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Sludge Factory - Alice In Chains
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Album: Alice In Chains: Unplugged
Tuning: Drop D Down Half Step
b = bend		h = hammer on
r = release		p = pull off
s = slide		v = vibrato
Intro:
F5 Dsus2		   D5    D5
e  |------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
B  |------------3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
G  |------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-| x4
D  |--1--3--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
A  |--1--3--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
E  |--1--3--0---------------------0-----0-------------|
Verse:
F5 Dsus2		   D5    D5
e  |------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
B  |------------3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
G  |------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-| x8
D  |--1--3--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
A  |--1--3--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
E  |--1--3--0---------------------0-----0-------------|
You insult me in my home you're forgiven this time
Things go well, your eyes dilate you shake, and I'm high?
Look in my eyes deep and watch the clouds change with time
20 hours won't print my picture milk carton size
carton size
carton size
carton size
Verse:
F5 Dsus2		   D5    D5
e  |------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
B  |------------3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
G  |------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-| x4
D  |--1--3--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
A  |--1--3--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
E  |--1--3--0---------------------0-----0-------------|
call me up congratulations ain't the real why
There's no pressure besides brilliance let's say by day 9
Endless corporate ignorance lets me control time
by the way, by the way, by the way, by the way
Chorus
Guitar 2 Plays Verse Riff as backing for lead guitar
e  |------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B  |--2h3-s5-s10-8----------------------|--2h3-s5--------------------------|
G  |---------------7-6-5v---------------|---------5-4-2-4-4b--4-2----------|
D  |----------------------5-4-3v--------|-------------------------3--------|
A  |-----------------------------3-4s5--|---------------------------3-4s5--|
E  |------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Once again you see an in...
e  |------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B  |--2h3-s5-s10-8----------------------|--2h3-s5-s10-8--------------------|
G  |---------------7-6-5v---------------|----------------7-6-5v------------|
D  |----------------------5-4-3v--------|------------------------5-4-3v----|
A  |-----------------------------3-4s5--|----------------------------------|
E  |------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
So afraid you kindly gurgle out...
once again you see an in
discolored skin gives you away
so afraid you kindly gurgle out a date
for me
Intro:
F5 Dsus2		   D5    D5
e  |------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
B  |------------3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
G  |------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-| x4
D  |--1--3--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
A  |--1--3--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
E  |--1--3--0---------------------0-----0-------------|
Verse:
F5 Dsus2		   D5    D5
e  |------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
B  |------------3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
G  |------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-| x4
D  |--1--3--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
A  |--1--3--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
E  |--1--3--0---------------------0-----0-------------|
now the body of one soul I adore wants to die
you have always told me you'd not live past 25
I say stay long enough to repay all who caused strife
SOLO
E  |-------------------------|--------------------------|
B  |--------6-----6--8-7-6v--|------6---6v------6---6v--|
G  |--5--7-----7-------------|--7-7---7-----7-7---7-----|
D  |-------------------------|--------------------------|
A  |-------------------------|--------------------------|
E  |-------------------------|--------------------------|
E  |-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B  |------8-7-6--------------------|--------------------------------|
G  |--7-7-------7--5h7-5h7-5h7-7v--|--5h7p5-------------------------|
D  |-------------------------------|--------7-5-7-5-3--5-3-5p3------|
A  |-------------------------------|----------------------------5v--|
E  |-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E  |--------------------------------------|-------------------|
B  |--------------------------------------|-------------------|
G  |--------------------------------------|-------------------|
D  |--------------------------------------|------3-3s5--7--5--|
A  |--5p3-----------3--5--5---3---3h5-5v--|--3h5--------------|
E  |-------3v----5--------------5---------|-------------------|
E  |--------------------|-------------8--------------|
B  |--------------------|--6---6--9b-----9r--6-8-----|
G  |--------5--7-7-7-7--|----7-------------------7v--|
D  |--5--7--------------|----------------------------|
A  |--------------------|----------------------------|
E  |--------------------|----------------------------|
Chorus
e  |------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B  |--2h3-s5-s10-8----------------------|--2h3-s5--------------------------|
G  |---------------7-6-5v---------------|---------5-4-2-4-4b--4-2----------|
D  |----------------------5-4-3v--------|-------------------------3--------|
A  |-----------------------------3-4s5--|---------------------------3-4s5--|
E  |------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Once again you see an in...
e  |------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B  |--2h3-s5-s10-8----------------------|--2h3-s5-s10-8--------------------|
G  |---------------7-6-5v---------------|----------------7-6-5v------------|
D  |----------------------5-4-3v--------|------------------------5-4-3v----|
A  |-----------------------------3-4s5--|----------------------------------|
E  |------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
So afraid you kindly gurgle out...                     x2
once again you see an in
discolored skin gives you away
so afraid you'd kindly gurgle out a date
for me
once again you see an in
discolored skin gives you away
so afraid you'd kindly gurgle out a date
for me
Intro:
F5 Dsus2		   D5    D5
e  |------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
B  |------------3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
G  |------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-| x4
D  |--1--3--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
A  |--1--3--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
E  |--1--3--0---------------------0-----0-------------|
End

