Alter Bridge - 'Fortress'
From the album 'Fortress'
Tuning - Mark: open D5 tuning, tuned flat by 1 fret
Myles: Drop D flat
tabbed by jjhand
This song took me over a week to work out due to the different
tunings and solo section. The Lisbon, Portugal concert footage
(16/11/2013) had Myles playing a drop-d flat tuning for his
parts but Mark is still in open tuning.
Please rate and comment. Thanks and enjoy!
Intro/ Verse Riff (Mark):db|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|db|--------0-------------0------|--------0-------------0------|ab|---12-----12-----12-----12---|---12-----12-----12-----12---|Db|-0----0------0-0----0------0-|-0----0------0-0----0------0-|Ab|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|Db|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||--------0-------------0------|--------0-------------0------||---12-----12-----12-----12---|---12-----12-----12-----12---||-------------0-------------0-|-------------0-------------0-||-13--13--------13--13--------|-12--12----------------------||-----------------------------|---------------10--10--------|
Repeat Intro with Guitar 2 plays low open string
Intro Solo (Myles)eb|-----10~~~~~---|----------8-10-|--------------|--------------|Bb|-/10-----------|---------------|-8~~~~~-------|--------10-11-|Gb|---------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|Db|---------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|Ab|---------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|Db|---------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------|----------------|--------------|--------------||/10~~~~--------|----------------|--------------|--------------||---------------|------12br13-10-|-12-10--------|--------------||---------------|----------------|-------12~~~~~|--------------||---------------|----------------|--------------|--------------||---------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
Verse Part Overdubs (Mark on an open-tuned guitar),
played 2x during both intro solo and versedb|------------------------------|------------------------------|db|--0--7------12---0--7------12-|--0--7------12---0--7------12-|ab|-----8----12--------8----12---|-----8----12--------8----12---|Db|------------------------------|------------------------------|Ab|------------------------------|------------------------------|Db|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------||--0--7--10--12---0--7--10-12--|---0--7--8--12---0--7--14--12--||-----8--------------8---------|------8-------------8----------||------------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Verse Lyrics (with Lead & Rhythm):
Chorus
Mark (Myles plays same power chords)db|------0---|------0----|-0---------|-----------|db|------0---|------0----|-0---------|-----------|Ab|------0---|------0----|-0---------|-----------|Db|--3---3---|--1---1----|-0---------|-(0)-------|Ab|--3---3---|--1---1----|-0---------|-(0)-------|Db|--3---3---|--1---1----|-0---------|-(0)-------|
|------0---|------0----|-0---------|---------------||------0---|------0----|-0---------|---------------||------0---|------0----|-0---------|---------------||--3---3---|--1---1----|-0---------|-(0)--1-0--1/7-||--3---3---|--1---1----|-0---------|-(0)--1-0--1/7-||--3---3---|--1---1----|-0---------|-(0)--1-0--1/7-|
play first line again, then:
|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||--3---3---|--1--------|-0---------|-(0)-------||--3---3---|--1--------|-0---------|-(0)-------||--3---3---|--1--------|-0---------|-(0)-------|
Play Verse Again
Play Chorus Again, but Mark's guitar adds:
db|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|db|-5----7----|------5----|-5----4----|-----------|ab|-----------|-6---------|-----------|-6----5----|Db|-5----7----|------5----|-5----4----|-----------|Ab|-----------|-6---------|-----------|-6----5----|Db|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| **with vibrato
Mark - Descending Lick (Chorus 2 Ending) played 4xdb|-------------------------|------------------------|db|-------------------------|------------------------|Ab|-------------------------|------------------------|Db|-------------------------|-0----------------------|Ab|-------------------------|-0----------------------|Db|-8-7-5-7-5-3-5-3-2-3-2-1-|-0----------------------|
on 4th time, last bar is:|---------------------|----------------||---------------------|----------------||-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|-0---0-0--------||-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-|-5---5-5---x\---||-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-|-5---5-5---x\---| * pick scrape|-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-|-5---5-5---x\---|
(3:11) Bridge Part 1, played 2x (Mark's Guitar, doubled by Myles)
db|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-----------------------|db|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-----------------------|Ab|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-----------------------|Db|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-10---10-10--10---10-10|Ab|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-8----8--8---8----8--8-|Db|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-0----0-0--0----0-0--|-8----8--8---8----8--8-|
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||----------------------|-3----3-3--3----3-3--|-3----3-3--3----3-3--||-10---10-10--10-------|-3----3-3--3----3-3--|-3----3-3--3----3-3--||-8----8--8---8----7-7-|-3----3-3--3----3-3--|-3----3-3--3----3-3--||-8----8--8---8----7-7-|-3----3-3--3----3-3--|-3----3-3--3----3-3--|
|--------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|-------------------------||-7----7-7---7---7-7-|-------------------------||-7----7-7---7---7-7-|-------------------------||-7----7-7---7---7-7-|-8-7-5-7-5-3-5-3-2-3-2-1-|
