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I ALONE - Live
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Tabbed by: Asprology21
Email: benremmert@hotmail.com
Tuning: Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, eb
VERSE
eb|------------------------------0-0---0-0-----------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------0-0---0-0-----------------------------|
Gb|-----0--x---7--7---x--5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x-x-------------------------| x8
Db|-----0--x---7--7---x--5—5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x-x-------------------------|
Ab|-----2--x---5--5---x--3—3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-x-x-------------------------|
Eb|-----3--------------------------------------------------------------|
It’s easier not to be wise…
eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--4-----------------------4--------------0--------------------------|
Db|--4-ring------------------4-ring---------0--------------------------|
Ab|--2-----------------------2--------------2\-------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------3\-------------------------|
… Leave you there by yourself chained to fate
CHORUS
eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--0-0-x--4----------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--1-1-x--4--0-0---x-----------6--6----6-6---------------------------|
Db|--2-2-x--4--0-0---x-----------7--7----7-7---------------------------|
Ab|--2-2-x--2--2-2---x-----------7--7----7-7---------------------------|
Eb|--0-0-------3-3---------------5--5----5-5---------------------------|
I alone love you… Fear is not the end of this
BRIDGE
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-0---------------------------0---------------------------------------|
Gb|-4---------------------------4---------------------------------------|
Db|-4--FEEDBACK-----------------4---FEEDBACK----------------------------|
Ab|-2--FEEDBACK-----------------2---FEEDBACK----------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Oh now, we took it…
Well, That’s it. Very simple, but powerful. With the bridge, there’s heaps of room to
around, and very hard to mess up.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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matt Average |
#1 by matt spolsky at Sep 27, 2007 at 2:59 PM EST |
| Yeah it has to be my favorite live song. I think its pretty much saying that the world is a cruel place and that no one cares for anyone except for the speaker who cares for the subject. But i dont really know - i was hoping someone would have some insight on it. | |
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Laurence Average |
#2 by Laurence Alam at Sep 29, 2007 at 5:31 AM EST |
| I totally missed the whole churchy vibe, probably because I dont take much stock in such things, but I can still appreciate its emotional depth and the feeling and power that he puts forth through his lyrics. Really, I personally think its about him being in love with someone that is making things difficult for him and hes trying to get across to said person how they make him feel. But thats just me. | |
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Harry Average |
#3 by Harry Johnson at Sep 29, 2007 at 12:25 PM EST |
| Yes! This has to be one of the best songs they have ever did. But it is so deep...does anyone have any insight on it. | |
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Daron Average |
#4 by Daron Malakian at Sep 29, 2007 at 4:59 PM EST |
| It has alot to do w/ faith, at least in my mind. obviously i am a very religious person, and see things in that light. The passion in his voice is definitly there, however, passion is not anger. i think it is about Christ, about his love, etc... also, about being tested, tempted. Though God doesnt tempt us, he allows us to be, so this is a slightly liberal interpretation of that. God loves us, and allows us to be tempted, therefore tempts us, and again, He loves us. There are alot of religious symbols in Lives music, and most of them are pro-Jesus, so far as i can tell. | |
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Joe Average |
#5 by Joe Miller at Oct 2, 2007 at 3:15 AM EST |
| This song is indeed about the Church and religion and the parable described above, but I look at it a slightly different way. It shows the potential cruelty of religion and way the church can subjugate the meek. "It's easier not to be wise" or "strong." Encourages the disciples not to reach too high or be too ambitious. "I'll read to you hear, rest your eyes." refers to the church wanting to interpret the Bible for you and not encouraging you to interpret it on your own. This somewhat darker view of the church is supported by they way he sings the songs. There is a lot of anger in his voice as he sings "I alone love you, I alone tempt you." It's really a strong assault on the church. Great song. | |
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Da 1 n onli Mat Average |
#6 by Da 1 n onli Matt! goncalves at Oct 7, 2007 at 2:49 PM EST |
| "pro-Jesus" ??!! You gotta be kidding. Who do you think is "the greatest of teachers" who "won't hesitate to leave you alone"...who will ABANDON you? Although he uses a lot of religious imagery, Ed obviously has a lot of dislike (disillusionment?anger? hatred?) for organized religion ..see "Selling the Drama". | |
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Brennan Wanna Be |
#7 by Brennan unknown at Oct 8, 2007 at 2:45 PM EST |
