KISS - "iwalkalone" Tablature
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I WALK ALONE (from the KISS album "CARNIVAL OF SOULS")
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Transcribed by Emil Ortenmark (emil@kisstabs.com)
Drop-D tuning down 1/2-step
Comments: Plenty of cool riffs, backwards guitar and four (count ´em, 4) solos. D
amn good way to end an album. There are some points that need addressing however.
The entire backing track for the first solo is backwards. In fact, Riff 7 is onl
y Riff 10 backwards. I´ve chosen to write it as it sounds since I doubt anyone is
looking to turn he tape over in mid-tune to play along. Also, and this might sou
nd outlandish, the entire second solo is backwards. It´s most easily recognised i
n the beginning. Then the solo sounds remarkably "forward" but turning the tape o
ver reveals it ain´t so. That is why the second solo is hard to get a grip on, th
e phrasing feels all wrong in places.
Key:
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
b = bend (whole step)
b^ = bend (1/2 step)
b^^ = bend (1 1/2 steps)
pb = pre-bend
r = release-bend
t^ = tap with righthand finger
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = Vibrato
* = Natural Harmonic
#(#) = Trill
** = Artificial Harmonic
x = Dead notes (no pitch)
P.M. = Palm mute (- -> underneath indicates which notes)
(\) = Dive w\bar
(/) = Release w\bar
Tp = Tap w\plectrum
Riff 1 (clean electric, backwards)
Eb|-----12----------12----------12--|----------------------------------|
Bb|---------15----------15----------|------10----------10----------10--|
Gb|-------------14----------14------|----------12----------12----------|
Db|--0------------------------------|--12----------12----------12------|
Ab|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Riff 2
Eb|-------------------||
Bb|--3----------------||
Gb|--2----------------||
Db|--0----------------||
Ab|--0----------------||
Db|--0----------------||
Riff 3
Eb|---------------------------|----------------------||
Bb|---------------------------|-------------6--------||
Gb|---------------------------|-------------5--------||
Db|---------------------------|-------------3--------||
Ab|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0h2-|--3---2------3--------||
Db|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0------|----------5--3--------||
P.M.- - - - - - - - >
Riff 4a
Eb|--------------------------|---------0----------|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|---------3----------|--------------------------|
Gb|-/12---11---7--9/---11----|---------2----------|-/12---11---7--9/---11----|
Db|--------------------------|---------0----------|--------------------------|
Ab|-/10---9----5--7/---9-----|--0-----------------|-/10---9----5--7/---9-----|
Db|--------------------------|--0-----------------|--------------------------|
Eb|----------------------||
Bb|----------------------||
Gb|--7\-5------5/-7------||
Db|----------------------||
Ab|--5\-3------3/-5------||
Db|----------------------||
Riff 4b
Eb|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------------||
Bb|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------------||
Gb|--10----------------|--9----------------|--12---11--------------||
Db|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------------||
Ab|--8-----------------|--7----------------|--10---9----0----------||
Db|--------------------|-------------------|------------0----------||
Riff 4c
Eb|--------------------|-------------------||
Bb|--------------------|-------------------||
Gb|--10----------------|--9----------------||
Db|--------------------|-------------------||
Ab|--8-----------------|--7----------------||
Db|--------------------|-------------------||
Riff 5a
---------0----------|---------------------|--------------------||
---------3----------|---------------------|--------------------||
---------2----------|---------------------|--------------------||
--------------------|---------------------|--------------------||
--3-----------------|--2------0-----------|-----0--------------||
--------------------|----------------5----|--3p-0--------------||
Riff 5b
---------0----------|---------------------||
---------3----------|---------------------||
---------2----------|---------------------||
--------------------|---------------------||
--3-----------------|--2------0-----------||
--------------------|----------------5----||
Riff 6a
--------------------------|--------------------------||
--------------------------|--------------------------||
--------------------------|--------------------------||
--------------------------|--------------------------||
-----------0--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--||
--3p-0-----0--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--||
P.M.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >
Riff 6b
------------------------|------------||
------------------------|------------||
------------------------|------------||
------------------------|------------||
----------------2---3---|--5---------||
--3--5--3--5------------|---------0--||
Riff 7a
------------------------|----------------------||
------------------------|----------------------||
------------------------|----------------------||
------------------------|----------------------||
----5-------------------|----2---3---5---------||
---------0--3--5--3--5--|-------------------0--||
Riff 7b
------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
