Rooster Guitar Tab

		
		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 Ver 4 Ver 5 Ver 6 Ver 7 
	

Dirt Tabs:

Rooster Bass Tab

D - tuning
Intro:
e--------0---0-0-0-0--|------0---0-0-0-0-----
B--------0---0-0-0-0--|------0---0-0-0-0-----
G---------------------|----------------------
D----4-4-4---4-4-4-4--|--7-7-7---7-7-7-7-----  (Repeat a couple of times)
A----4-4-4---4-4-4-4--|--7-7-7---7-7-7-7-----
D----4-4-4---4-4-4-4--|--7-7-7---7-7-7-7-----
e----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G---6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--(6)~~~~~--(6)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------4--3--2-
D----------------------------------------------------------
e--------------------------------5~~~---------5-----------------------
B-------------------------7~~~~---------5-7-----7------(7)~~~---------
G--------------------------------2~~~---------2-----------------------
D-------4~~~~~----------4---------------2-4-----4------(4)~~~---------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------
D--7-4-----------7~~~~------------------------------------------------
Chorus:
e--7---10---X-X---         ---0-------------------------------
B--7---10---X-X---         ---0----------------4--------------
G-----------------         --------------------4--------------
D--9---12---X-X---         ---4--------4-------4--------------
A--9---12---X-X---         ---4--------4-------2--------------
D--9---12---------         ---4--------4----------------------
Then repeat the first B & D part, then this:
e--------0~~--|------------------|--------0~~---|-----5--(5)~~--------------
B--------0~~--|------------------|--------0~~---|-----5--(5)~~--------------
G-------------|--2---------------|--------3~~---|--2--2--(2)~~--------------
D--2--4--4~~--|--2---------------|--2--4--4~~---|--2--2--(2)~~--------------
A--2--4--4~~--|--0--4~~-3~~-2~~--|--0--4--4~~---|--0--0--(0)~~--------------
D--2--4--4~~--|------------------|-----4--4~~---|---------------------------
Interlude:
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------
G--4--3--4--4/6---6--4--4/6---3------------4--3--4--4/6--6--6/9------
D--------------------------------4--2--2-----------------------------
A--2--1--2--2/4---4--2--2/4---1--4--2--2---2--1--2--2/6--4--4/7------
D--------------------------------4--2--2-----------------------------
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------
G--9--9/11--9--11---14--11--9----------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
A--7--7/9---7--9----12--9---7----------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
2nd verse:
e----------------------------------------14-------------------------------
B-----------------17--14---17----(17)------------17~~----14-----14~~------
G---------------------------------------------14---------14---------------
D--4---(4)---------------------------------------------------17-----------
A--4---(4)----------------------------------------------------------------
D--4---(4)----------------------------------------------------------------
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--14----------------------------------------------------------------17~~-
G--14----------------14----------14----------14----16----14-16/18-18------
D------16~~~---14-16----16-14-16----16-14-16----16----16------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Outro:
1/2           ALL BENDS    1/2
e--X-------------16-17-16--16---14-----------------------------------
B----X------------------------------16-(16)-16-16-16--(16)---14--(14)
G------X-------------------------------------------------------------
D--------4-----------------------------------------------------------
A--------4-----------------------------------------------------------
D--------4-----------------------------------------------------------
and that's it...

Source: http://www.guitarmasta.net/a/alice_in_chains/345354.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Turbo Grom Wanna Be	#1 by Turbo Grom at Sep 26, 2007 at 1:51 AM EST
	I think its been settled this song is about Cantrell's father in vietnam. But i was watching MTV a while back, shortly after Cantrell's new cd came out, and he was hosting MTV rock show or something, and he told a story about how at some concert i think it was, someone stole his dads dog tags that he wore around his neck. Later these girls came and gave them back, and he was very happy. But not soon after he had a party at his house and someone stole them off the mantlepiece of his home. How fucked up is that? That would be like stealing someones mother's ashes or something. People these days. Great song, the acoustic is incredible.

No Picture Daniel Wanna Be	#2 by Daniel Phillips at Sep 27, 2007 at 11:50 PM EST
	A classic depiction of survival and sheer determination, with the battlefield as an apt metaphor.

No Picture Dave Average	#3 by Dave at Sep 28, 2007 at 5:02 AM EST
	I always heard his dad was a sniper; he'd 'roost' somewhere with concealment and snipe the enemy. He'd often have to escape while several viet cong were trying to kill him, "come to snuff the rooster".

No Picture Tyler Wanna Be	#4 by Tyler Epperson at Sep 29, 2007 at 1:52 AM EST
	The people in his Jerrys Dads Platoon nicknamed him rooster and when his dad came back from the war he would tell his son chilling stories then he would say "they haven't found a way to kill me yet"

No Picture jUsT_tHe_PoStAl Wanna Be	#5 by jUsT_tHe_PoStAl_SeRvIcE at Oct 3, 2007 at 2:29 AM EST
	Meaning becomes obvious after reading the lyrics, seeing the video (full of Vietnam dramatizations and shots of an older man, who I'm assuming is Jerry Sr.) and the liner notes from Dirt in which Jerry thanks "Jerry Cantrell Sr. (The Rooster)"

No Picture MOTLEY CRUE! Lead Player	#6 by MOTLEY CRUE! ROCKS! at Oct 3, 2007 at 2:44 AM EST
	When Cantrells dad fired his m-16 on fully auto the guys in his platoon said his head moved up and down like a rooster. There you have it.

No Picture Zane Rhythm Player	#7 by Zane Bardarson at Oct 4, 2007 at 3:29 AM EST
	correction..... rooster was his piolet name

No Picture Ben Wanna Be	#8 by Ben Porter at Oct 5, 2007 at 2:42 AM EST
	Sorry bngipson, but Staley is the one singing. Anyways., yeah I love this song it's absolutley beautiful. It's from it that I learnt what "snuff" even means, so thank you for that aic.