
Alices Restaurant tab by Arlo Guthrie
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"Alice's Restaurant Massacree" by Arlo Guthrie >From the album "The Best Of Arlo Guthrie" Transcribed by - Daniel Schaumann Here's the complete monologue to the 18 minutes and 30 second song that is "Alice's Restaurant Massacree." I've worked out the tabs and included them for the people out there who are mad enough to want to sing this & play guitar at the same time (it can get bloody confusing sometimes!) but I've put my own version of the tabs in. I don't know if there are any other versions that have been released, but mine is in the key of D. I've included a different chord progression too.
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The guitar bit (below) is just repeated over and over and over throughout the song while Arlo talks. There is a part in the song (just before the "very last man asks him if he's ever been arrested" bit) where Arlo uses a diminished chord: EADGBE xx1212 and slides it up the neck to cause a little suspense in the song. He then starts the guitar bit back up again slowly, and stops again - he does this a couple of times in the song. You'll just have to listen to it yourself if you want to know exactly where. But anyway, enough of my blabbing on (which is exactly what Arlo does in this song, and his American accent can get quite annoying if you're an Aussie like me!) Please send any comments or updates to dschaumann@hotmail.com. Have fun! ********************************************************************** THE GUITAR BIT: The song has a swing rhythm (one and a two and a three and a four and a), and I've put the beats in between to help. Arlo fingerpicks it with a capo on 2nd fret, therefor putting the song in the key of D, but I'll act as if there was no capo and it was in C. If the tabs are too hard to follow, just follow the chord progression I've put down below, and also over certain parts of the lyrics. / = Slide up 1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a 1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a E|0---------------0-------------5-----3-----0-----| B|------------3---------------------------------2/| G|----------0-------------------------------------| D|------2---------------------2-------------------| A|3-----------2-----1-----0---------0-----0-----4/| E|------------------------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 E|----0-------3-0---------------------------------| B|3-----3---------------1-------0---1-----3-------| G|----------5-----------0-----------------------0-| D|----------------------2-------------------------| A|5---------------------3-------------0-----2-----| E|------------3-----------------3-----------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 E|0---------------0-------------5-----3-----0-----| B|------------3---------------------------------2/| G|----------0-------------------------------------| D|------2---------------------2-------------------| A|3-----------2-----1-----0---------0-----0-----4/| E|------------------------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 E|----------------0-------------------------------| B|3-----3-----3-----------0---1-----2-----3-------| G|----------5-------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------| A|5-----5-----------------------0-----1-----2-----| E|------------------------3-----------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 E|0-----------------------0---0-----0-----3-------| B|------------3---0-------------------------------| G|----------0-----------------------------------0-| D|------2-----------------------------------------| A|3-----------2-----2-----3-----3-----3-----3-----| E|------------------------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 E|------------------------------------------------| B|------0-----1-----------1---3-----1-----3-----1-| G|2-----------------2-----------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------| E|1---------1-------1-----2-----2-----2-----2-----| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 E|0---------------0-------------5-----3-----0-----| B|------------3---------------------------------2/| G|----------0-------------------------------------| D|------2---------------------2-------------------| A|3-----------2-----1-----0---------0-----0-----4/| E|------------------------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 E|----0-------3-0---------------------------------| B|3-----3---------------1-------0---1-----3-------| G|----------5-----------0-----------------------0-| D|----------------------2-------------------------| A|5---------------------3-------------0-----2-----| E|------------3-----------------3-----------------| Repeat this over & over for just about the whole song CHORD PROGRESSION: | CHORD DIAGRAMS: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 | EADGBE C - D/B D/Bb A7 - - - | C 332010 D7 - G - C - G - | D/B x20030 C - D/B D/Bb A7 - - - | D/Bb x10030 D7 - - - G - - - | A7 x02020 | D7 x54530 C - D/B - C - - - | G 320003 F - - - F#dim - - - | F 133211 C - D/B D/Bb A7 - - - | F#dim x01212 D7 - G - C - G - | The D7 chord can be played in the C7 position, but on the 3th fret instead of the first. It sounds even better if you slide to it from a C7 position on the 2th fret. D7 Da da da da da da da dum G C F C G C At Alice's Restaurant. **********************************************************************
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