------------------------|--------------------|--0--------------5--------|
------------------------|--------------------|-------2---------5--------|
----5-------------------|----2---3-----------|------------4----3--------|
---------0--3--5--3--5--|--------------------|--------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
-5----5----5----3---3--3--3-|-3---3--3--3--3----3--|-3--3--3--3----3--3--3--3--|
-5----5----5----3---3--3--3-|-3---3--3--3--3----3--|-3--3--3--3----3--3--3--3--|
-3----3----3----1---1--1--1-|-1---1--1--1--1----1--|-1--1--1--1----1--1--1--1--|
----------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
-------------------||
-------------------||
--2----------------||
--2----------------||
--0----------------||
-------------------||
Riff 8
---------------------------|---------------------------||
---------------------------|---------------------------||
----3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3--|----3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---5--||
----3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3--|----3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---5--||
----1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1---1--|----1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1---3--||
---------------------------|---------------------------||
Riff 9
--------------------------|---------0----------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|---------3----------|--------------------------|
--12---11---7--9/---11----|---------2----------|--12---11---7--9/---11----|
--------------------------|---------0----------|--------------------------|
--10---9----5--7/---9-----|--0-----------------|--10---9----5--7/---9-----|
--------------------------|--0-----------------|--------------------------|
--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------||
---------8----------|---------8----------|-------------------------||
---------7----------|---------7----------|--12---11---9/-11--------||
--5------5----------|--5------5----------|-------------------------||
--5-----------------|--5-----------------|--10---9----7/-9---------||
--5-----------------|--5-----------------|-------------------------||
Riff 10
----------------------|------------------------||
----------------------|------------------------||
----------------------|------------------------||
----------------------|------------------------||
-----/5-------/5------|--3---2-----------------||
--0-------0-----------|----------5----3--5--3--||
Solo 1
------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------|
------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------|
------------------|------------------|----------------10-12-12b12r10-12p10-|
------------------|------------------|----------10-12----------------------|
------------------|------------------|---x\--------------------------------|
------------------|------------------|---x\--------------------------------|
---------------------------------------|-------------------------|
----------------------10-----10-----10-|------10-----------------|
----12b-10-12b-10-12b----12b----12b----|--12b----x-14b^^---------|
--x------------------------------------|-------------------------|
---------------------------------------|-------------------------|
---------------------------------------|-------------------------|
------------------------|------------13--15--15b-15r-13--|
----13---15---15~-------|----15b^^-----------------------|
------------------------|--------------------------------|
------------------------|--------------------------------|
------------------------|--------------------------------|
------------------------|--------------------------------|
--15b-15r-13--13------12~-------|------------------------------|
------------------15------------|--14--------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------14----------12--------|
--------------------------------|--------------14--------------|
--------------------------------|------------------------------|
--------------------------------|------------------------------|
------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
--12----12----12----10b---10r-|--10~---------10b-----|--10r---10b-----10r-----|
------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
-------------------|--12*--10--------------||
-------------------|-----------------------||
--9~---------------|-----------------------||
-------------------|-----------------------||
-------------------|------------0----------||
-------------------|-----------------------||
Solo 2
--------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
--------------|-------------|-------------------------------10h12p10-12h13p12-|
--7-----------|------7~-7~--|--9-----9-9h10p9-10h12/14--12--------------------|
--------------|-------------|-----12------------------------------------------|
--------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
--------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
Fade in
---------------------------13-------------------|-/19----------17--17b---|
---13~--15--13-15-17p15p13----17-15-13----------|------------------------|
---------------------------------------16p14p12-|------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
--17b---17r-------------------15-17-|-15---------------------------------------|
------------15---15----15-17b-------|----17r-----17------15--------------------|
--------------------16--------------|---------14-----14-------14---------------|
