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Alone (Acoustic) Guitar Tablature
I was watching my copy of Heart's new DVD 'Alive in Seattle' today and decided to figure out this song. It's based on what I think Nancy Wilson is playing in this particular concert. (So either get the DVD or the CD cause it'll sound really wrong if you're listening to a different version. Like the flashy 80's version for instance. :p ) Nancy demonstrates her signature pick and fingers patterns which makes it louder rather than just fingerpicking it. I don't know a few of the chord names she uses but I'll just take a stab at it, if you know the actually names then good...correct them.
When you read this tab you have to know that since there's a capo on the first fret you read it relative to that capo and not how you usually play. So if I wrote play the first fret it's actually the second fret because you can't play the first fret when there's a capo on it!!! Confusing yes? I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.

Capo on 1st fret!

Intro:
Am          F         G
-------------------------------3---------------------------------
-1-----1----1---1h3---0-----0--0---------------------------------
-------2------2-----------0----0--2-0----------------------------
----2----2--3---3-------0------0------3--------------------------
-0-----------------------------2---------------------------------
----------------------3--------3---------------------------------

Am          F              G          E
----------------------------3---3--------------------------------
-----1-----------------------------------------------------------
---2---2p0--------0h2-------------0---124/---------------------
-2----------3---3-----3-------0----------------------------------
-0------------3---------3-------2-----235/---------------------
------------1---------------3------------------------------------

Verse 1: repeat Intro 2xs

Bridge 1:
F         C             F        C
-(1)-------(0)---------(1)----------------------------------------
------1-----------1---------1----------1--------------------------
-------------------------------------0----------------------------
----3---3-------2---2-----3---3----2------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
--1---------0-----------1--------0--------------------------------

F          C         F          G      C
-(1)-------(0)------------------3--3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------
------1---------1--------1------0--0---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------------
---------------------------2----0--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------
----3---3-----2---2----3-----3--0--0---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------
--------------------------------2--0---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------
--1---------0--------1----------3--3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------

Chorus 1:
Dm          Bb?       F            Open C?
-1p0--------1-1-1-1---1------------0--0----------------------------
-3---3------1-1-1-1---1------------5--5----------------------------
-2-----2----3-3-3-3---2------------0--0----------------------------
-0-------0--3-3-3-3---3------------5--5----------------------------  (3xs)
------------1-1-1-1---3--0h3--1s3--3--3----------------------------
------------1-1-1-1---1--------------------------------------------

F        Bb?        Open C?
-1-1-1---1-1-1---0-s-0-0--------------------------------------------
-1-1-1---1-1-1---3-s-5-5--------------------------------------------
-2-2-2---3-3-3---0-s-0-0--------------------------------------------  (2xs)*
-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-s-5-5--------------------------------------------
-3-3-3---1-1-1---1-s-3-3--------------------------------------------
---------1-1-1------------------------------------------------------
                 ^quickly slide this up to the next chord

*On the second time add this:
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------------------------
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------------------------
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2----------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
               ^pay attention to this one (it's different)

Verse 2: Can be played the same as verse 1, but you can also add your own picking variations if you want.
Bridge 2: Can be played the same as bridge 1, but you can also vary it.

Before the next chorus strum these chords straight:
Dm         Bb?        F         C
-1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1---0-0-0-0------------------------------
-3-3-3-3----1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1------------------------------
-2-2-2-2----3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0------------------------------ (2xs)
-0-0-0-0----3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2------------------------------
------------1-1-1-1---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3------------------------------
------------1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1---3-3-3-3------------------------------

Chorus 2: Repeat the above chords 3xs (Dm Bb? F C)
then do...
F          Bb?      Open C?
-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0------------------------------------------
-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1--5-5-5-5------------------------------------------
-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0------------------------------------------ (4xs)*
-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5------------------------------------------
-3-3-3-3---1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3------------------------------------------
-----------1-1-1-1---------------------------------------------------

*4th time add this:
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------------------
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------------------
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-----------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Outro:
Am        F          G                    Am
-0----------------------------3-------------------0-------0-0--------
-1----1----1---1h3---0-----0--0-------------------1-0h1---1-1--------
-2-----------2-----------0----0--2--0-----------2-2-------2-2--------
-2--2---2--3---3-------0------0--------3------2---2-----2-2-2--------
-0----------------------------2--------3----0-----0-------0-0--------
---------------------3--------3-----------0-------0-------0-0--------
Tabbed by: Citysburning
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