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Mark Average	#1 by Mark Bianchi at Sep 26, 2007 at 2:23 PM EST
	this is wither about laynes heroin addictyion on about vietnam (leaning toward layne)

No Picture More Cowbell Lead Player	#2 by More Cowbell at Sep 26, 2007 at 6:35 PM EST
	This is about someone telling Layne when he's gonna die. likely a friend, enters layne's home & insults him, layne says hes going to change and get out of his drug habbit. The insult was probably about a 20 hour drug binge. hence the line, "20 hours wont print my picture..." The milk carton refrence is about back in the day, when someone would go missing, people would post te missing person's picture on milk cartons. the chorus is about this friend telling layne exactly when hes going to die, he gurgles out a date of death for him. the next line is the friend talking, saying that layne told this friend he wasnt going to live past his 25th birthday. The end is saying that people are trying to make layne guilty so he'll quit the drugs. Thats just a brief explanation, the song has alot more evidence, but I'm too lazy to type it all.

No Picture Evan Wanna Be	#3 by Evan Deges at Sep 26, 2007 at 11:19 PM EST
	AMAZING SONG........... the end part is so amazing when layne's singing in the background of the music. so insane i love it, i love how it's so long. seems to me its about the stuff you guys were talking about. he was a really messed up guy.

No Picture jake Average	#4 by jake loewen at Sep 27, 2007 at 2:37 AM EST
	What else besides the word "corporate" in the song makes it about the record industry? I figured it that the pressure of quick, brilliant work would be the only pressure left if he stopped using drugs, since he wouldn't have to deal with the pressure of addiction. I mean, maybe that one verse has to do with the record industry, but nothing else in the song seems to have anything to do with it.

No Picture andrew/JESUS Lead Player	#5 by andrew/JESUS roman at Sep 27, 2007 at 6:23 AM EST
	I generally lean towards unplugged verisons for songs, because they protray a greater sense of emotion. This song is no exception, it really does let you know how he felt. It's so powerful. I love it.

No Picture Samer Average	#6 by Samer Zouein at Sep 27, 2007 at 8:27 PM EST
	Layne's girlfriend died of a heroin overdose a few years before him. My money's on this song is about his girlfriend?

No Picture Eskil Oscar Average	#7 by Eskil Oscar Svendsen at Sep 29, 2007 at 10:14 AM EST
	I think it's pretty obvious that the song is about Layne's drug addictions. I assume it's written from the point of view of the other band members. "discolored skin gives you away" would be one of the other band members noticing track marks on Layne's arm from injecting heroin. "So afraid you kindly gurgle out a date for me" would be Layne timidly offering a date that he would quit by. And, by the way it's repeated in the song, he probably gets caught multiple times. For the "There's no pressure besides brilliance let's say by day 9" part, I think the major symptoms of heroin widthdrawal take about that long to go away, so there would be no pressure other than the pressure of making brilliant songs after the widthdrawal symptoms go away, maybe. The last verse is pretty straight forward.

No Picture Curtis Rhythm Player	#8 by Curtis Lee at Sep 29, 2007 at 1:32 PM EST
	Sliznut, I think you got it pretty much spot on. I interpret the song much the same, but with one exception. I think the song as a whole is about his cynicism towards the production label. However, I don't think that he's using the milk carton reference to say that folks won't look for him when he's dead or because they will already know the cause. I think he's saying that other people are just used to him being reclusive for long periods of time (or straight missing practice or recording sessions). So if he is "missing" for a period of say, 20 hrs or so, he wouldn't actually be "missed". i.e., no one would print his face on a milk carton. To PopNFresh07: Demri died of endocarditis, not overdose. Also, she died in 1996. The selftitled album was released in 1995.