------------------------------------|----------------------------16p14\12------|
------------------------------------|-------------------------------------14-12|
------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
-----12h14p12-14/16---14h16p14\12-12-----|-----------------------------------|
--14-------------------------------------|--14---12\--10/-12\-9/-10\-7\-5----|
-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
pick only first note
---------------|------------10-----------|-------------------------10-------10-|
---------------|-------10----------------|-------------------12p10----10h12----|
---------9b-9r-|--9b--------------9r-----|-----------7h9-----------------------|
---------------|-------------------------|-5h7/9-7h9---------------------------|
--5**----------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
---------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
(tap 17th)
--12b----------12p10-14-12h14p12-|--15-14h15p14-17-15h17p15-15-17b--------|
---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
--17----17-15-14----------------||
-----15----------15-15----------||
--------------------------------||
--------------------------------||
--------------------------------||
--------------------------------||
Solo 3a - left
--------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------|
----12b-------------|--------------15p13----13-------|----------------------|
----12b-------------|--------------------14----14p12-|--12------------------|
--------------------|--------------------------------|-----15---------------|
--------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------|
--------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|------15b--------13----13-|
--18p15----18p15----18p15----18p15----15--18b-18~---|--------------------15----|
--------17-------17-------17-------17---------------|--------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
--15b15rp13---13-15b15rp13---13-15b15rp13---13-15b15rp13\|---15b--15b--15b~----|
-----------15-------------15-------------15--------------|---------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
--15b--15---13~---------------|--------------------||
------------------15----------|--------------------||
----------------------14------|--------------------||
--------------------------15--|--12----------------||
------------------------------|--------------------||
------------------------------|--------------------||
Solo 3b - right
--------------------|--10-----------10---------------------------|
----12b-------------|-----13p10--------13p10-----13-10h13p10-----|
----12b-------------|-----------12b----------12b-----------------|
--------------------|--------------------------------------------|
--------------------|--------------------------------------------|
--------------------|--------------------------------------------|
----------------------|--------------------------|------15b--------13----13-|
----13b-----13b~------|--------------------------|--------------------15----|
----------------------|--------------10h12p10~---|--------------------------|
----------------------|-----------12-------------|--------------------------|
----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
--15b15p13----13-15b15p13----13-15b15p13----13-15b15p13\-|---20b--20b--20b~----|
-----------15-------------15-------------15--------------|---------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
--20b--20---17~---------------|--------------------||
------------------20--18--18--|--------------------||
------------------------------|--19----------------||
------------------------------|--------------------||
------------------------------|--------------------||
------------------------------|--------------------||
I walk alone
Simmons, Kulick
[Intro: Riff 1, fade in Riff 2]
[Riff 1]
I know deep inside of me
There's a place but it's not plain to see
I belong, where no one else can be
[Riff 1 & Riff 2]
I'm searching for myself again
And here I'm all alone and when
I close my eyes, no one else can see
[Riff 3]
[Riff 4a]
I Walk Alone, can't you see?
I don't belong, Let me be
[Riff 4b]
Everything I dreamed of being is me
[Riff 5a]
And I got myself to lean on
Got both my feet on the ground
[Riff 1]
You don't know me, I don't know me
I can't see you, you can't see me
Close my eyes, leave the world behind
[Riff 1 & Riff 2]
So I got no heart, got no home
I got no song where I belong
I don't worry, everything's just fine
[Riff 3]
[Riff 4a]
I Walk Alone, can't you see?
I don't belong, let me be
[Riff 4c]
Everything I dreamed of being
[Riff 4a]
And I don't belong, can't you see?
I Walk Alone, let me be
[Riff 4b]
Everything I dreamed of being is me
[Riff 5b]
And I got myself to lean on
I got both my feet on the ground
[Riff 6a]
[Riff 6b]
[Solo 1] over
[Riff 7a] (3x)
[Riff 7b]
[Riff 1]
So I got no heart, and I got no home
And I got no song where I belong
I don't worry, everything's just
[Solo 2] over
[Riff 8]
[Riff 4a]
[Riff 9]
[Riff 5b]
I got myself to lean on
Got both my feet on the ground
[Riff 6a]
[Riff 5b]
And I got myself to lean on
Got both my feet on the ground
[Riff 10]
[Riff 10]
Cause I know deep inside of me
There's a place but it's not plain to see
Where I belong, where no one else can be
And I'm searchin' for myself again
And here I'm all alone and when
I close my eyes, and no one else can see
[Solo 3a & 3b over Riff 10]
[Riff 1 & Riff 2]
[Riff 1] (fade out)
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