All Ends Well

Alter Bridge

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by PAULANTUNES
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All Ends Well

Key: D
All Ends Well Key AA
All Ends Well Key A#A#
All Ends Well Key BB
All Ends Well Key CC(one step down)
All Ends Well Key C#C#(half step down)
All Ends Well Key DD(original key)
All Ends Well Key D#D#(half step up)
All Ends Well Key EE(one step up)
All Ends Well Key FF
All Ends Well Key F#F#
All Ends Well Key GG
All Ends Well Key G#G#
	  		


Intro/Verse Part 1 - played 2x 

    Acoustic #1 
eb|-------------------|-------------------| 
Bb|-3------------3----|-3-----------------| 
Gb|-----2--0h2--------|-------------------| 
Db|-0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--0--0--| 
Ab|-------------------|-------------------| 
Db|-------------------|-------------------| 

Note that B and G strings are quarters and the lower string plays 
triplets throughout. Takes a little practice! 


Verse Part 1 now repeats with Guitar 2 adding: 

eb|-------------------|-------------------| 
Bb|-------------------|-------------------| 
Gb|-7NH-----7NH-------|-------------------| 
Db|-----7NH-----7NH---|-------------------| 
Ab|-------------------|-------------------| 
Db|-------------------|-------------------| 




In verses, Verse Part 1 plays 2x, 

lyrics: 
"If I could ease your mind, calm the storm inside" 

Verse Part 2, play 2x from 2nd bar on 

    Acoustic 
|-------------------||-2--------3---2----|-1--------3---1----| 
|-3------------3----||-------------------|-------------------| 
|-----2--0h2--------||-4---4-------------|-3---3-------------| 
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--||-------------------|-------------------| 
|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------| 
|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------| 
| 
| Guitar 2 
|-------------------||-------------------|----------12p10----| 
|-------------------||-------------------|-------10------10--| 
|-7NH-----7NH-------||----------7NH------|-------------------| 
|-----7NH-----7NH---||------7NH-----7NH--|-------------------| 
|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------| 
|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------| 
"Pull your drifting heart back from a cruel and bitter tide" 
"Show you that tomorrow everything will be just fine" 


Ending 1 (Part 2) 
|-------------------|-------------------| 
|-3------------3----|-3------------3----| 
|-----2--0h2--------|-----2--0h2--------| 
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--0--0--| 
|-------------------|-------------------| 
|-------------------|-------------------| 
| 
| 
|-------------------|-------------------| 
|------5---/7---5---|-------------------| 
|--7----------------|-7-----------------| 
|-------------------|-------------------| 
|-------------------|-------------------| 
|-------------------|-------------------| 



Ending 2 (Part 2) - Acoustic is the same, but: 

Guitar 2 
|-------------------|-------------------| 
|------5---/7---10--|-------------------| 
|--7----------------|-7-----------------| 
|-------------------|-------------------| 
|-------------------|-------------------| 
|-------------------|-------------------| 


Verse Ending 

|-3--------5----3--|-3--------5----3--|-3---2------------|------------------| 
|------------------|------------------|----------5---3---|-3------------3---| 
|-----5------------|-----4------------|------------------|-----2---0h2------| 
|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0-| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
| 
| Guitar 2 
|--8------10p8-----|--7-------8p7-----|------------------|------| 
|------8--------8--|------8--------8--|------------------|--7NH-| 
|------------------|------------------|---------7NH------|------| 
|------------------|------------------|-----7NH-----7NH--|------| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------| 
"Oh                   in due time" 


  Acoustic 1 
|-3--------5----3--|-3--------5-------|------------------| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
|-----5------------|-----4------------|------------------| 
|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0-| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
| 
| Guitar 2 
|--8------10p8-----|--7-------8p7-----|------------------| 
|------8--------8--|------8-----------|------------------| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
  "Oh" 



PreChorus - play 2x, with final bar held extended and played twice 

Acoustic 1 strums chords written above, relative to standard 

 Guitar 3 - Distortion 
  D             G              B             A 
|-------------|--------------|-------------|------------| 
|-------------|--------------|-------------|------------| 
|-------------|--------------|-------------|------------| 
|-------------|-5------------|-9-----------|-7----------| 
|-5-----------|-5------------|-9-----------|-7----------| 
|-4-----------|-5------------|-9-----------|-7----------| 
| 
| Guitar 2 
|-------------|-------5------|-------------|------------| 
|-------3-----|----2---------|-------3-----|-2h3-2------| 
|----2-----2--|-0------------|----0-----0--|--------2---| 
|-0-----------|--------------|-4-----------|------------| 
|-------------|--------------|-------------|------------| 
|-------------|--------------|-------------|------------| 

"Somewhere down the road, the stars will show 
Somewhere down the road, you're almost home.     You're almost home" 


Chorus - Guitar 3 strums Chords indicated, relative to standard tuning 
         Listen to song for strumming pattern 

Guitar 4 - Heavy Distortion 
  G            D            A               A 
|------------|------------|---------------|-----------------| 
|------------|------------|---------------|-----------------| 
|------------|------------|-------6--7--9-|--9--7\6--7--7\6-| 
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|-----------------| 
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-----4--5--7-|--7--5\4--5--5\4-| 
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|-----------------| 
"If you believe in nothing else" 


