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/ Alice in Chains / Jar Of Flies (1994) / No Excuses bass tab

No Excuses by Alice In Chains
(Bass - 3 versions)


From: Benjamin (j6872839@ironbark.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au)

Unplugged
Tune 1/2 step down on all strings.
Use a flanger or run it through an FX unit to get a nice sound.

Verse
Gb--------------|------------------------|------------------------|
Db--------------|-9h11-9-----------------|-9h11-9----------9------|
Ab--------------|--------9--7-7-9--------|--------9--7-7h9--------|
Eb-5/7-7--7-7-7-|------------------7-0-7-|-------------------7.-7-|
  At the start

Gb------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
Db-9h11-9-----------------|-9h11-9-----------------|-9h11-9-----------------|
Ab--------9--7-7-9--------|--------9--7-7-9--------|--------9--7-7-9--------|
Eb------------------7-0-7-|------------------7-0-7-|------------------7-0-7-|

Gb------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
Db-9h11-9----------9------|-9h11-9-----------------|-9h11-9----------9------|
Ab--------9--7-7h9--------|--------9--7-7-9--------|--------9--7-7h9--------|
Eb-------------------7.-7-|------------------7-0-7-|-------------------7.-7-|

Gb------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
Db-9h11-9-----------------|-9h11-9----------9------|-9h11-9-----------------|
Ab--------9--7-7-9--------|--------9--7-7h9--------|--------9--7-7-9--------|
Eb------------------7-0-7-|-------------------7.-7-|------------------7-0-7-|

Gb---------------|
Db-9h11-9--------|
Ab--------9--7-9-|
Eb---------------|

Chorus
Gb----------------------------------------------------|
Db----------------------------------------------------|
Ab------------------------------------------------5h7-|
Eb-3--3-3-2-0-5--5-5-0-3-0-5-0-7--7--7-0-5-7--7-7-----|

Gb--------------------------------------------------|
Db--------------------------------------------------|
Ab-------------------------4---5---6--------------7-|
Eb-7\5-3h5p3-3-3-3-2-0-5-5---0---0---0-0--0-0-0-0---|

Verse
Gb-------------|------------------------|---------9-8------------|
Db-------------|-9h11-9----------9------|-9h11-9------9---9------|
Ab-------------|--------9--7-7h9--------|---------------9--------|
Eb-5-5-5-5/7-7-|-------------------7.-7-|-------------------7--7-|

Gb------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
Db-9h11-9-----------------|-9h11-9----------9------|-9h11-9-----------------|
Ab--------9--7-7-9--------|--------9--7-7h9--------|--------9--7-7-9--------|
Eb------------------7-0-7-|-------------------7.-7-|------------------7-0-7-|

Gb------------------------|------------------------|---------9-8------------|
Db-9h11-9-----------------|-9h11-9-----------------|-9h11-9------9---9------|
Ab--------9--7-7-9--------|--------9--7-7-9--------|---------------9--------|
Eb------------------7-0-7-|------------------7-0-7-|-------------------7--7-|

Gb------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
Db-9h11-9-----------------|-9h11-9----------9------|-9h11-9-----------------|
Ab--------9--7-7-9--------|--------9--7-7h9--------|--------9--7-7-9--------|
Eb------------------7-0-7-|-------------------7.-7-|------------------7-0-7-|

Gb---------9-8-------|
Db-9h11-9------9-7---|
Ab-----------------9-|
Eb-------------------|

Chorus

Verse
Gb-------------|------------------------|---------9-8------------|
Db-------------|-9h11-9-----------------|-9h11-9------9---9------|
Ab-------------|--------9--7-7-9--------|---------------9--------|
Eb-5-5-5-5/7-7-|------------------7-0-7-|-------------------7--7-|

Gb------------------------|--------------------|
Db-9h11-9----------9------|--------------------|
Ab--------9--7-7h9--------|--------------------|
Eb-------------------7.-7-|-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-5-5-|

