Tabbed by Kyle McIntyre, [email protected].
Tool
Album: Lateralus
Song: Mantra
Tabbed by: Kyle McIntyre
[email protected]
Please send feedback. Should I ever tab again, should I die? Or did you
kindof like it?
Okay, well I’m not posting this in the false pretense that I have it a
100% correct or 100% complete, but I think I accurately transcribed a
large amount of this song, definently enough to cover it. I hope you enjoy
it. This uses two guitars but you can figure out when to play the parts
just by listening.
Standard Tuning
Opening Riff:
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——–14–14–9–9–10–10–12–12–10–10–9–9–3–3—————
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12–12—————————————————————–
Onto the heavy! *this can be played with double strokes or not*
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-2–14–9–10–12–10–9–5——————————————–
-2–14–9–10–12–10–9–5——————————————–
-0–12–7–8—10–8—7–3——————————————–
Next Stanza: Some out of tune sounding chord that is cool but I’m not
sure if I figured it out right, this is how I play it.
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–3——————–3———————————-{————-
–2——-X–X–X–X—2———————————-{-14———-
–2——-X–X–X–X—2———————————-{-14———-
–0——-X–X–X–X—0———————————-{-12———-
[Repeat 4 times, on 4th time use only 3 string scratches]
Enter Lyrics: This part makes you sound really cool (even if you aren’t) 😛
Palm Mute is pretty heavy so that the bass really hums.
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–0–0–12–12–7–7–8–8–10-10–8–8–7–7–3–3——————–
After a few stanzas the first solo joins in with the verse section. Then
it moves back to the heavy part (wee!!) with a few extra string scratches in
there, I’m sure you can figure it out.
Okay this next part is the most iffy of my transcription, but I know the
notes I have are rights, it’s all the damn mutes that make it a litte rough.
I think this sounds right though, you slide between these chords.
Starts with 8 string mutes and then
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—-98–87–76—65—–X–X–X–X–2—-X–X–X–X–2—————
—-98–87–76—65—–X–X–X–X–2—-X–X–X–X–2——————
—-76–65–54—43—–X–X–X–X–0—-X–X–X–X–0—————
Add some mutes in there, lol.
Now go back to that rather Odd chord I mentioned before, the 3rd section.
Last section
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–9–9–9–10–10–10–13–13–13–14–14–14–13–13–13–10–10–10–
–9–9–9–10–10–10–13–13–13–14–14–14–13–13–13–10–10–10–
–7–7–7–8—8—8—11–11–11–12–12–12–11–11–11–8—8—8–
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–9–9–9—-{–10–10–10———-9—9—————-9————–
–9–9–9—-{–10–10–10———-9—9—————-9————–
–7–7–7—-{–8—8—8———–7—7—————-7————–
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[repeat] [loud!] [Acoustic strum]
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