| first of all this song is probably one of my favorite songs of all time in fact second only to name by the goo goo dolls. However I agree with several of you that live is the greatest of all time and no one can touch them. That said I think is more sarcastic and kind of a betrayed pissed off and brooding. if you follow live lyrically it seems to me ( and this is strictly my theory) like ed found something to believe in a religion of some sort but then it was like he was betrayed and then by the time tdth rolled he revived his hopes in something new or found a way to better understand the old. But my point is I think this song is more about betrayal and I'll find my own way "love" type of deal. This is the way I envision i alone in my mind. Ok the first verse its like a priest is preaching its easier not to be wise ( humble people follow better ) then the next line is ed saying I sank into eden with you ( the ideal of this religion ) alone in the church by and by ( now i see this line as a confession, as a description line not talking, at this point its seems like ed has sinned or is asking a question) I'll read to you here save your eyes, ( the priest trying to comfort ed with scripture, the scripture doesn't explain or comfort ed and its almost as though he is condemned in the next few words ) you'll need them your boat is at sea ( you've drifted from our beliefs ) your anchor is up you've been swept away (too far for return) and the greatest of teachers won't hesitate to leave you there by yourself chained to fate (the priest has abandoned him for his crimes and left him chained without forgiveness to his fate, this line is ed's words, full of anger because he's been cast out and left on his own.) the chorus I alone loved you, I alone tempt you, I alone loved you ( the recollection of the teachings of this religion, and ed trying to figure out why he's been abandoned if this was true, and he's saying this to himself like yeah right, and then) fear is not the end of this (this is ed then rising above and not falling amidst his pain and saying I won't be scared into submission and screw this I'll find something better) Then I've never really pondered a lot on the second verse but to go along with what I've been saying, Its easier not to be great (this is ed figuring out where to turn but taking some of the truths he's learned from the past, it is easier to follow with out an ego and being humble) you measure these things by you're eyes (ed saying i've seen this with my own eyes and so this is truth) we long to be here by his resolve (ed saying he's not alone in his desire to be part of the great plan and he just wants to find god's truth) alone in the church by and by (just more that he wants to be part of the divine plan) to cradle the baby in space ( your guess is as good mine but maybe ed is comparing himself to a child compared to god and wishing to be cradled in the arms of the truth) and leave you there by youreself chained to fate (ed's fear of being betrayed again) then the bridge I think this whole thing is ed speaking to himself oh now we took it back to far only love can save us now, all these riddles that you burn all come running back to you, all these rythems that you hide, only love can save us now,all these riddles that you burn, yeah yeah yeah ( this is the best bridge of all times by the way) anyway i think this is ed saying i've got to find the truth to save me from my self ( all these riddles, maybe the riddles are sins he can't figure out how to stop committing, all come running back to you, and only love can save us now) So that is one of my interpretations of i alone, yes I do have others but that was the most I've typed in a long anus time. So I thought that all of you had pretty good interps. and there's mine so enjoy and take from it what you will, cuz only the guys in live really know what the song is about, and I've always thought that the line I sank into eden with you could imply a love gone bad song, and maybe the song isn't about ed maybe he was inspired by a story as was Pearl Jam's Jeremy who knows, but its awesome, and that's all I have to say about that. Oh yeah I also think that dollsteaktestmeat's ideas were really good, I agree alot with what you had to say, anyway that's all. | |
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Jake Average |
#8 by Jake Staley at Oct 11, 2007 at 10:46 AM EST |
| For me Ed wants to assure to god that he loves 'it' soooo much. Also, he speaks to the listeners in the last verse: "Only love can save us now"...He communies with the listeners and his relationship to god | |
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Chris Average |
#9 by Chris Tucker at Oct 12, 2007 at 1:43 AM EST |
| I agree totally with dhaval...I knew this song was about religion...but I never really knew what the lyrics were.... but after reading them and listening to the song..he has definite passion in his voice sort of a mad passion...and the words are describing how the church really is...(not a discussion on how people interpret the bible, but a interpretation of one person) and how you need the church...you are weak and can't think on your own..."out to sea with no one to save you" He's perceiving the views and thoughts of a preacher but using his own angry views of how the church is, read the lyrics, hear the anger in his voice. peace krista | |
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Average |
#10 by KitCat at Oct 16, 2007 at 7:17 AM EST |
| THis song is about the story portrayed in Bible--Luke 8:22-25. It is the story of Jesus calming the storm while he and his disciples are in a boat at sea. Jesus is often called Rabbi or teacher. HE is considered the greatest of teachers. He fell asleep while they were at sea and a storm came along. Initially this can be seen as Jesus not hesitating to leave his followers in peril. Yet above all, Jesus love pales all other loves. Fear was not the end of the situation. Rather he awoke, rebuked his followers for their lack of faith and calmed the storm, saving their lives. The riddles are the prophesies Jesus fufilled from the Jewish tradition and the parables he spoke in. FOr the disciples, they had turned from the world and there was no turning back. Now only teh ultimate love, Jesus could save them. And he did. God Bless Look for religious meaning in most of Lives lyrics such as selling the drama. Throwing Copper uses alot of Christian imagery and Mental Jewelry, the Distance to Here, and V use alot of Easter imagery. THough they all combine. | |
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