------------||
D|----------------|----------------|-------------------o||
A|--------------7-|--------------7-|----------------5--o||
E|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-5h7-----||
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
   2.
   E E E E S S S S  Q      E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|----------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D|----------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------/7--||-----1---1-1-1-2-|-2-2-1-0---------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------||-3-3---3---------|---------3-3-3-3-|
 
 
   E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E Q    Q  E E E E E  S   S
G|-----------------|------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----1---1-1-1-2-|-(2)-2-1-0-----7--|-----------------------|
E|-3-3---3---------|-----------3-3----|-0----0---0---(0)-(0)--|
 
 
   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
G|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
D|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
A|--------------7-|--------------7-|-------------7--||
E|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----||
 
 
[Chorus]
 
     H    +Q.   E   +E  Q  E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
G||---------------|------------------|-------------------|
D||o--------------|------------------|-------------------|
A||o--------------|------------5---5-|-(5)-5-5-5---------|
E||--0----(0)---3-|-(3)-3--3S7---7---|-----------7-5-3-5-|
 
 
                 ~
   +E  E E E E E Q    H    +Q.   E   +E  Q  E E E E E
G|------------------|--------------|------------------|
D|------------------|--------------|------------------|
A|------------------|--------------|------------5---5-|
E|-(5)-5-5-5-5-0-3--|-0----(0)---3-|-(3)-3--3S7---7---|
 
 
                                                Guitar Solo
   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E         Q  E E E E E E
G|-------------------|--------------------||-||------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------o||-||o-----------------|
A|-(5)-5-5-5---------|-------------------o||-||o--------------7--|
E|-----------7-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-3-3-2-2-1-1--||-||--0----0---0------|
 
 
   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E S S E
G|----------------|----------------|--------------------||
D|----------------|----------------|-------------------o||
A|--------------7-|--------------7-|----------------5--o||
E|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-5h7-----||
 
 
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----1---1-1-1-2-|-2-2-1-0---------|-----1---1-1-1-2-|
E|-3-3---3---------|---------3-3-3-3-|-3-3---3---------|
 
 
   +E  E E E E E Q    Q  E E E E E  S   S    Q  E E E E E E
G|------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
A|-(2)-2-1-0-----7--|----------------------|--------------7--|
E|-----------3-3----|-0----0---0---(0)-(0)-|-0----0---0------|
 
 
[Chorus]
 
   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E     H    +Q.   E
G|----------------|-----------------||---------------|
D|----------------|-----------------||o--------------|
A|--------------7-|-----------------||o--------------|
E|-0----0---0-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--0----(0)---3-|
 
 
                                                        ~
   +E  Q  E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E Q
G|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
A|------------5---5-|-(5)-5-5-5---------|------------------|
E|-(3)-3--3S7---7---|-----------7-5-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-0-3--|
 
 
   H    +Q.   E   +E  Q  E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
G|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
D|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
A|--------------|------------5---5-|-(5)-5-5-5---------|
E|-0----(0)---3-|-(3)-3--3S7---7---|-----------7-5-3-5-|
 
 
   +E  E E E E E E E         Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
G|--------------------||-||-----------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------o||-||o----------------|-----------------|
A|-------------------o||-||o--------------7-|--------------7--|
E|-(5)-5-3-3-2-2-1-1--||-||--0----0---0-----|-0----0---0------|
 
 
   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E S S E
G|----------------|-------------------||
D|----------------|------------------o||
A|--------------7-|----------------5-o||
E|-0----0---0-----|-0----0---0-5h7----||
 
 
 
 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff
 
Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
 
Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
X
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nice tab man
This is the first CORRECT version of this I have found. WELL DONE!
I disagree, listen up to the song: Mike doesn't play an Eb at the end of each Main riff bar. The Pre-Chorus part is clearly wrong, also.