Bridge Part 2 - played 2x
|---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------||---------------PM-PM-|---------------------||-8----4----5---1--4--|-8----4----5---------||-8----4----5---1--4--|-8----4----5---------||-8----4----5---1--4--|-8----4----5----1b2r-|
|---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------PM-PM-|-------------------------||-8----4----5---1--4--|-8----4----------------1-||-8----4----5---1--4--|-8----4----PM*********---||-8----4----5---1--4--|-8----4----0-0-0-1-1-1---|
Play low open string at end
Solo Section Rhythm (part 1, played during Mark's solos)
* in 4/4 time at 4:10
Mark play 3x 4th bar (also starts riff)|-------------------------| -------------------------||-------------------------| -------------------------||-------------------------| -------------------------||-------------^-^---------| -------------------------||-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-| -10----7----10----13-----||-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-| -10----7----10----13-----|PM*********** *****
Myles Adds:|-------------10~---------| -------------------------||-------------13b15~------| -------------------------||-------------------------| -------------------------||-------------------------| -------------------------||-0---0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-| -10----7----10----13-----||-0---0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-| -10----7----10----13-----|
Solo Rhythm 2, during Myles solos - play () first time only
played 2xdb|-----------|-------------|-----------|------------|db|-----------|-------------|-----------|------------|Ab|-----------|-------------|-----------|------------|Db|-7---------|-7--8--4--7--|-1---------|-5----(8)---|Ab|-7---------|-7--8--4--7--|-1---------|-5----(8)---|Db|-7---------|-7--8--4--7--|-1---------|-5----(8)---|
SOLOS (**fairly accurate):
Mark - Solo 1db|-------------------------------|-------------------------|db|------12-17p12----12-8-7-7-7---|-----7-8-7\3-7-----------|Ab|-0-12----------13------------8-|-7-8-----------8-7-8-8-7-|Db|-------------------------------|-------------------------|Ab|-------------------------------|-------------------------|Db|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------||---------------0-0-0-|---0-0---------0-0-------10-||---------------------|-8---------7-8--------------||-6PH~---/10~~--------|------5/7---------8/10------||---------------------|----------------------------||---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------------||-12~~-/19~~------0-0-|-15h19p15----------------------------||---------------------|----------15h19p15-------------------||---------------------|-------------------15h19p15----------||---------------------|----------------------------15h20p15-||---------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------||-------------18\-----18-19-19||-----14--11------------------||-----------------------------||-11--------------------------||-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|----------||21-19-18-18-18-19---18-18--------------------|----------||------------------21-----21------------------|----------||---------------------------19-17-19-20-19-17-|19~~------||---------------------------------------------|----------||---------------------------------------------|----------|
Myles - Solo 2eb|-------------|--------------|--------------|Bb|-------------|--------------|--------------|Gb|-14~~~~~-----|-(14~~)-14-14-|-15______\-12-|Db|-------------|--------------|--------------|Ab|-------------|--------------|--------------|Db|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|----------------------------|-15~~----/17--|------------||------13-15-16p15-13-15p13--|-14~~---------|17~---15-17-||-12~~---------------------12|--------------|------------||----------------------------|--------------|------------||----------------------------|--------------|------------||----------------------------|--------------|------------|
|---------------|-17p15p14-15-14--14---------------|------||-17b18~--------|---------------17--17-15-17-15-13-|-15~~-||---------------|----------------------------------|------||---------------|----------------------------------|------||---------------|----------------------------------|------||---------------|----------------------------------|------|
Mark - Solo 3 (first note is played at end of previous bar)
db|---------------------------------|db|-0-19-0-----------------14-12-10-|Ab|-----------15-17-15--------------|Db|-------15----------17-15---------|Ab|---------------------------------|Db|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------||-12---------------------------|-13~------12-15-19-------||---12---10-8-10-8-7---12-10-8-|-----12-15----------20---||-----10-------------10--------|-------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------||-15-19-15-------------------------|----------/22___\19--||---------15-20-15-15-20-15--------|-17__\12-------------||--------------------------15-19-15|---------------------||----------------------------------|---------------------||----------------------------------|---------------------|
same 2 string pattern here|--------------------------|---------------------||---19--17-----------------|---------------------||-17--15----19--17---------|-----------------3---||---------17--15----19--17-|-----/13-------------||-----------------17--15---|-11--------3br-------||--------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||-3h5p3--5h7p5--7h9p7--10h12p10---||------3------5------7---------10-||---------------------------------|
Myles - Final Solo (first bar is double tracked with harmony)|-------------------------------------||----------------------------10h11p10~||-------------------10h11p10~---------||----------12h13p12~------------------||-12h13p12~---------------------------||-------------------------------------|
