Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains
In the liner notes of 1999’s Music Bank box set collection, Cantrell said of the song:
“I was just thinking about mortality, that one of these days we’ll end up a pile of bones. It’s a thought for every human being, whether you believe in an after-life or that when we die, that’s it. The thought tha...
[Intro]
Ah! Ah!
Ah! Ah!
[Verse 1]
I believe
Them bones are me
Some say
We're born into the grave
[Chorus]
I feel so alone
Gonna end up a big ol' pile of them bones
[Post-Chorus]
Ah!
Ah! Ah!
[Verse 2]
Dust rise
Right on over my time
Empty
Fossil of the new scene
[Chorus]
I feel so alone
Gonna end up a big ol' pile of them bones
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Toll due
Bad dream come true
I lie
Dead gone under red sky
[Chorus]
I feel so alone
Gonna end up a big ol' pile of them
I feel so alone
Gonna end up a big ol' pile of them
I feel so alone
Gonna end up a big ol' pile of them bones
Them Bones was written by Jerry Cantrell.
Them Bones was produced by Alice in Chains & Dave Jerden.
Alice in Chains released Them Bones on Tue Sep 08 1992.
The chromatic riff is played in a time signature of 7/8—except for the chorus, which is in 4/4. When discussing the use of odd time signatures in a 1998 interview with Guitar World, Cantrell said:
I really don’t know where that comes from; it just comes naturally to me. I could sit down and figure...
Jerry Cantrell said of the song in a 1993 interview with RIP Magazine:
We [Alice in Chains] definitely have a very sarcastic sense of humor even toward ourselves. You have to be able to laugh at yourself. The music is a way for us to let some serious things out because we’re not really talkative pe...