This is one of Godsmack's greatest. It's official tuning is Drop C.
I'm putting it in Drop D because I am extremely lazy.
I Stand Alone
As performed on The Scorpion King Soundtrack/Faceless
Words and music by Sully
Drop D tuning
h hammer on
p pull off
~ vibrating
PM palm muting
x muffled strings
~*~*~ pick scrape
Intro/Chorus (w/ distortion, x8 as Intro, x4 as Chorus)
e[--------------------------------------------------
B[--------------------------------------------------
G[--------------------------------------------------
D[-------5-5--------6-6-----6-----------------------
A[-3-3-3------3-3-3-----3-3-------------------------
D[--------------------------------------------------
Verse (w/ distortion, x2)
e[---------------------------------------------------
B[---------------------------------------------------
G[---------------------------------------------------
D[-----------------4------------------4p1h3----------
A[-3--3-3--3--3-3--4--3--3-3--3--3-3--4p1h3----------
D[-5--5-5--5--5-5--4--5--5-5--5--5-5--4p1h3----------
PM.. PM.. PM.. PM..
End on (Let ring)
e[-------------------------------------]--------------
B[-------------------------------------]--------------
G[-------------------------------------]--------------
D[-----------------4-------------------]--------------
A[-3--3-3--3--3-3--4--3--3-3--3--3-3---]-4------------
D[-5--5-5--5--5-5--4--5--5-5--5--5-5---]-6------------
PM.. PM.. PM.. PM..
Chorus
Verse
Interlude
e[--------------------------------------------------
B[--------------------------------------------------
G[--------------------------------------------------
D[-3-----------6------------------------------------
A[-3-----------6------------------------------------
D[-3-----------6------------------------------------
Chorus (Play riff twice, then add Interlude, then repeat)
Bridge (Clean, x5) 2nd time 5th time (w/ distortion)
e[-----------------------]----------------[-----------
B[-----------------------]----------------[-----------
G[-----------------------]----------------[-----------
D[-------------3-----3---]----------------[-----------
A[-5---------1-----1-----]-~*~*~*~*~*~----[----3------
D[-3-------1-----1-------]-~*~*~*~*~*~----[----5------
SOLO THING
x12 Slide down, x8 Slide back up, x12 End on
e[----------]---------------[--------------------]---------------
B[----------]---------------[--------------------]---------------
G[----5-----]------3--------[----5---------------]----6~~~~~-----
D[----x-----]------x--------[----x---------------]----x----------
A[----3-----]------1--------[----3---------------]----4~~~~~-----
D[----------]---------------[--------------------]---------------
Chorus (Play riff 4 times, then add interlude. Then play the Chorus riff twice,
and add the interlude again. Play the Chorus riff an additional 8 times)
And that's it.
Dig it?
Cool.
Song Structure
Intro
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Interlude
Chorus
Interlude
Chorus
Bridge
SOLO THING
Chorus
Interlude
Chorus
Interlude
Chorus
Note: This was Tommy's last studio work with Godsmack.
Let's all hope he's found something that makes him happy.