Alone Chords
by Tool
Alone by Tool is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tool and Creed - Alone
Standard Tuning-(EBGDAE)
or
Drop D Tuning -(EBGDAD)
Both versions provided
Tabbed by Micah Melton- June 18, 2003
Comments or any corrections email [email protected]
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Intro
E|----3---------------3-----3----------3----------------3--2--3-
B|----0--0--1---------0--0--0----------0--0--1----------0--2--0-
G|-0--0--2--0------0--0--2--0-------0--0--2--0-------0--0--4--0-
D|-2--0--2--2------2--0--2--0-------2--0--2--2-------2--0--4--0-
A|-2--2--0--3------2--2--0--2-------2--2--0--3-------2--2--2--2-
E|-0--3------------0--3-----3-------0--3-------------0--3--2--3-
Look at the bottom for the strumming and rhythm pattern
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Chorus/Verse
E|----3---------------3-----3-
B|----0--0--1---------0--0--0-
G|-0--0--2--0------0--0--2--0-
D|-2--0--2--2------2--0--2--0-
A|-2--2--0--3------2--2--0--2-
E|-0--3------------0--3-----3-
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Or if you are lazy you can drop d and play it like this
Intro
E|-------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|-2--5--7--10------2--5--7--5------2--5--7--10------2--5--4--5
A|-2--5--7--10------2--5--7--5------2--5--7--10------2--5--4--5
D|-2--5--7--10------2--5--7--5------2--5--7--10------2--5--4--5
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Chorus/Verse
E|----------------------------------
B|----------------------------------
G|----------------------------------
D|-2--5--7--10------2--5--7--5-
A|-2--5--7--10------2--5--7--5-
D|-2--5--7--10------2--5--7--5-
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He just plays the intro once and then plays the chorus and repeats it through the whole song
to get an example of the strumming and somewhat of the rhythm I will give you the number of times
each chord is played for the drop d version
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-2-2-2-2---5--5-5-5---7---7-7-7---10---10----2-2-2-2---5--5-5-5---7---7-7-7---5---5
A|-2-2-2-2---5--5-5-5---7---7-7-7---10---10----2-2-2-2---5--5-5-5---7---7-7-7---5---5
D|-2-2-2-2---5--5-5-5---7---7-7-7---10---10----2-2-2-2---5--5-5-5---7---7-7-7---5---5
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I think the e version sounds much better but the d version sounds pretty good except
it's hard to get that 4th fret barre chord in the intro to sound right, if anyone
can think of a better way to play that chord in drop d please email me.