AIC - Man in the Box
Facelift  ('90)

-tune your guitar down a half-step
 Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
this is my version of the song...i noticed all the other man 
in the box tabs ripped-off one another.


legend-  v-vibrato  /-slide   x-mute    ^-play in bend
         b -bend    r-return  h-hammer  p-pulloff

intro (main riff) - x2 palm mute 
e|     |----------------------------------------------|
b|drum |----------------------------------------------|
g|fill |----------------------------------------------|
d|     |----------------------------------------------|
a|     |-5-x-5-5---5-x-5-5---5-x-5-5---5-x-5-------5--|
e|     |-0-x-0-0-0-0-x-0-0-0-0-x-0-0-0-0-x-0-0-5h7----|

pre-verse (ah ah..) - x2, all wah
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------|
g|----7v-9v-------------------------------------------|
d|-9v-------7v-9v-5v-7v-5v----------------------------|
a|-------------------------7v--7v-x-7v-------5--------|
e|-------------------------------------0-5h7----------|

verse - fig.I (all wah)
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------|
g|----------------------------------------------------|
d|----------------------------------------------------|
a|-5-x-5-5---5-x-5-5---5-x-5-5---5-x-5----------------|
e|-0-x-0-0-0-0-x-0-0-0-0-x-0-0-0-0-x-0-0-5h7----------|
 v1- i'm the man in the box
 v2- i'm the dog who gets beat

verse - fig.II (all wah)
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------|
g|----------------------------------------------------|
d|----------------------------------------------------|
a|-5-x-5-5---5-x-5-5---5-x-5-5---5v---5/7-7v----------|
e|-0-x-0-0-0-0-x-0-0-0-0-x-0-0-0----0-----------------|
 v1- burried... in my ***
 v2- shove..... my nose in ***

verse - fig.III (no wah)
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------|
g|----------------------------------------------------|
d|----------------------------------------------------|
a|-5-5-5/7-5---5-7-5-7---5-5-5/7-5---5-5-5/7-5--------|
e|-3-3-3/5-3---3-5-3-5---3-3-3/5-3---3-3-3/5-3--------|
   won't..............   you..................
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------|
g|----------------------------------------------------|
d|----------------------------------------------------|
a|-5-5-5/7-5---5-7-5-7---5-5-5/7-5---5-5--------------|
e|-3-3-3/5-3---3-5-3-5---3-3-3/5-3---3-3--/19b/5v-----|
   come...............   and.....................

verse - fig.IV (all wah)           fill.I
e|------------------------------|---------------|
b|------------------------------|---------------|
g|------------------------------|---------------|
d|------------------------------|---------------|
a|-5-x-5-5v..-5-x-5-5---5-x-5-5-|-5h7-5---------|
e|-0-x-0------0-x-0-0-0-0-x-0-0-|-------7-6-5/3v|
   save me            save me...
  
   fill.II
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|-14b-12b-12b--14b-----14b-12b-----------------------|
g|-14b-12b-12b--14b-12--14b-12b-----------------------|
d|-------------------------------14br-----------------|
a|----------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------|

chorus - 
e|-0----3---2---0----------|
b|-0----0---3---0----------|
g|-0----0---2---0----------|
d|-2----0---0---2----------|
a|-2----2---0---2----------|
e|-0----3---0---0--0-3v----| 
   feed....my eyes  - can you sew them shut?
   jesus...christ   - deny your maker
   he......who tries- will be wasted
   feed....my eyes  - now you've sewn them shut

SOLO- gtr.I (go in and out of wah)
e|-------    /  -----|-----------------------------------|
b|-------   /   -----|-----------------------------------|
g|-------  /    -----|----7h9-9b-9^9^-9h7----------------|
d|-------------------|-7h9----------------9-8-7-5/7v7v7v-|
a|-5h7p5h7p5h7p5h7...|-----------------------------------| 
e|-------------------|-----------------------------------|

  *gradually bend higher - and slowly go deeper into wah
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
b|-10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^...-10-10h8-9br------|
g|-------------------------------------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------12h15-17-17-15-12-12br----|
b|-12-121512151215121512-15v-----------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|----xx-------------------------------------------------|
b|-15-xx-15----------------------------------------------|
g|-14-xx-14-------------------12h14-14v-12v--------------|
d|- x-xx- x-14v-12h14-14b-14b----------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------12h15-15-15bp12----------|
b|-12-12----------------------------------------15v------|
g|-------15-14-12/14v-14/12v-9v--------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------|   
b|-12-x----x-------------xxxx----------------------------|
g|-12-x-12-x-12b-xx------xxxx----------------------------|
d|-12-x-12-x-12b-xx-12br-xxxx--5/7v-7v-7v-5-7-5----------| 
a|- x-x- x-x- x -xx------xxxx-------------------7v-------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|

SOLO- gtr.II
-play verse (fig.I-fig.IV)


STRUCTURE-
intro
pre-verse
verse(fig.I,II,III,IV)-fill.I
chorus
pre-verse
verse(fig.I,II,III,IV)-fill.II
chorus
solo
chorus
pre-verse


-written by, layne staley and jerry cantrell

-screen name - headcreeps5   (if you have a question)