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A Little Bitter by Alice In Chains

From: (Sean) Meehan (shaggy@crown.icongrp.com)
Authors notes: ok, it's tuned down half a step and in "dropped D" tuning
if you see this (/\/\/\/\/\/\/\) it means to go ape on the whammy bar

INTRO AND VERSE [part A]

E [----------0-------------------------0----------]
B [----3-------3-----------------3-------3--------]
G [------4-------4-----------------4-------4------]
D [--2-----2--------(9-7-7-9)--2-----2-------(9)--]
A [-----------------------------------------------]
E [-----------------------------------------------]

CHORUS [part B]

     palm mute--------
E [---------------------]
B [---------------------]
G [---------------------]
D [---------------------]
A [--2-0-0-0-0-2-2-3-0--]
E [--2-0-0-0-0-2-2-3-0--]

RIFF DURING INTERLUDE AND SOLO [part C]

E [---------------------]
B [---------------------]
G [---------------------]
D [---------------------]
A [--9-9-8-8-7-5-12-14--]
E [--9-9-8-8-7-5-12-14--]

SOLO [part D]

    bend full+tremolo pick w/ wah       bend full
E [------------------------------------------------15--]
B [-----------------------------------15-----(15)------]
G [--14----------------------(14)----------------------]
D [----------------------------------------------------]
A [----------------------------------------------------]
E [----------------------------------------------------]

                                 full
E [-----------------------------------]
B [-----------------------------------]
G [-----------------------------------]
D [--(7)/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\--12--]
A [-----------------------------------]
E [-----------------------------------]

E [--15-12-----------------]
B [--------15-12-----------]
G [--------------14-12-16--]
D [------------------------]
A [------------------------]
E [------------------------]

LICK AT END OF SONG [part E]

E [---------------------------]
B [---------------------------]
G [---------------------------]
D [--14-12-12-12-12-12-14-----]
A [-----------------------10--]
E [---------------------------]


here's how it goes as best as I can tell:

intro: part A 2 times

verse: part A 5 times

chorus: part B 8 times

verse: part A 4 times

chorus: part B 8 times

interlude: part C 5 times

solo: part C 3 times w/ part D 1 time

verse: part A 4 times

chorus:part B 8 times

ending:part B 8 times w/ part E 2 times


That's pretty much it.
Questions, comments? E-mail me: shaggy@crown.icongrp.com