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Alice in Chains – Man in the Box

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Artist

Alice in Chains

Song

Man in the Box

Genre:

Alternative, Rock

Label

Columbia

Alice In ChainsMan in the Box         (Album: Facelift  (1990))

!!! Tune Down ½ Step: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb  !!!  {Key: Abm}

– See Tablature for parts at end –   (*vocal notes)

[Intro] (see Riff 1)

Em             (*D)              (*A)              Em        

La-la-la~~~ La-la-la~~~ La-la-la~~~ La~~~ (x2)

Em      (*D)          Em       Em     (*D)     (*A)

I’m the man in the box,  Buried in my sin

P-C:     [G5, G6] (see Riff 2)

            Won’t you come and save me, save me

      Em     G     D     A

C:   Feed my eyes, can you sew them shut?
      Jesus Christ, deny your maker
      He who tries, will be wasted
      Feed my eyes now you’ve sewn them shut

[Intro]

Em      (*D)                  Em     Em             (*D)     (*A)

I’m the dog who gets beat,  Shove my nose in sin

[pre-chorus]

[chorus]

Solo

[chorus]

[Intro]

------------------------------- 
TABLATURE:  RIFF 1  [Lead intro / verse]   
eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Ab|--5----X---5-----------5---------|--5----X---5------------------5--|
Eb|--0----X---0-----------0------0--|--0----X---0---------0---5h7-----|
  PM........................................................ 
RIFF 1  [Lead]   w/dist. and talk box
eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|----------7v---------7h9v--------|
Db|---------------------------------|--9v-----------------------------|
Ab|--5----X-5--------------------5--|---------------------------------|
Eb|--0----X-0-----------0----5h7----|---------------------------------| 
 
eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Db|--7v------7h9v----------5v-------|--5h7v------5b-------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------|-------------------------7v------|
Eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
 
RIFF 2 [Pre-chorus]:
 G5 G6 G5 G6 G5 G6 G5 G6 G5
eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Ab|--5---5---7---5---5---7---5---5--|--5---5---7---5---5---5---7---5--|
Eb|--3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|--3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
 PM................................................................. 

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