  G            D            A               A 
|------------|------------|---------------|---------------------| 
|------------|------------|---------------|---------------------| 
|------------|------------|-------------7-|-7-6~-----------5b---| 
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|------7p5---5h7---7~-| 
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|---------7p5---------| 
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|---------------------| 
"Just keep believing in yourself" 


  G            D            C#       A          B        A 
|------------|------------|-------------------|------------------| 
|------------|------------|---------/10-10-10-|------------------| 
|------------|------------|-6--6--6-----------|------------------| 
|-5----------|-0----------|---------/7--7--7--|-9--9--9--7--7--7-| 
|-5----------|-0----------|-4--4--4-----------|-9--9--9--7--7--7-| 
|-5----------|-0----------|-------------------|-9--9--9--7--7--7-| 
"There will be times of trouble thats gonna hurt like hell" 

  G            D 
|------------|------------|---------------|-------------| 
|------------|------------|---------------|-------------| 
|------------|------------|---------------|-------------| 
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|-7-----------| 
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|-7-----------| 
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|-7-----------| 
"This much I know, it all ends well" 





Play Verse Again, lyrics: 

"If I could heal the scars 
Show you what you are 
Bind the wounds of disbelief 
That brought you down so hard 
I would be the tourniquet around your doubting heart" 



Play PreChorus and Chorus Again, same lyrics 


Bridge 

 play 3x 
  Bb          Gsus2         Dsus4 
|-----6---6-8---5-------5-|-----5-----5-----5-----5-| 
|---6---6---------8---8---|---8-----8-----8-----8---| 
|-------------0-----0-----|-7-----7-----7-----7-----| 
|-8-----------------------|-------------------------| 
|-------------------------|-------------------------| 
|-------------------------|-------------------------| 
| 
| 
|-------------------------|-------------------------| 
|-------------------------|-------------------------| 
|-------------------------|-------------------------| 
|-8-----------5-----------|-0-----------------------| 
|-8-----------5-----------|-0-----------------------| 
|-8-----------5-----------|-0-----------------------| 
"So hard to see, so hard to find" 
"All that you need will come in time" 
"These words of wisdom, do not ignore" 


last time 
  Bb          Gsus2          C          D/C# 
|-----6---6-8-----------10-|-------12--------12------| 
|---6---6-------8-10--12---|-13-13------14-----------| 
|-------------0------0-----|-------------------------| 
|-8------------------------|-------------------------| 
|--------------------------|-------------------------| 
|--------------------------|-------------------------| 
| 
| 
|--------------------------|-------------------------|----| 
|--------------------------|-------------------------|----| 
|--------------------------|-5-----------------------|----| 
|-8-----------5------------|-5----------7------------|-0--| 
|-8-----------5------------|-3----------4------------|-0--| 
|-8-----------5------------|-------------------------|-0--| 
"You have so much to give once you live. Once you live a little more" 





Play Intro again 4x, on 3rd time add Distorted guitar: 
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| 
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| 
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| 
|-0----------|-(0)---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-| 
|-0----------|-(0)---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-| 
|-0----------|-(0)---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-| 
                             PM********* 




Chorus 2 - Play same as before, except the lead part changes in line 2: 

|------------|------------|---------------|-------------------------| 
|------------|------------|---------------|-------------------------| 
|------------|------------|-----------6-7-|-9p7p6-7-6---------------| 
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|----------9-7-5-4--------| 
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|-----------------7-5-4-5-| 
|-5----------|-0----------|-7-------------|-------------------------| 
"Just keep believing in yourself" 

Continue with Chorus same as before. 


Ending: play 3x similarly 

  Guitar 1 
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| 
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| 
|-5---5---5-5-5-|---------------|---------------|---------------| 
|-5---5---5-5-5-|-5---5---5-5-5-|-0---0---0-0-0-|-0---0---0-0-0-| 
|-3---3---3-3-3-|-2---2---2-2-2-|-0---0---0-0-0-|-0---0---0-0-0-| 
|---------------|---------------|-0---0---0-0-0-|-0---0---0-0-0-| 
| 
| Guitar 2 
|----------------|----------------|-------play () 12x-----------| 
|----------------|----------------|-----------------------------| 
|---------12--12-|-------------12-|-12-11-(11)-----11-11-9-9-7--| 
|-10--10--12--12-|----------------|-----------------------------| 
|-10--10--10--10-|-10--10------10-|-10-9--(9)-------9--9-7-7-5--| 
|-10--10--10--10-|-9---9----------|-----------------------------| 


Last time 
|---------------|---------------|---------------| 
|---------------|---------------|---------------| 
|--5------------|-0-------------|---------------| 
|--5------------|-5-------------|-0-------------| 
|--3------------|-2----(2b)-----|-0-------------| 
|---------------|---------------|-0-------------| 

one guitar holds chord, second plays the bend shown 



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  Bend release 
| pbr Pre-bend release 
| brb Bend release bend 

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