No Picture screamokid Average	#9 by screamokid at Sep 29, 2007 at 1:43 PM EST
	Well, no, I definately think this could be record industry...or people outside of fans and band. The pressures of extremely quick work...yet necessary brilliance.

No Picture jake Average	#10 by jake gonzales at Sep 29, 2007 at 5:16 PM EST
	This is all About heroin... the sludge factory is a metaphor referring to Layne's body... and the portrayal of his loss of creative spirit as the recluse he became when he was full-blown... i.e. the reference to the picture on the milk carton, as if he were missing already...

No Picture E Average	#11 by E F at Sep 29, 2007 at 5:43 PM EST
	Yeah, I'm leaning more toward's Layne's addictions as the topic of this song. They did a good job capturing the helplessness of the lyrics with the music, at least on the studio version. The unplugged version was good, but they didn't quite get the same dark undertone.

No Picture converes Average	#12 by converes at Sep 29, 2007 at 7:22 PM EST
	"20 hours won't print my picture milk carton size Carton size, carton size" I think this line refers to the fact that if layne died no one would go looking for him. they wouldnt put his picture on a milk carton cause they would know exactly what killed him. "Call me up congratulations ain't the real why There's no pressure besides brilliance let's say by day 9 Endless corporate ignorance lets me control time By the way, by the way, by the way" The record company called him up to see if he was alright. but they didnt care about his health they just wanted to know if he could make some more hit songs for them. brillance is the pressure put on him by the company and day 9 is when he'll come out. because the record company doesnt know wtf is going on layne says when he will do stuff and how long it will take. "Once again you see an in, discolored skin gives you away So afraid you kindly gurgle, out a date for me" I think the discolored skin might be the record companys turning red indicating that they are angry with layne. but they are afraid he will quit so they kindly suggest a day that he may come to work. "I bear true and an existing witness to this barrel of monkeys. A self proclaimed immoral success, perfected by each whereof individually deadly and equally so and spread about the surrendered troops, for even thousands of miles will not tear apart their communication, or the lack thereof." He is proof of his own life. he is a success even though an immoral one because of his drug addiction. he's been conditioned to be like this by all these people who seem to communicate with each other on how to keep layne this way. "Vultures, liars, thieves, each proclaim their innocence In no suggestion or rhyme, your weapon is contained in the wrecking of the keeping the desired effect. The breaking of the spirit thwarts the whole being. Your weapon is guilt, your weapon is guilt, your weapon is guilt. Guilt." All these people feed off laynes success but none claim their responsible for layne being the way he is. they like to keep layne broken and sad so he can keep producing good songs. They make him feel guilty to make him do stuff. Thats what I get from the song. who knows but layne what it means.

No Picture Drew Wanna Be	#13 by Drew Hanson at Sep 30, 2007 at 12:47 AM EST
	layne is talkin to himself, speaking how he feels. Body of one soul I adore want's to die, not live past 25. deathwish, end the pain, RIP LAYNE now your at peace

No Picture caleb Wanna Be	#14 by caleb at Sep 30, 2007 at 8:41 AM EST
	Yea I think the "Not live past 25" part is about his girlfriend, Demri, who died in the 90s ('96 maybe?) of heart complications from the drug useage...she was only like 27 years old.

No Picture mongoose Average	#15 by mongoose jones at Oct 1, 2007 at 12:23 AM EST
	i think the unplugged version is 1000 times better, especially in the begining with the "aaahh aah aah ooww, ahh ya". and i think its about people seeing him for drugs and how it is so obvious sometimes that drugs are the only reason that these perople were around.