|-17-15--------------------------|--------------||------18-15---------------------|--------------||-----------10h12p10-------------|--------------||-------------------12-10-5------|--------------||--------------------------7-5-0-|-6b7r6~~~~----||--------------------------------|--------------|
|---------------------|----------|------5--------------||---------------------|-----0----|-8b10--8p5-8b10-8p5--||---------------------|-----0----|-------------------8-||---------------------|-----0----|---------------------||-3--5--5b6-5b6-5--3--|-0--------|---------------------||---------------------|----------|---------------------|
|----------------------|-----5---------5-----------|----------||-8p5-8p5-8p5-8p5-8p5--|-8b10--5-8-5---------------|----------||----8---8---8---8---8-|-------------8---8-7-5---7-|-7-7~~\---||----------------------|-----------------------7---|----------||----------------------|---------------------------|----------||----------------------|---------------------------|----------|
Lick Returns (5:14)
play 3x|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-0--0--------0--0--------||-------------------------|-0--0--------0--0--------||-8-7-5-7-5-3-5-3-2-3-2-1-|-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-| PM*** *****
|-------------------------|-------------||-------------------------|-------------||-------------------------|-------------||-------------------------|-------------||-------------------------|-------------||-8-7-5-7-5-3-5-3-2-3-2-1-|-8-7-5-7-5-3-|
Play Descending Lick same as earlier
Second Bridge (Before Ending Chorus, 5:32)
6/4 time
Markdb|-3------------5----|-4-------------4---|db|----------0--------|----------0--------|Ab|-----0-------------|-----0-------------|Db|-3--3--3--2--2--5--|-4--4--4--4--4--4--|Ab|-------------------|-------------------|Db|-------------------|-------------------|
|-3--------3\2--0---|--------------0----||-------------------|-0--------0--------||-----0-------------|-----0-------------||-3--3--3--2--2--0--|-0--0--0--0--0--0--||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|-3------------5----|-4-------------4---||----------0--------|----------0--------||-----0-------------|-----0-------------||-3--3--3--2--2--5--|-4--4--4--4--4--4--||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|/10----------------10---|-10----------------12---||-------------0----------|--------------0---------||-------0----------------|-------0----------------||/10--10--10--10--10--10-|-10--10--10--10-/12--12-||------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------|
|-8------------8----|-8-------------8\--||----------0--------|----------0--------||-----0-------------|-----0-------------||-8--8--8--8--8--8--|-8--8--8--8--8--8\-||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
Myles, on repeats:
play 3x|-------------------------------|-----------------||-------------------------------|-----------------||-------------------------------|-----------------||-12-0---0---0-12-14-15-14-12-0-|-0-12--12--12-0--||-------------------------------|-----------------||-------------------------------|-----------------|
rest 4 bars
play 3x|------------------------|---------------------||------------------------|---------------------||------------------------|---------------------||------------------------|---------------------||------------------5-----|---------------------||-0-0---0--0-0-5-7---7-5-|-0-0---0--0-0--------|
rest 4 bars, then vol swell on open Db5 chord:
|-----------------||-----------------||-----------------||-0---------------||-0---------------||-0---------------|
Play Final Chorus (same as Second Chorus)
Finale
play 2x play 1x
Rhythm|--------------------------| --------------------------||--------------------------| --------------------------||--------------------------| --------------------------||--------------------------| --------------------------||--------------------------| --------------------------||-0--7p0-5-7--0--7p5p0-5-7-| -0--8p0-7-8--0--8p7p0-7-8-|
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| Lead (Mark, open tuning)|--------------------------| --------------------------||--------------------------| --------------------------||--------------------------| --------------------------||--------------------------| --------------------------||----8---7-8-----8-----7-8-| ---10---8-10----10---8-10-||-0-----------0------------| -0-----------0------------|
Finale, 4th bar:
Rhythm|------------------------||------------------------||------------------------||------------------------||------------------------||-0-10p0-8-10-0--8p0-7-8-|
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| Lead|------------------------||------------------------||------------------------||------------------------||---8----7-8-----8---7-8-||-0-----------0----------|
Finale Repeats, Lead plays:
play 2xdb|-------------------------| ------------------------|db|---7---5-7----7p5p0-5-7--| ---8---7-8---8p7p0-7-8--|Ab|-------------------------| ------------------------|Db|-------------------------| ------------------------|Ab|-------------------------| ------------------------|Db|-0---------0-------------| -0---------0------------|
Both Guitars:|----------------------|---------------------|------||----------------------|---------------------|------||----------------------|---------------------|------||-8---8-8----7---7-7---|-1---1-1----5---5-5--|--0---||-8---8-8----7---7-7---|-1---1-1----5---5-5--|--0---||-8---8-8----7---7-7---|-1---1-1----5---5-5--|--0---|
KEY
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| r release bend
| br bend & quick release
| ^ accented notes
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