Artist: Tool
Album: Lateralus
Tabbed By Steve
Intro/theme x4
G|——–14-14———12-12———17-17———14-14—|
D|*–000———-000———–000———–000———-*|
A|*——————————————————–*|
D|———————————————————-|
After that x4
G|———–7———————-7———–3—|
D|*–0h1p0——0h1p0—3—0h1p0——-0h1p0——*|
A|*————————————————*|
D|————————————————–|
Build-up
G|——————————————-|
D|—0h1p0-0—0h1p0-0—0h1p0-0—0h1p0-0—|
A|——————————————-|
D|——————————————-|
Then play the intro/theme until it explodes, get a rhythm and don’t let the
vocals (Wear the Grudge like a crown) throw you off, it has it’s own rhythm.
Explosion
G|—7-7-7-7—7-7-7-7—7-7—|
D|—0-0-0-0—0-0-0-0—0-0—|
A|—5-5-5-5—5-5-5-5—5-5—|
D|—0-0-0-0—0-0-0-0—0-0—|
Little bass part
G|————-|—14—10——–17—————————|
D|—12—10—|*————14——–12—10—15-14-12-10–*|
A|————-|*———————————————*|
D|————-|———————————————–|
Verse The timing is a little weird so try to sort it out
G|—————————|
D|*————————-*|
A|*——————–3h5–*|
D|—0–0-0-2-0—2-3——–|
Pre-chorus/post chorus/other – it follows the rhythm of the first vocal part
where Maynard says “wear the grudge like a crown of negativity etc…”
G|—7-7-7-7-7-7—7—7–7-7-7-7—7-7-7–7-7-7—7-7-7—|
D|—0-0-0-0-0-0—0—0–0-0-0-0—0-0-0–0-0-0—0-0-0—|
A|—5-5-5-5-5-5—5—5–5-5-5-5—5-5-5–5-5-5—5-5-5—|
D|—0-0-0-0-0-0—0—0–0-0-0-0—0-0-0–0-0-0—0-0-0—|
Chorus – the same as the verse with more emphasis on the first beat of each
bar. Listen for when to emphasize.
G|—————————|
D|*————————-*|
A|*——————–3h5–*|
D|—0–0-0-2-0—2-3——–|
After that comes this part, which appears later, as with the rest, listen
for the correct timing. This continues with variations all the way to the
little bass interlude.
G|——————————-|
D|*—————————–*|
A|*–3p0—5p3p0—————-*|
D|——-0——-3—0—0h3-3—|
Bass Interlude – “choose to…let this go…” play that 4x
G|——10—–5h7—10—9—7—|
D|*–0——0——————–*|
A|*——————-8—7—5–*|
D|——————————–|
Then drop an octave to this
G|——————————-|
D|*—————————–*|
A|*———————–8h10–*|
D|—0—12—0—10h12———-|
Explosion
G|—7-7-7-7—7-7-7-7—7-7—|
D|—0-0-0-0—0-0-0-0—0-0—|
A|—5-5-5-5—5-5-5-5—5-5—|
D|—0-0-0-0—0-0-0-0—0-0—|
Then blast right back into the main riff
G|——–14-14———12-12———17-17———14-14—|
D|*–000———-000———–000———–000———-*|
A|*——————————————————–*|
D|———————————————————-|
And the part after that
G|———–7———————-7———–3—|
D|*–0h1p0——0h1p0—3—0h1p0——-0h1p0——*|
A|*————————————————*|
D|————————————————–|
And after that
G|——————————————-|
D|—0h1p0-0—0h1p0-0—0h1p0-0—0h1p0-0—|
A|——————————————-|
D|——————————————-|
“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!” occasionally
G|————————————————|——————|
D|*———————————————-*|——————|
A|*———5———————-5————-*|——————|
D|—0h1p0——0h1p0—3—0h1p0—–0h1p0—3—|—0h1p0—3–1—|
After the screaming – check the timing
G|——————————————————————–|
D|—00h1p0-00h1p0-00h1p0-00h1p0-00h1p0-00h1p0-00h1p0-00h1p0-00h1p0—|
A|——————————————————————–|
D|——————————————————————–|
The guitar wails for a little bit and the bass doesn’t play
Then there’s a really messed up sounding riff
G|—————————————————————-|
D|—0-0-1p0–0-0h1p0-0-0h1p0-0—————–3–3-3-3—3h5p3-1–|
A|——————————-3–3-3-3–3-3——————–|
D|—————————————————————-|
G|————————————————————–|
D|—0–0-0-0h1p0–0-0-0h1p0–0-0-0h1p0—3-3-3-3-3-3h5p3—1—|
A|————————————————————–|
D|————————————————————–|
After that goes a couple of times the drums blast you away with sporadic
time changes, fills and bass drum hits to throw you off, play this and
ignore it.
G|————————————————|
D|—0–0-0h1p0–0–0h1p0-0–0-0h1p0-0—0–0h1p0—|
A|————————————————|
D|————————————————|
Then finally finish big with this
G|——————————————-7—|
D|—0h1p0-0—0h1p0-0—0h1p0-0—0h1p0-0—0—|
A|——————————————-5—|
D|—0h1p0-0—0h1p0-0—0h1p0-0—0h1p0-0—0—|
That’s the song, remember that the timing of it and the layering are
really bad at throwing you off, so watch out. This tab should be 90%
correct, I know that the part until Maynard screams is correct, as I saw
them play this live at Edgefest ’01, but otherwise send any
corrections/quections/comments to [email protected].
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