No Picture Jimmy Average	#16 by Jimmy at Oct 1, 2007 at 2:22 AM EST
	Actually...I think this song is about a coke addiction as well. "You insult me in my home, you're forgiven this time Things go well, your eyes dilate, you shake, and I'm high?" It seems as though the narrator is pissed at his friend/girlfriend for criticizing him because he shoots dope, but he wanted to point out that he/she has no room to talk, because it seems as though his friend has a bit of a coke problem (heroin constricts the pupils, whereas coke dilates them. It also makes you shake like mad) "20 hours won't print my picture milk carton size" I agree with onelokikitty's interpretation of this excerpt. "There's no pressure besides brilliance let's say by day 9" It sounds like the narrator is either being pressured to write hit songs or is being talked into committing himself to rehab (They say it takes 3-10 days to initially withdrawl from a heroin addiction) "Discolored skin gives you away" Well...it seems as though his friend's coke problem is worse than we thought. Apparently he/she shoots it. "So afraid, you kindly gurgle out a date for me" This reminds me of those who like to claim that another person's addiction is worse than his/her own to downplay his/her problems. His friend is a little hypocratical in telling him that he'll be dead soon. "Now the body of one soul I adore wants to die You have always told me you won't live past 25 I say stay long enough to repay all who cause strife" Pretty self-explanitory. "I bear true and an existing witness to this barrel of monkeys." He seems to be talking about junkies. "A self proclaimed immoral success, perfected by each whereof individually deadly and equally so" I interpret this as meaning, 'no matter the substance of choice, you're killing yourself all the same.' "and spread about the surrendered troops, for even thousands of miles will not tear apart their communication, or the lack thereof." Drugs have claimed those who see no hope in their lives or motivation to better themselves. They create such motivation that a junkie will go to any length for a fix... "Vultures, liars, thieves, each proclaim their innocence" They will lie, cheat, and steal for dope but they still insist that they don't have a problem. "In no suggestion or rhyme, your weapon is contained in the wrecking of the keeping the desired effect. The breaking of the spirit thwarts the whole being." He is basically saying that his friend has become a creature who exists only to feed an addiction. He/she is no longer him/herself. "Your weapon is guilt, your weapon is guilt, your weapon is guilt. Guilt." As we've noticed in the first verse, his friend likes to criticize qualities in the narrator that he/she possesses as well...It is known to this friend, but the friend doesn't want to admit his/her own problems 1 2 Next

No Picture Shavo Odadjian. Average	#17 by Shavo Odadjian.... The REAL BassMasta at Oct 1, 2007 at 8:32 AM EST
	Yeah, I'm leaning more toward's Layne's addictions as the topic of this song. They did a good job capturing the helplessness of the lyrics with the music, at least on the studio version. The unplugged version was good, but they didn't quite get the same dark undertone.

No Picture DemolitionLover Wanna Be	#18 by DemolitionLover ^^v^^ at Oct 2, 2007 at 3:04 AM EST
	on the unplugged dvd (but not the cd) you can see layne fucks up when he starts singing this song. He sings: "You insult me in my home, you're forgiven this time There's no pressure besides brilliance let's say by day 9.......Fuck!" It's kinda funny, and totally acceptable since this was the first time the band had played a show in what, 4 years?

No Picture Emmanuel Average	#19 by Emmanuel Morales at Oct 2, 2007 at 5:44 AM EST
	Your weapon is guilt... I'm gonna get that tatooed on my forearm I think. That one line makes me think a lot.

No Picture tom Average	#20 by tom jenkins at Oct 2, 2007 at 6:23 PM EST
	i always thought this was about the record industry

No Picture Adam Average	#21 by Adam Nickel at Oct 3, 2007 at 12:16 AM EST
	i would go with heroin addiction and I agree with stonedtemplepilot, the unplugged version is a lot better.

No Picture Jared Wanna Be	#22 by Jared Richmond at Oct 3, 2007 at 2:54 AM EST
	What do YOU like most about this song?

No Picture Julian Average	#23 by Julian . at Oct 3, 2007 at 9:08 PM EST
	I just want to say I love the spoken part of this song!! OMG I want it mounted on my wall on a huge plague!!! ....lol thanks.

No Picture Killer Wanna Be	#24 by Killer at Oct 4, 2007 at 11:41 AM EST
	Good point onelokikitty. I never thought of it that way. You may be right on this one.

No Picture Darren Wanna Be	#25 by Darren Pilton at Oct 5, 2007 at 12:24 PM EST
	Does anyone think that this person who insulted him was his father? You know how he says that "Once again you see an in, discolored skin gives you away So afraid you kindly gurgle, out a date for me" .. Was it Jerry or Layne that wrote this song?