Year: 1992 - Album: Dirt
Written by Jerry Cantrell/Layne Staley
INTRO: RIff 1 w/ ad lib intro vocal RIFF 1: yeah................ B5 Bb5 Bb5 G5 F#5 F5 F5 E5 |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |------4---3------3-----------------------------| |------4---3------3---5---4-----3-----3---2-----| |------2---1------1---5---4-----3-----3---2-----| |---------------------3---2-----1-----1---0-----| B5 Bb5 Bb5 G5 F#5 F5 F5 E5 E5 |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |------4---3------3-----------------------------| |------4---3------3---5---4-----3-----3---2---2-| |------2---1------1---5---4-----3-----3---2---2-| |---------------------3---2-----1-----1---0---0-| yeah............. ah.............. B5 Bb5 Bb5 G5 F#5 F5 F5 E5 |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |------4---3------3-----------------------------| |------4---3------3---5---4-----3-----3---2-----| |------2---1------1---5---4-----3-----3---2-----| |---------------------3---2-----1-----1---0-----| end Riff 1 B5 Bb5 Bb5 G5 F#5 F5 F5 E5 |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |------4---3------3-----------------------------| |------4---3------3---5---4-----3-----3---2-----| |------2---1------1---5---4-----3-----3---2-----| |---------------------3---2-----1-----1---0-----| VERSE 1: Riff 2 w/ lyrics a good night, the best in a long time a new friend turned me on to an old favorate nothing better than a dealer who's high be high, convince them to buy RIFF 2: |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |------2---1------1-----------------------------| |---------------------3~--2-----1-----1---0-----| palm mute slightly |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |------2---1------1-----------------------------| |---------------------3~--2-----1-----1---0-----| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |------2---1------1-----------------------------| |---------------------3~--2-----1-----1---0-----| end Riff 2 |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |------2---1------1-----------------------------| |---------------------3~--2-----1-----1---0-----| CHORUS: yeah..... what's my drug of choice? A5 C5 G5 F5 |------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |--2--2--2---5-----------------|--0--0--0---------------------------------| |--2--2--2---5-----------------|--0--0--0---3----------3--2--0-----0------| |--0--0--0---3------------X-X--|--X--X--X---3-------------------3---------| |-------------------------X-X--|--3--3--3---1-------------------------3~--| well, what have you got? A5 C5 G5 F5 |------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |--2--2--2---5-----------------|--0--0--0---------------------------------| |--2--2--2---5-----------------|--0--0--0---3----------3--2--0-----0------| |--0--0--0---3------------X-X--|--X--X--X---3-------------------3---------| |-------------------------X-X--|--3--3--3---1-------------------------3~--| I don't go broke A5 C5 G5 F5 |------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |--2--2--2---5-----------------|--0--0--0---------------------------------| |--2--2--2---5-----------------|--0--0--0---3----------3--2--0-----0------| |--0--0--0---3------------X-X--|--X--X--X---3-------------------3---------| |-------------------------X-X--|--3--3--3---1-------------------------3~--| and I do it a lot A5 C5 G5 F5 |------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |--2--2--2---5-----------------|--0--0--0---------------------------------| |--2--2--2---5-----------------|--0--0--0---3----------3--2--0-----0------| |--0--0--0---3------------X-X--|--X--X--X---3-------------------3---------| |-------------------------X-X--|--3--3--3---1-------------------------3~--| VERSE 2: Riff 1 w/ lyrics seems so sick to the hypocrite norm running their boring drills but we are an elite race of our own the stoners, junkies, and freaks VERSE 3: Riff 2 w/ lyrics are you happy? i am man content and fully aware money, statues, nothing to me 'cause your life's empty and bare CHORUS INTERLUDE: guitar plays harmonized solo while bass plays Chorus. Solo: |-------------------------------------| |---------------8----------8--8--10---| |------------9------------------------| |--7---7--7---------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| repeat 4x |---------------------------------------------------| |---8------8--8--10---------------------------------| |--------------------10------10--9--7------7--------| |--------------------------------------10-----------| |---------------------------------------------10----| |---------------------------------------------------| RIFF 1: w/ ad lib intro vocals VERSE 4: w/ Riff 2 and lyrics you can't understand a user's mind but try, with your books and degrees if you let yourself go and open your mind i'll bet you'd be doing like me and it ain't so bad CHORUS OUTRO: Riff 1 w/ lyrics say, i do it a lot i do it a lot i do it a lot say, i do it a lot ************************* From: [email protected] Hey Alice in Chains fans!!! This is my first time trying to transcribe a song so if there are any mistakes please let me know, ok?? E-mail me at: [email protected] It would also be nice to hear from some of you to let me know that all the rewinding of my Dirt tape wasn't in vain. Have fun with it!! Junkhead by Alice in Chains Transcribed by Chris Simpkins Intro ----------------------------------------------------------------------e ----------------------------------------------------------------------B ------5--4-----4-----------------------------------------------------G ------5--4-----4--5----4--3----3--5--------------------------------D ------3--2-----2--5----4--3----3--5--------------------------------A -------------------3----2--1----1--3--------------------------------E Repeat 4x Verse ----------------------------------------------------------------------e ----------------------------------------------------------------------B ----------------------------------------------------------------------G ----------------------------------------------------------------------D ------3--2-----2-----------------------------------------------------A -------------------3----2--1----1--3---------------------------------E Repeat 4x (palm mute slightly) Chorus (F#,B,A,G) F#/B/A Yeahhhh.............. G F#/B/A What's my drug of choice, G F#/B/A Well what have you got? G F#/B/A I don't go broke, G F#/B/A And I do it alive! Verse ----------------------------------------------------------------------e ----------------------------------------------------------------------B ------5--4-----4-----------------------------------------------------G ------5--4-----4--5----4--3----3--5--------------------------------D ------3--2-----2--5----4--3----3--5--------------------------------A -------------------3----2--1----1--3--------------------------------E The verse goes back to these chords 4x and then to the root notes for the chords 4x. Solo ----------------------------------------------------------------------e ----------------------------------------------------------------------B -----------8-11---11-11-13-11----11-11-13-9----9-8-6-4---------G -6---6-6-------------------------------------------------------7-5---D ----------------------------------------------------------------------A ----------------------------------------------------------------------E Repeat 4x Please let me know if there are any mistakes =) Later, Chris