Real Thing Chords

KeyF# CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays488

Real Thing by Alice in Chains is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F#. It uses the chords F#, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Here's most of the TAB for Real thing.  The song has alot
of fills, which I don't have time to write right now.  Also to
save time, I'm only putting each part once and a little outline.
Listen to the song to put it together just right.  Enjoy!!

Intro: Clean                                   Reapeat this part 12 more
times until "Don't Concern..."
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Verse : Repeat intro with distortion 7 times, then:
"Even if you say..."

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----0-H-2------3---3------------------X----3-----X--l----0-H-2----3---3-------
--X--3--X----
----0-H-2------2---2------------------X----2-----X--l----0-H-2----2---2-------
--X--2--X----

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----0--H--2------3--3------------------X---3---X----l-----2-------------------
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----0--H--2------2--2------------------X---2---X----l-------------------------
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Repeat Beginning part of verse 3 times then this fill:

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-----5---3---0-----2-B-----0---0------------
---------------------2-B-----0---0------------
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Chorus:
Go - ing down...                   Then the chords are full root six barre
chords.  Listen to the                         
                                           song
---------------2------------------        for the timing.  Each chord I write
below indicates one strum.
---------------2------------------
-----------------------------------       F#   G       G    G   F#         G
  F#    F
-----------------------------------       Repeat beginning verse riff 4
times, then:
-4--------------------------------       F#     G      F#           G
        G    G   F#         G   F#    F
-2--------------------------------       Then repeat beginning verse
                                          riff 4 more times and then go into
                                          this really cool wah wah riff 4
times
                                          and do some dive bombing with
                                          your whammy bar:
With wah:
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---------------2-----------------0---------------------------
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------0----------------0-----------------0------1------0---

Then do entire verse, chorus, beginning verse riff, and the
the cool wah wah riff three times, ending with this chord (E9)
and some whammy bar action:

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Email me if you want more of the fills at [email protected]
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante