Jerry Cantrell – Man In The Box tab

Man in the Box 
Written by Jerry Cantrell and Layne Staley
Tabbed by: Lupe Galvan 

Tune Down 1/2  step

1=Eb	4=Db
2=Bb	5=Ab
3=Gb	6=Eb
	
	Intro	Moderately= 108 (0:01)	Driving BeatGuitar 1 (Rhythm Fig. 1) P.M.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -||----------------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------------||----------------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------------||----------------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------------||----------------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------------||-5----x--5-----5------|-5----x---5----5-------|-5---x--5---5-----|--5--x---5--------5-||-0----x--0-----0---0--|-0----x---0----0----0--|-0---x--0---0---0-|--0--x---0--0-5h7---|

(0:19, 1:48)	Gtr. 1 plays Rhy. Fig 1. twiceGtr. 2 (w/dist. and talk box set on heavy accents)|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------||---------7~~~------7h9~~~|-------------------------|----------------------------------||--9~~~~------------------|--7~~~~---7h9~~~----5~~~-|-5h7~~---5b-----------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------7-----7--------5-----||-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------0-5h7-------|
     Ah__     ah__                 ah__        ah__          ah__            ah___      ah__        ah_              ah_|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------||---------7~~~------7h9~~~|-------------------------|----------------------------------||--9~~~~------------------|--7~~~~---7h9~~~----5~~~-|-5h7~~---5b-----------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------7-----7--------5-----||-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------0-5h7-------|     Ah__     ah__                 ah__        ah__          ah__            ah___      ah__        ah_              ah_


Verses (0:37, 2:06)Rhy. Fig. 2Gtrs. 1 & 2  P.M.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -||----------------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------------||----------------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------------||----------------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------------||----------------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------------||-5----x--5-----5------|-5----x---5----5-------|-5---x--5---5-----|--5--x---5--------5-||-0----x--0-----0---0--|-0----x---0----0----0--|-0---x--0---0---0-|--0--x---0--0-5h7---|

1. I'm                         the man                              in the box
2. I'm                         the dog                                 who gets       beat       

P.M.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -||----------------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------------||----------------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------------||----------------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------------||----------------------|-----------------------|------------------|--------------------||-5----x--5-----5------|-5----x---5----5-------|-5---x--5---5-----|--5-----5-5h7~~-----||-0----x--0-----0---0--|-0----x---0----0----0--|-0---x--0---0---0-|-----0---------0--0-|

Buried                              in                                                 my   shit
Shove                       my nose                                               in    shit






Pre-chorus (0:55, 2:24)Rhy. Fig. 3   G5      G6    G5        G6   G5                 G6    G5             G6    G5              G6   G5         G6  G5     Gtr. 1P.M.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||-5--5--7--5---5--7--5--5-|-5--5--7--5---5--5--7--5-|-5--5--7--5---5--7--5--5--||-3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3-|-3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3-|-3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3--|
 Won't                                             you                                                 come               G6   G5            G6P.M.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - |    P.M.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||-5--5--7--5---5--7--5----|-5---------5---5~~-------|-5--x---5---5-------------||-3--3--3--3---3--3--3--0-|-0---0---0----------0----|-0--x---0---0----0--------|
  and                                       save                me                                                       Save                                                                                      Gtr.3 plays Fill 1 first time - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | Gtrs. 1&2 substitute fill2  |--------------------------|------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------| |-5--x---5---5-------------|-5h7--5-----------------| |-0--x---0---0----0--------|----------7--6--5--3----|              me

Chorus (1:13, 2:41, 3:51)

  E5             G5                 D                A                                  E5       G5        D          A|----------3---------2-----------------------|--------3-----2---------------------||----------3---------3--------2--------------|--------3-----3-----2---------------||--2-------0---------2--------2--------------|--2-----0-----2-----2---------------||--2-------0---------0--------2--------------|--2-----0-----0-----2---------------||--0-------x------------------0--------------|--0-----x-----------0---------------||----------3-------------------------0---3~~-|--------3-----------------0----3~~--| Fe-ed      my______   eyes____(can you sew them shut)   Je-sus_____    Christ    (deny your   maker)

     E5             G5                D                A                                 |----------3---------2-----------------------|--------3-----2---------------------||----------3---------3--------2--------------|--------3-----3-----2---------------||--2-------0---------2--------2--------------|--2-----0-----2-----2---------------||--2-------0---------0--------2--------------|--2-----0-----0-----2---------------||--0-------x------------------0--------------|--0-----x-----------0---------------||----------3-------------------------0---3~~-|--------3-----------------0----3~~--|  He____                      who tries    (will  be   wasted)     oh     feed       my      eyes   (Now you've sewn them shut)                                                                                                                                           (3rd time)To Coda+                                                                                                                                                           (skip ahead to meas. 61)                                                                                                                                                          (go back to meas. 5 first time)

Fill 1 (1:11)                                                        Fill 2 (2:39)                                          Gtr.3 w/dist                                                     Gtrs. 1 & 2                                          |-----------------------------|     |-------------------------------------------||--15h17---15~~---------------|     |--14hb^r14------14hb^r14---12--------------||----------------16--15-14-12-|     |--14fb^r14------14fb^r14---12--------------||-----------------------------|     |--------------------------------14---12~~--||-----------------------------|     |-------------------------------------------||-----------------------------|     |-------------------------------------------|






Guitar Solo (3:16)Gtrs. 1 &2 play Rhy. Fig 2Gtr. 3 (w/dist. and wah-wah pedal)                                                                                                                                                                                      Hold bend    tr~~~~~~~~                                                                                                                  |-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------|------------------------10fb^1010101010101010101010||----------------7h9-9fb^--9--7----|---------------------------------------------------||-0h2--------7h9-----------------9-|-8--7--5--7---7fb^^r7~-----------------------------||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------||- - - - - -- - - -  -||---------------------------|------------------------------------------------12-15-15fb^|1010101010-10fb^r10po8-----|------12-12h15po12-------12h15po12-15fb^~-15fb^-----------||------------------------9~~|-14fb^-------------14fb^----------------------------------||---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|

Gtr1. plays Rhy. Fig 3Gtr.3                hold bend                                                                     fdbk.                  slight  P.H.                                                                                                                                                                   *|15-12-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------15~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---15------------||------12h14~~-14fb^---14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Gtr.4|----------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------|--------------------------------|-12----------------------------||----------------------|-------x----x-x-14hb-14-12------|----15-14-12-12fb^~-12fb^-12---||---------5------------|-12h14-x-14-x-x-------------14~~|-----------------------------14||----x-x-----7~~~--x-x-|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||-3--x-x-----------x-x-|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|

|-------12-15-15-15fb^r15po12------|--------------------|------------------------------||-15~~------------------------15~~\|-12--------x/----12-|------------------------------||----------------------------------|-12-----12-x/----12-|------------------------2fb^--||----------------------------------|-12-----12-x/-12-12-|-x------2~~-x-x-x-x-0h2-------||----------------------------------|----x-x-------------|-x----------x-x-x-x-----------||----------------------------------|----x-x-------------|-x-3fb^-----x-x-x-x-----------|
                        Coda (0:00)                         Gtr.1 plays Rhy. Fig. 2 twice                         Gtr.2                                                               |1.                             | |2.                               ||----------------------| |--------------------------------------------------14-14-12-12-12-||----------------------| |--------------------------------------------------14-14-12-12-12-||-0------2fb^r2--------| |------7~~-7h9~~-----------------------------------14-14-12-12-12-||----2-0-----------2~~-| |--9~~-----------7~-7h9~-5-5h7-5----------------------------------||---------------3------| |--------------------------------7~~-7-------5-7------------------||----------------------| |--------------------------------------0-5h7----------------------|