Still Remains tab by Alter Bridge

Tabs

From the New Album "AB III"
tabbed by jjhand
Tuning Low to High - Bb majorBb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb (like 'Come to Life'/'Broken Wings')


This is a kick ass heavy song with great riffs despite no solo! Enjoy &
please rate if u like it! Intro is in 6/8 time (6 beats per bar), but rest
is 4/4 time.


Intro (Guitar 1, light distortion)  -  play 2x
eb|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
GbGb|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
DbDb|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
AbAb|---------3-----------0____________---|---------3-----------2___________---|
Bb majorBb|-0-3-1-0---0-0-3-1-0-----0---0---0---|-0-3-1-0---0-0-3-1-0----0---0---0---|

(0:16) - Intro Repeats but Guitar 2 plays this 2x:

eb|---------0-----------0---------------|---------0--------------------------|
Bb majorBb|-------7---7-------7-----------------|-------8---8-------8----------------|
GbGb|-----8-----------8-------------------|-----9-----------9------------------|
DbDb|---9-----------9---------------------|--10----------10-----9--------------|
AbAb|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
  note the timing with the intro riff above & let notes ring




Heavy Riff 1 (0:31) - Guitar 1, 4/4 time, played 2x
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-2-----------------3-2-0-------5-|-2--------------*3~~-0------| * 2nd time is PH
|---0-----0---0-1-0-------3-1-0---|---0-----0---0-1------------|


|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-2-----------------3-2-0-------5-|-2---------------0----------|
|---0-----0---0-1-0-------3-1-0---|---0-----0---0-0-1----------|

Verse (0:51) - Play Heavy Riff 1 Again, but mute short notes on low Bb majorBb string

Lyrics: "I cast a line when I saw you were drowning, but still you"



Verse Pt 2:
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-5------5----5-5-5---5-5-|
|-10------10----10-10-10----10-10-|-6------6----6-6-6---6-6-|
|-8-------8-----8--8--8-----8--8--|-4------4----4-4-4---4-4-|
"turn your back on me"



Play Heavy Riff 1 Again -

Lyrics: "But you found the fire when you were burning, but still you"



Verse Pt 3:
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|-5----------------|
|-10------10----10-10-10---10-10-|-6----------------|
|-8-------8-----8--8--8----8--8--|-4----------------|
"never    could    believe"





Chorus - Guitar 1 Play Chords with 16th note rhythm

|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
|-(3)----------|-(3)----------|-------------|-------------|
|--------------|--------------|-(5-3)-------|-(5)---------|
|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
|-10----x16----|-10----x16----|-6----x16----|-3----x16----|
|-8------------|-8------------|-4-----------|-1-----------|

1. "So carry   on     if you must go your way"
2. "Go embrace my heart.   Your free will still remains, oh"

 () - is Guitar 2's notes in background






(1:40) Play Heavy Riff 1 to go to Verse 2




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

Verse 2 - Same as Verse 1, but Guitar 2 adds a steady Bb majorBb note:
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| repeated throughout verse
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

Lyrics:
"To say you fo _ when you were slipping
but still you walk 'round me to run.
So how can you justify the life you're living?"


(2:10) End of verse 2 - Guitar 2,
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------10----10-10-10----10-10-|-6---------------|
|-12------12----12-12-12----12-12-|-7---------------|
|-12------12----12-12-12----12-12-|-8---------------|
|-10------10----10-10-10----10-10-|-6---------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
Guitar 1 plays Verse Pt 3 during this part





(2:15) Play Chorus Again but chorus 2 ends on:

|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|
|-0------------|-0~~-------------|






(2:40) Fast Picking riff - Guitar 1 - play 6x
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------**------------------|-3-2-----------------------------|
|-1-0-0-0-0-0-110-110-0-0-875-875-|-----0-0-0-0-110-110-0-0-875-875-|
   PM_________________________    PM_________________________

**notes are 1st fret, not 11th



During Lyrics, Guitar 2 Adds:
|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
|-8-----------|-9----------|-8-----------|------------|
|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
|-6-----------|-7----------|-6-----------|------------|
|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
"You'll deny it all, you'll deny me once again"


|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
|-8-----------|-9----------|-11----------|-14---------|
|-------------|------------|-------------|---------4/9|
|-6-----------|-7----------|-9-----------|-12---------|
|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
"But I've seen it all, I know you'll come to crawl back to me before the end"



Fast Picking Riff Ending (both guitars), played 2x
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-2---------------------------|-2---------------------------| add pick scrape
|---0---0---1-1~--0---0-1-2-3-|---4~--4---4-5---5---8-8-8-7-| before chorus




Play Chorus Again, but Guitar 2 plays these notes in a 16th note rhythm:

|-------------|--------8--10--|--------8--10--|-8-------------|
|-8--------10-|-11------------|-11------------|---------------|
|-------------|--------5--7---|--------5--7---|-5-------------|
|-5--------7--|--8------------|-8-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|


Ending - Play Fast Picking Riff Ending (2 lines above) then hit open Bb majorBb
string to end song.



KEY
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| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| PH pinch harmonic
| PM palm mute
| x  Mute note
| b  Bend
| r  Bend release