I'm About to Come Alive

	  		Train - 'I'm About to Come Alive' 
From 'My Private Nation' Album 
tuning - D Standard on Acoustic and Electric 
tabbed by jjhand 

Pat Monahan has nice vocal melody and harmony in this song. The hammer-ons  
and pull-offs in the folk inspired acoustic part are also a nice touch.  
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Intro/Verse Riff 
D|---------------------------|-0---0---------------------| 
A|---------------------------|-0-1-0---------------------| 
F|-2h4-2-----0-0-----------0-|-0-0-0-----0-0-----------0-| 
C|-0-0-0-----2-0-----0-0h2---|-x-x-x-----2-0-----0-0h2---| 
G|-x-x-x---------------------|-3-3-3---------------------| 
D|-3-3-3---------------------|---------------------------| 

|---------------------------|-0---0---------------------| 
|---------------------------|-0-1-0---------------------| 
|-2h4-2-----0-0-----------0-|-0-0-0-----0-0-------------| 
|-0-0-0-----2-0-----0-0h2---|-x-x-x-----2-0---------0---| 
|-x-x-x---------------------|-3-3-3-------------0h2-----| 
|-3-3-3---------------------|-------------------------3-| 




PreChorus (0:49) 
|-0----------0---|-0------------0-| 
|-1----------1---|-1------------1-| 
|-2----------2---|-0------------0-| 
|-2----------2---|-2------------2-| 
|-0----------0---|-3------------3-| 
|----------------|----------------| 

|---------------------------|---------------------------| 
|---------------------------|-0-1-0---------------------| 
|-2h4-2-----0-0-----------0-|-0-0-0-----0-0-------------| 
|-0-0-0-----2-0-----0-0h2---|-x-x-x-----2-0---------x-x-| 
|-x-x-x---------------------|-3-3-3-------------0h2-x-x-| 
|-3-3-3---------------------|---------------------------| 

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





Chorus- played 2x 

  Acoustic 
|--3---------------|--7-----------|-------------|--8------8---------| 
|--0---------------|--8-----------|-------------|--8------8---------| 
|--0---------------|--9-----------|--9----------|-10------9---5-----| 
|--0---------------|--9-----------|-10----------|-10-----10---5-----| 
|--2---------------|--------------|-10----------|-------------3-----| 
|--3---------------|--------------|--8----------|-------------------| 
| 
| Electric 
|-------------10---|--------------|-------------|-------------------------| 
|------------------|--------------|-------------|-------------------------| 
|-12p11----12------|--repeat------|-repeat------|-12-----12--(12p11-12h14)| 
|-------12-------12|--------------|-------------|-----12------------------| 
|------------------|--------------|-------------|-------------------------| 
|------------------|--------------|-------------|-------------------------| 
 Electric repeats same notes through 3 bars, () is first time only 



Bridge - similar to PreChorus 
|-0----------0---|-0------------0-|-3--------------|-0--------------| 
|-1----------1---|-1------------1-|-0----------0---|-1------------0-| 
|-2----------2---|-0------------0-|-0----------0---|-0------------0-| 
|-2----------2---|-2------------2-|-0----------0---|-2------------0-| 
|-0----------0---|-3------------3-|-x----------2---|-3------------2-| 
|----------------|----------------|-3--------------|----------------| 

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


Play Chorus Again 2x then fade out with this riff 






KEY 
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| /   slide up 
| \   slide down 
| h   hammer-on 
| p   pull-off 
| ~   vibrato 
| +   harmonic 
| x   Mute note 

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