Never Say Die Tab by Alter Bridge

Never Say Die tab by Alter Bridge

Guitar Tab

Alter Bridge - "Never Say Die" (Also referred to by the title "Outright")
Bonus Track from "Fortress"
Tuning: Guitar 1 Drop-D lowered by 1 fret
        Guitar 2 Double Drop D lowered 1 fret (DbAbDbGbBbDb)

This bonus song from the Fortress sessions combines some of AB's bright
power ballad songwriting and unique lead guitar lines. Please rate or
comment.


Intro
    Guitar 1              play bar 2x
eb|---------------||------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------||------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-4-4-4-6-6-6-7-||----------------------------------4-4-4-6-6-6-7-|
Db|---------------||------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-2-2-2-4-4-4-5-||-0--------------------------------2-2-2-4-4-4-5-|
Db|---------------||-0----------------------------------------------|
  |
  | Guitar 2 (clean tone, let notes ring)
db|---------------||-0--0--2-4p0---0--2-4p0---0--2--5------0--2--5--|
Bb|---------------||------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------||----------------------0-----------0-------------|
Db|---------------||------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------||------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------||------------------------------------------------|

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Intro pt 2 - played as shown (Guitar 1 changes on 2nd time)

  Guitar 1                             Ending #1            Ending #2
|----------------------------------------------------|----------7~~~---9~~~-10~~~|
|----------------------------------------------------|----10b12~-12b14~-----13b15|
|--------------------------------------4-4-4-6-6-6-7-|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0------------------------------------2-2-2-4-4-4-5-|---------------------------|
|-0--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Guitar 2
|-0-------12-----------12-----------12------------12-|-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---11--9---11---11--9---12---12--9----12---12--9----|--repeat---------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|



Main Riff - play 2x
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-7-4-0---7-4-0-7-4-0-4-7-7-4-0-|-9-5-0---9-5-0-9-9-9-11-11-11-12--|






Verse Riff - Guitar 2, guitar 1 holds open Db chord like intro

    play 2x
db|-0--0--2-4p0---0--2-4p0---0--2--5------0--2--5-----|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------0------------0---------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------|

at the end of this part, Guitar 1 plays:

|------|-----------------------------|
|------|-----------------------------|
|------|-----------------------------|
|------|-----------------------------|
|--0-0-|-0---------------------------|
|--0-0-|-0---------------------------|
  PM PM  let-ring


 Guitar 2 - play 2x
|-0-------12-----------12------------12-----------12-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|---11--9---11---11--9---12---12--9----12---12--9----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


Prechorus
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------7b8r7--|----------------------------|
|-------/7-7---------------|----------------------------|
|-5--5--------4--4---------|-2---2---2-2----------------|
|-5--5--------4--4---------|-2---2---2-2---0-2-4-4b5r-0-|
|-5--5--------4--4---------|-2---2---2-2----------------|

|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------7b8r7--|---------------------------|
|-------/7-7---------------|---------------------------|
|-5--5--------4--4---------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------12\|
|-5--5--------4--4---------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------12\|
|-5--5--------4--4---------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------12\|




Chorus - Play Main Riff Again


Verse 2 - Same as Verse 1, less Guitar 1 this time


Play Prechorus and Chorus Similarly to 1st time




Bridge - Straight 16ths here

    First bar
     play 3x                                    4th bar
db|-0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0|   -0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--------------|
Bb|---15-15---14-14---8-8---10-10---7-7--|   ---8-7---8----8-7---8--------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------|   -----------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------|   -----------------------pick scrape-|
Ab|--------------------------------------|   ------------------------x\\\\\-----|
Db|--------------------------------------|   ------------------------x\\\\\-----|


play First bar 2x

Bridge Pt 2

|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-11---12---14---11---12---14--|-7----6-6----6-6-----9~---|
|------------------------------|-7----7-7----7-7----------|
|-9----10---12----9---10---12--|-0----0-0----0-0-----7~---|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|

play First bar 2x again

|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-11---12---14---11---12---14--|-7----6-6--6-6---6-6-6---6-|
|------------------------------|-7----7-7--7-7---7-7-7---7-|
|-9----10---12----9---10---12--|-0----0-0--0-0---0-0-0---0-|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|

|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6---7---9--|----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------|----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--4---5---7--|-0--------------|
|-----------------------------|-0--------------|



Guitar 2 plays Verse Riff 2x


Guitar 1, with slide on Verse Riff repeat
eb|------------------|---------------7-------9--10---|
Bb|-/8______\7~------|---------10b12---12b14---13b15-|
Gb|---------------7/-|/14~---------------------------|
Db|------------------|-------------------------------|
Ab|------------------|-------------------------------|
Db|------------------|-------------------------------|


Play Chorus Again



Outro Solo
db|--------------------------------9--0-|
Bb|------------8/12-10---10--5--8-------|
Gb|-7/12-9---9--------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|


|-------------------14-16-17p16p14-16-17-19p17p16--------|
|-15-14h15p14--14-15-----------------------------17-15---|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------16-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|


|-/19----19-17-16h17p16---------|--------------16--16-17-19-16-17-19-21-24~~-|
|-------------------------------|----------------15--------------------------|
|-----------------------14\11~~-|-----11--14/16------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------12-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-9/10---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|


Ending
     Guitar 2
     play 3x                                    4th bar
db|-0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0|   -0---0----0---0------------0---|-0---|
Bb|---15-15---14-14---8-8---10-10---7-7--|   -7/8-7/8--7/8-7-10p8p7-8p7-5/7-|-5/7-|
Gb|--------------------------------------|   -------------------------------|-----|
Db|--------------------------------------|   -------------------------------|-----|
Ab|--------------------------------------|   -------------------------------|-----|
Db|--------------------------------------|   -------------------------------|-----|
  |
  | Guitar 1
eb|--------------------------------------|   -------------------------------|-----|
Bb|--------------------------------------|   -------------------------------|-----|
Gb|--------------------------------------|   -------------------------------|-----|
Db|-0------------------------------------|   -0-----------------------------|-0---|
Ab|-0------------------------------------|   -0-----------------------------|-0---|
Db|-0------------------------------------|   -0-----------------------------|-0---|



KEY
************************************

| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| r   Bend release
| br  bend as indicated, then release

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