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From: winston campbell
Subject: ANGRY CHAIR by Alice In Chains
Angry Chair
(words & music by Layne Staley)
First of all, like most Alic In Chains song, this song is in Eb tuning,
meaning tuning down the whole guitar one half step down. This song has
basically two guitar riffs throughout the verse. One guitar plays:
Eb -----------------
Bb -----------------
Gb -----------------
Db -----------------
Ab ------2-----3----
Eb --0-----0--------
This riff is sort of a play off of Eb5 to Eb#5. The other guitar, I
believe just plays and Eb5 power chord. The part that goes -what do I
see cross the way, heeyyy....- is:
Eb ---------------------
Bb ---------------------
Gb --------------------- (the fifth fret is bended)
Db --3-3-3-3-2--2-------
Ab --3-3-3-3-2--2-------
Eb --1-1-1-1-0--0--5b---
The other part to the song, the emotional -I don~t mind- part is:
Eb ----------------------------------------------------
Bb ----------------------------------------------------
Gb ----------------------------------------------------
Db --7--7--9--9-9--4--4--5--5--7--7--9--9-9--2-----2bb-
Ab --7--7--9--9-9--4--4--5--5--7--7--9--9-9--2---------
Eb --5--5--7--7-7--2--2--3--3--5--5--7--7-7--0---------
And that is basically it!
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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tracey Wanna Be |
#1 by tracey grimes at Sep 28, 2007 at 11:00 AM EST |
| I don't think beautiful is a good way to describe this song... more like infuriating and haunting... Alice in Chains were always good at conveying emotion in my opinion (that's why music is supposed to be there in the first place, but meh) and this one is true to it's title... This song just makes you want to hide in a corner and punch stuff... | |
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Sasquatch Average |
#2 by Sasquatch Bob at Sep 30, 2007 at 8:26 AM EST |
| i agree with King Nothing...sentenced to death and regret | |
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Jay Rhythm Player |
#3 by Jay B at Oct 2, 2007 at 6:25 PM EST |
| That makes sence | |
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Lucien Wanna Be |
#4 by Lucien at Oct 3, 2007 at 10:35 AM EST |
| Angry Chair is part of a cycle of songs on the album "Dirt" that tell a story. You really can't get its meaning completely unless you listen to it within context. (One of the great things about listening to a full album in order instead of just downloading individual songs--albums can tell a story and great ones are more than the sum of their parts. "Dirt" is certainly such a record, you must listen to the whole thing as one entity to "get" most of the songs fully.) Anyway, "Angry Chair" is part of the cycle on "Dirt" that deals with heroin addiction. It starts with "Junkhead" (which very sarcastically and darkly presents the mindset of someone first getting into heroin use and thinking it's wonderful), then goes through Dirt -> Godsmack -> Hate to Feel which chronicle the user's realization that he's hooked and that heroin is destroying him horribly. Layne said in interviews that one of the reasons he wrote so personally about his experiences with heroin was to warn other people off, prevent them from making the same mistake he made. (I'm sure that is the "little boy made a mistake" in this song. He messed up, and now he's realizing that his mistake is costing him his health, sanity, and life.) I think this cycle of songs works as the best warning against drug use I've ever heard (and is the reason I will *never* touch the stuff). But you can also relate to it and find meaning even if you are not into drugs. Just in a more general sense, the idea that you've lost your innocence, that you've made mistakes that are destroying your life, that you look in the mirror and can't stand what you've become, the horror and desperation, why is your life turning out like this, how did this happen ....? Innocence lost, basically. Probably my favorite song ever. | |
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robert Average |
#5 by robert liedberg at Oct 3, 2007 at 3:09 PM EST |
| actually i think the angry chair refers to rehab | |
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hottyrocker55 Rhythm Player |
#6 by hottyrocker55 at Oct 3, 2007 at 8:53 PM EST |
| Loneliness is not a phase Field of pain is where I graze Serenity is far away Wow... | |
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Josh Lead Player |
#7 by Josh Ripley at Oct 5, 2007 at 2:41 PM EST |
| *sense* | |
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