Chorus

Verse
Gb-------------|------------------------|------------------------|
Db-------------|-9h11-9-----------------|-9h11-9-----------------|
Ab-------------|--------9--7-7-9--------|--------9--7-7-9--------|
Eb-5-5-5-5/7-7-|------------------7-0-7-|------------------7-0-7-|

Gb------------------------|---------9-8------------|------------------------|
Db-9h11-9-----------------|-9h11-9------9---9------|-9h11-9----------9------|
Ab--------9--7-7-9--------|---------------9--------|--------9--7-7h9--------|
Eb------------------7-0-7-|-------------------7--7-|-------------------7.-7-|

Gb------------------------|------------------------|---------9-8-------|
Db-9h11-9-----------------|-9h11-9-----------------|-9h11-9------9-7---|
Ab--------9--7-7-9--------|--------9--7-7-9--------|-----------------9-|
Eb------------------7-0-7-|------------------7-0-7-|-------------------|

Chorus

Outro
Gb-------------|------------------------|------------------------|
Db-------------|-9h11-9-----------------|-9h11-9----------9------|
Ab-------------|--------9--7-7-9--------|--------9--7-7h9--------|
Eb-5-5-5-5/7-7-|------------------7-0-7-|-------------------7.-7-|

                                             Slow down gradually from here
Gb------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
Db-9h11-9-----------------|-9h11-9-----------------|-9h11-9-----------------|
Ab--------9--7-7-9--------|--------9--7-7-9--------|--------9--7-7-9--------|
Eb------------------7-0-7-|------------------7-0-7-|------------------7-0-7-|

Gb------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
Db-9h11-9-----------------|-9h11-9-----------------|-9h11-9-----------------|
Ab--------9--7-7-9--------|--------9--7-7-9--------|--------9--7-7-9--------|
Eb------------------7-0-7-|------------------7-0-7-|------------------7-0-7-|
The end.

Any questions/suggestions/corrections? Mail me.


===============================================================================


From: Dave Miller (dwm3@po.cwru.edu)

It seems to me that this song is played tuned down a little bit.
Anyway...that's how I tabbed it.  It's an easy song to play,
but sounds really cool.  Enjoy!


     Verse
||-------------4/6--4--------------------4/6--4-----------
||*--------------------4--2--4-------------------4--2--4--
||*---2--2-------------------------2--2-------------------
||--------------------------------------------------------
       It's alright....            There comes a time....


     Chorus (A)
||------------------------------------------
||*-----------------------------------------
||*-----------------------------------------
||----3--3--3--2--0--5--5--5--0--5--0--5--0-
        Everyday it's something...

------------------------------------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
-7--7--7--7--5--7--7--7--7--7--7--5--



     Chorus (B)
||------------------------------------------
||*-----------------------------------------
||*-----------------------------------------
||----3--3--3--2--0--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7-
         Find me sittin' by myself...
--------------------------------------
---------------------------------------
-------------------------------------2-
-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--5----


Chorus alternates A,B


===============================================================================


From: Justin Mackovyak (jmm@csrlink.net)


         Verse
Gb--||-----------------4h6p4--------------||----------------------------
Db--||*-----------------------4--4--2h4--*||----------------------------
Gb--||*--0h2--2--2--2--------------------*||----------------------------
Eb--||------------------------------------||----------------------------


                                        Chorus\Solo
Gb-----------------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|----
Db-----------------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|----
Gb-----------------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|----
Eb-----------------------------------|--3--|--5--|--7--|--7--|--3--|----



Gb-----|-----|----------------------------------------------------------
Db-----|-----|----------------------------------------------------------
Gb-----|-----|----------------------------------------------------------
Eb--5--|--0--|----------------------------------------------------------


Alice in Chains albums
1999 Music Bank
1996 Unplugged
1995 Alice In Chains
1994 Jar Of Flies
1992 SAP
1992 Dirt
1990 Facelift
Jar Of Flies tabs
01Rotten Apple tabbass tab
02Nutshell tabbass tab
03I Stay Away tabbass tab
04No Excuses tabbass tab
05Whale & Wasp tabbass tab
06Don't Follow tabbass tab
07Swing On This tabbass tab

 

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