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Barely Alive by Jompson Brothers
Barely Alive
This is the intro riff to "Barely Alive", performed by the Jompson Brothers (Chris Stapleton). I'll annotate and describe the way he plays it in the recordings, but feel free to modify the voicing according to what's most comfortable for you. He plays it slightly differently on different recordings but this tab will capture the song well. This 2-chord riff begins with your fretting hand in the shape of a G barre chord (with thumb over the low E string-like Jimi) then moves to a Bm7 shape on the A string (except the barre finger only frets the A string.
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:G
Capo:no capo
This 2-chord riff begins with your fretting hand in the shape of a G barre chord
(with thumb over the low E
string-like Jimi) then moves to a Bm7 shape on the A string (except the barre
finger only frets the A string.
Time signature = 6/8
[Intro Riff]
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
e|------------------------------------------|---------0----------------0--------|
B|------3---5p3---3----------3---5p3---3----|-----3-----3---3------3-----3---3--|
G|----0---0-----0---0------0---0-----0---0--|-------0-----0----------0-----0----|
D|4h5------------------4h5------------------|--------------------4--------------|
A|------------------------------------------|---2-------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|0-----------------0----------------|
The only difference on the second time thorugh is that he takes his 3rd finger
from that Bm shape and slides
it up to the 5th fret to begin the repeated riff.
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
e|------------------------------------------|---------0----------------0--------|
B|------3---5p3---3----------3---5p3---3----|-----3-----3---3------3-----3---3--|
G|----0---0-----0---0------0---0-----0---0--|-------0-----0----------0-----0----|
D|4/5------------------4h5------------------|--------------------4--------------|
A|------------------------------------------|---2-------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|0-----------------0----------------|
Everything is fallin' darker every day and every night
Like I thought it would
Everything I ever had was part of you and I
Now there's nothing good
If I survive
If I survive
I'll be barely alive
Every time I take a drink of whiskey just to get me by
I think of you
Every night that I don't lay down by your side
Girl, I think of you
If I survive
If I survive
I'll be barely alive
Tell me what it is you needed me to say
Tell me what it is you needed me to do
Tell me what it is you needed me to be
Can't you see the pain I'm going through?
I'm just barely alive
Everything is fallin' darker every day and every night
Like I thought it would
Everything I ever had was part of you and I
Now there's nothing good
If I survive
If I survive
I'll be barely alive
I'll be barely alive
I'll be barely alive
Girl, I'm barely alive
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
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