Song: Solitude
Artist: Jerry Cantrell
Album: Degradation Trip
Tabbed by: Mike Lamb (Davematthewsman)
Tuning: Down 1 step [DGCFAD]
Ok, Nobody else has tabbed this that i could find so here it is. Its an awsome
song and fun to play. (and yes, most of the album is played down 1 step unlike
Boggy Depot which was only down a 1/2 step)
p=pull off
h=hammer on
/=slide up
\=slide down
i haven't listed the correct amount of times to strum the chords because its
really easy to figure out yourself (if there is only one chord then there is
only one of that chord).
Intro
D|-------------------------0-0-0-0--2------------||
A|-2p0---------2-----------1-1-1-1--3--2-2-2-2---||
F|-2----2--------2---------0-0-0-0--2--2-2-2-2---||
C|-2------2--------2-------2-2-2-2--0--2-2-2-2---||
G|-0--------0---------2/3--3-3-3-3-----0-0-0-0---||
D|-----------------------------------------------||
Verse
D|--------0-----------------0----------------2------------
A|----------0-----------------3-----3------3---3------3---
F|------------0----------0------0--------2-------2--------
C|-----2-----------2---2----------2----0-----------0------
G|---2-----------2---3------------------------------------
D|-0------------------------------------------------------
D|--------0-------------||
A|-----------0----------||
F|-----2--------2---2---||
C|---2------------2-----||
G|-0--------------------||
D|----------------------||
Pre-Chorus("When hurting yourself feels right")
D|-3-3-3-3--2-2---3-3-3-3--2-2-|
A|-3-3-3-3--3-3---3-3-3-3--3-3-|
F|-0-0-0-0--2-2---0-0-0-0--2-2-|
C|-2-2-2-2--0-0---2-2-2-2--0-0-|
G|-3-3-3-3--------3-3-3-3------|
D|-----------------------------|
("Take the time to pull the weeds")
D|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--||
A|-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3---0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3--||
F|-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0--||
C|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--||
G|-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3---0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3--||
D|--------------------------------------||
Chorus (...Or seal your doom)
D|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0--||Repeat a couple of times.
A|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0--||
F|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0--||
C|-0-0--2-2-2-2-2--0-0--2-2-2-2-2--||
G|-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-2--||
D|-3-3--0-0-0-0-0--3-3--0-0-0-0-0--||
Song Layout is pretty basic so ill leave it out.
Lyrics:
(verse 1)
There's no out, downside up for good
No light, reflection understood
Had to try, perversion satisfied
insane...so i indulge the beast awhile
(pre-chorus)
When hurting yourself feels right
And there's nothing familiar in sight
Take the time to pull the weeds
choking flowers in your life...
(chorus)
Or seal your doom
Cold transparent blue
Locked inside a room
In solitude
(verse 2)
There's no flesh, my own ghost awaits
Unclean, defiled, hallucinatory state
Lust, sloth, not my only sins
it's just how, when it's time, on a degradation trip...yeah
(pre-chorus)
(Chorus)
Or seal your doom
Cold transparent blue
Locked inside a room
In solitude
Insanity takes you
So black it's untrue
So black it's untrue...
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Andy Average |
#1 by Andy Quinton at Sep 27, 2007 at 8:08 PM EST |
| Degradation Trip, the title of the album and the most menacing lyrics to the song. It sets the entire theme of the album. Jerry wrote this album in the midst of sobering up. It was a long struggle, which took him years, even after the album was finished. This is really the pinnacle of his addiction. He knows he is at a low and near death, as supported by the lyrics "my own ghost awaits" and from here on out he fights regain control in his life. "pull the weeds Choking flowers in your life." The entire album is very reflective over his entire life. It's as if he sat down to right an album, and realized how bad his life really was at that point. He reflects his childhood, his success as musician, his relationships, his addictions, and finally, he works to overcome them, and sets his goal to better his life. Each song is just a chapter in the novel that is Degradation Trip. 1 | |
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phoen Average |
#2 by phoen bay at Oct 2, 2007 at 9:35 AM EST |
| I think the last post was total shit! Who do you think you are anyway? What a creep!! | |
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(DDD Bass Gu Rhythm Player |
#3 by (DDD Bass Guitar/Backup Vocals) Jeff Fritts at Oct 2, 2007 at 1:31 PM EST |
| I can't believe no posts for this song! Its about the road to depression and insanity. It is a long road and the "degradation trip" is about drug or alcohol use/abuse. It takes awhile, but his friend Layne Staley eventually got there. It is basicly Jerry's song about the cycle of "do drugs because things suck" and the eventual "things suck because I do drugs". Or it may be even deeper than that. This "solitude" is the real problem, but drugs and booze helped for awhile. Now they help very little, but I have no better alternative. I hate the drugs, I hate were I am now, I hate everything. Shit! Fuck it. I am goin to get high. The cycle of shit keeps goin on. Until insanity takes you. | |
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